Author: Gail Rose Thompson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781977218728
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 498
Book Description
Zarah Kadjar, a pampered Persian girl, is sent to the United States for her High School education and becomes enamored with life in America. When circumstances make it necessary for her to return home, her life changes in ways she never imagined possible. Her love of horses leads her down a path to becoming one of the most influential women in Iran.
Two Worlds Apart
Author: Gail Rose Thompson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781977218728
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 498
Book Description
Zarah Kadjar, a pampered Persian girl, is sent to the United States for her High School education and becomes enamored with life in America. When circumstances make it necessary for her to return home, her life changes in ways she never imagined possible. Her love of horses leads her down a path to becoming one of the most influential women in Iran.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781977218728
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 498
Book Description
Zarah Kadjar, a pampered Persian girl, is sent to the United States for her High School education and becomes enamored with life in America. When circumstances make it necessary for her to return home, her life changes in ways she never imagined possible. Her love of horses leads her down a path to becoming one of the most influential women in Iran.
TWO WORLDS APART.
Author: Akshaya Kosuri
Publisher: SHAHAN KHAN
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 167
Book Description
When joy is a habit, love is a reflex. The concept of love is abstract. People define love differently; they show it differently and have different expectations of what it should look and feel like. We are often torn between nostalgia for the familiar and an urge for the strange. As often as not, we are homesick most for the places we have ever known. For some, pain is the price of love and for some, it's a precious connection unexplained. The book 'Two worlds apart' focuses on varied perspectives on the question 'Is love a source of harmony or conflict or both?'
Publisher: SHAHAN KHAN
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 167
Book Description
When joy is a habit, love is a reflex. The concept of love is abstract. People define love differently; they show it differently and have different expectations of what it should look and feel like. We are often torn between nostalgia for the familiar and an urge for the strange. As often as not, we are homesick most for the places we have ever known. For some, pain is the price of love and for some, it's a precious connection unexplained. The book 'Two worlds apart' focuses on varied perspectives on the question 'Is love a source of harmony or conflict or both?'
Two Worlds Apart
Author: Kirsten Nimwey
Publisher: Kirsten Nimwey
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 291
Book Description
"Across Continents, Beyond Time: A Long-Distance Love Story" In a world where distance often feels like an insurmountable challenge, this is the heartwarming true story of a Filipina and a Slovak who dared to love across continents. Spanning over three years, their relationship blossomed through late-night video calls, exchanged messages, and the rare but cherished moments they spent together in person. With oceans and time zones between them, they faced moments of uncertainty and longing, but their love never wavered. This memoir captures their journey—one of patience, faith, and the unwavering belief that love can bridge even the greatest of distances. A testament to enduring love, this is a story of hope, resilience, and the dream of finally closing the distance for good.
Publisher: Kirsten Nimwey
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 291
Book Description
"Across Continents, Beyond Time: A Long-Distance Love Story" In a world where distance often feels like an insurmountable challenge, this is the heartwarming true story of a Filipina and a Slovak who dared to love across continents. Spanning over three years, their relationship blossomed through late-night video calls, exchanged messages, and the rare but cherished moments they spent together in person. With oceans and time zones between them, they faced moments of uncertainty and longing, but their love never wavered. This memoir captures their journey—one of patience, faith, and the unwavering belief that love can bridge even the greatest of distances. A testament to enduring love, this is a story of hope, resilience, and the dream of finally closing the distance for good.
Worlds Apart
Author: Branko Milanovic
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 1400840813
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
We are used to thinking about inequality within countries--about rich Americans versus poor Americans, for instance. But what about inequality between all citizens of the world? Worlds Apart addresses just how to measure global inequality among individuals, and shows that inequality is shaped by complex forces often working in different directions. Branko Milanovic, a top World Bank economist, analyzes income distribution worldwide using, for the first time, household survey data from more than 100 countries. He evenhandedly explains the main approaches to the problem, offers a more accurate way of measuring inequality among individuals, and discusses the relevant policies of first-world countries and nongovernmental organizations. Inequality has increased between nations over the last half century (richer countries have generally grown faster than poorer countries). And yet the two most populous nations, China and India, have also grown fast. But over the past two decades inequality within countries has increased. As complex as reconciling these three data trends may be, it is clear: the inequality between the world's individuals is staggering. At the turn of the twenty-first century, the richest 5 percent of people receive one-third of total global income, as much as the poorest 80 percent. While a few poor countries are catching up with the rich world, the differences between the richest and poorest individuals around the globe are huge and likely growing.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 1400840813
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
We are used to thinking about inequality within countries--about rich Americans versus poor Americans, for instance. But what about inequality between all citizens of the world? Worlds Apart addresses just how to measure global inequality among individuals, and shows that inequality is shaped by complex forces often working in different directions. Branko Milanovic, a top World Bank economist, analyzes income distribution worldwide using, for the first time, household survey data from more than 100 countries. He evenhandedly explains the main approaches to the problem, offers a more accurate way of measuring inequality among individuals, and discusses the relevant policies of first-world countries and nongovernmental organizations. Inequality has increased between nations over the last half century (richer countries have generally grown faster than poorer countries). And yet the two most populous nations, China and India, have also grown fast. But over the past two decades inequality within countries has increased. As complex as reconciling these three data trends may be, it is clear: the inequality between the world's individuals is staggering. At the turn of the twenty-first century, the richest 5 percent of people receive one-third of total global income, as much as the poorest 80 percent. While a few poor countries are catching up with the rich world, the differences between the richest and poorest individuals around the globe are huge and likely growing.
Worlds Apart
Author: James Riley
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 148148575X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 512
Book Description
Owen and Bethany try to find their way back to each other after the fictional and nonfictional worlds are torn apart in the finale of this "New York Times"-bestselling series.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 148148575X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 512
Book Description
Owen and Bethany try to find their way back to each other after the fictional and nonfictional worlds are torn apart in the finale of this "New York Times"-bestselling series.
Five Miles Away, A World Apart
Author: James E. Ryan
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199745609
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 399
Book Description
How is it that, half a century after Brown v. Board of Education, educational opportunities remain so unequal for black and white students, not to mention poor and wealthy ones? In his important new book, Five Miles Away, A World Apart, James E. Ryan answers this question by tracing the fortunes of two schools in Richmond, Virginia--one in the city and the other in the suburbs. Ryan shows how court rulings in the 1970s, limiting the scope of desegregation, laid the groundwork for the sharp disparities between urban and suburban public schools that persist to this day. The Supreme Court, in accord with the wishes of the Nixon administration, allowed the suburbs to lock nonresidents out of their school systems. City schools, whose student bodies were becoming increasingly poor and black, simply received more funding, a measure that has proven largely ineffective, while the independence (and superiority) of suburban schools remained sacrosanct. Weaving together court opinions, social science research, and compelling interviews with students, teachers, and principals, Ryan explains why all the major education reforms since the 1970s--including school finance litigation, school choice, and the No Child Left Behind Act--have failed to bridge the gap between urban and suburban schools and have unintentionally entrenched segregation by race and class. As long as that segregation continues, Ryan forcefully argues, so too will educational inequality. Ryan closes by suggesting innovative ways to promote school integration, which would take advantage of unprecedented demographic shifts and an embrace of diversity among young adults. Exhaustively researched and elegantly written by one of the nation's leading education law scholars, Five Miles Away, A World Apart ties together, like no other book, a half-century's worth of education law and politics into a coherent, if disturbing, whole. It will be of interest to anyone who has ever wondered why our schools are so unequal and whether there is anything to be done about it.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199745609
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 399
Book Description
How is it that, half a century after Brown v. Board of Education, educational opportunities remain so unequal for black and white students, not to mention poor and wealthy ones? In his important new book, Five Miles Away, A World Apart, James E. Ryan answers this question by tracing the fortunes of two schools in Richmond, Virginia--one in the city and the other in the suburbs. Ryan shows how court rulings in the 1970s, limiting the scope of desegregation, laid the groundwork for the sharp disparities between urban and suburban public schools that persist to this day. The Supreme Court, in accord with the wishes of the Nixon administration, allowed the suburbs to lock nonresidents out of their school systems. City schools, whose student bodies were becoming increasingly poor and black, simply received more funding, a measure that has proven largely ineffective, while the independence (and superiority) of suburban schools remained sacrosanct. Weaving together court opinions, social science research, and compelling interviews with students, teachers, and principals, Ryan explains why all the major education reforms since the 1970s--including school finance litigation, school choice, and the No Child Left Behind Act--have failed to bridge the gap between urban and suburban schools and have unintentionally entrenched segregation by race and class. As long as that segregation continues, Ryan forcefully argues, so too will educational inequality. Ryan closes by suggesting innovative ways to promote school integration, which would take advantage of unprecedented demographic shifts and an embrace of diversity among young adults. Exhaustively researched and elegantly written by one of the nation's leading education law scholars, Five Miles Away, A World Apart ties together, like no other book, a half-century's worth of education law and politics into a coherent, if disturbing, whole. It will be of interest to anyone who has ever wondered why our schools are so unequal and whether there is anything to be done about it.
In Love but Worlds Apart
Author: G. Shelling
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1468521519
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
In love but worlds apart is a self-help book for a man and woman who come from two very different cultural backgrounds and who are considering a life commitment to each other. It shows how and when their differences can be problematic, but also how such a relationship could succeed. This book enables partners to think and talk about their cultural differences (such as in manners, values, worldview, holidays and other customs), and to develop traditions and activities they can enjoy together. Questions to think and talk about, which are cited throughout the book, are again listed in the back for copying and giving to the partner to use. A list of possible priorities of choice is also provided to help partners decide whether or not their relationship could work long-term. For couples who have already begun or decided on an intercultural marriage, reading and doing this book may lessen their shock and frustrations and lead them into a more positive experience.
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1468521519
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
In love but worlds apart is a self-help book for a man and woman who come from two very different cultural backgrounds and who are considering a life commitment to each other. It shows how and when their differences can be problematic, but also how such a relationship could succeed. This book enables partners to think and talk about their cultural differences (such as in manners, values, worldview, holidays and other customs), and to develop traditions and activities they can enjoy together. Questions to think and talk about, which are cited throughout the book, are again listed in the back for copying and giving to the partner to use. A list of possible priorities of choice is also provided to help partners decide whether or not their relationship could work long-term. For couples who have already begun or decided on an intercultural marriage, reading and doing this book may lessen their shock and frustrations and lead them into a more positive experience.
Walking in Two Worlds
Author: Wab Kinew
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0735269017
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
An Indigenous teen girl is caught between two worlds, both real and virtual, in the YA fantasy debut from bestselling Indigenous author Wab Kinew. Perfect for fans of Ready Player One and the Otherworld series. In the real world, Bugz is a shy and self-conscious Indigenous teen who faces the stresses of teenage angst and life on the Rez. But in the virtual world, her alter ego is not just confident but dominant in a massively multiplayer video game universe. Feng is a teen boy who has been sent from China to live with his aunt, a doctor on the Rez, after his online activity suggests he may be developing extremist sympathies. Meeting each other in real life, as well as in the virtual world, Bugz and Feng immediately relate to each other as outsiders and as avid gamers. And as their connection is strengthened through their virtual adventures, they find that they have much in common in the real world, too: both must decide what to do in the face of temptations and pitfalls, and both must grapple with the impacts of family challenges and community trauma. But betrayal threatens everything Bugz has built in the virtual world, as well as her relationships in the real world, and it will take all her newfound strength to restore her friendship with Feng and reconcile the parallel aspects of her life: the traditional and the mainstream, the east and the west, the real and the virtual.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0735269017
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
An Indigenous teen girl is caught between two worlds, both real and virtual, in the YA fantasy debut from bestselling Indigenous author Wab Kinew. Perfect for fans of Ready Player One and the Otherworld series. In the real world, Bugz is a shy and self-conscious Indigenous teen who faces the stresses of teenage angst and life on the Rez. But in the virtual world, her alter ego is not just confident but dominant in a massively multiplayer video game universe. Feng is a teen boy who has been sent from China to live with his aunt, a doctor on the Rez, after his online activity suggests he may be developing extremist sympathies. Meeting each other in real life, as well as in the virtual world, Bugz and Feng immediately relate to each other as outsiders and as avid gamers. And as their connection is strengthened through their virtual adventures, they find that they have much in common in the real world, too: both must decide what to do in the face of temptations and pitfalls, and both must grapple with the impacts of family challenges and community trauma. But betrayal threatens everything Bugz has built in the virtual world, as well as her relationships in the real world, and it will take all her newfound strength to restore her friendship with Feng and reconcile the parallel aspects of her life: the traditional and the mainstream, the east and the west, the real and the virtual.
Two Worlds Apart Joined With One Heart
Author: Jyotishka Koley
Publisher: Blue Rose Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
Anna Brown, a high schooler is an admirable young woman with a great sense of justice and fairness. Despite her affluent upbringing, she maintains a modest demeanor and abhors all forms of dishonesty and bullying. George Williams, an eighteen-year-old high schooler has a dark past and Anna is somehow connected to it. He has a passion for music which he inherited from someone very close to him. Williams and Brown meet each other at a summer campaign and George is the type of person Anna despises. Their paths clash as enmity starts between them. Little did they know that fate had other plans for them as they tied the knot to matrimony. Will they ever get along even after the marriage or will their differences push them apart?
Publisher: Blue Rose Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
Anna Brown, a high schooler is an admirable young woman with a great sense of justice and fairness. Despite her affluent upbringing, she maintains a modest demeanor and abhors all forms of dishonesty and bullying. George Williams, an eighteen-year-old high schooler has a dark past and Anna is somehow connected to it. He has a passion for music which he inherited from someone very close to him. Williams and Brown meet each other at a summer campaign and George is the type of person Anna despises. Their paths clash as enmity starts between them. Little did they know that fate had other plans for them as they tied the knot to matrimony. Will they ever get along even after the marriage or will their differences push them apart?
Worlds Apart
Author: James Gustave Speth
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Worlds Apart presents a cohesive set of essays by leading thinkers on the subject of globalization, offering a thoughtful overview of the major environmental issues related to globalization in a clear, reasoned style. Framed by Gus Speth’s introduction and conclusion, essays range from Jane Lubchenco’s discussion of the scientific indicators of global environmental change to Robert Kates’ examination of the prospect that our growing global interconnectedness could lead a transition to a more sustainable world to Vandana Shiva’s impassioned plea for a new “living democracy” that counters the degrading, dehumanizing tendencies of the global economy. Other contributors include Maurice Strong on the Rio Earth Summit and the future course of environmentalism, José Goldemberg on energy, Jerry Mander on the inherent destructiveness of the global economic system, Stephan Schmidheiny on the forestry industry, and Daniel Esty and Maria Ivanova on global environmental governance. Edited by one of the world’s leading experts on international environmental issues, the book brings together the most respected thinkers and actors on the world stage to offer a compelling set of perspectives and a solid introduction to the social and environmental dimensions of globalization.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Worlds Apart presents a cohesive set of essays by leading thinkers on the subject of globalization, offering a thoughtful overview of the major environmental issues related to globalization in a clear, reasoned style. Framed by Gus Speth’s introduction and conclusion, essays range from Jane Lubchenco’s discussion of the scientific indicators of global environmental change to Robert Kates’ examination of the prospect that our growing global interconnectedness could lead a transition to a more sustainable world to Vandana Shiva’s impassioned plea for a new “living democracy” that counters the degrading, dehumanizing tendencies of the global economy. Other contributors include Maurice Strong on the Rio Earth Summit and the future course of environmentalism, José Goldemberg on energy, Jerry Mander on the inherent destructiveness of the global economic system, Stephan Schmidheiny on the forestry industry, and Daniel Esty and Maria Ivanova on global environmental governance. Edited by one of the world’s leading experts on international environmental issues, the book brings together the most respected thinkers and actors on the world stage to offer a compelling set of perspectives and a solid introduction to the social and environmental dimensions of globalization.