Author: Oscar Cásares
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0525564926
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 274
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ONE OF KIRKUS REVIEWS' BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR “A richly conceived and devastating book about the border.” —Houston Chronicle From a distance, the towns along the U.S.-Mexican border have dangerous reputations, and Brownsville is no different. But to twelve-year-old Orly, it’s simply where his godmother Nina lives—and where he is being forced to stay the summer after his mother’s sudden death. Nina, however, has a secret: she’s providing refuge for a young immigrant boy named Daniel, for whom traveling to America has meant trading one set of dangers for another. Separated from the violent human traffickers who brought him across the border and pursued by the authorities, Daniel must stay completely hidden. And Orly’s arrival threatens to put them all at risk of exposure. Tackling the crisis of U.S. immigration policy from a deeply human angle, Where We Come From explores through an intimate lens the ways that family history shapes us, how secrets can burden us, and how finding compassion and understanding for others can ultimately set us free.
Author: Scot Ritchie
Publisher: Kids Can Press Ltd
ISBN: 1525305433
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
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A perfect, kid-friendly introduction to family heritage. Today is a big day for the five friends. Their class is hosting a Heritage Festival to celebrate the customs and traditions of people from all over the world. Martin, Sally, Pedro, Nick and Yulee each have their own heritage, and they have so much to share! They learn about various traditions involving music, food, language, stories, crafts, clothing and games. They also learn that exploring their different heritages makes everyone feel like they belong! There’s a world of fun to be had, as readers discover the many ways people are alike and what makes each of us unique!
Author: Kamal Al-Solaylee
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 1443456160
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 336
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A Globe and Mail, Hill Times and CBC Best Book of the Year Have you ever wondered what it would be like to return to your roots? Drawing on astute political analysis and extensive reporting from around the world, Return: Why We Go Back to Where We Come From illuminates a personal quest. Kamal Al-Solaylee, author of the bestselling and award-winning Intolerable: A Memoir of Extremes and Brown: What Being Brown in the World Today Means (to Everyone), yearns to return to his homeland of Yemen, now wracked by war, starvation and daily violence, to reconnect with his family. Yemen, as well as Egypt, another childhood home, call to him, even though he ran away from them in his youth and found peace and prosperity in Canada. In Return, Al-Solaylee interviews dozens of people who have chosen to or long to return to their homelands, from Basques to Irish to Taiwanese. He does make a return of sorts himself, to the Middle East, visiting Israel and the West Bank, as well as Egypt. A chronicle of love and loss, of global reach and personal desires, Return is a book for anyone who has ever wondered what it would be like to return to their roots.
Author: Jules Dossou Azatassou
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 204
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This book serves as a guide to all people moving from one nation to another and to all people moving and living in America.
Author: Roy A. Archuleta
Publisher: WHERE WE COME FROM,COLLECT.
ISBN: 1424304725
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 306
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Archuleta families in Spain and the American Southwest. The author's ancestor is Jose Damian Archuleta, who was born in about 1754. He married Juana Micaela Salazar 29 January 1772 in Santa Cruz, New Mexico. Includes general historical background for Hispanic American families.
Author: Piergiorgio Costa
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 059553158X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 106
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It is important to save memories of our past life for future generations to know. This is particularly important for my American family that is logistically separated from his Italian roots. Discovering where we are coming from some time explain what we are and how we feel.
Author: Marge Wong
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1669880400
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 111
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Many people regret not seeking and preserving information about their family history. This book is a collection of stories about the author's Maori Chinese whanau (family) and their extended Maori relatives. It was written for the mokopuna (grandchildren) and those yet to be born. The stories open a window to the past in ways that will help the mokopuna to know who they are and where they come from. The author describes the people, places, experiences, and events that have shaped her life and that of her siblings. The notion that "it takes a village to raise a child" is highlighted within the narratives. The stories emphasise the importance of resilience and determination when faced with adversity such as the effects of poverty and racism. The author describes the relationships, emotional and cultural experiences, and whanau aroha (love) that impacts positively or negatively on a child's sense of belonging.
Author: Alma Gottlieb
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022633063X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 436
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When a new baby arrives among the Beng people of West Africa, they see it not as being born, but as being reincarnated after a rich life in a previous world. Far from being a tabula rasa, a Beng infant is thought to begin its life filled with spiritual knowledge. How do these beliefs affect the way the Beng rear their children? In this unique and engaging ethnography of babies, Alma Gottlieb explores how religious ideology affects every aspect of Beng childrearing practices—from bathing infants to protecting them from disease to teaching them how to crawl and walk—and how widespread poverty limits these practices. A mother of two, Gottlieb includes moving discussions of how her experiences among the Beng changed the way she saw her own parenting. Throughout the book she also draws telling comparisons between Beng and Euro-American parenting, bringing home just how deeply culture matters to the way we all rear our children. All parents and anyone interested in the place of culture in the lives of infants, and vice versa, will enjoy The Afterlife Is Where We Come From. "This wonderfully reflective text should provide the impetus for formulating research possibilities about infancy and toddlerhood for this century." — Caren J. Frost, Medical Anthropology Quarterly “Alma Gottlieb’s careful and thought-provoking account of infancy sheds spectacular light upon a much neglected topic. . . . [It] makes a strong case for the central place of babies in anthropological accounts of religion. Gottlieb’s remarkably rich account, delivered after a long and reflective period of gestation, deserves a wide audience across a range of disciplines.”—Anthony Simpson, Critique of Anthropology
Author: Scott Caan
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
ISBN: 0822234874
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 55
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In this romantic comedy, Charlie finds himself at a crossroads in his life when he discovers that his girlfriend is expecting. Charlie confides in his best friend, Vince, that he has recently crossed paths with women from his past, and this tangled web of previous girlfriends is making Charlie doubt his ability to commit to his future.
Author: Jan Klein
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3662048477
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 467
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From the moment we first began to contemplate the world, three questions have occupied our minds: Where do we come from?, What are we?, and Where are we going? Artists, religious thinkers, philosophers, and most recently scientists have all searched for answers. Here, the authors describe how scientists decipher human origin from the record encrypted in the DNA and protein molecules. After explaining the nature of descent and the methods available for studying genealogical relationships, they summarize the information revealed by the molecular archives. In doing so, they draw conclusions about our identity, our place in the living world, and our future.
