Marika Marches for Equality
Author : Salima Alikhan
Publisher : Capstone
Page : 73 pages
File Size : 48,38 MB
Release : 2022
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1663911940
Marika Marches for Equality
Author : Salima Alikhan
Publisher : Capstone
Page : 73 pages
File Size : 44,73 MB
Release : 2022
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1663921385
Book Description
In 1970 thirteen-year-old Marika dreams of going to Harvard to study economics, but her parents both believe that a woman's place is in the home; Marika does not understand why they are so attached to "traditional values," especially since they defied convention when they were married at a time when interracial marriages were illegal in many states--so Marika defies her parents and joins her Black friend, Beth, and her parents and attends the Women's Strike for Equality without permission.
Archie Strikes Gold
Author : Brandon Terrell
Publisher : Stone Arch Books
Page : 73 pages
File Size : 19,9 MB
Release : 2020
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1496598644
Book Description
Archie is traveling with his uncle Harold, a member of an entertainment revue hired by the renovated Dawson City Theatre, to perform for the Yukon gold rushers. While there, Harold befriends an older gentleman, Montgomery Wycroft, who is in the area panning for gold. Archie and his uncle opt to stay behind in Dawson City, joining Monty on his dangerous quest for gold, battling with both greedy gold-seekers and the unforgiving Canadian terrain. Will Archie and his uncle strike gold, or will they find something more valuable?
Li on Angel Island
Author : Veeda Bybee
Publisher : Stone Arch Books
Page : 73 pages
File Size : 31,24 MB
Release : 2020-08
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1496598679
Book Description
When nine-year-old Li, her mother, and brother Puck arrive from China at Angel Island immigration center in 1921, Li fears she will be deported for failing the tests. Includes historical notes and glossary.
Spare Rib
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 708 pages
File Size : 43,12 MB
Release : 1980
Category : Feminism
ISBN :
Book Description
Chastity Belts
Author : Esar Levine
Publisher :
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 20,85 MB
Release : 2011-05-01
Category :
ISBN : 9781258016067
Book Description
Containing Numerous Explanatory Excerpts From Curious Facetious And Erotic Books.
Audrey and Apollo 11
Author : Rebecca Rissman
Publisher : Smithsonian Historical Fiction
Page : 73 pages
File Size : 13,48 MB
Release : 2020
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1496598628
Book Description
When Houston fifth-grader Audrey's ingenuity helps the Apollo 11 astronauts during their 1969 Moon landing, her dream of becoming a NASA scientist one day, despite sexism, seems possible.
A Star Like Jesse Owens
Author : Nikki Shannon Smith
Publisher : Stone Arch Books
Page : 73 pages
File Size : 24,92 MB
Release : 2020
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1496598695
Book Description
Matthew, a young African American with asthma who dreams of becoming an Olympic runner like his hero, Jesse Owens, accompanies his journalist father to the 1936 Olympics in Germany.
AIDS in Africa
Author : Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS.
Publisher : World Health Organization
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 43,85 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN :
Book Description
This report presents three hypothetical case studies for how the AIDS epidemic in Africa could evolve over the next 20 years based on policy decisions taken today by African leaders and the rest of the world; and considers the factors likely to drive the future responses of African countries and the international community. The scenarios draw on the age-old tradition of story-telling, rather than using data projections, to explore the wider context of the AIDS epidemic, reflecting the complexity of the subject matter.
Urban Democracy
Author : Oscar W. Gabriel
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 18,92 MB
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 3322999696
Book Description
Der Band enthält eine Bestandsaufnahme der Struktur und Entwicklung großstädtischer Demokratien im Übergang zur postindustriellen Gesellschaft. Im Mittelpunkt steht die Frage, in welcher Weise der Strukturwandel der westlichen Gesellschaften die Einflußverteilung zwischen der Bevölkerung, den Institutionen des Interessenvermittlungssystems und den lokalen Eliten beeinflußt hat.
