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Another man's war
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Sam Childers |
This book recounts the rise of Sam Childers from violent, drug-addicted biker to a man willing to risk everything to rescue the orphans and child soldiers of Sudan. "All my life, from birth, it's bee… |
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Youth in Cities
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Marta Tienda |
Whether in the ghettos of the United States, the barrios of Brazil, or the ethnic neighborhoods of Germany and Lebanon, a growing number of urban youth find themselves marginalized from the social ma… |
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Unequal childhoods
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Annette Lareau |
Class does make a difference in the lives and futures of American children. Drawing on in-depth observations of black and white middle-class, working-class, and poor families, Unequal childhoods expl… |
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Fist, stick, knife, gun
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Jamar Nicholas |
Presents a graphic adaptation of Geoffrey Canada's memoir of a Bronx, N.Y. childhood, along with an analysis of how a chain of events set in motion by 1960s drug laws has led to the child violence on… |
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Children's chances
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Jody Heymann |
xi, 394 p. : 25 cm |
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Bullies and gangs
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Johnson, Julie.,Julie Johnson |
Discusses why people bully others, who they pick, and how to cope with the problems of being bullied. |
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Textbook of community children's nursing
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Anna Sidey,David Widdas |
"This edition provides invaluable knowledge for all professionals and students involved with Community Children's Nurses wherever sick children and their families receive care or treatment, including… |
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Nature of Childhood
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Pamela Riney-Kehrberg |
"Today's organized efforts to lure children outdoors to green spaces signal growing concerns about American youths' deepening estrangement from nature. Covering the last century and a half, this envi… |
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The girl from yesterday
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Shane Dunphy |
After the death of his friend, Shane Dunphy runs away from his life working at a special needs creche, and attempts to avoid his child protection instincts. However, when a part time journalism job i… |
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So sexy so soon
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Diane E. Levin |
Thong panties, padded bras, and risque Halloween costumes for young girls. T-shirts that boast "Chick Magnet" for toddler boys. Sexy content on almost every television channel, as well as in books, m… |
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Ordinary Resurrections
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Jonathan Kozol |
In this national bestseller, now in paperback, the acclaimed author of Savage Inequalities recounts the lessons he has learned from the struggles and unlikely triumphs of children in the South Bronx,… |
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Tom and Huck Don't Live Here Anymore
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Ron Powers |
"Something had gone terribly wrong in Hannibal, Missouri. Within the space of six weeks, two killings - a manslaughter and then a murder - had taken place in the town that Mark Twain consecrated in h… |
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