Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Raising My Voice Raising My Voice Malalai Joya Raising My Voice does for Afghanistan what Iran Awakening did for IranMalalai Joya is the youngest and most famous female MP in Afghanistan, whose bravery and vision have won her an international fol… OL15172240W
Escape from Camp 14 Escape from Camp 14 Blaine Harden The heartwrenching New York Times bestseller about the only known person born inside a North Korean prison camp to have escaped North Korea’s political prison camps have existed twice as long as Sta… OL16152632W
A fair country A fair country John Ralston Saul Saul argues passionately that Canada is a Métis nation heavily influenced and shaped by Aboriginal ideas. OL17845995W
Youth Youth Gill Jones "This accessible book takes a fresh and original approach to the concept of youth, placing changes in the social construction of 'youth' within a more general story of the rise and fall of grand theo… OL18637600W
The almost nearly perfect people The almost nearly perfect people Michael Booth "Journalist Michael Booth has lived among the Scandinavians for more than ten years, growing increasingly frustrated with the rose-tinted view of this part of the world offered up by the Western medi… OL20033520W
There goes the neighborhood There goes the neighborhood Wilson, William J.,Richard P. Taub Using first-person narratives and interviews throughout, There Goes the Neighborhood gives voice to attitudes and realities few Americans are willing to look at. Their findings lay bare a disturbing … OL20546420W
Women and Islam Women and Islam Zayn Kassam A collection of essays to stimulate discussion and help readers achieve a more sober understanding of the lives of Muslim women around the world. OL20547262W
OECD territorial reviews OECD territorial reviews Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Located at the border with the US, Chihuahua has benefited from FDI and NAFTA. Chihuahua has been one of the richest regions in Mexico and one of the most dynamic in the OECD. However, the region's F… OL22053387W
Class and social mobility Class and social mobility Lisa Firth This volume looks at the issue of class and whether it is an impediment to social mobility, covering issues such as the debate surrounding unpaid internships, public school dominance of top jobs and … OL24176766W
The maids of Havana The maids of Havana Pedro Pérez Sarduy Set in Cuba and Miami, from the 1940s to the present, two Afro-Cuban women narrate their life stories. One leaves a small town in the central part of the island to work as a maid in Havana in prerevo… OL28587016W
Distracted Distracted Maggie Jackson We have vast oceans of information at our disposal, yet increasingly we seek knowledge with brief glimpses at online headlines while juggling other tasks. We are networked as never before, but we com… OL5861587W
April 4, 1968 April 4, 1968 Michael Eric Dyson On April 4, 1968, at 6:01 PM, while he was standing on a balcony at a Memphis hotel, Martin Luther King, Jr. was shot and fatally wounded. Only hours earlier King-the prophet for racial and economic … OL92695W