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Abandoned: A Jewish Wifes True Story
By Mirkov Publications [Paperback 1999]
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Out Of Stock Abandoned: A Jewife's true story. A story so troubling that, to this day, the author inists upon remaining anonymous. Barely do we have such access to the inner life of the American Orthodox Jewish community. Many centuries of tradition have insisted that... more
Itoko Maeda: A Woman of Mission
By Marilyn Hill [Paperback 1997]
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Out Of Stock Her grandfather, a samurai scribe turned Shinto priest, warned her not to "get Christianity" at the mission school she attended as a young girl in Tokyo. Not only did Itoko fail to heed his advice, she became a minister in the Christian Church (Disciples... more
Semblance Lost: The Life and Times of Don, Hernan Cortes, Marques del Valle de Oaxaca
By Arturo Cortez [Paperback 2008]
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Available. Ships Free to India in 3-4-WEEKS The people whose social diversity is based on the integrity of our race; "El Mestizo" Unlike many people, I know that the time has come for North America to establish national integrity in a time when the South American Mestizo has escalated social an... more
Shakira, Spanish Ed.: Woman Full of Grace
By Ximena Diego [Paperback 2001]
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Available. Ships Free to India in 10-15 days In this English language edition comes the story of the most exciting singer/songwriter to come out of Latin America since Ricky Martin, the woman poised to become a crossover sensation with her first English language album. of photos. Shakira's crosso In the tradition of "Selena's Secret, Shakira" is the book... more
Other Editions: Paperback 2001
Italian Women Poets
By Biancamaria Frabotta , Corrado Federici [Paperback 2002]
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Out Of Stock Addressing the issue of gender in poetic discourse, this anthology includes the work of various 20th-century Italian women poets. With interviews on the nature of poetry and the discussion of selected poems, the work attempts to answer the question of whe... more
Son of Italy
By Pascal D Angelo , Kenneth Scambray [Paperback 2003]
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Available. Ships Free to India in 10-15 days The only reprint since its publication in 1924, this impassioned memoir of the often fruitless labors of an Italian immigrant in America describes the harsh, inhumane working conditions that immigrants had to endure at the beginning of the 20th century. I... more
We Wont Back Down: Severita Laras Rise from Student Leader to Mayor
By Jose Angel Gutierrez [Paperback 2006]
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Out Of Stock Civil rights leader Jose Gutierrez chronicles the life of Severita Lara, a little-known female activist in the Hispanic Civil Rights Movement. Lara's ascent from a willful child to the mayor of Crystal City, Texas all began with the Crystal City High... more
Other Editions: Prebound 2006
A Journey Through Generations: Biography of an Immigrant from India in USA
By Andreos [Paperback 2002]
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Like a Raging Fire: A Biography of Maurice N. Eisendrath
By Avi M Schulman , Albert Vorspan [Paperback 1998]
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Out Of Stock This biography depicts and evaluates the life and work of one of the most distinguished, influential rabbis of the twentieth century.... more
Zvi y la Generacion Siguiente = Zvi and the Next Generation
By Elwood Mc Quaid [Paperback 2000]
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Out Of Stock Experience the history of modern Israel from 1948 to the present through the eyes of zvi, a miracle man in a miracle land. This enthralling sequel picks up where the first book left off--on the streets of Jerusalem. You'll feel like a part of Zvi's family... more
Exile in the Promised Land: A Memoir
By Marcia Freedman [Paperback 1990]
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Other Editions: Hardbound 1990
Julian Nava: My Mexican- american Journey (Hispanic Civil Rights)
By Julian Nava , Henry A J Ramos [Library binding 2008]
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Available. Ships Free to India in 10-15 days Julian Nava is one of the most renowned and distinguished elder statesmen in the Hispanic community of the United States. The child of poor Mexican immigrants, Nava rose through years of hardship and hard work to achieve what no other Latino in the United Jutian Nava is one of the... more
Other Editions: Paperback 2002 Hardcover 2002 Prebound 2002
Local Geography: Essays on Multicultural Hawaii
By Dennis Kawaharada [Paperback 2005]
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Out Of Stock Local Geography takes the reader on a journey through Hawai'i's multiethnic society during the second half of the twentieth century. In eight autobiographical essays, the author looks back at his colonial upbringing and education and his attempt to find a... more
Hunger of Memory: An Autobiography
By Richard Rodroquez , Richard Rodriguez [Paperback 1983]
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LOreal Took My Home: The Secrets Behind a Theft
By Monica Waitzfelder , Peter Bush , Serge Klarsfeld [Paperback 2008]
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Available. Ships Free to India in 15-20 days Behind one of the world's largest beauty and cosmetics companies lie some ugly secrets, which Monica Waitzfelder attempts to uncover in this compelling personal account. During World War II, as Jewish homes were being seized one after another, the Rosenfe Behind one of the world's largest beauty and cosmetics companies... more
Other Editions: Hardcover 2007
Hank Greenberg: Hall-Of-Fame-Slugger
By Ira Berkow , Mick Ellison [Paperback 2000]
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Available. Ships Free to India in 10-15 days Ira Berkow presents a potent account of the life and career of Hank Greenberg, the first Jewish ballplayer to be elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame.... more
Interfaith Heroes
By Daniel L Buttry , David M Crumm [Paperback 2007]
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Available. Ships Free to India in 3-4-WEEKS "Interfaith Heroes" is an inspiring 31-day reader, showcasing short biographies of men and women throughout history who have crossed traditional boundaries of religious groups to build stronger communities. The dramatic story of the Rev. Dr. Martin Lu... more
Mayhem Was Our Business: Memorias de Un Veterano
By Sabine R Ulibarri [Paperback 1997]
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Out Of Stock Memoir, bilingual edition. Renowned Chicano author Sabine Ulibarri, born in New Mexico in 1919, presents in his "veteran's memoir" of World War II the story of his experiences as a ball-turret gunner. Initially resistant to enlisting and determined to sit... more
This Is Paradise!: My North Korean Childhood
By Hyok Kang , Philippe Grangereau , Shaun Whiteside [Paperback 2007]
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Available. Ships Free to India in 15-20 days "This is Paradise!" is a shocking and moving portrayal of scenes of every day life in North Korea, a secretive and brutal nation. Hyok Kang writes of the public executions, the labor camps and mines, the punishment for "anti-social behavior," the secret w... more
Other Editions: Paperback 2007, 1st Edition
Geisha: A Life
By Mineko Iwasaki , Rande Brown [Paperback 2003]
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Available. Ships Free to India in 7-12 days No woman in the three-hundred-year history of the karyukai has ever come forward in public to tell her story -- until now. "Many say I was the best geisha of my generation," writes Mineko Iwasaki. "And yet, it was a life that I found too constricting to... more
Other Editions: Hardcover 2002, 1st Edition