Reaching America

Reaching America
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Publisher : Dorrance Publishing
Total Pages : 341
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ISBN-10 : 9781434962737
ISBN-13 : 1434962733
Rating : 4/5 (37 Downloads)

Synopsis Reaching America by : Niki Karavasilis

Reaching America

Reaching America
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ISBN-10 : 1950791874
ISBN-13 : 9781950791873
Rating : 4/5 (74 Downloads)

Synopsis Reaching America by : Gary Miller

Why are so few of our neighbors joining our Anabaptist churches? Are we not passionately reaching out to them with the Gospel, or are they becoming increasingly indifferent? Does the problem lie with us or with them? To better understand our neighbors and learn how to reach out to them, the author reviews some of the calls received by Christian Aid Ministries' Billboard Evangelism program.

Across Atlantic Ice

Across Atlantic Ice
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Publisher : Univ of California Press
Total Pages : 337
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ISBN-10 : 9780520949676
ISBN-13 : 0520949676
Rating : 4/5 (76 Downloads)

Synopsis Across Atlantic Ice by : Dennis J. Stanford

Who were the first humans to inhabit North America? According to the now familiar story, mammal hunters entered the continent some 12,000 years ago via a land bridge that spanned the Bering Sea. Distinctive stone tools belonging to the Clovis culture established the presence of these early New World people. But are the Clovis tools Asian in origin? Drawing from original archaeological analysis, paleoclimatic research, and genetic studies, noted archaeologists Dennis J. Stanford and Bruce A. Bradley challenge the old narrative and, in the process, counter traditional—and often subjective—approaches to archaeological testing for historical relatedness. The authors apply rigorous scholarship to a hypothesis that places the technological antecedents of Clovis in Europe and posits that the first Americans crossed the Atlantic by boat and arrived earlier than previously thought. Supplying archaeological and oceanographic evidence to support this assertion, the book dismantles the old paradigm while persuasively linking Clovis technology with the culture of the Solutrean people who occupied France and Spain more than 20,000 years ago.

Reaching Up for Manhood

Reaching Up for Manhood
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Publisher : Beacon Press
Total Pages : 180
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ISBN-10 : 9780807023228
ISBN-13 : 0807023221
Rating : 4/5 (28 Downloads)

Synopsis Reaching Up for Manhood by : Geoffrey Canada

From a troubled youth navigating the mean streets of the South Bronx to an inspiring educational activist who evokes praise from the likes of President Barack Obama, Geoffrey Canada has made a remarkable personal journey that cemented his dedication to underserved youth. His award-winning work was featured in Davis Guggenheim’s documentary Waiting for “Superman,” and he has been hailed by media, activists, teachers, and national leaders. Michelle Obama called him “one of my heroes,” and Oprah Winfrey refers to him as “an angel from God.” Here, Canada draws on his years of work with inner-city youth and on his own turbulent boyhood to offer a moving and revelatory look at the little-understood emotional lives of boys. And who better for this task than the man Elizabeth Mehren of the Los Angeles Times calls “one of this country’s leading advocates for youth.”

What the Eyes Don't See

What the Eyes Don't See
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Publisher : One World
Total Pages : 386
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ISBN-10 : 9780399590849
ISBN-13 : 0399590846
Rating : 4/5 (49 Downloads)

Synopsis What the Eyes Don't See by : Mona Hanna-Attisha

A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK • The dramatic story of the Flint water crisis, by a relentless physician who stood up to power. “Stirring . . . [a] blueprint for all those who believe . . . that ‘the world . . . should be full of people raising their voices.’”—The New York Times “Revealing, with the gripping intrigue of a Grisham thriller.” —O: The Oprah Magazine Here is the inspiring story of how Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, alongside a team of researchers, parents, friends, and community leaders, discovered that the children of Flint, Michigan, were being exposed to lead in their tap water—and then battled her own government and a brutal backlash to expose that truth to the world. Paced like a scientific thriller, What the Eyes Don’t See reveals how misguided austerity policies, broken democracy, and callous bureaucratic indifference placed an entire city at risk. And at the center of the story is Dr. Mona herself—an immigrant, doctor, scientist, and mother whose family’s activist roots inspired her pursuit of justice. What the Eyes Don’t See is a riveting account of a shameful disaster that became a tale of hope, the story of a city on the ropes that came together to fight for justice, self-determination, and the right to build a better world for their—and all of our—children. Praise for What the Eyes Don’t See “It is one thing to point out a problem. It is another thing altogether to step up and work to fix it. Mona Hanna-Attisha is a true American hero.”—Erin Brockovich “A clarion call to live a life of purpose.”—The Washington Post “Gripping . . . entertaining . . . Her book has power precisely because she takes the events she recounts so personally. . . . Moral outrage present on every page.”—The New York Times Book Review “Personal and emotional. . . She vividly describes the effects of lead poisoning on her young patients. . . . She is at her best when recounting the detective work she undertook after a tip-off about lead levels from a friend. . . . ‛Flint will not be defined by this crisis,’ vows Ms. Hanna-Attisha.”—The Economist “Flint is a public health disaster. But it was Dr. Mona, this caring, tough pediatrican turned detective, who cracked the case.”—Rachel Maddow

The Changing Face of Islam in America

The Changing Face of Islam in America
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Publisher : Horizon Books Publishers
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 088965168X
ISBN-13 : 9780889651685
Rating : 4/5 (8X Downloads)

Synopsis The Changing Face of Islam in America by : Larry Poston

A street-level view of Muslim teachings from an evangelical perspective. Evaluates Muslim religious faith and practice and shares ways for believers to be involved with Muslim neighbors.

Transformative Ethnic Studies in Schools

Transformative Ethnic Studies in Schools
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Publisher : Multicultural Education
Total Pages : 177
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ISBN-10 : 9780807763452
ISBN-13 : 0807763454
Rating : 4/5 (52 Downloads)

Synopsis Transformative Ethnic Studies in Schools by : Christine E. Sleeter

"Drawing on Christine Sleeter's review of research on the academic and social impact of ethnic studies commissioned by the National Education Association, this book will examine the value and forms of teaching and researching ethnic studies. The book employs a diverse conceptual framework, including critical pedagogy, anti-racism, Afrocentrism, Indigeneity, youth participatory action research, and critical multicultural education. The book provides cases of classroom teachers to 'illustrate what such conceptual framework look like when enacted in the classroom, as well as tensions that spring from them within school bureaucracies driven by neoliberalism.' Sleeter and Zavala will also outline ways to conduct research for 'investigating both learning and broader impacts of ethnic research used for liberatory ends'"--

Columbus Reaches the Americas

Columbus Reaches the Americas
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Publisher : Cherrytree Books
Total Pages : 48
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ISBN-10 : 1842341987
ISBN-13 : 9781842341988
Rating : 4/5 (87 Downloads)

Synopsis Columbus Reaches the Americas by : John Malam

Providing a quick-read introduction to key events in history, this series explores a what happened on the day and the background and consequences of the event. This volume looks at the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus.

Land Without Ghosts

Land Without Ghosts
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Publisher : Univ of California Press
Total Pages : 332
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ISBN-10 : 0520084241
ISBN-13 : 9780520084247
Rating : 4/5 (41 Downloads)

Synopsis Land Without Ghosts by : R. David Arkush

"At last we have a wonderful book which makes us privy to these Chinese images of the West and lets us see how they were formed and how they changed over the last century and a half."—Orville Schell, author of Discos and Democracy

From the Proceedings of the American Ethnological Society. Memoir on the European Colonization of America, in Ante-historic Times. ... Translated from the German by W. W. Turner. ... With Critical Observations Thereon, by E. G. Squier

From the Proceedings of the American Ethnological Society. Memoir on the European Colonization of America, in Ante-historic Times. ... Translated from the German by W. W. Turner. ... With Critical Observations Thereon, by E. G. Squier
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Total Pages : 40
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ISBN-10 : BL:A0026380885
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Rating : 4/5 (85 Downloads)

Synopsis From the Proceedings of the American Ethnological Society. Memoir on the European Colonization of America, in Ante-historic Times. ... Translated from the German by W. W. Turner. ... With Critical Observations Thereon, by E. G. Squier by : August Christian Adolph ZESTERMANN