List 84 of books by Ann

Will China's Economy Collapse?

by Ann Lee
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2017

The recent downturn in the Chinese economy has become a focal point of global attention, with some analysts warning that China is edging dangerously close to economic meltdown. Is it possible that the second largest economy in the world could collapse and drag the rest of the world with it? In...

The Street

by Ann Petry
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2013

“Petry is the writer we have been waiting for; hers are the stories we need to fully illuminate the questions of our moment, while also offering a page-turning good time. Ann Petry, the woman, had it all, and so does her insightful, prescient and unputdownable prose.” — Tayari Jones, New York...

Kabul in Winter

Life Without Peace in Afghanistan

by Ann Jones
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2007

A sharp and arresting people's-eye view of real life in Afghanistan after the Taliban Soon after the bombing of Kabul ceased, award-winning journalist and women's rights activist Ann Jones set out for the shattered city, determined to bring help where her country had brought destruction. Here...

Annus Horribilis

The Worst Year in British Politics

by Ann Treneman
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2009

'Brilliant.' Matthew Parris What was Parliament's Annus Horribilis? It started in September when the government dropped the economic ball with the mother of financial crashes. And that was for starters. Never before have tax payers got such entertainment value out of their elected representatives:...

The Family in English Children's Literature

by Ann Alston
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2008

From the trials of families experiencing divorce, as in Anne Fine’s Madame Doubtfire, to the childcare problems highlighted in Jacqueline Wilson’s Tracy Beaker, it might seem that the traditional family and the ideals that accompany it have long vanished. However, in The Family in English Children’s...

Partisan Publics

Communication and Contention across Brazilian Youth Activist Networks

by Ann Mische
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2009

During the 1980s and 1990s, Brazil struggled to rebuild its democracy after twenty years of military dictatorship, experiencing financial crises, corruption scandals, political protest, and intense electoral contention. In the midst of this turmoil, Ann Mische argues in this remarkable book, youth...

Seasons of Her Life

A Biography of Madeleine Korbel Albright

by Ann Blackman
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 1999

When Madeleine Korbel Albright was sworn in as secretary of state in January 1997, she made headlines around the world. She was the first woman to rise to the top tier of American government and had a reputation for defining foreign policy in blunt one-liners that voters could understand. When her...

Hodding Carter

The Reconstruction of a Racist

by Ann Waldron
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 1993

Using his little daily paper to battle for equality before the law and an end to the mistreatment of black people, Hodding Carter took on the power structure of the state of Mississippi. Castigated by politicians, denounced by his fellow editors, threatened with economic reprisal and physical violence,...

The March Against Fear

The Last Great Walk of the Civil Rights Movement and the Emergence of Black Power

by Ann Bausum
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2017

James Meredith's 1966 march in Mississippi began as one man's peaceful protest for voter registration and became one of the South's most important demonstrations of the civil rights movement. It brought together leaders like Martin Luther King Jr. and Stokely Carmichael, who formed an unlikely alliance...

A Wasp Among Eagles

A Woman Military Test Pilot in World War II

by Ann Carl
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2013

Before World War II most Americans did not believe that the average woman could fly professionally, but during the war more than a thousand women pilots proved them wrong. These were the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs), who served as military flyers on the home front. In March 1944 one of them,...

Jennifer, Where Are You?

by Katherine Ann Longo
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2011

In November of 1982, Katherine Ann Longos life changed forever. Her daughter disappeared. It was a mothers worst nightmare. When the authorities failed to solve the case, Kathy didnt take we dont know for an answer. She began her own investigation. In her opinion, she gathered strong supporting evidence...

Kitchen Literacy

How We Lost Knowledge of Where Food Comes from and Why We Need to Get It Back

by Ann Vileisis
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2009

Ask children where food comes from, and they’ll probably answer: “the supermarket.” Ask most adults, and their replies may not be much different. Where our foods are raised and what happens to them between farm and supermarket shelf have become mysteries. How did we become so disconnected from...

Medical Anthropology in Ecological Perspective

by Ann McElroy
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2018

Global environmental change and recent worldwide infectious-disease outbreaks make the ecological perspective of medical anthropology more important a field of study than ever. In this premier teaching text, authors Ann McElroy and Patricia K. Townsend integrate biocultural, environmental, and evolutionary...

Life in a Hospice: Reflections on Caring for the Dying

by Ann Richardson
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2018

You've heard of hospice care, but you prefer not to think about it. Dying is such an uncomfortable topic, we all avoid it. In ignorance, we fear the worst. This book will change your whole view. Taking you behind the scenes of end-of-life care, you will see the enormous efforts of nurses, doctors,...

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