Karin Evans: 3 books
The Lost Daughters of China
Adopted Girls, Their Journey to America, and the Search fora Missing Past
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2008
In 1997 journalist Karin Evans walked into an orphanage in southern China and met her new daughter, a beautiful one-year-old baby girl. In this fateful moment Evans became part of a profound, increasingly common human drama that links abandoned Chinese girls with foreigners who have traveled many...
The Grace to Race
The Wisdom and Inspiration of the 80-Year-Old World Champion Triathlete Known as the Iron Nun
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2010
SISTER MADONNA BUDER is 80 years old, has run more than 340 triathlons, and doesn’t know what all the fuss is about. In The Grace to Race, she shares the no-nonsense spirit and deep faith that inspired her extraordinary journey from a prominent St. Louis family to a Catholic Convent and finally...
Superheroes and Critical Animal Studies
The Heroic Beasts of Total Liberation
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2017
Superheroes and Critical Animal Studies explores and puts into dialogue two growing field of studies, comic studies and critical animal studies. The book’s aim is to create a form of praxis that people can use to actualize many of the values superheroes strive to protect. To this end, contributor...