Current Events category: 843 books
Caribbean Spanish in the Metropolis
Spanish Language among Cubans, Dominicans and Puerto Ricans in the New York City Area
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2004
This study focuses on first- and second-generation Cubans, Dominicans and Puerto Ricans living in the New York City area. In particular, the author creates a sociolinguistic profile of these cohorts and evaluates their attitudes towards Spanish and English, their use of these languages and their linguistic skills based on generation and ethnic factors.
Governing States and Localities
The Essentials
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2013
In this Essentials Editionof Governing States and Localities, authors Kevin Smith and Alan Greenblatt retain the hallmarks of their bestselling introductory text by blending the latest scholarship with engaging journalistic writing, crisp storytelling, and class-tested pedagogy. Based on market feedback,...
Second Opinion
A Doctor's Dispatches from the Inner City
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2013
Last week, a patient arrived in the prison, a fit (though presumably not very skilful) young burglar. ‘Are you on any treatment?’ I asked him. ‘Yes,’ he said. ‘DF 118, diazzies and amitrippiline.’ An opiate analgesic, an addictive tranquilliser and an anti-depressant. ‘Why?’ I asked....
The King Inside
Practical Advice for Young African-American Males
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2016
It’s time for you as a young African-American male to put an end to the negative statistics and media portrayals of your doomed future. The King Inside: Practical Advice for Young African-American Males, aims to give you a foundation on several areas in life where your decision-making will be challenged....
Heavy Lifting
The Job of the American Legislature
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2004
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What makes for a “good” legislature? In Heavy Lifting, Alan Rosenthal traveled to five states, interviewing and shadowing legislators to find out the answer. Through this engaging narrative, the author first establishes the most important aspects of American state legislatures--what...
Salem Possessed?
The Parallel of 1960s Joseph McCarthyism and The Crucible
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2017
America's schizoaffective writer Jared William Carter writes a very short parallel of Salem Possessed including the 1960s Joseph McCarthysim and The Crucible.
by Brenda Winters
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2016
The 2012 Elections in Florida
Obama Wins and Democrats Make Strides in Downticket Races
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2015
This book places the 2012 election in Florida in historical context and provides an explanation for the outcome of the races involved. The book offers descriptions of the races for President, US Senate, US Congress and the Florida State Legislature as well as explanations for the outcomes of these...
by Diana McCaulay
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
Diana McCaulay’s newspaper columns, collected in Writing Jamaica: People, Places, Struggles, deliver a fascinating look at Jamaica, far beyond the island’s image as a tourist paradise. From the white sand beaches of Jamaica’s north coast – Negril, Montego Bay, Oracabessa, Portland –...
by Anarkismo.net Editorial Group, K.B.
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2014
This ebook has been ported from theanarchistlibrary.org.
The PKK and its projects have attracted attention not just for the Rojava revolution – where a substantial part of the PKK programme is being implemented. The PKK has also attracted world attention for its heroic battle against...
The Interpreters
Stories of interpreters who served the US military, as told to VICE News.
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2014
Language interpreters played a vital role in the recent US campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan. These men served alongside American soldiers in parts of the world where doing so meant they could not go back home safely. They served with the promise of support, visas and better lives in the US and abroad...
National Identity and the Conflict at Oka
Native Belonging and Myths of Postcolonial Nationhood in Canada
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2004
Through readings of literature, canonical history texts, studies of museum displays and media analysis, this work explores the historical formation of myths of Canadian national identity and then how these myths were challenged (and affirmed during the 1990 standoff at Oka. It draws upon history,...
The Jewish State
The Democratic Power in Middle East
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2013
Israel The Democratic Power in Middle East Israel is a global leader in water conservation and geothermal energy. Israel has one of the highest life expectancies in the world. Israel has embraced solar energy, its engineers are on the cutting edge of solar energy technology and its solar companies...
by Justin Tyme
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2012
A collection of essays of historical perspective, on the phoney financial system, the psychopaths who own it, the corporate beast it enables, and how we can be free of it.
In The Rant, the author lays out a time-lapse history of our civilization, tears apart the consumer-material culture,...