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A myth-shattering investigation into the true cost of America's pasion for finding a better bargain.

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A thorough handbook covering the facts, history, and controversies surrounding our most controversial and misunderstood unconventional weapons.

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"First published in... 2012."--T.p. verso.

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Chicanos and Chicanas are rooted in the cultures of African, European, and Native American groups. This great tripartite cultural legacy is evident in numerous folklore genres, such as myths, tales, and folksongs. Defining Chicano folklore, this volume provides background information on the historical contexts in which Chicanos have thrived.

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Offers insight into child abductions, what can be done to prevent them, and how to solve them once they occur. This book details the scope of the child abduction problem in the United States, and its real danger. It covers the different types of abductions and discusses the psychological changes that can occur in long-term abducted children.

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This engagingly written compendium is packed with humorous, dramatic, surprising, and inspiring facts about the past, present, and future of children and childhood.

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This work is an important new edition of a classic study-one of the few exhaustive examinations of childhood sexual abuse available-with 40 percent new material.

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Provides a discussion on the role of orphanages, the primary institution for children without parents, and a stopgap measure for children needing care. This book reviews the practice of adoption, orphanage placement, and foster care since the colonial period. It provides crucial information and insight for high school and college students.

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An approach for professionals helping children deal with foster care placement and adoption.

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Thirty-six Israeli Jews and Palestinians give their unprecedented, inspiring accounts of growing up in a land where childhood's pleasures are fragile and fleeting. 8-page photo insert.

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Defying foreign government orders and interviewing terrorists face to face, a young American tours hostile lands to learn about Middle Eastern youth--and uncovers a subculture that defies every stereotype. Eight-page b&w photo insert.

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Edwards and Polite focus on African American baby-boomers who have grown up possessing something no generation of African Americans has ever before experienced--entitlement. Surprising and often controversial, this groundbreaking book stands as vivid testimony to the increasingly complex world in which African Americans strive to succeed.

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Images of disabled children are found throughout well-known works of literature, film, and even opera. Their characters range from sweet, to brave, to tragic. Disabled children are also a part of reality as poster girls and boys for drives and causes. This work demonstrates the critical role of disability with respect to the history of childhood.

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This how to and help book for those of us who read-aloud to children focuses on books for toddlers, preschoolers, and kindergarten students.

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Included are chapters on the definition and classification of children's folklore, the presence of children's folklore in literature and popular culture, and the scholarly interpretation of children's folklore.

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This book was written by China's leader to interpret the significance of the old and the new treaties and China's responsibilities as an independent nation.

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A systematic, full-length analysis of the development and nature of Marxist ideology in China, this study examines the ideology and praxis of Marxism as it has developed in China from its earliest beginnings to current debates.