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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.

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In today's social context, characterized by fluidity, uncertainty, and individualism, the choices we make have become the main factor in the formation of our individual identities.

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The search to understand our mind and heart, to be at peace withing ourselves, is the most valuable path one can follow.

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The work deals with the various aspects and problems of this minority within a minority--such as emigration, integration within the surrounding society, and the Christian Churches' position within the national states of Jordan and Israel.

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Impressive, enlightening, and fascinating to read, this easy-to-use narrative chronology records the triumphs, obstacles, and conditions of women's lives from prehistory to the present and profiles the achievements of nearly 5,000 women from practically every corner of the globe.

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It excludes such items as theses and dissertations, government documents, manuscripts, and papers, and hard-to-locate ephemeral items such as pamphlets and public program notes, although a number of the titles covered are anthologies of these ephemeral materials.

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Winston Churchill's inspiring leadership in the Second World War once put him above criticism. This book makes sense of this extraordinary man and his controversial and heroic career. It brings out Churchill's strengths and weaknesses, looking at the many received versions of Churchill, and offers a fresh insight into his character.