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A veteran journalist spends a year following girl gangs--white, Black, and Latino--in South Central Los Angeles and elsewhere, tracing the similarities and differences between female and male gangs.

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Step into the surreal world of a Tokyo hostess club and gain an exclusive, underground pass through the eyes of author Chelsea Haywood as she attempts to understand a way of life unique to the Japanese.

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FIFA, the world governing body of association football, declared 'The Future is Feminine' in a 1995 press release. This title examines contemporary women's football internationally, with case studies from England, the United States, China and Australia. It analyses the status and image of the women's game from the late nineteenth century onwards.

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FIFA, the world governing body of association football, declared 'The Future is Feminine' in a 1995 press release. This title examines contemporary women's football internationally, with case studies from England, the United States, China and Australia. It analyses the status and image of the women's game from the late nineteenth century onwards.

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This book represents the first comprehensive compilation of information about Black Studies programs, departments, institutions, and centers, as well as about the discipline itself.

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A Big Brother's Guide to Bringing Home a Preemie tells the story of a young boy whose baby brother is born prematurely.

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Women have always been healers; they have helped each other through the birthing process, nursed the sick and wounded, and sought cures for illnesses and injuries. This book summarizes the lives of 240 significant or representative women who have engaged in the "core" professions of mid-wifery, nurs

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Taking a different path, Miriam Meyers celebrates the positive role that food plays in women's lives, and in the relationship between mother and daughter.

Despite the changes wrought by modern technology, the provision of food remains necessary to sustain physical, social, religious, and familial life.

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Brand names were used as the indicator of linguistic influence, and detailed content analyses were conducted to examine trends in the use of brand names in popular literature contexts.

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What will the world be like in 20 years, fifty years, a hundred A highly accessible and grimly fascinating analysis of what the future may hold, given the current state of the world.

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The book challenges and dispels the myth that Black progress has led to equality for African American women in the academy.

The results of this study make it even more critical that the voices of African American women be heard and their experiences in the academy be expressed.

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Examines the complex interrelationships that inform the health care system. How much is enough

Americans have the wealthiest health care system in the world, yet the health status of Americans ranks in the lowest quartile among the world's 25 industrialized nations and 45 million Americans are without health insurance.

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This book compiles entries on 100 consumer productsten per decadethat figured prominently in the rise of consumer culture in the United States, telling the story behind the century's most popular products, slogans, and symbols.

A unique format provides glimpses into American popular culture from each decade in the century.

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The third and final book in my A City in the Sand series. The story of Akin and Akil's parents, Abubakar, the captain of the Kush Army and the Goddess Hathor. A story of discovery, kindness, love and war, and how it all began.

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Professor Alfoldi describes the conflict in the reign of Emperer Valentinian I between the old world of pagan thought and custom and the new order created by the conversion to Christianity of Constantine the Great.

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The rural fuse has been lit. The countryside is tinder-dry. Post offices and banks, shops and schools are closing. Farmers are going out of business. Houses are becoming unaffordable as prices soar ad poverty grows. Pollution and over-exploitation are destroying landscapes. This book offers an evidence of the background to the crisis.

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This book is a comprehensive, current scholarly analysis of the works of one of the worlds most renowned and successful filmmakers. Written by some of the top scholars working in film and media studies, philosophy, and literature, the seventeen chapters in this book illuminate the entire artistic career of James Cameron.

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A Critical Companion to Stanley Kubrick provides an in-depth analysis of the directors work and offers an enriching view of the historical, philosophical, theoretical, artistic, and cinematic dimensions of his films. The eighteen chapters in this book provide innovative readings of Kubricks oeuvre that will surely spark new discussions.