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A frank, funny and shocking memoir of one woman's struggle to free her family from debt - by becoming an escort.

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Carol Stack tells the story of a little-known reverse exodus of half a million black Americans in the cities of the North, who are returning to the rural South, back to "persistent poverty counties". The author interweaves the human story with wider economic and social analysis of migration.

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It's common knowledge that in developing countries, the burden of HIV/AIDS falls disproportionately on women, who are generally the victims of male carriers of the disease. In this book, Roman Catholic women theologians from all over the world discuss the pandemic in terms of their particular geographical and social location.

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It's common knowledge that in developing countries the burden of HIV/AIDS falls disproportionately on women, who are generally the victims of male carriers of the disease. In this book, Roman Catholic women theologians from all over the world discuss the pandemic in terms of their particular geographical and social location.

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An enlightening look into the medical, cultural, religious and philosophical implications of life extension.

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This balanced approach to legal precedent and moral argument regarding the death penalty presents the evidence so readers can reach their own informed conclusions.

Capital Punishment examines the debate around the death penalty, raising questions and attempting to provide an even-handed examination of this controversial practice.

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The authors' conclusion, is that upward social mobility is never complete and that these upwardly mobile professionals appear to be caught in the middle between the world of their childhoods and the very different world that they must confront daily as members of the academy.

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Through interviews with homeless people, Bulman provides readers with a unique perspective on homelessness. Addicts are interviewed in chapter five, and chapter six covers those who have been homeless for some time.

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The book summarizes scholarly knowledge on why people migrate to western countries, and how this impacts on the receiving economies and societies.

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The book summarizes scholarly knowledge on why people migrate to western countries, and how this impacts on the receiving economies and societies.

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Brings together the contemporary thinking from art historians, cultural theorists, legal scholars, and psychoanalysts, as well as first-person accounts by artists and advocates, to give us a comprehensive understanding of censorship.

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Ever since the Bill of Rights became the cornerstone on which individual Americans' rights and liberties rest, the practical realities of honoring the grand principles of the First Amendment have been hotly contested, and none more so than freedom of expression.

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Presenting an overview of information control in America, this volume discusses why some works of art and literature are controversial, and examines the arguments of both those who advocate unlimited free speech and those who would impose some limits.

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The study of censorship is important not because we are shocked by the contents of a book or because a complaint about a work offends our sensibilities, but rather because this conflict between powerful opposing forces in society can threaten its foundations and ideals.

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This is the first book to compare the experiences of displaced Chagos islanders in Mauritius with the experiences of those Chagossians who have moved to the UK since 2002. It provides a unique ethnographic comparative study of forced displacement and onward migration within the living memory of one community. -- .

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This is the first book to compare the experiences of displaced Chagos islanders in Mauritius with the experiences of those Chagossians who have moved to the UK since 2002. It provides a unique ethnographic comparative study of forced displacement and onward migration within the living memory of one community. -- .

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Investigates the 'issues and challenges' of the ASEAN Community initiatives. The various chapters argue that, despite the novelty of these initiatives, there are many challenges facing the implementation of this regional integration project.

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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 cross-cultural exploration of child abuse in 16 representative countries from around the world. Each chapter addresses one country and explores the ways in which it approaches the problem, including: the history of child abuse, how it is defined, and child protection and legal actions.

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The National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being (NSCAW) is the first nationally representative study of children who have been reported to authorities as suspected victims of abuse or neglect and the public programs that protect them.