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75 Readings Plus
$9.37
75 Readings Plus is a version of the best-selling 75 Readings that supplies additional guidance for student readers. This text is rhetorically arranged and collects the most popular essays for first-year writing. The readings represent a wide variety of authors, disciplines, issues, and interests, a..
A Glass of Water
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A Glass of Water is a gripping tale of family, loyalty, ambition, and revenge that offers an intimate look into the tragedies unfurling at our country’s borders. The first novel from award-winning memoirist, poet, and activist, Jimmy Santiago Baca, it is a passionate and galvanizing addition to Chic..
A Place to Stand
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Jimmy Santiago Baca's harrowing, brilliant memoir of his life before, during, and immediately after the years he spent in a maximum-security prison garnered tremendous critical acclaim and went on to win the prestigious 2001 International Prize. Long considered one of the best poets in America today..
A Reader For College Writers
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A Reader for College Writers is a compact reader organized around the patterns of development that writers use to express their ideas. In addition to providing a careful overview of the writing process and the elements of good writing, it employs a range of excellent models from both professional an..
Advice for a Young Investigator
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An anecdotal guide for the perplexed new investigator as well as a refreshing resource for the old pro, covering everything from valuable personality traits for an investigator to social factors conducive to scientific work.Santiago Ramón y Cajal was a mythic figure in science. Hailed as the father ..
All Around the Year: Holidays and Celebrations in ...
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Whether they're decorating Easter trees or celebrating Wagner's birthday by playing recordings of his Ring cycle operas and incinerating a model of Valhalla on an outdoor barbecue to the closing strains of "Gotterdämerung," Americans know both how to create and how to celebrate holidays.Jack Santino..
Boricuas: Influential Puerto Rican Writings--An An...
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MANY CULTURES * ONE WORLD"Boricua is what Puerto Ricans call one another as a term of endearment, respect, and cultural affirmation; it is a timeless declaration that transcends gender and color. Boricua is a powerful word that tells the origin and history of the Puerto Rican people."--From the Intr..
Casi una mujer
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En su nueva memoria, la clamada autora de Cuando era puertorriqueña continua su cautivante crónica describiendo su salida de los barrios de Brooklyn a los teatros de Manhattan.“Negi”, como cariñosamente la llama su familia, deja Macún, un campo de Puerto Rico, en 1961 para vivir en un apartamento de..
Chicago
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This handy format showcases Chicago’s greatest sites and views, including four gatefolds of breathtaking panoramic beauty that capture the visual paradoxes and triumphs of this famous city by the lake.Visalli photographs the architectural masterpieces famous throughout the world from Louis Sullivan’..
Counseling & Diversity: Asian American
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In this monograph, Bryan S.K. Kim presents various issues related to effective counseling with Asian American clients, motivated by the belief that having a good understanding of the demographic, historical, sociopolitical, and cultural characteristics of Asian American individuals will increase the..
Cuando Era Puertorriqueña (Spanish Edition)
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La historia de Esmeralda Santiago comienza en la parte rural de Puerto Rico, donde sus padres y siete hermanos, en continuas luchas los unos con los otros, vivían una vida alborotada pero llena de amor y ternura.De niña, Esmeralda aprendió a apreciar cómo se come una guayaba,a distinguir la canción ..
El sueño de América
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América Gonzales es empleada de un hotel en una isla en la costa de Puerto Rico, donde limpia los cuartos de extranjeros ricos que miran de reojo. Su madre alcohólica le tiene resentimiento...su novio Correa, quien es casado le pega...y su hija de catorce años piensa que su vida seria mejor en cualq..
Gardening Wizardry for Kids
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Kids learn about plants through more than 300 experiments and projects that use apple seeds, beans, potatoes, herbs -- virtually everything that grows! Whether growing space is as small as a windowsill, or as big as a backyard, children understand plant life through actual involvement. Glossary, rea..
I Will Fight Monsters for You
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Two little girls one human and the other a monster are afraid to go to sleep for fear of what's living under their beds.What if an entire world of MONSTERS lived underneath your floor Martina is having trouble sleeping because she is afraid monsters might break through the floor and bring her into ..
Miles of Smiles, Years of Struggle: Stories of Bla...
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We sell Rare, out-of-print, uncommon, & used BOOKS, PRINTS, MAPS, DOCUMENTS, AND EPHEMERA. We do not sell ebooks, print on demand, or other reproduced materials. Each item you see here is individually described and imaged. We welcome further inquiries. Author: Santino, Jack Publisher: University of ..
Modern landscape painting;
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First edition bound in gray cloth. Illustrated with 245 plates including 52 in color. A Fine copy in a Near Fine, price-clipped dust jacket. The dust jacket has rubs to its spine tips and a small nick at the head of its spine. Author: Santini, Pier Carlo Publisher: Phaidon Press Binding: Hardcover L..
Play Ball! (Board Buddies)
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Apes playing football! Kangaroos dunking basketballs! This lively board book shows all sorts of furry friends playing a variety of ball games, and toddlers will learn the action words associated with sports. The colorful digital illustrations by Santiago Cohen will have kids begging to play ball! Au..
Prado
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A fascinating tour of the Prado Museum in Madrid explores the unsurpassed holdings of one of the world's finest art museums, combining an illustrated history of the museum with more than three hundred reproductions, many in color, of the Prado's great masterpieces. Author: Blanch, Santiago Alcolea P..
Recollections of My Life (Mit Press)
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Santiago Ramón y Cajal (1852-1934) made prolific and lasting contributions to understanding "the life of the infinitely small."Santiago Ramón y Cajal (1852-1934) made prolific and lasting contributions to understanding "the life of the infinitely small." Widely thought of as the founder of neuroscie..
Strategies in Regenerative Medicine: Integrating B...
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The profound transformations occurred in our modern age have been made possible by the unique combination of new technologies. Among them, me- cine has completely changed our perception of life. Longevity has been signi- cantly extended and linked to new lifestyles. The negative impact that patholog..
The Basics: A Rhetoric and Handbook
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A clear, non-technical discussion of grammar and outstanding coverage of the writing process make The Basics a complete brief rhetoric as well as an exceptional reference tool. One of the few brief handbooks with integrated exercises, The Basics helps students successfully transfer what they learn t..
The Ecology of Oil: Environment, Labor, and the Me...
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An exploration of the social and environmental consequences of oil extraction in the tropical rainforest. Using northern Veracruz as a case study, the author argues that oil production generated major historical and environmental transformations in land tenure systems and uses, and social organisati..
Timothy Eaton and the Rise of His Department Store
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Book by Santink, Joy L. Author: Santink, Joy L. Publisher: Univ of Toronto Pr Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0802027202 ISBN-13: 9780802027207..
When I Was Puerto Rican
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Magic, sexual tension, high comedy, and intense drama move through an enchanted yet harsh life chronicle, as a young girl leaves rural Puerto Rico for New York's tenements and a chance for success. 20,000 first printing. Author: Santiago, Esmeralda Publisher: Addison-Wesley Binding: Hardcover Langua..
When I Was Puerto Rican: A Memoir (A Merloyd Lawre...
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One of "The Best Memoirs of a Generation" (Oprah's Book Club): a young woman's journey from the mango groves and barrios of Puerto Rico to Brooklyn, and eventually on to HarvardIn a childhood full of tropical beauty and domestic strife, poverty and tenderness, Esmeralda Santiago learned the proper w..