Author: Nobuko Adachi
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Keywords: voices, women, asian, japanese, married, everyday, company
Number of Pages: 232
Published: 2007-12-24
List price: $26.95
ISBN-10: 0742554643
ISBN-13: 9780742554641
This approachable and absorbing book offers a unique window into Japanese culture and language. Highlighting the overlooked world of the _silent majority,_ the housewives and mothers who are the mainstay of Japanese society, this work tells the stories of ordinary women in their own voices. An annotated translation of a Japanese bestseller, the volume explores the daily communication of Japanese women and what their words tell us about their relationships and lives in a globalized, postindustrial, yet still often male-dominated Japan.
Author: Vicki Rozema
Publisher: John F. Blair Publisher
Keywords: real, voices, series, history, tears, trail
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 2003-03-01
List price: $11.95
ISBN-10: 0895872714
ISBN-13: 9780895872715
Although British and American governmental policy had been pushing Native Americans westward for much of the 18th and early 19th centuries, passage of the Indian Removal Act of 1830 brought this policy to a head. This act, which provided for the exchange of American Indian lands in the East for lands west of the Mississippi River and for the removal of the Indians to those lands, resulted in the relocation of an estimated 100,000 Native Americans. Although many tribes were involved in this process, the most publicized removal was that of the Cherokees. In Voices from the Trail of Tears, Vicki
Author: Simon Hug
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Keywords: europe, voices
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 2003-11-01
List price: $30.95
ISBN-10: 0742516938
ISBN-13: 9780742516939
This landmark study explores the increasingly important role that referendums play in the process of European integration. Employing an original research design, Simon Hug effectively blends formal modeling and statistical analysis to assess the consequen
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Publisher: Paragon House Publishers
Keywords: holocaust, women, voices, different
Number of Pages: 435
Published: 1993-02
List price: $18.95
ISBN-10: 155778504X
ISBN-13: 9781557785046
Neither before, during, nor after the Holocaust have women been silent about the experiences that left them forever marked by the "Final Solution". Here are 28 selections, some long out of print and some written this year, brought together to intensify an awareness of the depths of the Holocaust’s tragedy.
Author: Various
Publisher: UKA Press
Keywords: anthology, web, voices
Number of Pages: 152
Published: 2007-10-24
List price: $16.99
ISBN-10: 1905796145
ISBN-13: 9781905796144
On the porch of the comfortable little house, perhaps in Amsterdam, someone conjures up a few strange tales of the sinisterly unexpected. And then there’s the magnificent white whale in the wedding dress.writers tramping over the hills on the island of Methana.the novelist in South Africa and the poet on a train somewhere under the sea. All come together in this fascinating collection of stories and poems by members of UKAuthors. From Mrs Postlethwaite at the post office, to a cold-blooded killer, to the pigs watching telly and The Dead Butlers’ Club, marvellous character
Author: Cath Senker
Publisher: Evans Brothers Ltd
Keywords: voices, violence
Number of Pages: 48
Published: 2009-05-25
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0237537214
ISBN-13: 9780237537210
"Voices" looks at some of the issues that are most relevant to teenagers today. The series aims to stimulate debate and discussion with a minimum of text and strong illustrations. Its key feature is the use of primary-source quotes throughout to explain different viewpoints and to give a global perspective.
Author: Ellen Dee Davidso
Publisher: Lobster Pre
Keywords: voices, stolen
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 2005-10-24
List price: $9.95
ISBN-10: 189707316X
ISBN-13: 9781897073162
Life in Noveskina is designed to be harmonious and conflict-free. But 15-year-old Miri, daughter of two of the city’s Important Officials, faces a shameful dilemma. She has matured with no clear Talent and thus faces life among the lower classes. As Miri is confronted with the dark secrets of Noveskina, the quiet peace of this once-perfect world reveals itself as something infinitely more sinister. In a city ruled by silence, can one voice make a difference?
