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"The story of American from the Chinese American perspective"-- Provided by publisher.

"On July 1, 1916, witnesses watched in horror as twenty-three-year-old Charles Vansant was attacked and killed by a shark in shallow water at Beach Haven, New Jersey--the first recorded shark attack in American history. Scientists claimed a shark could not be responsible, but more deadly attacks soon followed along the Jersey Shore and up the freshwater Matawan Creek, setting off a nationwide panic that led the White House to declare a war on sharks"--...

Descifra los secretos y descubre el origen y el significado de mas de dos mil signos y simbolos, desde los antiguos jeroglificos hasta los logos actuales. Por que un corazon traspasado por una flecha es una simbolo del amor? Cuales son las raices de los simbolos de la fertilidad? Por que una balanza simboliza la justicia? Esta apasionante libro desentrana el significo oculto de las imagenes simbolicas -- "For centuries, symbols have been imperative...

"Star Trek actor, activist, and author George Takei shares his empowering and moving story about growing up in Japanese American incarceration camps during WWII"-- Provided by publisher.

"A page-turning work of narrative nonfiction chronicling the incredible story of one of America's most iconic, charismatic, and still polarizing figures, baseball immortal Pete Rose; and an exquisite cultural history of baseball and America in the second half of the twentieth century Pete Rose is a legend. A baseball god. He had compiled more hits than anyone in the history of baseball, a record he set decades ago, which still stands. At the same...

Los quince anos de destierro que Jose Marti paso en Estados Unidos le proporcionaron una perspectiva que abarca tanto el norte como el sur del hemisferio, una vision reflejada en su ensayo "Nuestra America." La seleccion de textos de este volumen imprime a "lo nuestro" martiano, un giro contemporaneo que incluye a la comunidad hispanoamericana en los Estados Unidos, personificada en Marti durante un periodo migratorio--la segunda mitad del siglo XIX--...

"Israel is an important place for people of three major religions: Christianity, Islam, and Judaism. This has given it a rich history, but it has also led to conflict. Readers take an informative look at what life is like in Israel for people of different groups as they explore meticulously researched text, which has been updated to discuss current events. Vivid, full-color photographs are found throughout chapters that focus on topics such as government,...

"Jardineras en la plancha del Zocalo, una mujer remando sobre las aguas del canal de la Viga, una inmensa cancha de futbol llanero en la Zona Rosa, una estacion de ferrocarril en la esquina de Insurgentes y Reforma. Estas fotografias, como dice Rafael Perez Gay, (S0(Bocupan el pasado y abren una puerta misteriosa hacia el presente. Sin estas imagenes no existiriamos, o seriamos sombras que deambulan sin historia(S1(B. Hay infinitas maneras de recorrer...

"Real Clothes, Real Lives highlights over 300 garments and accessories from the Smith College Historic Clothing Collection. This unique survey honors countless lives, tracing through the lens of dress how women's roles have changed over the decades. Each piece holds colorful stories about the woman who wore it, the one who made or bought it, and her context in place and time. Whether homemade or ready-made, many of the garments are modest and inexpensive....

"The story of Andrée Geulen and Ida Sterno, who worked with the Committee for the Defense of Jews to hide more than three thousand Jewish children in Belgium during World War II"-- Provided by publisher. "Based on the true story of two World War II heroines who risked everything to save Jewish children from the Gestapo by hiding them throughout Belgium. ... Young schoolteacher Andrée Geulen secretly defies the Nazis in Belgium who are forcing...