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  • Indonesian & Javanese for Professionals

    Business, Military, Government, NGOs, Health Workers, Teachers

    by Don Hobbs, Galang Lufityanto ...
    Series series Indonesian languages
    This book is a must-have reference and learning tool for anyone wanting to improve their Indonesian or Javanese, and unlike any text currently on the market. Units are organized by topics, and include Village Life, Love, Medical, Transport, School Life, Nature, Military, Religion, and Terrorists and Separatists, to name a few (23 units total). Each unit contains vocabulary lists, language and ... Read more

    $20.00 USD

  • Thai to Lao Quick Guide

    by Don Hobbs ...
    This is a book for anyone who knows some Thai and wants to learn Lao, which is 85% similar to Thai, but with some important differences. This book gives you the shortcuts for changing Thai into Lao, and teaches you the most common Lao words which are different from Thai. Organized by topic. ... Read more

    $5.00 USD

  • Dreams Come True

    Book 1

    by Don Hobbs ...
    This is a story about a young man who inherits an enormous fortune when his family is killed in a plane crash. While he is debating with himself about how to use or spend the money, he heard a news article on the television that described the plight of the homeless in his community. With that as the impetus, he decided to use his money to build homes for the homeless. He ends up creating an entire ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Rural Society In The U.s.

    Issues For The 1980s

    by Don A Dillman, Daryl J Hobbs ...
    Must rural Americans pay the price of urban progress and modern lifestyles? How will the increased pressures of the 1980s affect those who live and work in rural communities? In addressing these overriding questions the authors of this book take a serious look at such issues as who will operate our farms and how those farms will meet rising demands for food, how higher energy costs will change ... Read more

    $45.99 USD

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    The author found an abandoned, 50-year-old grain silo and made it into a 5-story round house. In this true story he tells his challenges and triumphs in completing this difficult task of transformation without any blueprints. Numerous photographs from the project are shown so the reader can visualize this unique building project. ... Read more

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  • More than Just Race

    Being Black and Poor in the Inner City

    by William Julius Wilson ...
    Series series Issues of Our Time
    A preeminent sociologist of race explains a groundbreaking new framework for understanding racial inequality, challenging both conservative and liberal dogma.In this timely and provocative contribution to the American discourse on race, William Julius Wilson applies an exciting new analytic framework to three politically fraught social problems: the persistence of the inner-city ghetto, the plight ... Read more

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  • Homes and Other Black Holes

    by Dave Barry ...
    "Mr. Barry is the funniest man in America and we should encourage him."--The New York Times Book ReviewTHERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME--EXCEPT IN A SELLER'S MARKETAt long last, Dave Barry, the dean of everything, lets you in on the deepest, darkest mysteries of life and answers your hysterical home purchase questions like they've never been answered before:What's the best way to determine a realistic ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Colorblind

    The Rise of Post-Racial Politics and the Retreat from Racial Equity

    by Tim Wise ...
    Series series City Lights Open Media
    How "colorblindness" in policy and personal practice perpetuate racial inequity in the United States today.Following the civil rights movement, race relations in the United States entered a new era.Legal gains were interpreted by some as ensuring equal treatment for all and that "colorblind" policies and programs would be the best way forward. Since then, many voices have called for an end to ... Read more

    $15.89 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Losing Ground (10th Anniversary Edition)

    American Social Policy, 1950-1980

    by Charles Murray ...
    This classic book serves as a starting point for any serious discussion of welfare reform. Losing Ground argues that the ambitious social programs of the1960s and 1970s actually made matters worse for its supposed beneficiaries, the poor and minorities. Charles Murray startled readers by recommending that we abolish welfare reform, but his position launched a debate culminating in President ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Why Government Fails So Often

    And How It Can Do Better

    by Peter H. Schuck ...
    How government can implement more successful policies, more oftenFrom healthcare to workplace and campus conduct, the federal government is taking on ever more responsibility for managing our lives. At the same time, Americans have never been more disaffected with Washington, seeing it as an intrusive, incompetent, wasteful giant. Ineffective policies are caused by deep structural factors ... Read more

    $18.79 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • No Excuses

    Closing the Racial Gap in Learning

    by Stephan Thernstrom, Abigail Thernstrom ...
    Black and Hispanic students are not learning enough in our public schools, and their typically poor performance is the most important source of ongoing racial inequality in America today—thus, say Abigail and Stephan Thernstrom, the racial gap in school achievement is the nation's most critical civil rights issue and an educational crisis; it's no wonder that "No Child Left Behind," the 2001 ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Mismatch

    How Affirmative Action Hurts Students It's Intended to Help, and Why Universities Won't Admit It

    by Richard Sander, Stuart Taylor Jr ...
    The debate over affirmative action has raged for over four decades, with little give on either side. Most agree that it began as noble effort to jump-start racial integration; many believe it devolved into a patently unfair system of quotas and concealment. Now, with the Supreme Court set to rule on a case that could sharply curtail the use of racial preferences in American universities, law ... Read more

    $19.99 USD