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  • Race and the War on Poverty

    From Watts to East L.A.

    by Robert Bauman ...
    Series series Race and Culture in the American West Series
    President Lyndon B. Johnson’s War on Poverty did more than offer aid to needy Americans; in some cities, it also sparked both racial conflict and cooperation. Race and the War on Poverty examines the African American and Mexican American community organizations in Los Angeles that emerged to implement War on Poverty programs. It explores how organizers applied democratic vision and political savvy ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Fighting to Preserve a Nation's Soul

    America's Ecumenical War on Poverty

    by Robert Bauman ...
    Fighting to Preserve a Nation’s Soul examines the relationship between religion, race, and the War on Poverty that President Lyndon Johnson initiated in 1964 and that continues into the present. It studies the efforts by churches, synagogues, and ecumenical religious organizations to join and fight the war on poverty as begun in 1964 by the Office of Economic Opportunity. The book also explores ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

  • The Courage to Change

    Personal Conversations about Alcoholism

    The classic New York Times bestseller: Real-life stories from prominent people talking about their experiences as alcoholics.As an alcoholic himself, PBS host Dennis Wholey set out to collect the powerful stories of well-known people who have struggled with this disease. Included in this volume are personal accounts by Jason Robards, Grace Slick, Sid Caesar, Pete Townshend, Don Newcombe, Bob Welch ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Straight Money Talk A Straightforward Plan for Financial Independence

    A Straightforward Plan for Financial Independence

    Your life could change drastically if you follow the straightforward plan for financial independence presented in this book. Robert tells you exactly how to do it and dispels the myths and jargon in the finance industry so that you can make sense of it. He pulls no punches and puts you in the driver seat.When you read this book you will learn how to:create a road map that you can follow to build a ... Read more

    $1.99 USD

  • Crash Course in Library Services for Seniors

    Series series Crash Course
    A comprehensive guide to creating dynamic, successful, and innovative library programs that cater to the specialized needs of older adults—an important and growing user group.Crash Course in Library Services for Seniors provides a refreshingly positive approach to working with older adults—one that focuses on the positive effects of aging on patrons, and the many opportunities that libraries can ... Read more

    $42.99 USD

  • Extension of Life

    As a mortician, Michael Baumann, a Jew pretending to be Aryan, devised a highly unorthodox surgical procedure that converted Jews to Aryans. This helped more than 400 Jews escape from Vienna to Switzerland. With five other Jews pretending to be Aryan, an elaborate escape and spy network was created. While most of the operations were successful there were some failures. Some died so that others ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • The Papal Plot

    The Nazi plan was to train Jewish concentration camp prisoners for a special unit to kill Pope Pius XII, as many Cardinals and church hierarchy as possible, and to destroy major parts of the Vatican.With the Allied victories in Africa and the weakening power of Mussolini, having Jews kill the Pope with documents proving that the mission was financed by American and English Zionist bankers and ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Shattered Minds

    How the Pentagon Fails Our Troops with Faulty Helmets

    Shattered Minds is the first book to investigate how American military bureaucracies have let our troops down by failing to upgrade one of the most important pieces of personal safety equipment: the combat helmet.Two longtime employees of North Dakota defense contractor Sioux Manufacturing discovered that the required density of the Kevlar material woven into the netting of combat helmets was ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • The Routledge Handbook of Hindu-Christian Relations

    Series series Routledge Handbooks in Religion
    The historical interplay of Hinduism as an ancient Indian religion and Christianity as a religion associated (in India, at least) with foreign power and colonialism, continues to animate Hindu–Christian relations today. On the one hand, The Routledge Handbook of Hindu–Christian Relations describes a rich history of amicable, productive, even sometimes syncretic Hindu–Christian encounters. On the ... Read more

    $69.99 USD

  • Nowhere to Remember

    Hanford, White Bluffs, and Richland to 1943

    Series Book 1 - Hanford Histories
    “There wasn’t that many people, but they were good people.”--Madeline Gilles“First time I ever tasted cherries or even seen a cherry tree was [in White Bluffs]. Or ever ate an apricot or seen an apricot…It was covered with orchards and alfalfa fields.”--Leatris Boehmer ReidEuro-American Priest River Valley settlers turned acres of sagebrush into fruit orchards. Although farm life required hard ... Read more

    $23.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Echoes of Exclusion and Resistance

    Voices from the Hanford Region

    Series Book 3 - Hanford Histories
    Like the rest of the American West, the mid-Columbia region has always been diverse. Its history mirrors common multiracial narratives, but with important nuances. In the late 1880s, Chinese railroad workers were segregated to East Pasco, a practice that later extended to all non-whites and continued for decades. Kennewick residents became openly proud of their status as a “lily-white” town.In ... Read more

    $28.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus