Download or read book Lost Girl From El Monte written by Benita Bishop and published by . This book was released on 2004-07-03 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A teenage girls diary from 1975 to 1976 revealing bad decisions, first love, heartbreat, rivalry and unexpected peril.
Download or read book Escape from El Monte written by Benita Bishop and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2004-09 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A story about an 18 year young teen girl in the 70's, making life decisions, growing up, learning important lessons and dealing with heartbreak. She falls into the Disco and Punk scene, but still clings to her earthy love of hiking and backpacking. There are boyfriends who constantly let her down, but her Springer Spaniel, Rex, teaches her the importance of loyalty and trust. Finally, after many disappointments, a backpacking trip into the Grand Canyon, reveals to her a different view on life. She is finally able to accept her life in contentment.
Download or read book East of East written by Romeo Guzmán and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2020-02-14 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: East of East: The Making of Greater El Monte, is an edited collection of thirty-one essays that trace the experience of a California community over three centuries, from eighteenth-century Spanish colonization to twenty-first century globalization. Employing traditional historical scholarship, oral history, creative nonfiction and original art, the book provides a radical new history of El Monte and South El Monte, showing how interdisciplinary and community-engaged scholarship can break new ground in public history. East of East tells stories that have been excluded from dominant historical narratives—stories that long survived only in the popular memory of residents, as well as narratives that have been almost completely buried and all but forgotten. Its cast of characters includes white vigilantes, Mexican anarchists, Japanese farmers, labor organizers, civil rights pioneers, and punk rockers, as well as the ordinary and unnamed youth who generated a vibrant local culture at dances and dive bars.
Download or read book El Monte written by Lydia Cabrera and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2023-04-24 with total page 606 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in Cuba in 1954 and appearing here in English for the first time, Lydia Cabrera’s El Monte is a foundational and iconic study of Afro-Cuban religious and cultural traditions. Drawing on conversations with elderly Afro-Cuban priests who were one or two generations away from the transatlantic slave trade, Cabrera combines ethnography, history, folklore, literature, and botany to provide a panoramic account of the multifaceted influence of Afro-Atlantic cultures in Cuba. Cabrera details the natural and spiritual landscape of the Cuban monte (forest, wilderness) and discusses hundreds of herbs and the constellations of deities, sacred rites, and knowledge that envelop them. The result is a complex spiritual and medicinal architecture of Afro-Cuban cultures. This new edition of what is often referred to as “the Santería bible” includes a new foreword, introduction, and translator notes. As a seminal work in the study of the African diaspora that has profoundly impacted numerous fields, Cabrera’s magnum opus is essential for scholars, activists, and religious devotees of Afro-Cuban traditions alike.
Download or read book Village of the Lost Girls written by Agustín Martínez and published by Quercus. This book was released on 2019-01-24 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Gripping and atmospheric' - Sunday Times A breath-taking missing persons thriller set under the menacing peaks of the Pyrenees Five years after their disappearance, the village of Monteperdido still mourns the loss of Ana and Lucia, two eleven-year-old friends who left school one afternoon and were never seen again. Now, Ana reappears unexpectedly inside a crashed car, wounded but alive. The case reopens and a race against time begins to discover who was behind the girls' kidnapping. Most importantly, where is Lucia and is she still alive? Inspector Sara Campos and her boss Santiago Bain, from Madrid's head office, are forced to work with the local police. Five years ago fatal mistakes were made in the investigation conducted after the girls first vanished, and this mustn't happen again. But Monteperdido has rules of its own. 'Addictive, atmospheric and haunting, one of the best books you'll read this year' - Jo Spain, internationally bestselling author of The Confession
Download or read book Memoirs of the American Folk lore Society written by and published by . This book was released on 1943 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Tales from Jalisco Mexico written by Howard True Wheeler and published by . This book was released on 1943 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Fathers written by Bobby Avila and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2008-12-01 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Fathers" is a true story based on the Avila family legacy. Told from three generations starting with Rosario Avila, the Grandfather of the 1950's. Rosario's sudden death left his son Bobby Ross Avila Sr., devastated and hopeless on a path to self-destruction. The Journey to the Grammys seemed to be impossible for two young Latino men. The Avila Brothers made history in the Urban R&B music industry, and the first to receive 2 Grammys in 2007, announced February 2008. The history behind these two major Hispanic Producers who successfully broke down the barriers and the walls for the less fortunate, and helped open the doors for the ones who lean towards the Urban music highway. The Avila Brothers have focused on their heritage and the history that has followed them both and where their Father and Grandfather came from, the heart of music, now they too, continue the family Legacy.
Download or read book Terry the Tramp written by K. Randall Ball and published by Motorbooks International. This book was released on 2011-10-30 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book takes you on a turbulent ride through the life of Terry ?the Tramp,” long-time leader of one of the most notorious motorcycle clubs of all time, the Vagos MC.
Download or read book The Historical Roots of Human Trafficking written by Makini Chisolm-Straker and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-05-22 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A public health approach to human trafficking requires a nuanced understanding of its root causes. This textbook applies a historical lens to human trafficking from expert resources for the multidisciplinary public health learner and worker. The book challenges the anti-trafficking paradigm to meaningfully understand historical legacies of present-day root-causes of human trafficking. This textbook focuses on history’s utility in public health. It describes history to contextualize and explain present times, and provides public health lessons in trafficking prevention and intervention. Public health recognizes the importance of multiple systems to solve big problems, so the chapters illustrate how current anti-trafficking efforts in markets and public systems connect with historical policies and data in the United States. Topics explored include: Capitalism, Colonialism, and Imperialism: Roots for Present-Day Trafficking Invisibility, Forced Labor, and Domestic Work Addressing Modern Slavery in Global Supply Chains: The Role of Businesses Immigration, Precarity, and Human Trafficking: Histories and Legacies of Asian American Racial Exclusion in the United States Systemic and Structural Roots of Child Sex Trafficking: The Role of Gender, Race, and Sexual Orientation in Disproportionate Victimization The Complexities of Complex Trauma: An Historical and Contemporary Review of Healing in the Aftermath of Commercialized Violence Historical Context Matters: Health Research, Health Care, and Bodies of Color in the United States Understanding linkages between contemporary manifestations of human trafficking with their respective historical roots offers meaningful insights into the roles of public policies, institutions, cultural beliefs, and socioeconomic norms in commercialized violence. The textbook identifies sustainable solutions to prevent human trafficking and improve the health of the Nation. The Historical Roots of Human Trafficking is essential reading for students of public health, health sciences, criminology, and social sciences; public health professionals; academics; anti-trafficking advocates, policy-makers, taskforces, funders, and organizations; legislators; and governmental agencies and administrators.
Download or read book Unchained Memories written by Lenore Terr and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2008-08-06 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can a long-forgotten memory of a horrible event suddenly resurface years later? How can we know whether a memory is true or false? Seven spellbinding cases shed light on why it is rare for a reclaimed memory to be wholly false. Here are unforgettable true stories of what happens when people remember what they've tried to forget -- plus one case of genuine false memory. In the best detective-story fashion, using her insights as a psychiatrist and the latest research on the mind and the brain, Lenore Terr helps us separate truth from fiction.
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Download or read book Family History of a Successful Aerospace Executive written by Jon Schiller and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2009-05-10 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of a successful aerospace executive and his family. The family includes the executive, his wife, his 5 children, both parents of the executive and his wife, the 2 brothers of the wife, and the one brother of the executive. The children's spouses are listed, and the 13 grandchildren and spouses are listed. The 3 great grandchildren are listed. Any special awards or trophies awarded to family members are listed in an Appendix. For historical interest famous people with the family name are listed in a second Appendix. Jon Schiller became interested in this family when he met the husband and wife on a trip to Spain. He kept in touch with the key family members when they returned to California in the first few years of the 21st Century.
Download or read book News Notes of California Libraries written by California State Library and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 1262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vols. for 1971- include annual reports and statistical summaries.
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Download or read book Growing Greener Cities written by Eugenie Ladner Birch and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This thoroughly illustrated collection of essays, written by scholars as well as practitioners of urban policy, gives a panoramic view of sustainability and environmental issues for green-minded city planners, policy makers, researchers, and citizens.
Download or read book The Girls in My Town written by Angela Morales and published by UNM Press. This book was released on 2016-04-01 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The autobiographical essays in The Girls in My Town create an unforgettable portrait of a family in Los Angeles. Reaching back to her grandmother’s childhood and navigating through her own girlhood and on to the present, Angela Morales contemplates moments of loss and longing, truth and beauty, motherhood and daughterhood. She writes about her parents’ appliance store and how she escaped from it, the bowling alley that provided refuge, and the strange and beautiful things she sees while riding her bike in the early mornings. She remembers fighting for equal rights for girls as a sixth grader, calling the cops when her parents fought, and listening with her mother to Helen Reddy’s “I Am Woman,” the soundtrack of her parents’ divorce. Poignant, serious, and funny, Morales’s book is both a coming-of-age story and an exploration of how a writer discovers her voice.
