Author: Julie Anne Peters
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Keywords: normal, define
Number of Pages: 208
Published: 2003-05-07
List price: $7.99
ISBN-10: 0316734896
ISBN-13: 9780316734899
Now in its fourth hardcover printing, Define "Normal" has become a word-of-mouth phenomenon. This is a thoughtful, wry story about two girls-a "punk" and a "priss"-who find themselves facing each other in a peer-counseling program, and discover that they have some surprising things in common.
Author: Julie Anne Peters
Publisher: Little, Brown Young Readers
Keywords: normal, define
Number of Pages: 144
Published: 2000-04-01
List price: $16.95
ISBN-10: 0316706310
ISBN-13: 9780316706315
"Antonia is a "priss," Jazz is a "punk." Antonia belongs to the math club. Jazz hangs out at the tattoo parlor. Antonia’s parents are divorced and her mother struggles to pay the rent. Jazz is from a traditional family and lives in a mansion with a pool. But when these two very different girls find themselves facing each other in a peer-counseling program, they discover they have some surprising things in common. Alternately hilarious and heart-wrenching, this is an absorbing read that will keep audiences thinking and laughing."
Author: John Bodnar
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Keywords: patriotism, define, americans, affection, bonds
Number of Pages: 352
Published: 1996-05-13
List price: $30.95
ISBN-10: 0691043965
ISBN-13: 9780691043968
During the Civil War, Walt Whitman described his admiration for the Union soldiers’ loyalty to the ideal of democracy. His argument, that this faith bonded Americans to their nation, has received little critical attention, yet today it raises increasingly relevant questions about American patriotism in the face of growing nationalist sentiment worldwide. Here a group of scholars explores the manner in which Americans have discussed and practiced their patriotism over the past two hundred years. Their essays investigate, for example, the extent to which the promise of democracy has explai
Author: Haines Charles Grove
Publisher: BiblioLife
Keywords: competition, unfair, define, efforts
Number of Pages: 32
Published: 2009-07-17
List price: $15.75
ISBN-10: 1113265892
ISBN-13: 9781113265890
Author: Hill Harper
Publisher: Gotham
Keywords: destiny, define, sister, letters
Number of Pages: 304
Published: 2008-06-03
List price: $22.50
ISBN-10: 1592403514
ISBN-13: 9781592403516
In the follow-up to his award winning national bestseller, Letters to a Young Brother, actor and star of CSI: NY shares his powerful wisdom for young women everywhere, drawing on the courageous advice of the female role models who transformed his life. Letters to a Young Sister unfolds as a series of letters written by older brother Hill to a universal Young Sistah. She’s up against the same challenges as every young woman: from relating to her parents and dealing with peer pressure, to juggling schoolwork and crushes and keeping faith in the face of heartache. In his straight-talking sty
Author: David Mindich
Publisher: NYU Press
Keywords: journalism, american, define, objectivity, facts
Number of Pages: 200
Published: 2000-07-01
List price: $21.00
ISBN-10: 081475614X
ISBN-13: 9780814756140
"There is a growing unhappiness about the direction of news coverage. Readers and viewers want ’objectivity’ back. The first step toward doing that is to understand where ’objective’ journalism came from in the first place. Just the Facts is a good place to begin." --Jonathan Alter, The Washington Monthly "Superb. . . . Mindich links history to contemporary practice by examining the current debate about objectivity through his 100-year-old lens." --Steve Weinberg, The Christian Science Monitor "Mindich offers an engaging discussion of how each of these characteristics
Author: John Shea
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Keywords: balkan, nation, new, define, greece, struggle, macedonia
Number of Pages: 423
Published: 1997-02
List price: $55.00
ISBN-10: 0786402288
ISBN-13: 9780786402281
With the break-up of the former Yugoslavia, an old conflict between Greece and Macedonia has taken on added significance for the international community. The genesis of the conflict is detailed here, as well as the modern-day events that have led many observers to believe that the area is a flashpoint for a major war.
