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By Daniel Wolfe. 1995
Recounts the adventurous life of T.E. Lawrence, or "Lawrence of Arabia." Traces his years as a youth in England, an…
archeologist in the Middle East, and a soldier who led Arab forces against the Turks in World War I. Depicts Lawrence's homosexuality. Violence and descriptions of sex. For junior and senior high and older readersBy T. E Apter, Roger Hickman. 1995
Based on interviews with eighty British and American middle-class women between the ages of forty and fifty. Apter places them…
in four categories: traditional, wives and mothers; innovative, career women; expansive, women who seek radical changes; and protestors, women not ready to leave their youthBy D. Winbush Riley, Dorothy W. Riley. 1995
An anthology of essays, folktales, poems, personal profiles, and recipes on the African American festival of Kwanzaa. The selections serve…
to illuminate the seven principles of the event and to guide in its celebration. For senior high and older readersBy Debra Goldentyer. 1995
Discusses issues faced by children whose parents are divorcing, with a view to helping teens understand their own emotions and…
what is happening in their family. Information is presented in a question-and- answer format. Covers the reasons for divorce, legal rights, new roles, and parental dating and remarriage. Junior and Senior High. c1995.By Suzanne Curtis Briggs. 2022
Born into slavery, Rebecca Crumpler became the first Black female physician in America. Stuntwoman Bessie Coleman was the first Black…
person in the world to obtain a pilot's license. The work of Harlem Renaissance sculptor Selma Burke can be found on the American dime. The calculations of NASA mathematician Katherine Goble Johnson were critical to the success of US manned spaceflight. These Black women and many more overcame tremendous obstacles and prejudices to make their mark on American history. In She Led the Way, you'll hear their inspiring stories as well as the stories of ten more innovative, courageous, artistic, and driven women who broke through barriers of gender and color in order to reach their goals and fulfill their potential in a world that was too often indifferent and even hostileA manual for women that outlines strategies and tactics for handling the intricacies of negotiation. Schapiro discusses how to identify…
and work around certain personality types, such as the "datacrat" and the "steamroller." Divided into three parts--"Understanding Negotiation," "Strategies for Preparation," and "Negotiation in Action"--this book includes exercises and sample dialoguesBy Mark Dery. 1996
Explains that escape velocity is the speed that it takes for a body to pull away from the Earth. Dery…
suggests that computer culture is reaching "escape velocity" from history and tradition. This overview looks at junkyard robot makers who stage mechanical performances and others who use technology to extend their physical and mental abilities. Some strong languageBy Chris Bolgiano. 1995
Traces the mountain lion's "unnatural" interaction with human cultures in North America over hundreds of years. While the author's primary…
focus is on the big cat, she also offers insights into human society and the complexity of our own mindsBy Ellis Cose. 1995
A contributing editor of Newsweek magazine and author of The Rage of a Privileged Class (DB 38582) examines men's "sense…
of dissatisfaction." He explores men's confusion over changing roles in the workplace and in the home and over issues of sexual harassment and battery. Cose maintains that men are not as privileged as feminists supposeBy Johnnetta B Cole. 1993
The first woman president of Atlanta's Spelman College addresses a younger generation of African American women, with "no objection to…
others listening in." Cole introduces herself and discusses racism, sexism, abuse, stereotypes, charity, education, and positive role models. She ends with a plea that others with an interest in the future continue conversations and write their own conclusionsBy Jorge G Castañeda. 1995
The author, columnist, and professor of political science at the National Autonomous University of Mexico brings together essays written at…
different times, to explain how U.S. policies affect Mexico. He argues that his country is less democratic and prosperous than is thought and addresses migration, the North American Free Trade Agreement, and the 1994 Zapatista revolt. Some violenceBy Martin Luther King, Dr Martin Luther King Jr.. 1991
Collects documents generally recognized as composed or presented by the 1960s American civil rights leader, who championed nonviolent tactics. Entries…
are grouped by genre: philosophy, sermons and public addresses, essays, interviews, and books. The table of contents gives the date of each entry. Editor James M. Washington provides a general introduction and notesBy Marvin J. Wolf, Russell Means. 1995
Means recounts his uncompromising and often perilous life's work as a twentieth-century Native American activist. He describes his transformation from…
hustler to cultural defender. As leader of the militant American Indian Movement in the 1970s, Means challenged the federal government in Washington, D.C., at Mount Rushmore, and--most dramatically--at Wounded Knee. Violence and some strong languageBy Diane Vaughan. 1996
Examines the 1986 space shuttle Challenger explosion that shocked the nation. Sociologist Vaughan's interpretation of the event focuses on the…
NASA environment, organizational culture, and decision-making process that resulted in an "incremental descent into poor judgment."By Susan Reynolds Whyte, Benedicte Ingstad. 1995
Collection of scholarly essays examining the effects of culture on individuals with disabilities. Contributions are primarily reports on field research…
from many parts of the world, including third-world countries, conducted by anthropologists. The introduction explores the issue of a universal definition of disabilityBy Marcus Mabry. 1995
A twenty-five-year-old Paris correspondent for Newsweek writes a memoir of being a black urban professional and the uneasy price of…
that success. His grandmother and mother were the driving forces that sent him from poverty to prep school and beyond, in contrast to his "deadbeat dad," a wealthy judge who didn't acknowledge Mabry for years. Strong languageBy Calvin Trillin. 1995
Collection of columns published between 1990-1995 by the syndicated writer. With his characteristic, good-natured cynicism, Trillin discusses subjects ranging from…
politics to restaurants to the younger generation. He brings a new perspective to telephone area codes, the fear of being a rube, and the Chinese claim to the invention of golfBy Herbert J Gans. 1995
Sociology professor criticizes the use of the term "underclass" to refer to poor Americans and attacks the notion of "the…
undeserving poor." Gans discusses how negative labeling undermines social policy and damages the lives of individuals. He offers a grim view of the potential for widespread underemployment and suggests alleviation of poverty through a set of policiesBy Susan K. Golant, Donald G. Dutton, Donald G Dutton. 1995
After describing several different types of men who abuse women, Dutton focuses on examining the minds of what he refers…
to as "cyclical/emotionally volatile abusers" and discusses the possibility of curing them. The author studied and treated abusive men in Canada for twenty years and was an expert witness for the prosecution in the O.J. Simpson trial for the murder of his wifeBy Susan Eisenhower. 1995
Susan Eisenhower, granddaughter of President Eisenhower and public affairs manager for the Eisenhower World Affairs Institute, tells of meeting Roald…
Sagdeev, the Soviet Union's top space scientist, at a conference in 1987. As Eisenhower describes the blossoming of their relationship, she portrays the improved attitudes between the United States and the dissolving Soviet Union that made the marriage possible