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Pursuing Citizenship in the Enforcement Era provides readers with the everyday perspectives of immigrants on what it is like to try to integrate into American society during a time when immigration policy is focused on enforcement and exclusion. The law says that everyone who is not a citizen is an alien. But the social reality is more complicated. Ming Hsu Chen argues that the citizen/alien binary should instead be reframed as a spectrum of ...

As the twentieth century roared on, transformative technologies-from trains, trams, and automobiles to radios and loudspeakers-fundamentally changed the sounds of the Egyptian streets. The cacophony of everyday life grew louder, and the Egyptian press featured editorials calling for the regulation of not only mechanized and amplified sounds, but also the voices of street vendors, the music of wedding processions, and even the traditional funer...

Séances, clairvoyance, and telepathy captivated public imagination in the United States from the 1850s well into the twentieth century. Though skeptics dismissed these experiences as delusions, a new kind of investigator emerged to seek the science behind such phenomena. With new technologies like the telegraph collapsing the boundaries of time and space, an explanation seemed within reach. As Americans took up psychical experiments in their h...

Pursuing Citizenship in the Enforcement Era provides readers with the everyday perspectives of immigrants on what it is like to try to integrate into American society during a time when immigration policy is focused on enforcement and exclusion. The law says that everyone who is not a citizen is an alien. But the social reality is more complicated. Ming Hsu Chen argues that the citizen/alien binary should instead be reframed as a spectrum of ...

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A groundbreaking examination of how Latinos' new collective racial identity upends the way Americans understand race.

The book comprehensively covers and provides new insights on all nanoparticles, composites and advanced methods employed in water purification. Around a million tons of effluents produced by major industries such as plastics, textiles, agriculture, and pharmaceuticals are released into rivers and oceans every year. Dyes, pigments and metals are extensively used in food, paper, carpet, rubber, plastics, cosmetics, and textile industries, in or...

A powerful, moving collection of 170 portraits of Americans and their handwritten statements about what the American dream means to them. Shot by one photographer over twelve years, fifty states, and eighty thousand miles, American Dreams is a poignant, defining look at Americans from every walk of life and a remarkable exploration of what it means to be an American.In 2007, Canadian photographer Ian Brown became fascinated by the idea of the ...

The book provides a recent update and achievements in the preparation and application of newly designed metal-based drugs. Over the past few decades, medicinal inorganic chemistry as an interdisciplinary sub-area of bioinorganic chemistry, has received a growing attention of researchers in the search for promising antimicrobial, antimalarial, antiviral, and antitumor chemotherapeutic agents. An excellent compilation of reports on metal comple...

Over thirty years of poems from an American poet in the spirit of Alan Dugan and Nelson Algren's Chicago: City on the Make."At times . . . I wanted to be a poet." A fittingly sly and humble epigraph for this half- a- lifetime's worth of sly and humble, and also lyrical and joyous, poems. From the first poem in the collection, "The Woman in the Peter Pan Collar, " in which the poet examines an old photograph of his mother, searching for clues, ...

Trap music, human trafficking, malt liquor, and the tyranny of President Trump collide in the fifth installment of Nelson George's D Hunter mystery series."Once again, my brother Nelson George comes through in the clutch like he's batting clean-up. I've known Nelson over thirty years and he has been our cultural storyteller for that length of time. Keep telling. Keep writing our stories. I know I will keep reading them too."--Spike Lee, filmma...

Sie befördert ihre Fahrgäste mit hohem Komfort, maximaler Sicherheit und minimalem Platzbedarf. Sie verbindet Metropolen, transportiert Gütermengen über lange Distanzen und braucht wenig Energie. Um ihre Haltepunkte herum entfalten sich Wohnen und Arbeiten und sie ist für alle Personen gleichermassen zugänglich. Kurz: Die Bahn bietet sich als Mobilitätsträgerin der Zukunft geradezu an. Die Bahn ist für alle da und doch eine Welt für sich. Rück...

Filipino recipes from the the creator of the legendary Eggslut in LA, host of the hit online series The Burger Show, and the most prominent Filipino chef in the US. Alvin Cailan has risen to become arguably the most high-profile chef in America's Filipino food movement. He took the food scene by storm when he opened the now-legendary Eggslut in Los Angeles, a foodie cult favorite specializing in affordable but sophisticated egg sandwiches. Alv...

A debut young adult rom-com about an African American ballerina who finds love on the road to an audition."In a world where it's easy to lose faith in love, I Wanna Be Where You Are is a brilliant burst of light. A dazzling debut." - Nic Stone, New York Times bestselling author of Dear Martin and Odd One OutWhen Chloe Pierce's mom forbids her to apply for a spot at the dance conservatory of her dreams, she devises a secret plan to drive two hu...

In John Himmelman's early chapter book series, Albert Hopper is a frog-and a science hero! He seeks to explore the world and beyond, generating laughs and imparting STEM wisdom as he goes. Albert Hopper, Science Hero is on a mission: to travel to the center of the earth! With his wormlike ship Wiggles and the help of his niece and nephew, trusty Junior Science Heroes Polly and Tad, Hopper is ready to go where no frog has gone before.Thick laye...

Now a major anime! The new action fantasy set in a steampunk Tokyo from the creator of the smash hit Soul Eater!The city of Tokyo is in the grip of a reign of terror! Possessed by demons, people have begun to burst into flame, leading to the establishment of a special firefighting team: the Pyrofighters, ready to roll on a moment's notice to fight spontaneous combustion anywhere it might break out. But the team is about to get a very unique ad...

The star of Deborah Diesen's New York Times bestselling Pout-Pout Fish series is back, off to the dentist in this affordable 8 x 8 paperback format--featuring illustrations by Dan Hanna.In Pout-Pout Fish: Goes to the Dentist, he's getting nervous-will the dentist be able to help him smile? At a low price point and with two pages of stickers, this new format is fun and accessible for Mr. Fish's fans and newcomers alike.

Motor Mouse and friends are back for three new adventures in this irresistible second book in a series from the creators of Gooseberry Park and the Mr. Putter and Tabby books!Motor Mouse is a busy little mouse, between playing a game of croquet, riding a fancy bus, and discovering mystery stories. Come along with him on his adventures! In "A Good Game of Croquet, " Motor Mouse and his brother love playing croquet and they always play to win. T...

A book covering the Royal Navy's flotillas of small, fast and powerfully armed motor gun boats (MGBs) which were looked on as 'Spitfires of the Seas' during WWII. Fully illustrated with archive photos and technical drawings.

Through this pitch-perfect rom-com, Kristina Forest explores the legacy of family and what it means to be young and full of artistic passion. I was utterly charmed from start to finish." -Maurene Goo, author of Somewhere Only We KnowNow That I've Found You is a YA novel about searching for answers, love, and your eccentric grandma in all the wrong places.Following in the footsteps of her überfamous grandma, eighteen-year-old Evie Jones is pois...