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Category : Archaeology
Languages : en
Pages : 734

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Author: Luis Alberto Urrea
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
ISBN: 9780816522705
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 204

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Born in Tijuana to a Mexican father and an Anglo mother, Urrea moved to San Diego at age three. In this memoir of his childhood, Urrea describes his experiences growing up in the barrio and his search for cultural identity.

Author: Thi Diem Thuy Le
Publisher: Anchor
ISBN: 0307792250
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 178

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The highly acclaimed novel that reveals the life of a Vietnamese family in America through the knowing eyes of a child finding her place and voice in a new country. “A brilliant evocation of human sorrow and desire.... Heartbreaking and exhilarating.” —The New York Times Book Review In 1978 six refugees—a girl, her father, and four “uncles”—are pulled from the sea to begin a new life in San Diego. In the child’s imagination, the world is transmuted into an unearthly realm: she sees everything intensely, hears the distress calls of inanimate objects, and waits for her mother to join her. But life loses none of its strangeness when the family is reunited. As the girl grows, her matter-of-fact innocence eddies increasingly around opaque and ghostly traumas: the cataclysm that engulfed her homeland, the memory of a brother who drowned and, most inescapable, her father’s hopeless rage.

Author: Federal Bureau of Investigation
Publisher: Morgan James Publishing
ISBN: 1614481547
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 105

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Gangs continue to commit criminal activity, recruit new members in urban, suburban, and rural regions across the United States, and develop criminal associations that expand their influence over criminal enterprises, particularly street-level drug sales. The most notable trends for 2011 have been the overall increase in gang membership, and the expansion of criminal street gangs' control of street-level drug sales and collaboration with rival gangs and other criminal organizations.

Author: Aaron Carnes
Publisher: Clash Books
ISBN: 9781955904711
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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In a mix of interviews, essays, personal stories, historical snapshots, obscure anecdotes, and think pieces, this second expanded edition dissects, analyzes and celebrates ska in exactly the way fans have been craving for decades. With the addition of 4 new sections, Aaron adds to the already extensive compendium that was the first edition: The Importance of Christian Ska; After ska died in the '90s, the music went underground and returned to its roots; The ska roots of Fall Out Boy lead singer Patrick Stump; How Katrina created a vibrant ska scene in New Orleans. Aaron expands on the original edition with exciting interviews with Patrick Stump from Fall Out Boy who he interviewed on his podcast of the same name. In Defense of Ska: Ska Now More Than Ever is the much-needed response to years of ska-mockery. Now the time to take to the streets and fight music snobbery, or at least crank up the ska without being teased ruthlessly, has come. This book will enlist ska-lovers as soldiers in the ska army and challenge ska-haters' prejudices to the core.

Author: Gregg Stoner
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1663214727
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 634

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This book is broken down into two basic parts. Part one is how the Retired Senior Volunteer Patrol makes a difference in people’s lives due to their daily duties as volunteers with the San Diego Police Department. The everyday duties of RSVP’s are described in detail by providing interesting stories about each of the categories of jobs. Gregg and his wife Melody set no limits for their time spent going over-and-above volunteer requirements. Part two is about the special equipped license plate reader car that was used exclusively by the author in finding stolen cars, stolen license plates, and cars wanted for felony crimes. Gregg and Melody spent every available moment of their patrol time seeking stolen cars, and in the process became the most successful of all the RSVP volunteers at finding stolen cars setting a record for stolen car recoveries that will probably never be beat.

Author: RG Camp
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1483628418
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 328

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Book Summary From the ages of two and four, when their mother was found dead, to the ages of eleven and thirteen, when the only father that they ever knew died as well Eugene Lee aka “Gee” and his older brother Rodrick Lee,aka Rod,lives were already set and destined for the wrong path. And after being outcasted by their mother’s family because how she chose to live when she was alive. The only person left to try and raise them on the mean small city streets of Shelby, North Carolina was their older sister Tawanna who still young herself. Even though she tried and done all she could, it just wasn’t enough to stop them from becoming a part of the same thing that so many other vulnerable and troubled youth like them had fell a victim to the streets. As they got older they find themselves completely consumed inside of a life that has very few winners or happy endings. Gene fights through the ranks over the years and become the leader of the notorious crew.”The East Side Money Getta’s or ESMG, but when tragedy strikes close to home he tries to break free from the crazy world that he helped to create. But will it be that simple? Will the diaries that their mother left behind explain what really happen to her? Will they tell him who their real father is? This is a tale about family and fate, love lost and love found, murder and motive, truth and betrayal, money and power. Who will be alive when the book ends? How will it end? Will the story flow and the end smooth, or will it end in,” Raging Currents”

Author: Walter Wangerin Jr.
Publisher: Zondervan
ISBN: 0310871557
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 613

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Experience the Bible as a singular, powerful story and prepare to be swept away by Scripture as never before! Wangerin's "Bible storybook for adults" features brilliant settings, dramatized scenes, and added dialogue—all gleaned from extensive research. The Book of God reads like a novel, dramatizing the sweep of biblical events, bringing to life the men and women of this ancient book in vivid detail and dialogue. From Abraham wandering in the desert to Jesus teaching the multitudes on a Judean hillside, this award-winning bestseller follows the biblical story from start to finish. Priests and kings, apostles and prophets, common folk and charismatic leaders—individual stories offer glimpses into an unfolding revelation that reaches across the centuries to touch us today. The Book of God: Follows the biblical story in chronological order Filled with carefully researched cultural and historical background Includes biblical events viewed through the eyes of minor characters Master storyteller Walter Wangerin Jr. shares the story of the Bible from beginning to end as you've never read it before, retold with exciting detail and passionate energy. Experience the Bible in a beautiful new way!

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Category : Research
Languages : en
Pages : 1096

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Sections 1-2. Keyword Index.--Section 3. Personal author index.--Section 4. Corporate author index.-- Section 5. Contract/grant number index, NTIS order/report number index 1-E.--Section 6. NTIS order/report number index F-Z.

Author: California (State).
Publisher:
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 68

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