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In this moving and insightful work, Deepak Singh chronicles his downward mobility as an immigrant to a small town in Virginia. Armed with an MBA from India, Singh can get only a minimum-wage job in a …

The world is moving towards its destiny. The interdependence of peoples and nations of the world is no more an imagination but a fact. Accepting others as part of our family is vital to create a sens …

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach …

Facing Eviction and Housing Insecurity includes the voices of over fifty men, women, and children who have experienced or witnessed housing injustice. The stories follow the lives of adults and child …

The rich and the poor in the UK are subject to radically different legislative approaches. While the behaviours of the poor are relentlessly scrutinised, those of the rich are ignored or enabled. In …

The botched robbery didn’t do it. Neither did the three gunshots. It wasn’t until he was administered last rites that David Borkowski realized he was about to die, at age fifteen. A Shot Story: From …

This book ‘A Handbook of Valuable Activities For Seniors’ is useful tool for Senior and Adult participants to enrich their lives through a variety of recreational and social activities in an Adult Da …

‘You’ve been cheated, ‘ Earl Shorris tells a classroom of poor people in New York City. ‘Rich people learn the humanities; you didn’t. . . . It is generally accepted in America that the liberal arts …

G.K. Chesterton delivers insightful commentary on modern behavior and social practices influenced by big business, gender roles, government and other notable figures throughout his lifetime. The book …

The men and women in Invisible Hands reveal the human rights abuses occurring behind the scenes of the global economy. These narrators — including phone manufacturers in China, copper miner …