A big-city tale about how friendship builds confidence-and the unexpected joys that come from trying new things. Arlo All Over Again is the sweet and touching story of two boys who become fast friends over the course of two snowy days. Arlo All Over Again Portrays a surprising, beautiful friendship between two boys in New York City Emphasizes ......
A hidey-hole, a climbing tree, and a polka-dot wall. 4B is perfect! So why did they have to leave? For a spunky girl and her cat Suki, 4B is the perfect home. It's full of quirks, keeps all her secrets, and has the best neighbors. But with her family outgrowing the small apartment, she must say goodbye and find a way to make plain, tattletale ......
The Psalms are dangerous. These ancient songs inspire us and bring us a sense of joy, but they also scare us. They might even transform our faith. The Psalms of the Hebrew Bible testify to a rich, complicated life--150 stories from a people passionate and honest about the complexities of human experience. The psalmists were creative, openhearted ......
Native American Literatures, Extra Archives, and the Indigenous Transpacific
Since its founding, the United States has colonized more than five hundred Indigenous nations in North America and dozens more in the Pacific and the Caribbean. Alyssa Hunziker considers how American imperialism in the Pacific-typically thought of as separate from the colonization of North America-is deeply intertwined with US settler colonialism. ......
In 2014, the so-called Islamic State attacked the Shingal region of northern Iraq, forcing almost the entire Yazidi community to seek refuge in Iraqi Kurdistan. Since then, they have been suspended in humanitarian limbo: Their status as internally displaced persons (IDPs) excludes them from full citizenship of either Iraq or Kurdistan, and ......
Eugenics and Wayward Girls in Twentieth-Century Virginia
A shocking story of social engineering in the era of Jim Crow The eugenics movement, in which the state arrogated to itself the right to determine who could and who could not have children, was a dark, shameful chapter in American history. Virginia was infamous as an epicenter of eugenic thought; the case of Buck v. Bell, which resulted in one ......
Imperialism, Capital, and Rural Ecologies in Late-Colonial Kenya
The trickle-down effects of empire on the environment Vanished Water examines the ecological and social consequences of British imperial rule-and its inherently extractive aims-on water development in late-colonial Kenya. Examining the arid northern and eastern parts of the country between 1938 and the mid-1960s, James Parker demonstrates how ......
Over the past three decades, Baylight Properties have been working in collaboration with some of the finest British architects to develop a series of award-winning housing projects, each one marked by a poetic sensitivity and thoughtful use of materials. This book addresses the particular challenges of building housing in the UK during this ......
All the information you need to enjoy your hiking adventure along the West Highland Way in this fully revised 9th edition. Practical, complete guide to walking the West Highland Way, a 96-mile footpath which begins just north of Glasgow at Milngavie, runs through the lowlands beside Loch Lomond, across wild Rannoch Moor on the old drovers' ......
