by Anne Fadiman  
Publisher Comments Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction When three-month-old Lia Lee Arrived at the county hospital emergency room in Merced, California, a chain of events was set in motion from which neither she nor her parents nor her doctors... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your Price $8.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies 
by Julie Landsman Publisher Comments Veteran teacher Julie Landsman leads the reader through a day of teaching and reflection about her work with high school students who are from a variety of cultures. She speaks honestly about issues of race, poverty, institutional responsibility, and... (read more) Your Price $24.95 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
by Luis Alberto Urrea
Powells.com Staff Pick In May 2001, in an area called the Devil's Highway, twenty-six illegal immigrants struggled across the desert border into the U.S. Most of them died in their effort. Using this tragedy to illustrate the fate of many immigrants, Urrea sheds light on... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your Price $10.98 (Sale - Hardcover) check for used copies
by Lynne Withey Publisher Comments This is the life of Abigail Adams, wife of patriot John Adams, who became the most influential woman in Revolutionary America. Rich with excerpts from her personal letters, Dearest Friend captures the public and private sides of this fascinating woman... (read more) Your Price $5.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Marie Rose Wong Book News Annotation Around the turn of the 20th century and for decades thereafter, Oregon had the second-largest Chinese population in the US. In terms of geographical coverage, Portland's two Chinatownsone an urban area of brick commercial structures, the other a... (read more) Your Price $6.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Aviva Chomsky Publisher Comments Claims that immigrants take Americans' jobs, are a drain on the American economy, contribute to poverty and inequality, destroy the social fabric, challenge American identity, and contribute to a host of social ills by their very existence are openly... (read more) Your Price $14.00 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
by Chuck Wills Publisher Comments Whether they were escaping religious persecution, political oppression, or the violence of war, or looking to further their careers or their economic standings, immigrants have come to America. Take a detailed look at why immigrants left their homelands,... (read more) Your Price $12.98 (Sale - Hardcover) check for used copies
by Kati Marton Publisher Comments Extravagantly praised by critics and readers, this stunning story by bestselling author Kati Marton tells of the breathtaking journey of nine extraordinary men from Budapest to the New World, what they experienced along their dangerous route, and how... (read more) Your Price $15.00 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
by Jeanne W Houston Publisher Comments Jeanne Wakatsuki was seven years old in 1942 when her family was uprooted from their home and sent to live at Manzanar internment camp--with 10,000 other Japanese Americans. Along with searchlight towers and armed guards, Manzanar ludicrously featured... (read more) List Price $6.99 Your Price $3.95 (Used - Mass Market) check for new and sale copies
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Saturday May 10, 2008
by Jerre Mangione Publisher Comments From the early Italian adventurers who played an important role in the European expansion across the Atlantic to the political and business leaders of the 1990s, this book tells a dramatic story. The heart of the story is the mass migration that took... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your Price $10.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Thomas Lynch Publisher Comments Traces the author's numerous visits to the Ireland community where his grandfather lived one hundred years before, describing his relationships with local farmers, writers, clergypeople, and others and his observations on how the town and its people... (read more) Your Price $9.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Azadeh Moaveni Publisher Comments As far back as she can remember, Azadeh Moaveni has felt at odds with her tangled identity as an Iranian-American. In suburban America, Azadeh lived in two worlds. At home, she was the daughter of the Iranian exile community, serving tea, clinging to... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your Price $10.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
by Tim J. Wise Publisher Comments In White Like Me, Tim Wise offers a highly personal examination of the ways in which racial privilege shapes the lives of most white Americans, overtly racist or not, to the detriment of people of color, themselves, and society. The book shows the... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your Price $7.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Anchee Min Publisher Comments Red Azalea is Anchee Min’s celebrated memoir of growing up in the last years of Mao’s China. As a child, she was asked to publicly humiliate a teacher; at seventeen, she was sent to work at a labor collective. Forbidden to speak, dress, read,... (read more) List Price $13.00 Your Price $7.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Isabel Fonseca Publisher Comments After the revolutions of 1989, Isabel Fonseca lived and traveled with the Gypsies of Bulgaria, Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, the former Yugoslavia, Romainia, and Albania — listening to their stories and recording their attempts to become... (read more) Your Price $7.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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Read an original essay by Simon Winchester and save 30% on The Man Who Loved China: The Fantastic Story of the Eccentric Scientist Who Unlocked the Mysteries of the Middle Kingdom.
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