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Race, Gender, and Welfare Reform

The Elusive Quest for Self-Determination

By: Vanessa Sheared

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Race, Gender, and Welfare Reform

The Elusive Quest for Self-Determination

By: Vanessa Sheared

First published in 1999, this study starts with Martin Luther’s I have a dream speech on equality for all. Dr. King’s words still reflect the hopes, ideals, and aspirations of many women seeking to improve the quality of their lives and their children’s. Exploring the Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Program (JOBS) for women, public assistive changes in the education and job training in the welfare system pertaining to African American women. Holding up past explanations of welfare dependence of the 'culture of poverty' or' feminisation of poverty' and a more recent focus of 'urban underclass', the author notes that these fail to include African American experiences, in particular female's experiences and failed to adequately address the historical, political, socio-economic, sexist and racial ideologies that prevailed within American society. This study also looks at the problems and issues related to poverty by examination of legislative policies and their impact on those who were most effected by them- the policy enforcers and the woman/families receiving public assistance.

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122

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Routledge

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1000526747

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9781000526745

Hematology and Oncology

By: Casey O'Connell,Vanessa Lynn Dickey

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Hematology and Oncology

By: Casey O'Connell,Vanessa Lynn Dickey

Designed as a quick read for both students on a hematology/oncology rotation and others who want to know more about the specialty, Blueprints Hematology and Oncology covers the essentials that every practitioner will need to know. Pocket-sized and practical, this book covers the most common conditions students are likely to encounter. It focuses on the essential content students need to know during a rotation allowing for a fast, easy read. Twenty-five multiple-choice review questions are included to help students test their understanding of the subject. The book also features a valuable appendix on career and residency opportunities. Also included are sections on medications and their toxicities and common hematological and oncological emergencies. Perfect for medical students -- physician assistants, nurse practitioners and related health professionals will also find Blueprints valuable.

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282

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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

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140510449X

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9781405104494

Swept Away: A Fairwilde Reflections Regency Fairy Tale

A Regency Retelling of Cinderella with a Twist

By: Vanessa Riley

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Swept Away: A Fairwilde Reflections Regency Fairy Tale

A Regency Retelling of Cinderella with a Twist

By: Vanessa Riley

Charlotte Downing, the Duchess of Charming, wants what she wants. Today, it's a fine pair of lacy slippers crafted by the renowned Ella's Establishment. To be picture perfect for her presentation to the queen, Charlotte will survive crashed ceilings and falling bricks. Yet, has she met her match in the conservative merchant, whose autumn-colored eyes make her pulse race, especially when he says no? Caught between the glittering world of the ton and the respectable profession of selling shoes, Edwin Cinder can't understand the lady's persistence or the fire lighting her blue eyes when she's challenged. With his lack of pedigree, there's no chance for this common God-fearing man to win her hand, but he'll risk all to save the duchess from the ravages of a London gale. Swept Away is a Regency retelling of Cinderella with a twist.

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140

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Gallium Optronics, LLC

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0990743748

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9780990743743

The Storm We Made

A Novel

By: Vanessa Chan

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The Storm We Made

A Novel

By: Vanessa Chan

A spellbinding, sweeping novel about a Malayan mother who becomes an unlikely spy for the invading Japanese forces during WWII—and the shocking consequences that rain upon her community and family. Malaya, 1945. Cecily Alcantara’s family is in terrible danger: her fifteen-year-old son, Abel, has disappeared, and her youngest daughter, Jasmin, is confined in a basement to prevent being pressed into service at the comfort stations. Her eldest daughter Jujube, who works at a tea house frequented by drunk Japanese soldiers, becomes angrier by the day. Cecily knows two things: that this is all her fault; and that her family must never learn the truth. A decade prior, Cecily had been desperate to be more than a housewife to a low-level bureaucrat in British-colonized Malaya. A chance meeting with the charismatic General Fuijwara lured her into a life of espionage, pursuing dreams of an “Asia for Asians.” Instead, Cecily helped usher in an even more brutal occupation by the Japanese. Ten years later as the war reaches its apex, her actions have caught up with her. Now her family is on the brink of destruction—and she will do anything to save them. Spanning years of pain and triumph, told from the perspectives of four unforgettable characters, The Storm We Made is a dazzling saga about the horrors of war; the fraught relationships between the colonized and their oppressors, and the ambiguity of right and wrong when survival is at stake.

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352

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Simon and Schuster

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1668015145

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9781668015148

The General’S Café

By: Vanessa Mehrabian

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The General’S Café

By: Vanessa Mehrabian

Meet Alec Pembridge, a 27-year old Government worker who has always struggled to live in this world he had no choice but to have been born into. Living under the General's Government, things were not as they should be. In a way, he had always felt it. But it didn't matter. Life was good. Much better than before the coup d'tat. Until a sudden attack on the rural Government Headquarters beyond the city limits. Arson? Revenge? Protest? A new frenzy of accusations and haze of unrest follows, and is further complicated when Alec is chosen to join Official Henderson to investigate the fire, in the process meeting a young woman, and increasingly questioning his sanity, morals and free mind to the point of no return...

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231

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Xlibris Corporation

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1462895778

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9781462895779

Ninety9

By: Vanessa Berry

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Ninety9

By: Vanessa Berry

In the 1990s, when music was recorded on cassettes and movies on VHS, Vanessa Berry was reacting to the loneliness of life in the suburbs by constructing imaginary worlds and identities from video hits, late-night music programs, band t-shirts, mixtapes and zines, and the ‘dark energy’ of the Goths. A memoir in essay form,Ninety9 is about the loneliness of adolescence, the importance of friendship, and the magical enclaves to be discovered in the city. Illustrated with the author’s drawings and photos, it provides a guide to the end of the millennium for those who were too young to be there, and vivid memories for those who were.

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235

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Giramondo Publishing

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192214634X

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9781922146342

A River of Stars

A Novel

By: Vanessa Hua

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A River of Stars

A Novel

By: Vanessa Hua

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • In a powerful debut about modern-day motherhood, immigration, and identity, a pregnant Chinese woman stakes a claim to the American dream in California. “Utterly absorbing.”—Celeste Ng • “A marvel of a first novel.”—O: The Oprah Magazine • “The most eye-opening literary adventure of the year.”—Entertainment Weekly NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The Washington Post • NPR • Real Simple Holed up with other mothers-to-be in a secret maternity home in Los Angeles, Scarlett Chen is far from her native China, where she worked in a factory and fell in love with the married owner, Boss Yeung. Now she’s carrying his baby. To ensure that his child—his first son—has every advantage, Boss Yeung has shipped Scarlett off to give birth on American soil. As Scarlett awaits the baby’s arrival, she spars with her imperious housemates. The only one who fits in even less is Daisy, a spirited, pregnant teenager who is being kept apart from her American boyfriend. Then a new sonogram of Scarlett’s baby reveals the unexpected. Panicked, she goes on the run by hijacking a van—only to discover that she has a stowaway: Daisy, who intends to track down the father of her child. The two flee to San Francisco’s bustling Chinatown, where Scarlett will join countless immigrants desperately trying to seize their piece of the American dream. What Scarlett doesn’t know is that her baby’s father is not far behind her. A River of Stars is a vivid examination of home and belonging and a moving portrayal of a woman determined to build her own future. Praise for A River of Stars “Vanessa Hua’s story spins with wild fervor, with charming protagonists fiercely motivated by maternal and survival instincts.”—USA Today “A River of Stars is the best of all worlds: part buddy cop adventure, part coming-of-age story and part ode to female friendship.”—NPR “Hua’s epic A River of Stars follows a pair of pregnant Chinese immigrant women—two of the more vibrant characters I’ve come across in a while—on the lam from Los Angeles to San Francisco’s Chinatown.”—R. O. Kwon, author of The Incendiaries, in Esquire “A delightful novel of motherhood and Chinese immigration . . . Without wading into policy debates, Ms Hua dramatises the stories and contributions of immigrants who believe in grand ideals and strive to live up to them.”—The Economist

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322

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Ballantine Books

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0399178791

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9780399178795

Summertime

A Richard and Judy bookclub choice

By: Vanessa Lafaye

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Summertime

A Richard and Judy bookclub choice

By: Vanessa Lafaye

Tensions simmer as a small town, already divided by race, is torn apart by the deadliest of hurricanes . . . THE HELP meets TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD in this powerfully emotional and gripping debut novel. In the small town of Heron Key, where the relationships are as tangled as the mangrove roots in the swamp, everyone is preparing for the 4th of July barbecue, unaware that their world is about to change for ever. Missy, maid to the Kincaid family, feels she has wasted her life pining for Henry, who went to fight on the battlefields of France. Now he has returned with a group of other desperate, destitute veterans, unsure of his future, ashamed of his past. When a white woman is found beaten nearly to death, suspicion falls on Henry. As the tensions rise, the barometer starts to plummet. But nothing can prepare them for what is coming. For far out over the Atlantic, the greatest storm ever to strike North America is heading their way...

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318

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Orion

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1409155404

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9781409155409

Undivided

Children of the stars

By: Vanessa Rutigliano

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Children of the stars

By: Vanessa Rutigliano

At the crossroads of known and unknown, material and immaterial worlds, she is looking for herself and especially for him. If the universe is only connections, it would only need one.

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110

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BoD - Books on Demand

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2322455806

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9782322455805

Corrupting Luxury in Ancient Greek Literature

By: Robert Gorman,Vanessa B Gorman

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Corrupting Luxury in Ancient Greek Literature

By: Robert Gorman,Vanessa B Gorman

Traces the principle that luxury corrupts its possessor as seen through a millennium of Greek literature

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493

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University of Michigan Press

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0472052292

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9780472052295

Under a Dark Summer Sky

By: Vanessa Lafaye

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Under a Dark Summer Sky

By: Vanessa Lafaye

Under a Dark Summer Sky is a stunning debut novel, at once a love story set in a time of great turmoil and a vivid depiction a vicious hurricane. Florida, 1935. In Heron Key, relationships are as tangled as the swamp's mangrove roots. It's been eighteen long years since Henry went away to war. Still, Missy has waited, cleaning the Kincaids' house and counting the stars. Now he's back, but she barely recognizes the desperate, destitute veteran he's become — unsure of his future, ashamed of his past. When a white woman is found beaten nearly to death after the Fourth of July barbecue, suspicion falls on him immediately. As tensions rise in the small community, the barometer starts to plummet — a massive hurricane is on its way. Based on real historical events,Under a Dark Summer Sky evokes what happens when people, sweating under the weight of their pasts, are tested to the absolute limits of their endurance.

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354

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Sourcebooks, Inc.

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1492612510

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9781492612513

If You Loved Me

By: Vanessa Grant

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If You Loved Me

By: Vanessa Grant

Wildlife photographer Gray McKenzie offers Emma Garrett an idyllic life in the wilderness--if she gives up her career as a doctor. Now widowed, and with her son missing on a kayaking trip, Emma needs Gray's help. Can they find Emma's son--and find their way back to the passion they once shared?

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260

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Zebra Books

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082176313X

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9780821763131

Race, Gender, and Welfare Reform

The Elusive Quest for Self-Determination

By: Vanessa Sheared

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Race, Gender, and Welfare Reform

The Elusive Quest for Self-Determination

By: Vanessa Sheared

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Race, Gender, and Welfare Reform

Race, Gender, and Welfare Reform

Hematology and Oncology

Hematology and Oncology

Swept Away: A Fairwilde Reflections Regency Fairy Tale

Swept Away: A Fairwilde Reflections Regency Fairy Tale

The Storm We Made

The Storm We Made

The General’S Café

The General’S Café

Ninety9

Ninety9

A River of Stars

A River of Stars

Summertime

Summertime

Undivided

Undivided

Corrupting Luxury in Ancient Greek Literature

Corrupting Luxury in Ancient Greek Literature

Under a Dark Summer Sky

Under a Dark Summer Sky

If You Loved Me

If You Loved Me

Race, Gender, and Welfare Reform

Race, Gender, and Welfare Reform

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