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When Shek and little Wong journey to America in 1865, they have work! Along with hundreds of other Chinese, the brothers are going to help build a great railroad across the West. But as days grow into months, Shek and Wong endure more than they could have imagined-bleeding hands, blasting dynamite, and treacherous avalanches. For very little pay. Are they being treated this way because of their almond-shaped eyes-because they are coolies?

Inspired by actual events in the history of the American railroad, Coolies reveals the harsh truth about life for thousands of Chinese laborers, while it celebrates the love and loyalty between two brothers who were determined not only to survive, but to succeed..
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Scarlet Silver is a little girl who wants to become a pirate—just like her aunt, Long Joan Silver. But there is one rule in the Silver house: Don’t mention pirates. That rule has been in effect ever since the day that bad luck befell Grandma Silver. She was accidentally eaten by a giant shrimp. But Scarlet still wants to be a pirate. What she loves to do best is to go treasure hunting with her treasure detector. Most of the time she doesn’t find anything valuable, but one day she discovers something that looks very much like real gold! The adventure that follows is complemented with color illustrations that are every bit as hilarious as the Silver family’s story..
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Now in command of the steamer U.S.S. Hunt, Lt. Peter Wake quickly plunges into action, chasing a strange vessel during a tropical storm off Cuba, confronting death to liberate an escaping slave ship, and encountering the enemy's most powerful ocean warship in Havana's harbor. After the war he tracks down a colony of former Confederates in Puerto Rico..
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This is the remarkable autobiography of composer and pianist Henry Mancini .
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This book is an effort to promote more cross cultural dialogue between African Americans and other cultures It also attempts to discourage the use of the N...Word by exploring its history in european and world culture. Approximately 20 questions regarding Black culture,history,and race relations are also covered. The title question being the last one covered. Each chapter begins with a quote on race from a famous member of the white community,followed by a sensitive question on Blacks,then a brief response and ending with written out references. Tips are provided on how to effectively engage in discussions on race,improving race relations, avoiding police harrassment, etc..
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Sui generis is an overused phrase, but it is the only one for R.A. Lafferty If Not to Mention Camels is any indication, he has a mind like no one else on the planet. This novel is identified in one printing as "a wild trip through time and space," and on another as "a science fiction fantasy"; his fiction is sometimes described as "tall tales," sometimes as "mythic," sometimes as "moral"-and every phrase is true, yet inadequate and misleading. There are moments when Not to Mention Camels may bring Kurt Vonnegut to mind, or Avram Davidson, or Philip K. Dick; but only rarely, and only for nanoseconds. R.A. Lafferty does not write like anyone else, and what he writes is shelved as science fiction because it's the only remotely accurate label.

Unsurprisingly, Not to Mention Camels is difficult to summarize. Its premise is that there are "dozens of billions of life-supporting worlds" scattered across the universe, and/or coexisting in the same place in different universes. One world, the Prime World, may be the model or source of all worlds. True original souls may be rare; most people may be reflections of those few real souls--and everyone may exist in every world, perhaps sequentially, perhaps simultaneously. Not to Mention Camels follows the joyous, monstrous, compelling cult figure initially known as Pilger Tisman through four (or perhaps more) of his lives/worlds. --Cynthia Ward.
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The purpose, value, and significance of the arts are perennial topics, often generating rather heated discussions. In the modern era, a philosophical perspective took hold in accord with the idea that art was separated from daily life, as well as from larger social contexts. This book argues for a perspective in which the arts are integrated with our daily lives, even as they affect social, political, and educational realities, and our understanding of those realities. A central theme of this book is that aesthetic experiences, and forms of popular culture in particular, can and often do affect the way we see, interpret, and make sense of our worlds, as well as assist in the creation of a more just, invigorating, and humane society..
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This Elibron Classics edition is a facsimile reprint of a 1883 edition by Palmer & Howe, Manchester..
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