Tag: Faces

April 11, 2023

Eight Faces of Revenge

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Free Download Eight Faces of Revenge By Vibha S. Chauhan
2018 | 144 Pages | ISBN: 9004380248 | PDF | 2 MB
Interesting, informative, exploratory, the book attempts to interrogate the emotion of revenge. Combining academic discourses with popular representations, it moves across cultures and countries like India, Germany, USA, Africa and Brazil.

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April 9, 2023

The Faces of Poverty in North Carolina Stories from Our Invisible Citizens

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Free Download Gene R. Nichol, "The Faces of Poverty in North Carolina: Stories from Our Invisible Citizens"
English | ISBN: 1469666138 | 2021 | 252 pages | EPUB | 1486 KB
More than 1.5 million North Carolinians today live in poverty. More than one in five are children. Behind these sobering statistics are the faces of our fellow citizens. This book tells their stories. Since 2012, Gene R. Nichol has traveled the length of North Carolina, conducting hundreds of interviews with poor people and those working to alleviate the worst of their circumstances. In an afterword to this new edition, Nichol draws on fresh data and interviews with those whose voices challenge all of us to see what is too often invisible, to look past partisan divides and preconceived notions, and to seek change. Only with a full commitment as a society, Nichol argues, will we succeed in truly ending poverty, which he calls our greatest challenge.

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April 7, 2023

The Many Faces of Slavery New Perspectives on Slave Ownership and Experiences in the Americas

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Free Download Lawrence Aje, "The Many Faces of Slavery: New Perspectives on Slave Ownership and Experiences in the Americas"
English | ISBN: 1350071420 | 2019 | 256 pages | EPUB | 2 MB
While the plantation accounts for 90% of slave ownership and experience in the Americas, its centrality to the common conceptions of slavery has arguably led to an oversimplified understanding of its multifarious forms and complex dynamics in the region. The Many Faces of Slavery explores non-traditional forms of slavery that existed outside the plantation system to illustrate the pluralities of slave ownership and experiences in the Americas, from the 17th to the 19th century.

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