Whiteness in America (McDermott Monica)(Paperback)

Whiteness in America (McDermott Monica)(Paperback)

When Americans think about race, 'white' is often the furthest thing from their minds. Yet whiteness colors so much of social life in the United States, from the organization and maintenance of social structures to an individual's sense of self. White has long been the invisible default category

Whiteness Interrupted: White Teachers and Racial Identity in Predominantly Black Schools (Bell Marcus)(Paperback)

In Whiteness Interrupted Marcus Bell presents a revealing portrait of white teachers in majority-black schools in which he examines the limitations of understandings of how white racial identity is formed. Through in-depth interviews with dozens of white teachers from a racially segregated, urban

Postfeminist Whiteness: Problematising Melancholic Burden in Contemporary Hollywood (Marston Kendra)(Paperback)

In the first extended study into the politics of whiteness inherent within postfeminist cinema, Kendra Marston interrogates representations of melancholic white femininity in contemporary Hollywood cinema, arguing that the 'melancholic white woman' serves as a vehicle through which to explore the

I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness (Brown Austin Channing)(Paperback)

Secret of Excalibur (Wilde/Chase 3) (McDermott Andy)(Paperback / softback)

In his third book the brilliant Andy McDermott sends Nina Wilde and Eddie Chase hurtling round the globe in search of the legendary sword

Blackmountain (McDermott Patrick)(Paperback)

Life in rural Ireland in any townland in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century was far from easy. There were few opportunities for any kind of work outside farming. And few were the farmers who could remunerate anybody to help on the farm.We are in danger of forgetting the struggle these

Captain America: Winter In America (Coates Ta-Nehisi)(Paperback / softback)

In America (Sontag Susan)(Paperback / softback)

The story of In America is inspired by the emigration to America in 1876 of Helena Modrzejewska, Poland's most celebrated actress, accompanied by her husband, Count Karol Chlapowski, her fifteen-year-old son, Rudolf, the young journalist and future author of Quo Vadis, Henryk Sienkiewicz, and a few

Persona Protocol (McDermott Andy)(Paperback / softback)

The standalone thriller from bestselling author, Andy McDermott. For fans of Tom Clancy and Matthew

Education in America, 3 (Goyette Kimberly A.)(Paperback)

Education in America provides an essential, comprehensive introduction to education in the U.S., from its origins to its contemporary manifestations. Focusing on social inequality, Kimberly A. Goyette calls into question Horace Mann's famous proclamation that education is the 'great equalizer' and

Innocent Subjects: Feminism and Whiteness (Jonsson Terese)(Paperback)

In a time of intensified global white supremacist and patriarchal violence, anti-racist feminist movements and analyses have never been more vital. Women of colour are at the forefront of such struggles worldwide - but are white feminists really by their side? Despite a rich history of black

Hunt For Atlantis (Wilde/Chase 1) (McDermott Andy)(Paperback / softback)

In the first book in Andy McDermott's exciting adventure thriller series, archaeologist Nina Wilde leads the hunt for the mythical and mystical

The Ninth Hour (McDermott Alice)(Paperback)

From National Book Award-winner and Pulitzer Prize Finalist Alice McDermott, The Ninth Hour is the critically-acclaimed 'haunting and vivid portrait of an Irish Catholic clan in early twentieth century America' (The Associated Press).One of TIME Magazine's Top Ten Novels of the YearA 2017 Kirkus

Latin America in Colonial Times (Restall Matthew)(Paperback)

Latin America in Colonial Times is a concise history of Latin America from the era of the Aztecs and Incas to the age of Napoleon and Bolivar, written in a lively style in order to sustain the interest of students and general readers in the main themes and events of colonial Latin American

Maeve in America (Higgins Maeve)(Paperback / softback)

The 1989 Revolutions in Central and Eastern Europe: From Communism to Pluralism (McDermott Kevin)(Paperback)

This book reassesses a defining historical, political and ideological moment in contemporary history: the 1989 revolutions in central and eastern Europe. Bringing together experts from a variety of disciplines, the volume examines the rapid dismantling of the communist regimes in the late 1980s and

Capitalism in America - A History (Greenspan Alan)(Paperback / softback)

God and Guns in America (Austin Michael W.)(Paperback)

Christian Ethics and Guns in AmericaThe gun debate is raging in America. Mass shootings at Columbine, West Nickel Mines Amish School, Aurora, Sandy Hook Elementary, Virginia Tech, and Orlando Pulse Nightclub call for action. Senseless acts of gun violence--some involving police (e.g., Michael

Artificial Whiteness: Politics and Ideology in Artificial Intelligence (Katz Yarden)(Paperback)

Dramatic statements about the promise and peril of artificial intelligence for humanity abound, as an industry of experts claims that AI is poised to reshape nearly every sphere of life. Who profits from the idea that the age of AI has arrived? Why do ideas of AI's transformative potential keep

After Whiteness: An Education in Belonging (Jennings Willie James)(Paperback)

Theological education has always been about formation: first of people, then of communities, then of the world. If we continue to promote whiteness and its related ideas of masculinity and individualism in our educational work, it will remain diseased and thwart our efforts to heal the church and

Angels in America (new edition) (Kushner Tony)(Paperback / softback)

America in the mid-1980s. In the midst of the AIDS crisis and a conservative Reagan administration, New Yorkers grapple with life and death, love and sex, heaven and

The America Ground, Hastings (Peak Steve)(Paperback)

In the nineteenth century the 'America Ground' played a key role in the expansion of Hastings. Appearing to to be lie outside the town boundary, residents and businesses there had no taxes to pay. The freedom from local authority rules created a libertarian atmosphere, and one of the names the

Communist Czechoslovakia, 1945-89: A Political and Social History (McDermott Kevin)(Paperback)

Few Europeans in the twentieth century have been subject to the repeated buffetings by foreign powers, ideologically driven transformations and internal upheaval of the Czechs and the Slovaks. The period of Communist rule was complex, and those who gleefully overthrew the regime in 1989 were the

Rquiem por un Campesino Espaol (Revised) (McDermott Patricia)(Paperback)

'Requiem per un campesino espanol' was first published under the title Mosen Millan in Coleccion Aquelarre, Mexico, 1953. The present text follows the first Spanish edition published by Destino, Barcelona, 1974, which bears a few minor variants, mainly in paragraph structure. It has been reprinted