culture conflict

The author describes growing up with an American mother and Arabic father. Details her childhood split between Seattle and Qatar, her time with her Bedouin family as a teen, and her search for her own identity as a young woman that takes her from from the Arabian Gulf and Cairo, to Mount Sinai.

Explores the cultural conflicts that can occur within families when children of immigrants have to cope with parents having different morals and values.

Chronicles the history of the relationship between the United States and Japan through a look at the lives of U.S. General Douglas MacArthur and Emperor Hirohito, focusing on their actions during and after World War II.

Contains entries that examine people, ideas, and events related to the so-called culture wars--the conflict of values and ideas in the United States, covering activists and advocates, the arts, education, holidays and observances, journalists, political and economic issues, religious figures, and other topics; arranged alphabetically from M to Z.

Profiles ethnic conflicts in twenty-five countries and regions around the world, providing time lines; historical background; descriptions of each conflict, its management, and its significance; and further reading lists.

Sixteen-year-old Bernardo, who is eight feet tall and suffers from a condition called Gigantism, leaves the Philipines to live with his mother's family in London, much to the delight of his thirteen-year-old half sister Andi, a passionate basketball player.

Ren moves from the city to the small town of Bomont where he challenges the town's ban on rock music, partying, and dancing.

When Southern California high school senior Sofi Mendoza lies to her parents and crosses the border for a weekend party, she has no idea that she will get stuck in a Mexican village with family she has never met before, unable to return to the United States and the easy life she knew.

Pregnant with her American lover's child, a young Indian woman raised in the U.S. reluctantly agrees to an arranged marriage in her homeland and develops a genuine affection for her new husband, but a secret of his own keeps their love from blossoming further.

A collection of memoirs, diaries, letters, and reminiscences in which reflect the experiences of Northerners and Southerners during the Civil War.