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"Through deep reporting over two years in farming villages and on factory floors, Chang shows how women [in Egypt] resist the pressure to give up, despite living in a country where history and tradition confine them to narrow roles and a globalizing economy has led, counterintuitively, to a conservative turn of society that discourages women from entering the workforce at all. She shares with us the rarely heard voices of ordinary women in Egypt and why its economic history continues to fail them"--Provided by publisher.

"The day of her wedding, 17 year old Ada's life looks good; she loves her husband, and she loves working as an apprentice to her mother, a respected midwife. But after a year of marriage and no pregnancy, in a town where barren women are routinely hanged as witches, her survival depends on leaving behind everything she knows. She joins up with the notorious Hole in the Wall Gang, a band of outlaws led by a preacher-turned-robber known to all as the Kid. Charismatic, grandiose, and mercurial, the Kid is determined to create a safe haven for outcast women. But to make this dream a reality, the Gang hatches a treacherous plan that may get them all killed. And Ada must decide whether she's willing to risk her life for the possibility of a new kind of future for them all"--Provided by publisher.

"A picture book biography about Ida B. Wells and her life as a suffragist, with a focus on the Women's March of 1913"--Provided by publisher.

"Meckler's 'Dream Town' asks: Can a group of well-intentioned people fulfill the promise of racial integration in America? What does success look like and has Shaker achieved it? What are Black Americans asked to sacrifice and what will white people have to give up? The result is a complex portrait of a place that, while never perfect, has achieved more than most, and a road map for communities that seek to do the same"--Provided by publisher.

Describes the history, context, important events, and key figures surrounding the Civil Rights Movement.

"The true story of America from the Mexican American perspective"--Provided by publisher.

"Tired of long school days? Well, in ancient Rome, school started before sunrise and didn't end until late in the afternoon. It was also every day of the week. Even in the summer! Learn all about this tough time to be a kid"--.

"A mother and race scholar seeks to answer her daughter's many questions about race and racism with an earnest exploration into race relations and affirmative action from the perspectives of Asian Americans"--.

"In this honest and welcoming book, diversity and inclusion expert, professor, and award-winning speaker Dr. Omekongo Dibinga argues that we must embark on a massive undertaking to re-educate ourselves on the stereotypes that have proven harmful, and too often deadly, to the Black community"--.

"Winkfield Twyman, Jr. and Jennifer Richmond - a black man and a white woman - share their years-long correspondence about race in the United States"--.