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Against the Odds: Blacks in the Profession of Medicine in the United States -- by Wilbur Watson (Author) (Book)
"Racial separatism, gender discrimination, and white dominance have historically thwarted black Americans' occupational aspirations. Access to medical education has also been limited, and mobility...
All Ages
Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
The Latino Psychiatric Patient: Assessment and Treatment -- by Ernestina Carrillo, Alberto Lopez (Authors) (Book)
"Constituting nearly 12 percent of the US population, Latinos (a term used interchangeably with the term Hispanic throughout the text) are expected to become the second-largest race ethnic group...
All Ages
Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
City Schools: Lessons from New York -- by Diane Ravitch, Joseph Viteritti (Authors) (Book)
"City Schools brings together a distinguished group of researchers and educators for an in-depth look at the nation's largest school system. Topics covered include the changing demographics of city...
All Ages
Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
Dia's Story Cloth -- by Dia Cha (Author) (Book - Child)
Product Description "A Laos woman recounts her family's wartime displacement, during which she was forced to flee to a refugee camp in Thailand and remain away from her home for four years, in a...
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Age groups: Preschool/Kindergarten (3-5), School Age (6-12)
It Isn't Fair!: Siblings of Children with Disabilities -- by Maxwell Schleifer, Stanley Klein (Authors) (Book - Parent/Child)
"..." Selected and compiled from two decades of The Exceptional Parent magazine, It Isn't Fair! reveals first-hand the myriad feelings of "normal" brothers and sisters at all stages as they grapple...
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Age groups: Infancy (<1), Toddlerhood (1-3), Preschool/Kindergarten (3-5), School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21), Adulthood (22+)
We Are Family: Testimonies of Lesbian and Gay -- by Turan Ali (Author) (Book - Parent)
"Through interviews with gay and lesbian parents from a wide range of circumstances We Are Family paints a detailed, emotional and enlightening picture. It shows that 'queers' usually make excellent...
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Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
The Brand New Kid -- by Katherine Couric (Author) (Book - Child)
"An illustrated book that will appeal to readers of all ages, The Brand New Kid introduces two little girls who show true compassion when a not-so-ordinary boy joins their classroom. Their new...
Ages 4 years - 8 years.
Can't Get There from Here -- by Todd Strasser (Author) (Book)
First, readers meet Maggot; Rainbow; beautiful, HIV-positive 2Moro; her club-hopping, sexually amorphous friend Jewel; the protagonist/narrator Maybe; and Tears, the newest, and, at 12 years of age,...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21)
Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools -- by Jonathan Kozol (Author) (Book)
"A searing, eye-opening exposé of the inequality built into America's public education system, written by Jonathan Kozol, the National Book Award-winning author of Death at an Early Age. Traveling the...
All Ages
Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
Stigma and Mental Illness -- by Allan Tasman, Paul Fink (Authors) (Book)
"This book is a collection of writings on how society has stigmatized mentally ill persons, their families, and their caregivers. First-hand accounts poignantly portray what it is like to be the...
All Ages
Age groups: Adulthood (22+)