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The book demonstrates what was always the solution: People helping people, voluntarily and without coercion.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eErnest Hancock\u003c\/strong\u003e, FreedomsPhoenix\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eEnd Medical Debt\u003c\/em\u003e is exactly what's needed to jumpstart the national discussion about our dysfunctional healthcare system, and what to do about it.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJoel R. Segal\u003c\/strong\u003e, Former senior assistant, U.S. Congress. 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His commitment to justice and nonviolence has taken him from an Alabama sharecropper's farm to the halls of Congress, from a segregated schoolroom to the 1963 March on Washington, and from receiving beatings from state troopers to receiving the Medal of Freedom from the first African-American president. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow, to share his remarkable story with new generations, Lewis presents \u003ci\u003eMarch\u003c\/i\u003e, a graphic novel trilogy, in collaboration with co-writer Andrew Aydin and \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e best-selling artist Nate Powell (winner of the Eisner Award and LA Times Book Prize finalist for \u003ci\u003eSwallow Me Whole\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eMarch\u003c\/i\u003e is a vivid first-hand account of John Lewis' lifelong struggle for civil and human rights, meditating in the modern age on the distance traveled since the days of Jim Crow and segregation. 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His work includes \u003ci\u003eMARCH\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eYou Don't Say\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAny Empire\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSwallow Me Whole\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Silence Of Our Friends\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Year Of The Beasts\u003c\/i\u003e, and Rick Riordan's \u003ci\u003eThe Lost Hero\u003c\/i\u003e. Powell is the first and only cartoonist ever to win the National Book Award. 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By combining the most crucial elements of current findings in theoretical and applied research, \u003ci\u003eThe Handbook of Hispanic Linguistics\u003c\/i\u003e sheds new light on the increasing growth and importance of the Spanish language.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJosé Ignacio Hualde\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor in the Department of Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese and in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His books include \u003ci\u003eBasque Phonology\u003c\/i\u003e (1991), \u003ci\u003eEuskararen azentuerak [the accentual systems of Basque]\u003c\/i\u003e (1997), and \u003ci\u003eThe Sounds of Spanish\u003c\/i\u003e (2005).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eAntxon Olarrea\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of Arizona. He is author of \u003ci\u003eOrígenes del lenguaje y selección natural\u003c\/i\u003e (2005) and \u003ci\u003eIntroducción a la lingüística hispánica\u003c\/i\u003e (2001, 2nd edn. 2010), and coeditor of \u003ci\u003eRomance Linguistics 2009\u003c\/i\u003e (2010).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eErin O'Rourke\u003c\/b\u003e is Assistant Professor in the Department of Modern Languages and Classics at the University of Alabama. She is co-editor of \u003ci\u003eRomance Linguistics 2007\u003c\/i\u003e (2009), and has published articles and book chapters on intonation and sociophonetics in Spanish and Quechua, with an emphasis on the Andean region.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 904\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.6 x 9.6 x 6.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 07, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e PROSE (2012)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48796517925118,"sku":"9781118798034","price":103.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0826\/8716\/4670\/files\/EuzUEQqnC9781118798034.webp?v=1787926965"},{"product_id":"diadem-selected-poems-paperback-2","title":"Diadem: Selected Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMarosa Di Giorgio\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAdam Giannelli\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSelected poems by one of the most distinct and recognizable voices in Latin American poetry. Surreal, fable-like prose poems.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarosa di Giorgio was born in Salto, Uruguay, in 1932. Descended from Italian immigrants of Tuscan origin, she and her sister Nidia were raised as Catholics in the countryside. She published her first book, \u003ci\u003ePoemas\u003c\/i\u003e, in 1953. In the 1950s and 60s she worked in the theater and participated as an actress in almost thirty productions. Later, drawing on her background in theater, she gave dramatic recitals of her poems. In 1978, after the death of her father, the family relocated to Montevideo, where she lived until she died of cancer in 2004. She never married or had children. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLike Walt Whitman, di Giorgio expanded the same work throughout her career: \u003ci\u003eLos Papeles Salvajes\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eThe Wild Papers\u003c\/i\u003e, 2008), her collected poetry, which unites fourteen books. Since her poems inhabit the same imaginative world, they can be read as one long meditation, which di Giorgio described as a forest in which she planted more trees. In 2008, Adriana Hidalgo, an editorial house in Buenos Aires, published the collection in one single volume. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003edi Giorgio also composed three books of erotic tales--\u003ci\u003eMisales\u003c\/i\u003e (1993), \u003ci\u003eCamino de las pedrerías\u003c\/i\u003e (1997), \u003ci\u003eRosa mística\u003c\/i\u003e (2003)--and a novel, \u003ci\u003eReina Amelia\u003c\/i\u003e (1999). Her final book, \u003ci\u003eLa flor de lis\u003c\/i\u003e (2004), which combines prose poems with longer narratives, completed shortly before her death, synthesizes her life's work. She received several awards throughout her career, including a Fulbright Scholarship and First Prize in the International Poetry Festival in Medellín in 2001, and was invited to travel as far as France to give recitals of her poetry. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTranslator Adam Giannelli is a graduate of Oberlin College and the University of Virginia, where he was a Hoyns Fellow. His poems and translations of Spanish and Italian poetry have appeared or are forthcoming in \u003ci\u003eNew England Review, Kenyon Review, Field, Southwest Review, Quarterly West, Colorado Review, Two Lines, Pleiades, The FSG Book of Twentieth-Century Italian Poetry, \u003c\/i\u003e and elsewhere. He is the editor of a book of critical essays: \u003ci\u003eHigh Lonesome: On the Poetry of Charles Wright\u003c\/i\u003e (Oberlin CP, 2006). He has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize, and has received fellowships from the Sewanee Writers' Conference, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Ucross Foundation, and the Djerassi Resident Artists Program.\u003cbr\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 170\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 16, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Literary Award (2013)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48797272703230,"sku":"9781934414972","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0826\/8716\/4670\/files\/yjHQVT9taQ9781934414972_3f3777c9-f32c-4522-afaa-7725dddcad5f.webp?v=1787929810"},{"product_id":"oedipus-at-palm-springs-paperback","title":"Oedipus at Palm Springs - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003e#N\/A\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Five Lesbian Brothers playwritten by Maureen Angelos Babs Davy Dominique Dibbell Peg Healey Lisa Kron\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eComedic Tragedy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharacters: 5 females\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIrreverent theater group the Five Lesbian Brothers get their greasy prints on a classic. \u003cem\u003eOedipus at Palm Springs\u003c\/em\u003e follows the dark adventure of two couples on a retreat to the desert resort town. 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A perfect gift for teachers and for reading students of any age.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePatricia Polacco is now one of America's most loved children's book creators, but once upon a time, she was a little girl named Trisha starting school. Trisha could paint and draw beautifully, but when she looked at words on a page, all she could see was jumble. It took a very special teacher to recognize little Trisha's dyslexia: Mr. Falker, who encouraged her to overcome her reading disability. Patricia Polacco will never forget him, and neither will we.\u003cp\u003eThis inspiring story is available in a deluxe slipcased edition, complete with a personal letter to readers from Patricia Polacco herself. \u003ci\u003eThank You, Mr. Falker\u003c\/i\u003e will make a beautiful gift for the special child who needs encouragement\u0026amp;150or any special teacher who has made a difference in the child's life. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eI was born in Lansing, Michigan in 1944. Soon after my birth I lived in Williamston, Michigan and then moved onto my grandparents farm in Union City, Michigan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI lived on the farm with my mom and Grandparents until 1949. That is when my Babushka (my grandmother) died and we prepared to move away from Michigan. 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I have always like hearing stories from these folks. My genuine curiosity for the wonder of living a very long life prepared me to accept the declining years of my own parents.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"To get back to the farm in Union City...this place was so magical to me that I have never forgotten it! This was the place where I heard such wonderful stories told...this was the place that a real meteor fell into our font yard...that very meteorite is now our family headstone in the graveyard here in Union City.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Did I tell you that I now live in Union City? This is after living in Oakland, California for almost 37 years. But, you see, every year I'd come back to Michigan to see my Dad and family.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Anyway...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In 1949 we left the farm to move, first to Coral Gables, Florida. I lived there with my Mom and my brother, Richard, for almost 3 years. Then we moved to Oakland, California. I remained there for most of my young life on into my adulthood. We lived on Ocean View Drive in the Rockridge District. What I loved the most about this neighborhood is that all of my neighbors came in as many colors, ideas and religions as there are people on the planet. How lucky I was to know so many people that were so different and yet so much alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"It is on Ocean View that I met my best friend, Stewart Grinnell Washington. We are best friends to this day! He has a younger brother, Winston and three sisters; Jackie, Terry and Robin. When I was a student in elementary school I wasn't a very good student. I had a terrible time with reading and math. As a matter of fact, I did not learn how to read until I was almost 14 years old. Can you imagine what it was like to see all my friends do so well in school and I wasn't! I thought I was dumb. I didn't like school because there was this boy that always teased me and made me feel even dumber. When I was fourteen, it was learned that I have a learning disability. It is called dyslexia. I felt trapped in a body that wouldn't do what everybody else could do. That was when one of my hero's, my teacher, found what was wrong with me and got me the help I needed to succeed in school. Of course, now that I am an adult, I realize that being learning disabled does not mean DUMB AT ALL! As a matter of fact, I have learned that being learning disabled only means that I cannot learn the way most of you do. As a matter of fact, most learning disabled children are actually GENIUSES! Once I learned how to read and caught up with the rest of my fellow students, I did very well.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I went on to University, majored in Fine Art, then went on to do a graduate degree and even ended up with a Ph.D. in Art History. For a time I restored ancient pieces of art for museums. I eventually became the mother of two children, Steven and Traci, and devoted much of my days to their education and upbringing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I did not start writing children's books until I was 41 years old. Mind you the \"art\" has always been there for me most of my life. Apparently one of the symptoms of my disability in academics is the ability of draw very, very well. So drawing, painting and sculpture has always been a part of my life even before I started illustrating my books. The books were quite a surprise, really. Mind you, I came from a family of incredible storytellers. My mother's people were from the Ukraine and Russia...my father's people were from Ireland. My extended family, (Stewart's family) were from the bayous of Louisiana...also great story tellers. When you are raised on HEARING stories.....NOT SEEING THEM, you become very good at telling stories yourself. So at the age of 41 I started putting stories that I told down on paper and did drawings to help illustrate them...I guess the rest is history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I have enjoyed a wonderful career of writing books for children . Who could have guessed that little girl that was having such a tough time in school would end up an illustrator and author. Children and adults alike ask me where I get my ideas...I get them from the same place that you do....MY IMAGINATION... I would guess the reason my imagination is so fertile is because I came from storytelling and, WE DID NOT OWN A T.V.!!!!!!!!! You see, when one is a writer, actor, dancer, musician; a creator of any kind, he or she does these things because they listen to that \"voice\" inside of them. All of us have that \"voice\". It is where all inspired thoughts come from....but when you have electronic screens in front, of you, speaking that voice for you... it DROWNS OUT THE VOICE! When I talk to children and aspiring writers, I always ask them to listen to the voice, turn off the T.V. and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"LISTEN...LISTEN...LISTEN.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Now that I have moved back to Union City I am intending to open my house and community and invite people to come there to take part in writing seminars, story telling festivals, literature conferences and various events that celebrate children's literature.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn Patricia Ann Barber in Lansing, Michigan, to parents of Russian and Ukrainian descent on one side and Irish on the other, Patricia Polacco grew up in both California and Michigan. Her school year was spent in Oakland, California, and summers in her beloved Michigan. She describes her family members as marvelous storytellers. \"My fondest memories are of sitting around a stove or open fire, eating apples and popping corn while listening to the old ones tell glorious stories about their homeland and the past. We are tenacious traditionalists and sentimentalists.... With each retelling our stories gain a little more Umph!\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStudying in the United States and Australia, Patricia Polacco has earned an M.F.A. and a Ph. D. in art history, specializing in Russian and Greek painting, and iconographic history. She is a museum consultant on the restoration of icons. As a participant in many citizen exchange programs for writers and illustrators, Patricia Polacco has traveled extensively in Russia as well as other former Soviet republics. She continues to support programs that encourage Russo-American friendships and understanding. She is also deeply involved in inner-city projects here in the U.S. that promote the peaceful resolution of conflict and encourage art and literacy programs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe mother of a grown son and a daughter, Patricia Polacco currently resides in Michigan, where she has a glorious old farm that was built during the time of Lincoln.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecopyright (c) 2000 by Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers. All rights reserved.\u003cbr\u003e\"I was born in Lansing, Michigan in 1944. Soon after my birth I lived in Williamston, Michigan and then moved onto my grandparents farm in Union City, Michigan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I lived on the farm with my mom and Grandparents until 1949. That is when my Babushka (my grandmother) died and we prepared to move away from Michigan. I must say that living on that little farm with them was the most magical time of my life...and that my Babushka and other grandparents were some of the most inspirational people in my life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"My parents were divorced when I was 3, and both my father and mother moved back into the homes of their parents. I spent the school year with my mother, and the summers with my dad. In both households I was the apple of my grandparents' eyes! I would say that these relationships with my grandparents have most definitely influenced my life and my work. You probably have noticed that in almost every book that I write there is a very young person who is interacting with an elderly person. Personally, I feel that this is the most valuable experience of my life....having the wonder of knowing both children and elderly people.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The respect that I learned as a very young person certainly carried over into my life in later years. I have always like hearing stories from these folks. My genuine curiosity for the wonder of living a very long life prepared me to accept the declining years of my own parents.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"To get back to the farm in Union City...this place was so magical to me that I have never forgotten it! This was the place where I heard such wonderful stories told...this was the place that a real meteor fell into our font yard...that very meteorite is now our family headstone in the graveyard here in Union City.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Did I tell you that I now live in Union City? This is after living in Oakland, California for almost 37 years. But, you see, every year I'd come back to Michigan to see my Dad and family.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Anyway...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In 1949 we left the farm to move, first to Coral Gables, Florida. I lived there with my Mom and my brother, Richard, for almost 3 years. Then we moved to Oakland, California. I remained there for most of my young life on into my adulthood. We lived on Ocean View Drive in the Rockridge District. What I loved the most about this neighborhood is that all of my neighbors came in as many colors, ideas and religions as there are people on the planet. How lucky I was to know so many people that were so different and yet so much alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"It is on Ocean View that I met my best friend, Stewart Grinnell Washington. We are best friends to this day! He has a younger brother, Winston and three sisters; Jackie, Terry and Robin. When I was a student in elementary school I wasn't a very good student. I had a terrible time with reading and math. As a matter of fact, I did not learn how to read until I was almost 14 years old. Can you imagine what it was like to see all my friends do so well in school and I wasn't! I thought I was dumb. I didn't like school because there was this boy that always teased me and made me feel even dumber. When I was fourteen, it was learned that I have a learning disability. It is called dyslexia. I felt trapped in a body that wouldn't do what everybody else could do. That was when one of my hero's, my teacher, found what was wrong with me and got me the help I needed to succeed in school. Of course, now that I am an adult, I realize that being learning disabled does not mean DUMB AT ALL! As a matter of fact, I have learned that being learning disabled only means that I cannot learn the way most of you do. As a matter of fact, most learning disabled children are actually GENIUSES! Once I learned how to read and caught up with the rest of my fellow students, I did very well.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I went on to University, majored in Fine Art, then went on to do a graduate degree and even ended up with a Ph.D. in Art History. For a time I restored ancient pieces of art for museums. I eventually became the mother of two children, Steven and Traci, and devoted much of my days to their education and upbringing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I did not start writing children's books until I was 41 years old. Mind you the \"art\" has always been there for me most of my life. Apparently one of the symptoms of my disability in academics is the ability of draw very, very well. So drawing, painting and sculpture has always been a part of my life even before I started illustrating my books. The books were quite a surprise, really. Mind you, I came from a family of incredible storytellers. My mother's people were from the Ukraine and Russia...my father's people were from Ireland. My extended family, (Stewart's family) were from the bayous of Louisiana...also great story tellers. When you are raised on HEARING stories.....NOT SEEING THEM, you become very good at telling stories yourself. So at the age of 41 I started putting stories that I told down on paper and did drawings to help illustrate them...I guess the rest is history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I have enjoyed a wonderful career of writing books for children . Who could have guessed that little girl that was having such a tough time in school would end up an illustrator and author. Children and adults alike ask me where I get my ideas...I get them from the same place that you do....MY IMAGINATION... I would guess the reason my imagination is so fertile is because I came from storytelling and, WE DID NOT OWN A T.V.!!!!!!!!! You see, when one is a writer, actor, dancer, musician; a creator of any kind, he or she does these things because they listen to that \"voice\" inside of them. All of us have that \"voice\". It is where all inspired thoughts come from....but when you have electronic screens in front, of you, speaking that voice for you... it DROWNS OUT THE VOICE! When I talk to children and aspiring writers, I always ask them to listen to the voice, turn off the T.V. and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"LISTEN...LISTEN...LISTEN.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Now that I have moved back to Union City I am intending to open my house and community and invite people to come there to take part in writing seminars, story telling festivals, literature conferences and various events that celebrate children's literature.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn Patricia Ann Barber in Lansing, Michigan, to parents of Russian and Ukrainian descent on one side and Irish on the other, Patricia Polacco grew up in both California and Michigan. Her school year was spent in Oakland, California, and summers in her beloved Michigan. She describes her family members as marvelous storytellers. \"My fondest memories are of sitting around a stove or open fire, eating apples and popping corn while listening to the old ones tell glorious stories about their homeland and the past. We are tenacious traditionalists and sentimentalists.... With each retelling our stories gain a little more Umph!\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStudying in the United States and Australia, Patricia Polacco has earned an M.F.A. and a Ph. D. in art history, specializing in Russian and Greek painting, and iconographic history. She is a museum consultant on the restoration of icons. As a participant in many citizen exchange programs for writers and illustrators, Patricia Polacco has traveled extensively in Russia as well as other former Soviet republics. She continues to support programs that encourage Russo-American friendships and understanding. 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