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|  | Ten Women Who Shook The World: Stories
Each story in this collection is a magical realist fable about a woman who performs an extraordinary feat.
Each story in this collection is a magical realist fable about a woman who performs an extraordinary feat.
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction 
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 | Mountain Wolf Woman, Sister of Crashing Thunder by Nancy O. Lurie, Ruth Underhill
From pony to airplane, from medicine dance to Christian worship -- Mountain Wolf Woman, Sister of Crashing Thunder is the life story of a Winnebago woman, told in her own words to her adopted kinswoman, Nancy Lurie. This retelling of more than seventy-five years of Native American life is both a candid and compelling account of how one woman lived through a period of cultural crisis. Mountain Wolf Woman tells of her childhood in Wisconsin, her brief stay at a mission school, her marriage to Bad Soldier , and her religious experiences with peyote. Her struggle to maintain her family against many hardships -- odds that would have defeated a less vigorous and self-confident person -- underscores her perseverance and tenacity. Whether she is describing her wanderings as a child or her misfortunes later in life, Mountain Wolf Woman sets forth her views in honest and perceptive terms, adding all the more power to her narrative. This book is a valuable companion to the story of Mountain Wolf Woman's brother, immortalized by Paul Radin in Crashing Thunder, a classic of anthropological literature. It will also be of interest to those interested in ethnographic records, the role of women in native cultures, and Midwestern Native Americans, in general. AUTHOR: Nancy O. Lurie, Ruth Underhill
PUBLISHER: University of Michigan Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction
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 | How to Design a Homeschool by Rebecca Rupp
Description not available.A leading authoritiy on the homeschooling movement provides parents with subject-by-subject guidelines that outline the major concepts and topics that should be covered each year to meet accepted national educational standards and offers helpful advice on learning goals, content, teaching materials, and more. Original. 10,000 first printing. AUTHOR: Rebecca Rupp
PUBLISHER: Crown Publishing Group
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction
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 | The No-Nonsense Guide to Class, Caste and Hierarchies by Jeremy Seabrook
After nearly two centuries of industrialisation, social relationships tend to be defined by whether you are an owner, a manager or a shop-floor worker. In older but less industrialised societies, notably India, the caste system defines inherited and fixed positions in society. In totalitarian regimes, a hierarchical structure is created through party allegiance and bureaucratic or military rank. In this book Jeremy Seabrook begins with a comprehensive historical survey, from feudalism to the emergence of the working class in 19th-century Europe. It shows how, especially in England, workers first half of the 20th. But recently, it can be argued, these rules have been declared obsolete. With globalisation, traditional societies are being replaced by an international working class and a small minority of the global rich. In such a situation, who is to guarantee social justice? AUTHOR: Jeremy Seabrook
PUBLISHER: Verso
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction
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 | The Future of Human Rights by Graham T. Allison, Samantha Power
Description not available.A collection of powerful essays from a wide variety of activists, politicians, and scholars, including former President Jimmy Carter, reviews the effects of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and considers the potential and the challenges of the future. AUTHOR: Graham T. Allison, Samantha Power
PUBLISHER: St. Martin's Press, LLC
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction
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 | SAT Math for the Clueless by Bob Miller
Description not available.Presents the basic principles of mathematics and provides a sample SAT-type practice exam AUTHOR: Bob Miller
PUBLISHER: McGraw-Hill
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction
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