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Where rivers part - a story of my mother's life

"In the 1960s when Kalia's mother, Chue, was born, the US was actively recruiting Hmong Laotians to assist with CIA efforts in Laos's Secret War. By the time Chue was a teenager, the US had completely vacated Laos, and the country erupted into genocidal attacks on the Hmong people, who were perceived as traitorous for their involvement. Notably, from 1964-1973, Laos became victim to the heaviest bombardment by the United States against communist Pathet Lao, becoming the most heavily bombed count

 
A short history of trans misogyny

"Shows why it matters to understand trans misogyny as a specific form of violence with a documentable history"--

 
We wait for a miracle - health care and the forcibly displaced

"In engaging stories spanning nine chapters and as many countries, the author brings readers along whether they are lay people hungry for more knowledge about the plight of refugees, or public health professionals who may hold a view of refugee health based on their work in one region or another"--

 
Our polyvagal world - how safety and trauma change us

"Since Stephen Porges first proposed the Polyvagal Theory in 1994, it's basic idea--that the safety we feel impacts our health and happiness--has radically shifted our understanding of trauma and how we can live our best lives. 'Our Polyvagal World' definitvely presents how the Polyvagal Theory can be understandable to all and demonstrates how its practical principles are applicable to anyone looking to live their safest, healthies, and happiest life. What emerges is a worldview filled with opti

 
Narcotopia - in search of the Asian drug cartel that survived the CIA

"Nestled in the Golden Triangle of China, Burma, and Nepal, the Wa nation has existed and thrived for over five decades. Like mountain peoples from Chechnya to the Ozarks, the Wa like to do things their own way. A tribal authority called the United Wa State Army (or UWSA) controls their native terrain. The UWSA makes laws, defends the motherland, and builds roads and schools. It even issues driver's licenses. In every sense, it is a government. And as a nation, its armed forces command 30,000 tr

 
The Future Is Feminist- Women and Social Change in Interwar Algeria

"The Future Is Feminist examines how Algerians used debates about women in the press as a space to imagine modern, feminist futures, which offered them a path forward out of the stifling realities of life under French colonial rule"--

 
Forging Freedom- Black Women and the Pursuit of Liberty in Antebellum Charleston

Forging Freedom: Black Women and the Pursuit of Liberty in Antebellum Charleston

 

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