Peddlers

The pushcart war

by Merrill, Jean, Solbert, Ronni

fromNew York Review children's collection

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"Not long ago the streets of New York City were smelly, smoggy, sooty, and loud. There were so many trucks making deliveries that it might take an hour for a car to travel a few blocks. People blamed the truck owners and the truck owners blamed the little wooden pushcarts that t…

Spice & Wolf

by Hasekura, Isuna, Ayakura, Jū, Starr, Paul Tuttle, Koume, Keito, Delgado, Terri

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"Facing financial ruin, Lawrence casts about desperately for the funds he needs to survive this latest disaster. When all hope seem lost, though, just how far is the merchant willing to go to protect his livelihood-- and his life?"--Page 4 of cover.

"As Lawrence and Holo put into motion the final phase of their plan to extricate themselves from the jaws of financial ruin, they are confronted by an unforeseen obstacle. With the wolves at the door--both figuratively and literally--can the travelers keep their wits about them …

Spice & Wolf

by Hasekura, Isuna, Ayakura, Jū, Starr, Paul Tuttle, Koume, Keito, Delgado, Terri

0 Type: Book

"As Lawrence and Holo put into motion the final phase of their plan to extricate themselves from the jaws of financial ruin, they are confronted by an unforeseen obstacle. With the wolves at the door--both figuratively and literally--can the travelers keep their wits about them …

Spice & Wolf

by Hasekura, Isuna, Ayakura, Jū

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Wandering peddler Kraft Lawrence joins forces with Holo, a harvest diety in the form of a young woman with the ears and tail of a wolf, and finds that having such a companion can lead to new profits but also new enemies.

Spice & Wolf

by Hasekura, Isuna, Ayakura, Jū

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"Hearing rumors of a 'leg bone of the wolf' being used as an artifact of the Church to showcase its power, Lawrence and Holo head to the site to gather more information. Holo can't just turn away from what might be a relic of her own kind, after all. Of course, upon arrival, the…

To date, a great deal of attention has been focused on the Aegean presence in the Near East during the pivotal point of transition between the Late Bronze and Iron Ages. Traditional theories advocating a mass immigration of the 'Sea Peoples' into Cyprus and the southern Levant h…

This dissertation traces the anxieties surrounding Syrian migrant peddlers and their economic networks at the turn of the twentieth century and argues that this profession, which employed large number of Syrian men and women, constituted Arab immigrants as at once racial and sex…

Making modern girls: a history of girlhood, labor, and social developm…

by George, Abosede A.

fromNew African histories series

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In Making Modern Girls, Abosede A. George examines the influence of African social reformers and the developmentalist colonial state on the practice and ideology of girlhood as well as its intersection with child labor in Lagos, Nigeria. It draws from gender studies, generationa…

Making modern girls: a history of girlhood, labor, and social developm…

by George, Abosede A.

fromNew African histories series

0 Type: Book

In Making Modern Girls, Abosede A. George examines the influence of African social reformers and the developmentalist colonial state on the practice and ideology of girlhood as well as its intersection with child labor in Lagos, Nigeria. It draws from gender studies, generationa…