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From Out of the Shadows: Mexican Women in Twentieth-Century ...

From Out of the Shadows: Mexican Women in Twentieth-Century ...

Vicki L. Ruiz

For this new edition of From Out of the Shadows, Ruiz has written an afterword that continues the story of the Mexicana experience in the United States, as well as outlines new additions to the growing field of Latina history.
The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Multiethnic American ...

The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Multiethnic American ...

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Mona Ruiz, a former gang member, became a police officer and, with the Los Angeles Times journalist Jeff Boucher, produced Two Badges: The Lives of Mona Ruiz (1997). Ruiz not only renders gang life from the female point of view, but she  ...
One Upon the Throne and the Lamb: A Tradition ...

One Upon the Throne and the Lamb: A Tradition ...

Russell S. Morton

Recent Tradition Historical Analyses and Revelation 4-5 Jean-Pierre Ruiz Here we will focus our discussion upon Jean-Pierre Ruiz's 1989 book, Ezekiel in the Apocalypse}5 Ruiz pays special attention to Rev. 16:17-19:10 because it displays, ...
Understanding Older Chicanas

Understanding Older Chicanas

Elisa Facio

SERIES EDITORIAL BOARD Robert Blauner Ruth S. Hamilton Rebecca Morales Jomills H. Braddock II Dell Hymes Chester Pierce Scott Cummings James Jackson Vicki L. Ruiz Rutledge Dennis Roy Bryce Laporte Gary D. Sandefur Leonard ...
The Practice of U.S. Women's History: Narratives, ...

The Practice of U.S. Women's History: Narratives, ...

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Narratives, Intersections, and Dialogues S. J. Kleinberg, Eileen Boris, Vicki Ruíz ... For Eileen Boris, the problem was which dwellings counted as part of the history of domestic architecture, though she successfully convinced her professors ...
From Out of the Shadows: Mexican Women in Twentieth-Century ...

From Out of the Shadows: Mexican Women in Twentieth-Century ...

Vicki L. Ruiz

Orozco, “Beyond Machismo,” pp. 53–55; Cynthia E. Orozco, “The Origins of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) and the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement in Texas with an Analysis of Women's Political Participation ...
Over Hexed

Over Hexed

Vicki Lewis Thompson

Vicki Lewis Thompson. ''A whole new dimension in laughter. A big... BRAVO!'' — A Romance Review ''A delightful tale... fine romantic suspense.'' —Midwest Book Review OVER HEXEs, Vicki Lewis Thompson (B) AN ONYX BOOK.
Latina Legacies: Identity, Biography, and Community

Latina Legacies: Identity, Biography, and Community

Vicki L. Ruiz

VICTORIA REID AND THE POLITICS OF IDENTITY María Raquel Casas Madame looks like a rose from Castile. Hugo Reid Sometime in September 1836, the widow Victoria Bartolomea married Hugo Reid at the San Gabriel mission, located ...
Understanding Managed Care: Challenges and Opportunities for ...

Understanding Managed Care: Challenges and Opportunities for ...

Vicki DeBaca

Challenges and Opportunities for Nurses Vicki DeBaca, Western Schools, Barbara J. Youngberg. P.O.Box 1930 Brockton, MA 02303 WESTERN* schools 1 -800-438-8888 ABOUT THE AUTHORS Vicki DeBaca, DNS, RN, CPHQ, is Vice ...
ÁPresente!: U.S. Latino Catholics from Colonial Origins to ...

ÁPresente!: U.S. Latino Catholics from Colonial Origins to ...

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U.S. Latino Catholics from Colonial Origins to the Present Timothy Matovina, Gerald E. Poyo. Romagosa, Monsignor Agustín Román, Father Juan Romero, Vicki L. Ruiz, Rosa Sánchez, Moises Sandoval, Lois Stanford, Yolanda Tarango, CCVI, ...
Two Badges: The Lives of Mona Ruiz

Two Badges: The Lives of Mona Ruiz

Mona Ruiz

The author describes how she went from a gang member, married to an abusive husband, and on welfare to becoming a member of the Santa Ana police force.
Under the Skin: A Novel

Under the Skin: A Novel

Vicki Lane

In this haunting tale from the heart of Appalachia, Vicki Lane draws together past and present, good and evil, folklore and secrets, mesmerizing readers with the mysterious bond of true sisterhood—richer than blood, stronger than the ...
Two Badges: The Lives of Mona Ruiz

Two Badges: The Lives of Mona Ruiz

Mona Ruiz

For use in schools and libraries only. The author describes how she went from a gang member, married to an abusive husband, and on welfare to becoming a member of the Santa Ana police force.
The Harmony of Nature and Spirit

The Harmony of Nature and Spirit

Irving Singer

Martin Morillas, Jose M. Ruiz Ruiz, Cayetano Estebanez, Francisco Garcia Tortosa, Leocadio Martin Mingorance, Barbara Ozieblo Rajkowska, and their colleagues. Toward Willis G. Regier, who guided my book as one of his first projects as ...
Odisea nº 15: Revista de estudios ingleses

Odisea nº 15: Revista de estudios ingleses

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This essay aims at observing the way Luis Rodríguez's Always Running (1993) and Mona Ruiz's Two Badges: The Lives of Mona Ruiz (1997), memoirs ofgang members who have grasped education as a means of escape from their dramatic  ...
The Literature of Possibility

The Literature of Possibility

Tom Butler-Bowden

Vicki Robin Born in 1945 in Long Island, Vicki Robin graduated with honors from Brown University, Rhode Island. After an early career in film and theater in New York, she met Dominguez. They worked as volunteers on a range ofprojects such  ...
CMJ New Music Monthly

CMJ New Music Monthly

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Sniff Minty Fresh It's not surprising that Jim Ruiz namechecks the Housemartins, the Jazz Butcher and Aztec Camera on "Goodbye To All That," the eighth track on his band's second album, Sniff. Like those artists, the Legendary Jim Ruiz ...
Affordable Remodel: How to Get Custom Results on Any Budget

Affordable Remodel: How to Get Custom Results on Any Budget

Fernando Pages Ruiz

This book, as with all my endeavors, is dedicated to my beautiful wife and best friend, Deborah A. Pagés; my sons, Fernando and Alejandro; and my parents, Myrtha Elba Ruiz de Pagés and Fernando Pagés Larraya. ACkNOwlEdgMENTS Like ...
Bindon: Fighter, Gangster, Lover - The True Story of John ...

Bindon: Fighter, Gangster, Lover - The True Story of John ...

Wensley Clarkson

So it was no surprise when Bindon and Vicki were invited to visit the house Angie Bowie shared with David in Oakley Street, Chelsea. Vicki later explained that, ' Angie had a beautiful house that was always filled with people twenty-four hours  ...
Global Chorus: 365 Voices on the Future of the Planet

Global Chorus: 365 Voices on the Future of the Planet

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Kristin McGee, celebrity yoga/Pilates instructor and trainer Martha “Pati” Ruiz Corzo —Martha “Pati” Ruiz Corzo, co-founder and. Of course I think humanity can find a way past the current global environmental and social crises. I believe in our  ...
Rapper, Writer, Pop-Cultural Player: Ice-T and the Politics ...

Rapper, Writer, Pop-Cultural Player: Ice-T and the Politics ...

Josephine Metcalf

Mona Ruiz, for example, was a member of a Santa Ana Latina gang. Her Two Badges: The Lives of Mona Ruiz (1997) tells about her gang life and how she went on to become a member of the Santa Ana police force. She had made the ...
Colección de pintura

Colección de pintura

Museo Nacional de Colombia

... Jaqueline Ruiz Casallas Coordinadora de Exposiciones Itinerantes Luz Edilma Ruiz Casallas Curadora Jefe del Departamento de Arte e Historia Cristina Lleras Figueroa Asistentes del Departamento de Curaduria de Arte e Historia Ángela ...
Irish Literature: Background and Guide to Books

Irish Literature: Background and Guide to Books

Mary Ketsin

LC Classification: PR5043 .M5 1970 Dewey Class No.: 823 Modern British women writers: an A-to-Z guide / edited by Vicki K. Janik and Del Ivan Janik. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 2002. Janik, Vicki K. Janik, Del Ivan, 1945- Nelson, ...
Cuentos de la Generación de 1898:

Cuentos de la Generación de 1898:

Miguel de Unamuno

These 13 short stories by 5 authors of the era include 4 tales by Miguel de Unamuno along with the works of Valle-Inclán, Blasco Ibánez, Baroja, and "Azorín" (José Martínez Ruiz). nez, Baroja, and "Azorín" (José Martínez Ruiz).
Signs in the Blood

Signs in the Blood

Vicki Lane

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