"An historical novel that explores one young woman's determination to put an end to child labor in a Pennsylvania mining town"-- As a child Emma Malloy left isolated Coal River, Pennsylvania, vowing never to return. Now, orphaned and penniless, she travels back to the rough-hewn community where she is treated like a servant by her relatives, working for free in the company store. Miners and their impoverished families must pay inflated prices for...

In the haunting tradition of Joe McGinniss's Fatal Vision and Mikal Gilmore's Shot in the Heart, True Story: Murder, Memoir, Mea Culpa weaves a spellbinding tale of murder, love, and deceit with a deeply personal inquiry into the slippery nature of truth. The story begins in February of 2002, when a reporter in Oregon contacts New York Times Magazine writer Michael Finkel with a startling piece of news. A young, highly intelligent man named Christian...

"It started with the 'Sh*t I Do' List. Tired of being the 'she-fault' parent responsible for all aspects of her busy household, Eve Rodsky counted up all the unpaid, invisible work she was doing for her family--and then sent that list to her husband, asking for things to change. His response was ... underwhelming. Rodsky realized that simply identifying the issue of unequal labor on the home front wasn't enough: She needed a solution to this universal...

"En este libro te presentamos las actividades de estimulación más apropiadas para los tres primeros años de vida de tu bebé. Se indica en cada actividad qué tipo de habilidad estimula (sensorial, afectiva, psicomotora, del lenguaje), y el lugar (interior o exterior) donde se desarrolla."--P. [4] of cover.