Priscilla Lasmarias Kelso came to the United States from the Philippines at the age of 20 to pursue graduate studies in English and American literature at Stanford University. She was originally from Dumaguete, on Negros Island. Throughout her career, she has taught English and worked in international education at Silliman Univeristy, the University of Pennsylvania, and Northeastern University. In Pennsylvania she met her husband, Bart Kelso. The...

"Over the course of 66 days in 1967, more than 4,000 'class enemies'--including young children and the elderly--were murdered in Daoxian, a county in China's Hunan province. The killings spread to surrounding counties, resulting in a combined death toll of more than 9,000. Commonly known as the Daoxian massacre, the killings were one of many acts of so-called mass dictatorship and armed factional conflict that rocked China during the Cultural Revolution....

Have you ever wondered what parrots eat in the wild? Or why so many species live in the Amazon? How intelligent are parrots? What is the world's rarest parrot? Parrots: The Animal Answer Guide provides detailed, factual answers to the ninety questions most on our minds. There are more than 350 species of these colorful callers, ranging in size from the diminutive lovebird to the massive macaw. Many species can live to be octogenarians in captivity-sometimes...

The author relates the experiences of Arnovis, a 24-year-old Salvadoran man in search of asylum, to illustrate the current context and discussion of human migration into the United States, as well as other Western nations. "The first comprehensive, in-depth book on the Trump administration's assault on asylum protections. Arnovis couldn't stay in El Salvador. If he didn't leave, a local gangster promised that his family would dress in mourning--that...

An annual publication that profiles important marketing campaigns of the 20th century.