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A Stateless Woman's Quest for CitizenshipAre you Martine Mwanj Kalaw? If so, your father is looking for you.Martine is forced to make a choice in an immigration courtroom. Her decision catapults her into a tumultuous and seven-year battle with immigration and a personal struggle to discover her identity. Ten years later, at age thirty-three, a social media message reconnects Martine with the father she thought dead for twenty years. Here begins the story of a prep-school illegal immigrant's return to her birthland of Zambia. She travels to Africa to unlock the key to her past but what she discovers is unimaginable and will never leave her the same.A typical American college girl by all appearances, Martine's innocent ignorance of her own immigration status erupts in a battle for US citizenship while avoiding deportation to her country of origin, the war-torn Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Without documentation on the African continent in either DRC or Zambia, no country claims a stateless Martine.After seven years, six lawyers, numerous Master Calendar hearings, motions, rejections, appeals and testimony before the U.S. Congress (on behalf of The Dream Act), in 2012 Martine becomes a U.S. citizen and two years later she returns to Zambia. Only then does Martine discover a truth about her mother and father which ultimately brings her resolve and an identity.
One man… on a mission… Go to every single coffee shop in Amsterdam in search of the "best of the best." Multi-year Cannabis Cup judge and Worldwide Herbal Connoisseur, "Captain Hooter" has meticulously researched this Connoisseur's Guide to Amsterdam Coffeeshops - First Edition. The Captain went to every coffeeshop in the Centrum, the north, south, east, and west suburbs. He tried and tested them all and picked out the "best of the best." Captain Hooter did all the work for you!
Take a pub crawl through 12 Pennsylvania taverns with rebellious pasts, where the stakes were high and the rum was flowing. Meet the scalawags and insurrectionists of the American Revolution, Whiskey Rebellion, the boozy Fries Rebellion, the tumultuous Canal Era, the Underground Railroad, the Battle of Gettysburg (and the making of the movie!), the Molly Maguires, and Prohibition.Savor the food and drink at these still-standing inns: City Tavern, Philadelphia: Epicenter of revolt. General Warren Historic Hospitality, Malvern: Espionage afoot. Blue Bell Inn, Blue Bell: George Washington finds sanctuary. McCoole's at the Historic Red Lion Inn, Quakertown: Rumbling for tax relief. Tavern at the Sun Inn, Bethlehem: Crossroads of the Revolution. Jean Bonnet Tavern, Bedford: Hotbed of the Whiskey Rebellion. Black Bass Hotel, Lumberville: Life and much death on the canal. Dobbin House Inn, Gettysburg: Underground Railroad safe harbor. Farnsworth House Inn and Sweney's Tavern, Gettysburg: Bullets and bravado. Wooden Keg Tavern, St. Clair: The fighting Molly Maguires. Two Rivers Brewing Company, Easton: Speakeasy on the Delaware. Horse Inn, Lancaster: Knock three times and whisper low. Explore every nook, cranny, fireside, hiding place, secret door, and gallows. With her inquisitive nature and cheeky humor, author M. Diane McCormick uncovers the quirks and historical marvels that you won't find on the back of the menu.
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