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Author
Publisher
Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xii, 444 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"A dozen of the best conversations from the podcast Making Sense, on topics that range from the nature of consciousness and free will, to politics and extremism, to acting ethically"--
Author
Publisher
Grupo Nelson
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
xii, 228 pages ; 21 cm
Language
Español
Description
The award-winning leadership expert and the president of OneHope draw on real-world experiences to illustrate how everyday individuals can make a difference to improve their personal lives, workplaces, and communities.
Dos de los l deres m s respetados hoy en d a y que han cambiado al mundo, el experto en liderazgo John C. Maxwell y el l der de desarrollo global Rob Hoskins, comparten sus experiencias en el mundo real ayudando a transformar millones...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
257 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Over the past few decades there has been a revolution in terms of who controls knowledge and information. This rapid change has imperiled the way we think. Without pausing to consider the cost, the world has rushed to embrace the products and services of four titanic corporations. We shop with Amazon, socialize on Facebook, turn to Apple for entertainment, and rely on Google for information. These firms sell their efficiency and purport to make the...
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
55 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
A collection of poems by women that reflects the joy and passion in the fight for social justice, tackling topics from discrimination to empathy, and acceptance to speaking out.
66) Two boys kissing
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 8
Physical Desc
200 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
A chorus of men who died of AIDS observes and yearns to help a cross-section of today's gay teens who navigate new love, long-term relationships, coming out, self-acceptance, and more in a society that has changed in many ways.
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2011.
Physical Desc
xvii, 830 pages, . 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the history of fourteen lost European kingdoms and what their stories can teach the modern world, providing narrative accounts of the rise and fall of nations ranging from Tolosa to the Soviet Union.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Most of us take for granted the features of our modern society, from air travel and telecommunications to literacy and obesity. Yet for nearly all of its six million years of existence, human society had none of these things. While the gulf that divides us from our primitive ancestors may seem unbridgeably wide, we can glimpse much of our former lifestyle in those largely traditional societies still or recently in existence. Societies like those of...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.8 - AR Pts: 10
Physical Desc
ix, 165 p. : ill. (some col.), map ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Uses art, music, protest posters, and sixties lingo to show how young Americans played a role in the social movements of the 1960s.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
288 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
An insider's groundbreaking investigation of how the global elite's efforts to "change the world" preserve the status quo and obscure their role in causing the problems they later seek to solve. Former New York Times columnist Anand Giridharadas takes us into the inner sanctums of a new gilded age, where the rich and powerful fight for equality and justice any way they can--except ways that threaten the social order and their position atop it. We...
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
An evolutionary biologist applies the ideas of evolutionary science to his post-industrial hometown and uses the "traits" he discovers, including what bullying feeds on and how neighborhood quality affects test scores, to improve the lives of his fellow citizens.
75) The artivist
Author
Publisher
Kokila
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Motivated by the realization of global inequities, a young boy embraces his dual identities as an artist and activist, becoming an "Artivist" to make a difference by using his viral mural as a catalyst for positive change.
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.4 - AR Pts: 18
Physical Desc
xiii, 402 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"In a book for young people, Chelsea Clinton informs readers about issues facing our world and what kids can do to help solve them"--
Author
Publisher
Crown
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
368 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"A call to reform our antiquated political institutions before it's too late-from the New York Times bestselling authors of How Democracies Die. America is undergoing a massive experiment: It is moving, in fits and starts, toward a multiracial democracy, something few societies have ever done. But the prospect of change has sparked an authoritarian backlash that threatens the very foundations of our political system. Why is democracy under assault...
Author
Publisher
Da Capo Life Long
Pub. Date
2004
Edition
2nd ed.
Physical Desc
xiv, 194 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"First published in 1980, Transitions was the first book to explore the underlying and universal pattern of transition. Recently named one of the fifty most important self-help books of all time, Transitions remains the essential guide for coping with the inevitable changes in life. Transitions takes readers step-by-step through the three perilous stages of any transition, explaining how each stage can be understood and embraced. Offering an elegantly...
80) The lost child
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
Fist edition.
Physical Desc
260 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
A reimagining of Wuthering Heights traces the multigenerational forces that shape the lives of a young Heathcliff, the Brontë sisters and their brother.
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