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Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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A transgender reporter's narrative tour through the surprisingly vibrant queer communities sprouting up in red states, offering a vision of a stronger, more humane America. Ten years ago, Samantha Allen was a suit-and-tie-wearing Mormon missionary. Now she's a senior Daily Beast reporter happily married to another woman. A lot in her life has changed, but what hasn't changed is her deep love of Red State America, and of queer people who stay in so-called...
Author
Publisher
Perigee Book
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
In "The Best Place to Work," award-winning psychologist Ron Friedman, Ph.D. uses the latest research from the fields of motivation, creativity, behavioral economics, neuroscience, and management to reveal what really makes us successful at work. Combining powerful stories with cutting edge findings, Friedman shows leaders at every level how they can use scientifically-proven techniques to promote smarter thinking, greater innovation, and stronger...
Publisher
Distributed by Video Service Corporation
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
A hit sketch comedy series that is driven by hilarious character-based shorts, all of which take place in "Portlandia", the creators' dreamy and absurd rendering of Portland, Oregon, where 90s culture reigns supreme and political correctness is all the rage.
Author
Publisher
Picador
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
A Korean-born journalist describes the increasing popularity of South Korea's business, technology, education and pop culture exports around the world, discussing how a country that once banned miniskirts and rock and roll moved ahead into the 21st century.
390) Ancient Maya
Author
Publisher
Compass Point Books
Pub. Date
c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Examines the facts and explains the lives of the Maya.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Canada, a division of Simon & Schuster, Incorporated
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Omar Mouallem grew up in a Muslim household, but always questioned the role of Islam in his life. As an adult, he used his voice to criticize what he saw as the harms of organized religion. But none of that changed the way others saw him. Now, as a father, he fears the challenges his children will no doubt face as Western nations become increasingly nativist and hostile toward their heritage. In Praying to the West, Mouallem explores the unknown...
392) Tailspin: the people and forces behind America's fifty-year fall--and those fighting to reverse it
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"From the award-winning journalist and best-selling author of America's Bitter Pill: a tour de force examination of 1) how and why major American institutions no longer serve us as they should, causing a deep rift between the vulnerable majority and the protected few, and 2) how some individuals and organizations are laying the foundation for real, lasting change. In this revelatory narrative covering the years 1967 to 2017, Steven Brill gives us...
Author
Language
English
Description
Part tirade, part confessional from the celebrated Rolling Stone journalist, Hate Incorporated reveals that what most people think of as "the news" is, in fact, a twisted wing of the entertainment business. In this characteristically turbocharged new book, celebrated Rolling Stone journalist Matt Taibbi provides an insider's guide to the variety of ways today's mainstream media tells us lies. Part tirade, part confessional, it reveals that what most...
Publisher
Smithsonian Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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Description
"This illustrated companion book to an upcoming Smithsonian exhibition explores the power of Afrofuturism to reclaim the past and reimagine Black futures"--
"This timely and gorgeously illustrated companion book to an upcoming Smithsonian exhibition explores the power of Afrofuturism to reclaim the past and reimagine Black futures Afrofuturism: A History of Black Futures explores the evolving and exhilarating concept of Afrofuturism, a lens used...
395) Mr. Baseball
Series
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
A fading baseball player is traded to a Japanese team and has trouble fitting in.
An arrogant and aging major league baseball player attempts to revive his career by signing to play in Japan.
396) The Nancy Pelosi way: advice on success, leadership, and politics from America's most powerful woman
Author
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
“Her story is unique, but I hope the lessons are universal.”Christine Pelosi. Understand and apply the wisdom of Madam Speaker Nancy Pelosithrough the eyes of someone who knows her best. In this personal and important book Christine Pelosi takes a close look at how her mother went from homemaker to Speaker of the House of Representatives and became the most powerful female politician in America. Her book addresses Speaker Pelosis role in current...
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
An epic detective story that offers a gripping expose on why the world is so unequal. Professor Jared Diamond traveled the globe for over 30 years trying to answer this question. Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book.
Publisher
Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"What would finance look like without Wall Street? Or the workplace with responsibility shared by the entire workforce? From a campaign to limit work hours, to a program for full employment, to proposals for a new feminism, [the young authors of collective manifesto have] the courage to think of alternatives that are both utopian and possible"--Amazon.com.
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