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Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Co
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"From Galileo and Newton to Thomas Hobbes and Martin Luther King, Jr., thinkers throughout history have consciously employed scientific techniques to better understand the non-physical world. The Age of Reason and the Enlightenment led theorists to applyscientific reasoning to the non-scientific disciplines of politics, economics, and moral philosophy. Instead of relying on the woodcuts of dissected bodies in old medical texts, physicians opened bodies...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Leadership, an imprint of HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Sexting, cyberbullying, revenge porn, online predators ... all of these potential threats can tempt parents to snatch the smartphone or tablet right out of their children's hands. While avoidance might eliminate the dangers, that approach also means your child misses out on technology's many benefits and opportunities. This book is packed with at-home discussion topics and enjoyable activities that any busy family can slip into their daily routine....
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
An investigation into the damage wrought by the colossal clothing industry and the grassroots, high-tech, international movement fighting to reform it. What should I wear? Its one of the fundamental questions we ask ourselves every day. More than ever, we are told it should be something new. Today, the clothing industry churns out 80 billion garments a year and employs every sixth person on Earth. Historically, the apparel trade has exploited labor,...
Author
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"By comparing current abuses of the truth with abuses from the past, this book will help you better understand how we got to where we now are, see how we can move beyond the post-truth era, and develop highly practical skills for separating truth from lies"--
Author
Publisher
All Points Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"A passionate attack on the monopolies that are throttling American democracy. Every facet of American life is being overtaken by big platform monopolists like Facebook, Google, and Bayer (which has merged with the former agricultural giant Monsanto), resulting in a greater concentration of wealth and power than we've seen since the Gilded Age. They are evolving into political entities that often have more influence than the actual government, bending...
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"A radically inclusive, intersectional, and transnational approach to the fight for women's rights. Elite white women have branded feminism, promising an apolitical individual empowerment along with sexual liberation and satisfaction, LGBTQ inclusion, and racial solidarity. As Rafia Zakaria expertly argues, those promises have been proven empty and white feminists have leant on their racial privilege and sense of cultural superiority. Drawing on her...
Author
Publisher
Public Affairs
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
Muhammad Yunus, the practical visionary who pioneered microcredit and won the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize, has developed a new dimension for capitalism which he calls "social business." By harnessing the energy of profit-making to the objective of fulfilling human needs, social business creates self-supporting, viable commercial enterprises that generate economic growth even as they produce goods and services that make the world a better place. Here, Yunus...
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"A book about how powerful politicians, criminals and others get away with lawbreaking"--
"A NEXT BIG IDEA CLUB 'MUST-READ' CNN senior legal analyst and nationally bestselling author Elie Honig explores America’s two-tier justice system, explaining how the rich, the famous, and the powerful— including, most notoriously, Donald Trump—manipulate the legal system to escape justice and get away with vast misdeeds. How does he get away with it?...
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Opioids. Concussions. Obesity. Climate change. America is a country of everyday crises -- big, long-spanning problems that persist, mostly unregulated, despite their toll on the country's health and vitality. And for every case of government inaction on one of these issues, there is a set of familiar, doubtful refrains: The science is unclear. The data is inconclusive. Regulation is unjustified. It's a slippery slope. Is it? The Triumph of Doubt...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Written in his trademark lyrical style, Childs' riveting book carries readers directly into his adventures and discoveries, lifting the curtain on the ethical dilemmas and dark side of archaeology and exploring the field's transgressions against the cultures it tries to preserve.
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Drawing on her own experiences as a cyberbullied preteen, the twenty-one-year-old CEO and inventor of #ReThink asks readers to consider the consequences before they post, tweet, comment, or text in an effort to stop internet hate.
97) Police drones
Author
Publisher
PowerKids Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Readers will learn the science behind drones used by the police.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Unsettled is the inside story of Purdue’s excruciating Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings, the company’s eventual restructuring, and the Sackler family’s evasion of any true accountability. It’s also the untold story of how a group of determined ordinary people tried to see justice done against the odds—and in the face of brutal opposition from powerful institutions and even government representatives"--
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