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James Baldwin was an author, social critic, and activist known for his deep understanding of race and class in the United States. This book introduces readers to his speech from a 1965 debate at Cambridge University in which he argues for racial equality in the civil rights era. The social and political circumstances of the era are discussed as well as Baldwin's persuasive argument that, despite contributing to the making of the United States, African...
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This important book examines ways to reduce the negative impact of economic and urban growth on people and the environment - one of the United Nation's sustainable development goals. From reducing energy use to helping communities become safe and inclusive for all people, readers will gain an understanding of how all the UN goals work together, and learn concrete strategies to inspire change. Profiles of youth-led movements and other collaborative...
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Gender, Justice, and the Wars in Iraq offers a feminist critique and reconstruction of just war theory. It points out gender biases in the just war tradition and suggests alternative jus ad bellum and jus in bello standards that emphasize women, political marginality, and empathy. Laura Sjoberg applies this feminist just war theory to analyze the wars in Iraq since the end of the Cold War-the First Gulf War, the war of sanctions, and the Second Gulf...
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The mind-bending miniature historical epic is Sjón's specialty, and Moonstone: The Boy Who Never Was is no exception. But it is also Sjón's most realistic, accessible, and heartfelt work yet. It is the story of a young man on the fringes of a society that is itself at the fringes of the world--at what seems like history's most tumultuous, perhaps ultimate moment.
Máni Steinn is queer in a society in which the idea of homosexuality is beyond the...
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This is the story of two Swedish girls, of alcohol, sex and drugs. It is a story of abuse and harassment, in a Stockholm that few people know about. Amnesty International has declared Sweden to be the European country with the highest incidence of reported rape and the lowest rate of convictions.Penny and Julia attend high school, go to parties, confront love. Their days are divided between the family problems of which they are victims and the obsession...
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Children will enjoy this entertaining book, which uses the principles of Makerspace to introduce them to the properties of matter. Simple text describes the properties of liquids and solids, and how these properties change between states of matter. Readers are then provided with strategies to start their own creative projects using the scientific ideas they have learned. Along the way, tips and helpful hints guide children on how to brainstorm and...
67) The Fairshare Model: Reimagining Capitalism at the DNA Level-A Performance Based Capital Structur
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"...Pay-for-performance might sound like it's just too far out.... is book shows how it can be relevant, what it would take, and why it would make a difference."-Gordon Feller, San Francisco, Board Member of four VC-funded tech start-upsThe Fairshare Model is an idea for a performance-based capital structure that redefines capitalism at the DNA level, where ownership interests are set. When used to raise venture capital via an IPO, it balances and...
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This fascinating book uses pictures, illustrations, and easy-to-read text to introduce the characteristics of birds to young readers. Birds of all Kinds focuses on facts about birds' bodies and behavior in a way that will make this book a delight to read.
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“The Pirate Queen” begins in Ireland with the infamous Grace O'Malley, a ruthless pirate and scourge to the most powerful fleets of sixteenth-century Europe. This Irish clan chieftain, sea captain, and pirate queen was a contemporary of Elizabeth I, a figure whose life is the stuff of myth. Regularly raiding English ships caught off Ireland's west coast, O'Malley was purported to have fought the Spanish armada just hours after giving birth to...
70) Patriot X
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Gunnery Sergeant Chris Masters returns home from a successful Marine special operations mission to the news that his wife and daughter were killed in a terrorist attack outside of their base in North Carolina. Information leaked on Raider Six' actions put a target on their backs, Chris' family was caught in the crosshairs.
Politics handcuffs bringing the terrorist to justice leaving Chris to go AWOL to track down the terrorist on his own. News of...
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In an era when women worldwide had few rights and could not vote, Susan B. Anthony risked her freedom and reputation by advocating for women's suffrage in the United States. This engaging title analyzes her 1873 speech On Women's Right to Vote, and its simple, but powerful, assertion that women are "persons." Additional material encourages readers to compare this speech to works by Sojourner Truth, as well as more modern women's rights advocates.
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Children will enjoy this engaging book, which uses the principles of Makerspace to introduce them to how matter is mixed together or separated to create new properties. Simple text describes how mixing and separating can result in new states of matter, substances, and materials with differing properties. Readers are then provided with strategies to start their own creative projects using the ideas they have learned. Along the way, tips and helpful...
73) Can't Hold Back
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When Dorcas Otero's sister goes missing, and all signs point to foul play, she's forced to turn to security specialist Nate Flint for help. The sexy man has all the right skillsand a smile that can turn almost any no into a yes. But he's also on her don't-touch list, because she doesn't have time in her life for a man who likes to hit it and quit it.There's more to Nate than meets the eye, though he prefers to hide it behind a veneer of smooth-talking...
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Explorer Morgan Sjogren retraces the 1920s Bernheimer expeditions into the heart of Glen Canyon and Bears Ears National Monument to learn from and defend these uniquely wild places.
Path of Light treks back through time as author and explorer Morgan Sjogren retraces the 1920s expeditions led by Charles L. Bernheimer into the heart of Glen Canyon and Bears Ears National Monument. Using journals and photographs from the expeditions to recreate these...
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This timely book examines the elimination of global poverty - one of the United Nation's sustainable development goals. From tackling hunger to creating fair work opportunities, readers will gain an understanding of how all the UN goals work together, and learn concrete strategies to inspire change. Profiles of youth-led movements and other collaborative efforts to end poverty will empower readers to get involved themselves and become change-makers....
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Learn to build powerful machine learning models quickly and deploy large-scale predictive applications
This book is for anyone who intends to work with large and complex data sets. Familiarity with basic Python and machine learning concepts is recommended. Working knowledge in statistics and computational mathematics would also be helpful.
Large Python machine learning projects involve new problems associated with specialized machine learning architectures...
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"Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will." The prophetic words of abolitionist, writer, and social reformer Frederick Douglass live on in his speeches and books of autobiography. This speech, delivered on July 5, 1852 was an address to the Rochester Ladies' Anti-Slavery Society. Douglass grew up enslaved and deprived of rights and liberty and argued that the American values of freedom and liberty for some, but not all,...
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Good mental health is as important as good physical health to our overall fitness. This important book gives children ways to reduce feelings of anxiety and manage their emotions. Simple activities help children learn how to relieve tension and improve concentration.
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Auf der schwedischen Insel Öland machen Touristen eine grausige Entdeckung. In Borg Eketorp, hinter Steinen versteckt, liegt ein männlicher Leichnam - nackt, mit tiefen Schnitten im Gesicht. Die Kommissare Luna Bofink und Alban Larsson aus Kalmar übernehmen die Ermittlungen. Doch die Identifikation des Toten gestaltet sich schwierig. Innerhalb weniger Tage sterben vier weitere Menschen und den Ermittlern ist klar: Sie haben es mit einem Serienmörder...
80) Dark Chase
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Why are the residents of a remote farm town inexplicably dropping dead? An FBI team has been, called to investigate why the population of the seemingly sweet town of Hope, ND appears to be being literally scared to death.
Professor Ryder Chase and his team of paranormal researchers have been, assigned to assist with the investigation, much to the bane of no-nonsense FBI Special Agent Devon Jeffers. The oppositional mix of Professor Chase, Agent Jeffers...