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Publisher
Media Education Foundation
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Multi-billion dollar industries saturate our lives with images of unattainable beauty, exporting body hatred from New York to Beirut to Tokyo. Their target? Women, and increasingly men and children. The Illusionists turns the mirror on media, exposing the absurd, sometimes humorous, and shocking images that seek to enslave us
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Publisher
Not Supplied
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Description
"Raising antiracist children is a noble goal for any parent, caregiver, or educator, but it can be hard to know where to start. Let Britt Hawthorne—a nationally recognized teacher and advocate—be your guide. Raising Antiracist Children acts as an interactive guide for strategically incorporating the tools of inclusivity into everyday life and parenting. Hawthorne breaks down antiracist parenting into four comprehensive sections: Healthy bodies—Establishing...
Author
Publisher
Stoecklein Publishing & Photography
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
Having been rocked by one damaging revelation of misbehavior after another, Wall Street is in a state of crisis. Investors are disgusted by the misdeeds of a few and suspicious of the industry at large. Every firm finds its integrity open to question. Regulators are up in arms. And the industry is facing billions of dollars in costs to comply with a floodtide of new regulations. But imagine what could happen if Wall Street firms looked back to a simpler...
105) The biggest job we'll ever have: the Hyde School program for character-based education and parenting
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
The president and director of family education at the Hyde School, which emphasizes attitude over aptitude, effort over achievement, and character over talent, demonstrate how parents can enhance their children's education by improving family dynamics.
Author
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pub. Date
2000
Language
English
Description
This book displays the striking creativity and profound insight that characterized Freire's work to the very end of his life, an uplifting and provocative exploration not only for educators, but also for all that learn and live.
108) Zombie season
Author
Series
Zombie season volume 1
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"It's a hard time to be in California. Every scorching summer brings the predictable disaster. Towns evacuated. Property destroyed. Lives on the line. Because every summer, catastrophe begins in the woods. Every summer, zombie season arrives. Joule refuses to evacuate with her mom. She can't leave town while her dad's still missing. He's out there, somewhere, and Joule is going to find him. But what if he's not just lost? What if he's become what...
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.
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Series
Publisher
Not Supplied
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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"Camille Gardener is a grieving—and angry—mother who, five years after her daughter’s death, is still obsessed with the privileged young man she believes to be responsible. When her rash actions draw the attention of a secret group of women—the collective— Camille is drawn into a dark web where these mothers share their wildly different stories of loss as well as their desire for justice in a world where privilege denies accountability....
112) The Republic
Author
Publisher
Not Supplied
Pub. Date
Not Supplied
Language
English
Description
Presented in the form of a dialogue between Socrates and three different interlocutors, it is an inquiry into the notion of a perfect community and the ideal individual within it. During the conversation other questions are raised: what is goodness; what is reality; what is knowledge? The Republic also addresses the purpose of education and the role of both women and men as "guardians" of the people. With remarkable lucidity and deft use of allegory,...
Author
Publisher
Broadside Books, An Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Early in the twentieth century, Progressives quietly transformed America's schools. A hundred years later, they've succeeded beyond their wildest hopes. Behind a smokescreen of "preparing students for the new industrial economy," early Progressives had political control in mind. America's original schools didn't just make kids memorize facts or learn skills; they taught them to think freely and arrive at wisdom. They assigned the classics, inspired...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
The origins of this story go back to Buchenwald, the Nazi concentration camp, where Isle Koch, the sadistic wife of the commandant, developed a liking for things (gloves, lampshades) made out of human skin. Flash forward to the present: the author receives a strange artifact in the mail from a friend: a lampshade that appears to be made from human skin. This fascinating and frequently unsettling book chronicles Jacobson's quest to find a proper home...
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Publisher
Melville House
Pub. Date
Not Supplied
Language
English
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Description
Argues that not only is American football hazardous to players' health, and especially to their brains, but also that American support of the sport encourages violence, prejudices, and other ethically troubling behavior.
116) Abortion
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Series
Publisher
Mason Crest
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Examines some fundamental questions surrounding the issue of abortion today. Addresses the rights of women and the need to protect the helpless unborn, explores the debate over when life begins, and provides information on the legality of abortion in various areas of the world today.
118) The death penalty
Author
Publisher
ABDO Pub. Co
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
This book examines critical debates on the death penalty, presenting arguments for and against the death penalty and discussing legislation that has shaped this controversial issue at the present time.