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A Country Called Childhood: Children and the Exuberant World
Jay Griffiths · Counterpoint
Format: Hardcover |
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While traveling the world in order to write her award winning book Wild, Jay Griffiths became increasingly aware of the huge differences in how childhood is experienced in various cultures. One central riddle, in particular captured her imagination why are so many children in Euro-American... |
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The Year of Voting Dangerously The Derangement of American Politics
Maureen Dowd · Twelve
Pages: 320
Format: Print book |
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Maureen Dowd's incendiary takes and takedowns from 2016--the most bizarre, disruptive and divisive Presidential race in modern history. Trapped between two candidates with the highest recorded unfavorables, Americans are plunged into The Year of Voting Dangerously. In this perilous and shocking... |
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Adults Just Wanna Have Fun: Programs for Emerging Adults
Audrey Barbakoff · ALA Editions
Pages: 136
Format: Print book |
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There are a wealth of resources out there geared towards serving the needs of toddlers, school age children, young adults, and senior citizens. But something's missing. Library users in their 20s and 30s constitute one of the most underserved populations for public libraries, and there's... |
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Democracy for Realists: Why Elections Do Not Produce Responsive Government
Christopher H Achen · Princeton University Press
Pages: 390
Format: Print book |
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Democracy for Realists assails the romantic folk-theory at the heart of contemporary thinking about democratic politics and government, and offers a provocative alternative view grounded in the actual human nature of democratic citizens.Christopher Achen and Larry Bartels deploy a wealth... |
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Black Genealogy
Charles L. Blockson · Black Classic Press
Format: Paperback |
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First published in 1977, black genealogy remains a unique guide guide among standard genealogical references. author charles blockson, a noted genealogist and african american historian, traced his own family roots back through the 18th century. along his journey, he discovered obstacles... |
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Invisible Man, Got the Whole World Watching: A Young Black Man's Education
Mychal Denzel Smith · Nation Books
Pages: 240
Format: Print book |
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How do you learn to be a black man in America? For young black men today, it means coming of age during the presidency of Barack Obama. It means witnessing the deaths of Oscar Grant, Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, Akai Gurley, and too many more. It means celebrating powerful moments of black... |
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Denying to the Grave: Why We Ignore the Facts That Will Save Us
Sara E. Gorman · Oxford University Press
Pages: 328
Format: Hardcover |
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Why do some parents refuse to vaccinate their children? Why do some people keep guns at home, despite scientific evidence of risk to their family members? And why do people use antibiotics for illnesses they cannot possibly alleviate? When it comes to health, many people insist that science... |
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Guilty as Sin
Edward Klein · Regnery Publishing
Pages: 256
Format: Print book |
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An exciting new book from #1 New York Times bestselling author Edward Klein! |
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A Path Appears: Transforming Lives, Creating Opportunity
Nicholas D. Kristof · Knopf
Format: Hardcover |
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An essential, galvanizing narrative about making a difference here and abroad—a road map to becoming the most effective global citizens we can be.In their number one New York Times best seller Half the Sky, husband-and-wife team Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn brought to light struggles... |
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The Complete Infidel's Guide to Iran
Robert Spencer · Regnery Publishing
Pages: 361
Format: Print book |
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The author of The Complete Infidel's Guide to ISIS and The Complete Infidel's Guide to the Koran returns with the sharp wit and boundless courage needed to expose the oncoming storm from Iran. |
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