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Haters: Harassment, Abuse, and Violence Online
Bailey Shoemaker Richards · Potomac Books
Pages: 312
Format: Print book |
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Cybersexism is rampant and can exact an astonishingly high cost. In some cases, the final result is suicide. Bullying, stalking, and trolling are just the beginning. Extreme examples such as GamerGate get publicized, but otherwise the online abuse of women is largely underreported. Haters... |
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The Way of Ignorance: And Other Essays
Wendell Berry · Shoemaker & Hoard
Pages: 180
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* In a democratic commonwealth, what are the costs and consequences of rugged individualism?* What, in the fullest sense, is involved in our National Security?* When considering Weapons of Mass Destruction, does our inventory include soil loss, climate change, and ground water poisoning?... |
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Five Easy Theses: Commonsense Solutions to America's Greatest Economic Challenges
James Martin Stone · Houghton Mifflin
Pages: 288
Format: Print book |
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A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A business leader and esteemed economic thinker outlines simple solutions to America's five most pressing public policy issues, from healthcare to education to inequality. America today confronts a host of urgent problems, many of them seemingly intractable,... |
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Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America's Police Forces
Radley Balko · PublicAffairs; First Trade Paper Edition edition |
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The last days of colonialism taught Americas revolutionaries that soldiers in the streets bring conflict and tyranny. As a result, our country has generally worked to keep the military out of law enforcement. But according to investigative reporter Radley Balko, over the last several decades,... |
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The New Odyssey: The Story of the Twenty-First Century Refugee Crisis
Patrick Kingsley · Liveright Publishing Corp
Pages: 368
Format: Print book |
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In the humane tradition of Katherine Boo's Behind the Beautiful Forevers comes a searing account of the international refugee crisis. Intrepid and empathetic, Patrick Kingsley has traveled through seventeen countries to bear witness to the largest forced migration since the end of World... |
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Gender Failure
Ivan E. Coyote , · Arsenal Pulp Press |
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Being a girl was something that never really happened for me.—Rae SpoonIvan E. Coyote and Rae Spoon are accomplished, award-winning writers, musicians, and performers they are also both admitted gender failures. In their first collaborative book, Ivan and Rae explore and expose their... |
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Cast Away: True Stories of Survival from Europe's Refugee Crisis
Charlotte Mcdonald-Gibson · New Press
Pages: 256
Format: Print book |
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In 2015, more than one million migrants and refugees, most fleeing war-torn countries in Africa and the Middle East, attempted to make the perilous journey into Europe. Around three thousand lost their lives as they crossed the Mediterranean and Aegean in rickety boats provided by unscrupulous... |
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Breaking Through!: Helping Girls Succeed in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math
Harriet S Mosatche · Prufrock Press Inc.
Pages: 250
Format: Print book |
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Even with increased pressure to involve more girls in STEM areas in education, parents are often left wondering what they can do to encourage their daughter's love of science, math, and technology from fading. In Breaking Through! Helping Girls Succeed in Science, Technology, Engineering,... |
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