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Haters: Harassment, Abuse, and Violence Online

Bailey Shoemaker Richards · Potomac Books
Pages: 312
Format: Print book

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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Social Security handbook : overview of Social Security programs, 2010.

Bernan Press. · Bernan Press
Pages: 697

The Social Security Handbook: Overview of Social Security Programs, 2010 provides information about Social Security programs and services, and identifies rights and obligations under the Social Security laws. The Handbook also contains information about related programs administered by agencies...
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See You Again in Pyongyang: A Journey into Kim Jong Un's North Korea

Travis Jeppesen · Hachette Books
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

From ballistic missile tests to stranger-than-fiction stories of purges and assassinations, news from North Korea never fails to dominate the global headlines. But what is life there actually like?In See You Again in Pyongyang, Travis Jeppesen culls from his experiences living, traveling,...
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Master the Police Officer Exam

Peterson's · Peterson Nelnet Co
Pages: 560
Format: Paperback

Master the Police Officer Exam is a comprehensive resource for anyone looking to pursue a career in law enforcement. Inside you'll find: Five full-length practice tests, including detailed explanations for the answers to every question The most up-to-date information on police officer...
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Chicago on the Make: Power and Inequality in a Modern City

Andrew J Diamond · University of California Press
Pages: 440
Format: Hardcover

Heralded as America's quintessentially modern city, Chicago has attracted the gaze of journalists, novelists, essayists, and scholars as much as any city in the nation. And, yet, few historians have attempted big-picture narratives of the city's transformation over the twentieth...
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The Embattled Vote in America: From the Founding to the Present

Allan J. Lichtman · Harvard University Press
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

Americans have fought and died for the right to vote. Yet the world's oldest continuously operating democracy guarantees no one, not even citizens, the opportunity to elect a government. In this rousing work, the best-selling author of The Case for Impeachment calls attention to the founders'...
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The Sociology Book

Christopher Thorpe · DK Publishing
Pages: 352
Format: Print book

The Sociology Book takes on some of humankind's biggest questions: What is society? What makes it tick? Why do we interact in the way that we do with our friends, coworkers, and rivals? The Sociology Book profiles the world's most renowned sociologists and more than 100 of their biggest...
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Countdown to Zero Day: Stuxnet and the Launch of the World's First Digital Weapon

Kim Zetter · Crown
Format: Hardcover

Top cybersecurity journalist Kim Zetter tells the story behind the virus that sabotaged Iran's nuclear efforts and shows how its existence has ushered in a new age of warfare - one in which a digital attack can have the same destructive capability as a megaton bomb. In January 2010,...
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So You Want to Talk About Race

Ijeoma Oluo · Seal Press
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

In this New York Times bestseller, Ijeoma Oluo explores the complex reality of today's racial landscape--from white privilege and police brutality to systemic discrimination and the Black Lives Matter movement--offering straightforward clarity that readers need to contribute to the dismantling...
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Yes We

DAN PFEIFFER · Twelve
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

From Obama's former communications director and current co-host of Pod Save America comes a colorful account of how politics, the media, and the Internet changed during the Obama presidency and how Democrats can fight back in the Trump era. p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font:...
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Our Revolution: A Future to Believe In

Anonymous. · St Martin'S Press
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

Throughout the Presidential campaign, Bernie Sanders galvanized voters with his progressive platform and vision for America. In the book, Sanders shares experiences from the campaign trail and outlines his ideas for continuing a political revolution to fight for a progressive economic,...
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Playing with Fire: The 1968 Election and the Transformation of American Politics

Lawrence O'Donnell · Penguin Press
Pages: 496
Format: Hardcover

From the host of MSNBC's The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell, an important and enthralling new account of the presidential election that changed everything, the race that created American politics as we know it todayThe 1968 U.S. Presidential election was the young Lawrence O'Donnell's...
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Overload: Finding the Truth in Today's Deluge of News

BOB SCHIEFFER · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 190
Format: Hardcover

We are in the midst of a communications revolution. We have access to more information than any people in history. But are we more informed or just overwhelmed by so much information we can't process? In Overload, legendary television journalist Bob Schieffer examines today's journalism...
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Apps for Librarians: Using the Best Mobile Technology to Educate, Create, and Engage

Nicole Hennig · Libraries Unlimited
Format: Book

Smartphones and other mobile devices that support downloadable applications - universally referred to as "apps" - can be used to foster productivity, conduct research, or read and study. Additionally, savvy librarians can better serve their communities by gaining expertise in mobile...
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The Complete Directory for People With Disabilities, 2007: A Comprehensive Source Book for Individuals and Professionals

Laura Mars-Proietti · Grey House Pub; 15 edition
Format: Book

This collection of 9,000 entries is directed toward those seeking devices and services for others in their care or for themselves. The entries have been updated to include the latest descriptions by organizations of their products and objectives, and cover arts and entertainment, assistive...
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