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The Rights of Nature: A Legal Revolution That Could Save the World
David R Boyd · ECW Press
Pages: 280
Format: Paperback
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An important and timely recipe for hope for humans and all forms of life Palila v Hawaii. New Zealand's Te Urewera Act. Sierra Club v Disney. These legal phrases hardly sound like the makings of a revolution, but beyond the headlines portending environmental catastrophes, a movement of immense... |
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Invisible No More: Police Violence Against Black Women and Women of Color
Andrea Ritchie · Beacon Press
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback
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A timely examination of the ways Black women, Indigenous women, and other women of color are uniquely affected by racial profiling, police brutality, and immigration enforcement. In recent years there has been increasing awareness of the daily violence at the hands of law enforcement agents... |
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Anatomy of Terror: From the Death of bin Laden to the Rise of the Islamic State
ALI H SOUFAN · W W NORTON
Pages: 384
Format: Print book
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A compelling, definitive account of how and why bin Laden's ideology keeps rising from the dead.When Osama bin Laden was killed by a U.S. Navy SEAL, many prophesied al-Qaeda's imminent demise. In reality the opposite has occurred. Why?Watching the Arab Spring from his Pakistani safe house,... |
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Reforming America
Jeffrey A Johnson · ABC-CLIO
Pages: 824
Format: Hardcover
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Presenting a detailed look at the individuals, themes, and moments that shaped this important Progressive Era in American history, this valuable reference spans 25 years of reform and provides multidisciplinary insights into the period. * Offers more than 200 entries on the most significant... |
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The New Koreans: The Story of a Nation
Michael Breen · St Martin'S Press
Pages: 480
Format: Print book
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Just a few decades ago, the Koreans were an impoverished, agricultural people. In one generation they moved from the fields to Silicon Valley. The nature and values of the Korean people provide the background for a more detailed examination of the complex history of the country, in particular... |
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A Perilous Path: Talking Race, Inequality, and the Law
Sherrilyn A Ifill · The New Press
Pages: 128
Format: Hardcover
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A no-holds-barred, red-hot discussion of race in America today from some of the leading names in the field, including the bestselling author of Just Mercy This blisteringly candid discussion of the American dilemma in the age of Trump brings together the head of the NAACP Legal Defense... |
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There Are No Dead Here: A Story of Murder and Denial in Colombia
Maria McFarland Sanchez-Moreno · Nation Books
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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Colombia's drug-fueled cycle of terror, corruption, and tragedy did not end with Pablo Escobar's death in 1993. Just when Colombians were ready to move past the murderous legacy of the country's cartels, a new, bloody chapter unfolded. In the late 1990s, right-wing paramilitary... |
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Polarized: Making Sense of a Divided America
James E Campbell · Princeton University Press
Pages: 336
Format: Print book
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Many continue to believe that the United States is a nation of political moderates. In fact, it is a nation divided. It has been so for some time and has grown more so. This book provides a new and historically grounded perspective on the polarization of America, systematically documenting... |
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Taxing the Rich: A History of Fiscal Fairness in the United States and Europe
Kenneth Scheve · Princeton University Pres, 2016.
Pages: 288
Format: Print book
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In today's social climate of acknowledged and growing inequality, why are there not greater efforts to tax the rich? In this wide-ranging and provocative book, Kenneth Scheve and David Stasavage ask when and why countries tax their wealthiest citizens--and their answers may surprise... |
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Never Trust a Liberal Over 3-Especially a Republican
Ann Coulter · Regnery Publishing; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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You have NEVER seen Coulter like this before! Coulter is uncensored, unapologetic, and unflinching in her ruthless mockery of liberals, sissies, morons, hypocrites, and all other species of politician. Coulter doesnt stop at the politicians, though. Watch her skewer pundits, salesmen, celebrities,... |
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