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The Zookeepers' War: An Incredible True Story from the Cold War
J.W. Mohnhaupt · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
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THE ACCLAIMED INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER The unbelievable true story of the Cold War's strangest proxy war, fought between the zoos on either side of the Berlin Wall.Living in West Berlin in the 1960s often felt like living in a zoo, everyone packed together behind a wall, with the world... |
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Life Sentences: Writings from Inside an American Prison
The Elsinore-Bennu Think Tank for Restorative Justice · Belt Publishing
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback
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Life Sentences: Writings from Inside an American Prison is a collection of poetry and prose by six incarcerated men, a hybrid of prison memoir, philosophy, history, policy document, and manifesto. The six authors -- Fly, Faruq, Khalifa, Malakki, Oscar, and Shawn -- met at the State Correctional... |
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Dingo Makes Us Human: Life and Land in an Australian Aboriginal Culture
Deborah Bird Rose · Cambridge University Press
Pages: 264
Format: Paperback
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This original ethnography brings indigenous people's stories into conversations around troubling questions of social justice and environmental care. Deborah Bird Rose lived for two years with the Yarralin community in the Northern Territory's remote Victoria River Valley. Her engagement... |
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25 Projects for Global Explorers
Christine M. Kirker · Amer Library Assn Editions
Pages: 80
Format: Paperback
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With the increased emphasis on incorporating STEM activities in children s curriculum at ever earlier ages, often neglected are opportunities to explore subjects outside the sciences, or simply to give children the time and space to use their imagination. 25 Projects for Global Explorers... |
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Mudlark: In Search of London's Past Along the River Thames
Lara Maiklem · Liveright
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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A quixotic journey through London's past, Mudlark plumbs the banks of the Thames to reveal the stories hidden behind the archaeological remnants of an ancient city.Long heralded as a city treasure herself, expert "mudlarker" Lara Maiklem is uniquely trained in the art of seeking.... |
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Imagination: The Science of Your Mind's Greatest Power
Jim Davies · Pegasus Books
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover
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The first-ever book on the science of imagination, which sheds light on both the complex inner-workings of our mind and the ways in which we can channel imagination for a better life. We don't think of imagination the way that we should. The word is often only associated with children,... |
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Rap on Trial: Race, Lyrics, and Guilt in America
Erik Nielson · The New Press
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover
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A groundbreaking exposé about the alarming use of rap lyrics as criminal evidence to convict and incarcerate young men of color Should Johnny Cash have been charged with murder after he sang, "I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die"? Few would seriously subscribe to this... |
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