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Marijuana 360: Differing Perspectives on Legalization

Nancy E. Marion - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover

In 1996, California became the first state to legalize medical marijuana. Since then, 30 states and the District of Columbia have passed laws legalizing marijuana in some form. Nine of those states, including Alaska, Oregon, Colorado and Washington, have legalized marijuana for recreational...
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Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?: Big Questions from Tiny Mortals About Death

Caitlin Doughty - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover

New York Times Bestseller Best-selling author and mortician Caitlin Doughty answers real questions from kids about death, dead bodies, and decomposition.Every day, funeral director Caitlin Doughty receives dozens of questions about death. The best questions come from kids. What would happen...
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Believing: Our Thirty-Year Journey to End Gender Violence

Anita Hill - Viking
Format: Hardcover

In 1991, Anita Hill began something that's still unfinished work. The issues of gender violence, touching on sex, race, age, and power, are as urgent today as they were when she first testified. Believing is a story of America's three decades long reckoning with gender violence,...
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Bone Deep: Untangling the Betsy Faria Murder Case

Charles Henry Bosworth - Citadel
Format: Hardcover


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Audience of One: Donald Trump, Television, and the Fracturing of America

James Poniewozik - Liveright
Format: Hardcover

A generational work that, using television, reframes America's identity through the rattled mind of a septuagenarian, insomniac, cable-news-junkie president.In the tradition of great cultural figures like Marshall McLuhan and Neil Postman, New York Times chief television critic James Poniewozik...
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A Knock at Midnight: A Story of Hope, Justice, and Freedom

Brittany K. Barnett - Crown
Format: Hardcover

An urgent call to free those buried alive by America's legal system, and an inspiring true story about unwavering belief in humanity - from a gifted young lawyer and important new voice in the movement to transform the system."An essential book for our time . . . Brittany K. Barnett...
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GRE Prep Plus 2024: 6 Practice Tests Proven Strategies Online (Kaplan Test Prep)

Kaplan Test Prep - Kaplan Test Prep
Format: Hardcover

Kaplan's GRE Prep Plus 2024 guides you through the GRE step-by-step, with expert strategies, essential content review, and five online practice tests. Get an advantage on test day with our proven test-taking strategies, math skills review, and one-year access to online practice and lesson...
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What the Eyes Don't See: A Story of Crisis, Resistance, and Hope in an American City

MONA HANNA-ATTISHA - One World
Format: Hardcover

The dramatic story of the signature environmental disaster of our time and an inspiring tale of relentless citizen resistance in the face of corrupt power Flint was already a troubled city in 2014 when the state of Michigan - in the name of austerity - shifted the source of its water supply...
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The Homeowner's DIY Guide to Electrical Wiring

David Herres - McGraw-Hill Education TAB; 1 edition
Format: Print book

A practical, money-saving guide to home electrical wiring Handle residential wiring projects correctly, safely, and according to the National Electrical Code (NEC) . Filled with clear photos and helpful diagrams, The Homeowner's DIY Guide to Electrical Wiring shows you how to quickly...
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Dirty Genes: A Breakthrough Program to Treat the Root Cause of Illness and Optimize Your Health

Ben Lynch - HarperOne
Format: Hardcover

Instant National BestsellerAfter suffering for years with unexplainable health issues, Dr. Ben Lynch discovered the root cause - "dirty" genes. Genes can be "born dirty" or merely "act dirty" in response to your environment, diet, or lifestyle - causing lifelong,...
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