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The Disengaged Teen: Helping Kids Learn Better, Feel Better, and Live Better - Hardcover

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by Jenny Anderson (Author), Rebecca Winthrop (Author)"Our education systems are shortchanging far too many teenagers. This book is brimming with insights on how to change that. It's an engaging, evidence-based, and practical read about how to develop a generation of lifelong learners."--Adam Grant, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Hidden Potential and Think Again, and host of the podcast Re: Thinking A powerful toolkit for parents of both checked-out and stressed-out teens that shows e...

Governments Around the World - Paperback

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by David Scott (Author)Discover the evolution of governments everywhere! This social studies book explores the past, present, and possible futures of governments around the world. Across the world, local, state, and national governments work to protect and serve their citizens. This teacher-approved book provides students with opportunities to understand the ins and outs of government, including how governments from different countries can work together. The book covers the structure and hist...

How the South Won the Civil War: Oligarchy, Democracy, and the Continuing Fight for the Soul of America - Paperback

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by Heather Cox Richardson (Author)Named one of The Washington Post's 50 Notable Works of Nonfiction While the North prevailed in the Civil War, ending slavery and giving the country a "new birth of freedom," Heather Cox Richardson argues in this provocative work that democracy's blood-soaked victory was ephemeral. The system that had sustained the defeated South moved westward and there established a foothold. It was a natural fit. Settlers from the East had for decades been pushing into the ...

Art Monsters: Unruly Bodies in Feminist Art - Paperback

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by Lauren Elkin (Author)A Must-Read: Vogue, Nylon, Chicago Review of Books, Literary Hub, Frieze, The Millions, Publishers Weekly, InsideHook, The Next Big Idea Club, "[Lauren] Elkin is a stylish, determined provocateur . . . Sharp and cool . . . [Art Monsters is] exemplary. It describes a whole way to live, worthy of secret admiration." --Maggie Lange, The Washington Post"Destined to become a new classic . . . Elkin shatters the truisms that have evolved around feminist thought." --Chris K...

Adam Campbell Family History: Scotch-Irish Ancestry and 19th Century American Migration

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Report copyright infringementby Garry E. Moore (Author) Number of Pages: 258 Dimensions: 0.63 x 10 x 8 IN Publication Date: September 11, 2025

Recollections of My Nonexistence: A Memoir - Paperback

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by Rebecca Solnit (Author)Shortlisted for the James Tait Black Prize for BiographyLonglisted for The Orwell Prize for Political Writing An electric portrait of the artist as a young woman that asks how a writer finds her voice in a society that prefers women to be silent, from the author of Orwell's Roses In Recollections of My Nonexistence, Rebecca Solnit describes her formation as a writer and as a feminist in 1980s San Francisco, in an atmosphere of gender violence on the street and throug...

The Journey of Crazy Horse: A Lakota History - Paperback

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by Joseph M. Marshall (Author)Drawing on vivid oral histories, Joseph M. Marshall's intimate biography introduces a never-before-seen portrait of Crazy Horse and his Lakota communityMost of the world remembers Crazy Horse as a peerless warrior who brought the U.S. Army to its knees at the Battle of Little Bighorn. But to his fellow Lakota Indians, he was a dutiful son and humble fighting man who--with valor, spirit, respect, and unparalleled leadership--fought for his people's land, livelihoo...

The Story's Not Over: Jewish Women and Embodied Selfhood in Graphic Narratives

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Report copyright infringementby Victoria Aarons (Editor), Leela Corman (Interviewee)Back JacketThis comprehensive collection considers Jewish women graphic novelists and the richly figured ways in which Jewish identity is complicated by gender, memory, generation, and place. The contributors to this volume demonstrate how graphic narratives can capture the complexities of identity through the juxtapositions of word and image. Often preoccupied with memory--of loss, of personal and collective ...

Tokyo Travel Sketchbook: Kawaii Culture, Wabi Sabi Design, Female Samurais and Other Obsessions

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Report copyright infringementby Arrazola (Author), Kymm Coveney (Translator)Experience Tokyo Through the Eyes of an Artist! Tokyo Travel Sketchbook captures illustrator Amaia Arrazolas four-week adventure in Tokyo, offering a unique glimpse into the city through her eyes. When Arrazola embarks on an artists residency in Tokyo, she dives into the city's vibrant culture with her paints and pencils. The result is a delightful illustrated diary showcasing life in the world's largest city. Arrazol...

Japan in 100 Words: From Anime to Zen: Discover the Essential Elements of Japan

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Report copyright infringementby Civardi (Author), Gavin Blair (Author), Ayano Otani (Illustrator)Discover Japan in 100 Words! This book captures the essence of Japanese life and culture through 100 carefully selected words. From familiar concepts like zen, kawaii, and anime to lesser-known gems, "Japan in 100 Words" covers it all. What You'll Learn About: Chochin: Decorative lanterns seen everywhere from shrines and temples to izakaya Fugu: The delicacy of carefully prepared (and poisono...

But What If We're Wrong?: Thinking about the Present as If It Were the Past - Paperback

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by Chuck Klosterman (Author)"Full of intelligence and insights, as the author gleefully turns ideas upside down to better understand them. . . Replete with lots of nifty, whimsical footnotes, this clever, speculative book challenges our beliefs with jocularity and perspicacity." --Kirkus (starred review) "Klosterman's trademark humor and unique curiosity propel the reader through the book. He remains one of the most insightful critics of pop culture writing today and this is his most thought-...

Considering Watchmen: Poetics, Property, Politics

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Report copyright infringementby Andrew Hoberek (Author)Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons's Watchmen has been widely hailed as a landmark in the development of the graphic novel. It was not only aesthetically groundbreaking but also anticipated future developments in politics, literature, and intellectual property. Demonstrating a keen eye for historical detail, Considering Watchmen gives readers a new appreciation of just how radical Moore and Gibbons's blend of gritty realism and formal experiment...

Manga, Murder and Mystery: The Boy Detectives of Japan's Lost Generation

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Report copyright infringementby Mimi Okabe (Author)Little is known about the boy detective in Japanese detective fiction despite his popularity. Who is he, and what mysteries does he unveil about cultural understandings of youth in Japanese society? Manga, Murder and Mystery answers these questions by exploring the figure of the shonen (boy) detective in commercially successful manga series such as Detective Conan, The Case Files of Young Kindaichi, Death Note and Moriarty the Patriot. The bo...

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Report copyright infringementby Andrew Friedenthal (Author)The first sustained study of the DC Comics Multiverse, this book explores its history, meanings, and lasting influence. The multiverse is a unique exercise in world-building: a series of parallel and interactive worlds with a cohesive cosmology, developed by various creators over fifty years.Author BiographyAndrew J. Friedenthal is an independent scholar, writer, and critic living in Austin, Texas. His previous publications include Re...

This House of Grief: The Story of a Murder Trial - Paperback

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by Helen Garner (Author), Sarah Weinman (Introduction by)The New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice - The engrossing true-crime classic from one of Australia's most acclaimed writers, that follows a man and his broken life, a community wracked by tragedy, and the long and torturous road to closure -"This House of Grief, in its restraint and control, bears comparison with In Cold Blood."--Kate Atkinson, author of Big Sky and Shrines of Gaiety On the evening of Father's Day, 2005, separated...

Mutants, Androids, and Aliens: On Being Human in the Marvel Cinematic Universe

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Report copyright infringementby James A. Tyner (Author)In both literature and film, mutants, androids, and aliens have long functioned as humanity's Other--nonhuman bodies serving as surrogates to explore humanity's prejudice, bigotry, and hatred. Scholars working in fields of feminism, ethnic studies, queer studies, and disability studies, among others, have deconstructed representations of the Othered body and the ways these fictional depictions provide insight into the contested terrains o...

Don't Shoot the Journalists: Migrating to Stay Alive

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Report copyright infringementby Peter Laufer (Editor), Jason Rezaian (Foreword by)Born out of the University of Oregon's "Extra!! Don't Kill the Messenger: Migrating to Stay Alive" international symposium on journalism-in-exile, this volume brings together the presentations, conversations, and reflections of writers, reporters, and scholars who have faced dangers and threats to their personal safety because of their journalistic work.Author BiographyJournalist Peter Laufer is the James Wallac...

In Darkness and Secrecy: The Anthropology of Assault Sorcery and Witchcraft in Amazonia

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Report copyright infringementby Neil L. Whitehead (Editor), Robin Wright (Editor)In Darkness and Secrecy brings together ethnographic examinations of Amazonian assault sorcery, witchcraft, and injurious magic, or "dark shamanism." Anthropological reflections on South American shamanism have tended to emphasize shamans' healing powers and positive influence. This collection challenges that assumption by showing that dark shamans are, in many Amazonian cultures, quite different from shamanic he...

Spooky New Jersey: Tales of Hauntings, Strange Happenings, and Other Local Lore

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Report copyright infringementby S. E. Schlosser (Author), Paul G. Hoffman (Illustrator)A collection of 40 folktales highlighting famous and not-so-famous New Jersey ghosts, mysterious happenings, powers of darkness, and wonders of the invisible world. Pull up a chair or gather round the campfire and get ready for creepy tales of ghostly hauntings, eerie happenings, and other strange occurrences from times past. Set deep in the Pinelands and Ramapo Mountains, along the Atlantic coast, and in h...

I, Monster: Serial Killers in Their Own Chilling Words

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Report copyright infringementby Tom Philbin (Author)What goes through the dark minds of such notorious killers as Ted Bundy, Jeffrey Dahmer, David Berkowitz ("Son of Sam"), John Wayne Gacy, Dennis Rader (the "BTK Killer"), and others? In this chilling book, you'll read exactly what they were thinking in their own words as they committed horrible crimes. Using court transcripts and police interviews, veteran true-crime and crime-fiction writer Tom Philbin has compiled the testimony of twenty i...

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Report copyright infringementby Docia Schultz Williams (Author)Renowned storyteller Docia Williams gathers a medley of some of the best haunting stories from her four previous books, then she adds a hundred pages of new ghostly tales from Piney Woods of East Texas and from North Central Texas, including the Dallas area.Back JacketRenowned storyteller Docia Williams gathers a medley of some of the best haunting stories from her four previous books Spirits of San Antonio and South Texas, Phanto...

Myths and Legends of Yellowstone: The True Stories behind History's Mysteries

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Report copyright infringementby Ednor Therriault (Author)The world's first designated national park, Yellowstone is famous for its steaming geysers, bubbling mud pots, and wildlife-caused traffic jams. But few people may know about the many Native American tribes that visited the area long before John Colter "discovered" it, how one man nearly decimated the park's bison population, or the strange music that emanates from Yellowstone Lake. Each episode included in this book explores unusual ph...

Spooky New York: Tales Of Hauntings, Strange Happenings, And Other Local Lore

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Report copyright infringementby S. E. Schlosser (Author), Paul G. Hoffman (Calligrapher)New York's folklore is kept alive in these expert retellings by master storyteller S. E. Scholosser, and in artist Paul Hoffman's evocative illustrations.Back JacketReading line: Spooky happenings throughout New York New York folklore traditions are kept alive in these expert retellings by master storyteller S. E. Schlosser and through artist Paul G. Hoffman's evocative illustrations. You'll meet ghosts an...

Myths and Mysteries of Wisconsin: True Stories Of The Unsolved And Unexplained

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Report copyright infringementby Michael Bie (Author)Unearth the mysteries, myths, strange happenings, and haunted places in Wisconsin's history. This intriguing, lively, and easy-to-read collection of eerie stories will leave readers astonished at the secrets it reveals.Back JacketFourteen Mind-Boggling Tales from the Badger State Was Joe Davis, Civil War veteran and Menominee Indian, really the son of Confederate president Jefferson Davis? What really happened the night that banker H. C. Mea...

Julius Streicher: Nazi Editor of the Notorious Anti-semitic Newspaper Der Sturmer

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Report copyright infringementby Randall Bytwerk (Author)The Nazis put a remarkable amount of effort into anti-Semitic propaganda, intending to bring ordinary Germans around to the destructive ideology of the Nazi party. Julius Streicher (1885-1946) spearheaded many of these efforts, publishing anti-Semitic articles and cartoons in his weekly newspaper, Der St rmer, the most widely read paper in the Third Reich. Streicher won the close personal friendship of Hitler and Himmler, and drew deserv...

Calcutta: Two Years in the City - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Amit Chaudhuri (Author)In this vividly drawn and deeply personal portrait, acclaimed novelist Amit Chaudhuri chronicles the two years he spent revisiting Calcutta, the city of his birth. A mesmerizing narrative, the book takes readers into the heart of a metropolis relatively resistant to the currents of globalization. Moving through the city's vibrant avenues and derelict alleyways, Chaudhuri introduces us to the homeless and the high society, describes its ar...

Lakota Portraits: Lives Of The Legendary Plains People

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Report copyright infringementby Joseph Agonito (Author)A moving, thoughtful, beautifully illustrated look at the lives of men and women who helped shape the history of the Lakota people and the American West. Author BiographyJoseph Agonito, Ph.D. is author or co-author of two books and numerous popular and scholarly articles and has produced and directed three film documentaries. In all three instances he has been recognized nationally for his work, winning the 2006 Western Heritage Award for...

Leaving My Father's House: A Journey to Conscious Femininity - Paperback

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by Marion Woodman (Author)The renowned analyst and author here provides deep insight into the process required to bring feminize wisdom to consciousness in a patriarchal culture--as struggle in which many women are more fully engaged today that ever before. Presenting the personal journeys of three wise women as maps, she points the way to the state of inner wholeness and balance she calls "conscious femininity."Author BiographyMarion Woodman is a Jungian analyst who is internationally known ...

The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story - Paperback

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by Nikole Hannah-Jones (Created by), The New York Times Magazine (Created by), Caitlin Roper (Editor)#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - NAACP IMAGE AWARD WINNER - A dramatic expansion of a groundbreaking work of journalism, The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story offers a profoundly revealing vision of the American past and present. "[A] groundbreaking compendium . . . bracing and urgent . . . This collection is an extraordinary update to an ongoing project of vital truth-telling."--Esquire NOW AN E...

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Dregs: Love and Monsters in Small Town New Zealand

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Report copyright infringementby Laura McLauchlan (Author)Girls who join dog packs, boys who gain strength from trees, men who love bodies with nobody in them: Dregs is a collection of tenderly monstrous love stories, set in a shadowy small town of the same name. Based in South Canterbury, New Zealand, these lovingly disturbing fictions welcome the strange and other-worldly, while keeping an ethnographic eye trained on the classed, religious, gendered, racialised and species-based forces shapi...

Patrons of Women: Literacy Projects and Gender Development in Rural Nepal - Paperback

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by Esther Hertzog (Author) Assuming that women's empowerment would accelerate the pace of social change in rural Nepal, the World Bank urged the Nepali government to undertake a "Gender Activities Project" within an ongoing long-term water-engineering scheme. The author, an anthropologist specializing in bureaucratic organizations and gender studies, was hired to monitor the project. Analyzing her own experience as a practicing "development expert," she demonstrates that the professed goal of...