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The Routledge Companion to Science Fiction - Paperback

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by Mark Bould (Editor), Andrew Butler (Editor), Adam Roberts (Editor)The Routledge Companion to Science Fiction is a comprehensive overview of the history and study of science fiction. It outlines major writers, movements, and texts in the genre, established critical approaches and areas for future study. Fifty-six entries by a team of renowned international contributors are divided into four parts which look, in turn, at: history - an integrated chronological narrative of the genre's deve...

The Routledge Companion to Media Fandom - Paperback

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by Melissa A. Click (Editor), Suzanne Scott (Editor)The field of fan studies has seen exponential growth in recent years and this companion brings together an internationally and interdisciplinarily diverse group of established scholars to reflect on the state of the field and to point to new research directions. Engaging an impressive array of media texts and formats and incorporating a variety of methodologies, this collection is organized into six main sections: methods and ethics, technol...

I Am on the Hit List: A Journalist's Murder and the Rise of Autocracy in India - Paperback

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by Rollo Romig (Author)A gripping investigation into the mysterious assassination of a journalist in India, revealing the courage and vulnerability of those who are fighting the decline of democracy around the world When Gauri Lankesh, an outspoken journalist in the South Indian city of Bangalore, was assassinated in September 2017 outside her home, it wasn't just a loss to her close-knit community of writers and activists--the shock reverberated nationwide, making headlines and sparking mass...

America's Cultural Revolution: How the Radical Left Conquered Everything - Hardcover

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by Christopher F. Rufo (Author)For decades, left-wing radicals patiently built a revolution in the shadows. Then suddenly, after the death of George Floyd, their ideas exploded into American life.Corporations denounced the United States as a "system of white supremacy." Universities pushed racially segregated programs that forced students to address their racial and sexual "privilege." And schools injected critical race theory in the classroom, dividing children into "oppressor" and "oppresse...

The Literature of Japanese American Incarceration - Paperback

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by Frank Abe (Editor), Floyd Cheung (Editor), Frank Abe (Introduction by)The collective voice of Japanese Americans defined by a specific moment in time: the four years of World War II during which the US government expelled resident aliens and its own citizens from their homes and imprisoned 125,000 of them in American concentration camps, based solely upon the race they shared with a wartime enemy. A Penguin Classic This anthology presents a new vision that recovers and reframes the literat...

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by Randall Sullivan (Author)" An] engrossing, damning tale of widespread unchecked corruption in one of the nation's largest police departments, one that deserves attention . . . Exhaustively researched . . . The most thorough examination of these much-publicized events." --Boston Globe In September 1996, Tupac Shakur was murdered in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas. In March 1997, the Notorious B.I.G. was similarly shot after an awards show in Los Angeles. Neither crime has ever been solved....

From Oversight to Overkill: Inside the Broken System That Blocks Medical Breakthroughs--And How We Can Fix It - Hardcover

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by Simon N. Whitney (Author)Medical research saves lives-yet all too often, it is thwarted by a review system supposed to safeguard patients that instead creates needless delays and expense. Institutional Review Boards, which exist at every hospital and medical school that conducts medical research, have ended up imposing such complex, draconian conditions that research is frequently damaged, delayed, and distorted. This is why medical miracles like the COVID-19 vaccines, which were developed...

Get Going: Solve Homelessness Today - Paperback

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by Carol Hollowell (Author)The real solutions that lead to a marked change in the landscape of homelessness and how communities can follow Switchpoint's tactics and methods for a sustainable impact.Ending homelessness requires individuals and organizations to drop the ego and embrace the philosophy of EGI (Everyone Gets Involved). As a co-op built to make sustainable positive change in the community, Switchpoint has enacted a path that others can follow in identifying problems, finding soluti...

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by Jean Menzies (Author), Katie Ponder (Illustrator)A beautifully illustrated collection of 20 ancient Egyptian myths retold for children aged 7-9. Delve into a world of monstrous creatures, magical spells, and warring gods in this thrilling compendium of ancient Egyptian myths. With 20 exciting tales alongside fascinating historical information, this is a must-have introduction for young readers interested in one of the world's great early civilizations. From the creation of the world to the...

A Year by the Sea: Thoughts of an Unfinished Woman - Paperback

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by Joan Anderson (Author)The basis for the major motion picture of the same name. An entrancing memoir of how one woman's journey of self-discovery gave her the courage to persevere in re-creating her life. Life is a work in progress, as ever-changing as a sandy shoreline along the beach. During the years Joan Anderson was a loving wife and supportive mother, she had slowly and unconsciously replaced her own dreams with the needs of her family. With her sons grown, however, she realized that ...

Strangers from a Different Shore: A History of Asian Americans Au Of... - Paperback

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by Ronald Takaki (Author)A powerful and moving history of Asian Americans that spans centuries, from the acclaimed author of A Different Mirror. In an extraordinary blend of narrative history, personal recollection, and oral testimony, the author presents a sweeping history of Asian Americans. He writes of the Chinese who laid tracks for the transcontinental railroad, of plantation laborers in the canefields of Hawaii, of "picture brides" marrying strangers in the hope of becoming part of t...

Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen - Hardcover

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by Christopher McDougall (Author)NATIONAL BESTSELLER - The astonishing and hugely entertaining story that completely changed the way we run. An epic adventure that began with one simple question: Why does my foot hurt? "Equal parts quest, physiology treatise, and running history.... The climactic race reads like a sprint.... It simply makes you want to run." --Outside Magazine Isolated by Mexico's deadly Copper Canyons, the blissful Tarahumara Indians have honed the ability to run hundreds of...

Climate Change and Society: Sociological Perspectives - Paperback

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by Riley E. Dunlap (Editor), Robert J. Brulle (Editor)Climate change is one of the most critical issues of the twenty-first century, presenting a major intellectual challenge to both the natural and social sciences. While there has been significant progress in natural science understanding of climate change, social science analyses have not been as fully developed. Climate Change and Society breaks new theoretical and empirical ground by presenting climate change as a thoroughly social phenom...

Proto-State Media Systems: The Digital Rise of Al-Qaeda and Isis - Paperback

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by Carol Winkler (Author), Kareem El Damanhoury (Author)Proto-State Media Systems explores how decisions by contemporary violent extremist groups create, develop, and sustain media systems. Focusing on the cases of al-Qaeda and ISIS, this book showcases how standard media systems theory fails to fully explain the media systems of these organizations as a basis for building a revised theoretical lens that comprehends these emergent systems in the 21st century global media context. Utilizing co...

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by J. M. Berger (Author)What extremism is, how extremist ideologies are constructed, and why extremism can escalate into violence.A rising tide of extremist movements threaten to destabilize civil societies around the globe. It has never been more important to understand extremism, yet the dictionary definition--a logical starting point in a search for understanding--tells us only that extremism is "the quality or state of being extreme." In this volume in the MIT Press Essential Knowledge se...

Bisexual Men Exist: A Handbook for Bisexual, Pansexual and M-Spec Men - Paperback

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by Vaneet Mehta (Author)"You're just being greedy.""Are you sure you're not gay?""Pick a side." Being a bisexual man isn't easy - something Vaneet Mehta knows all too well. After spending more than a decade figuring out his identity, Vaneet's coming out was met with questioning, ridicule and erasure. This experience inspired Vaneet to create the viral #BisexualMenExist campaign, combatting the hate and scepticism m-spec (multi-gender attracted spectrum) men encounter, and helping others who f...

Cassandra Speaks: When Women Are the Storytellers, the Human Story Changes - Paperback

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by Elizabeth Lesser (Author)What story would Eve have told about picking the apple? Why is Pandora blamed for opening the box? And what about the fate of Cassandra who was blessed with knowing the future but cursed so that no one believed her? What if women had been the storytellers? Elizabeth Lesser believes that if women's voices had been equally heard and respected throughout history, humankind would have followed different hero myths and guiding stories--stories that value caretaking, cha...

The Killing of Gaza: Reports on a Catastrophe - Paperback

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by Gideon Levy (Author)Reportage from the frontline of the crisis in the Middle East from a leading Israeli journalist Gideon Levy is one of the most respected critics of Israel's apartheid policies against the Palestinian people. He is the outspoken award-winning journalist who has been writing on the conflict for decades. In The Killing of Gaza he brings together his on-the-ground perspectives of the events leading up to the October 7th attack and the ensuing devastation of Gaza. His clear-...

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by Christina Sharpe (Author)Critically acclaimed author of In the Wake, "Christina Sharpe is a brilliant thinker who attends unflinchingly to the brutality of our current arrangements . . . and yet always finds a way to beauty and possibility" (Saidiya Hartman). A singular achievement, Ordinary Notes explores profound questions about loss and the shapes of Black life that emerge in the wake. In a series of 248 notes that gather meaning as we read them, Christina Sharpe skillfully weaves artif...

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by Innosanto Nagara (Author)Counting on Community is Innosanto Nagara's follow-up to his hit ABC book, A is for Activist. Counting up from one stuffed pi ata to ten hefty hens--and always counting on each other--children are encouraged to recognize the value of their community, the joys inherent in healthy eco-friendly activities, and the agency they posses to make change. A broad and inspiring vision of diversity is told through stories in words and pictures. And of course, there is a duck t...

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens: Guided Journal (Ages 12-17) - Paperback

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by Sean Covey (Author)The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People Guided Journal for Teens offers journal prompts, worksheets, and exercises to help you accomplish all your short and long-term goals. Number of Pages: 238 Dimensions: 0.51 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: November 22, 2022

Hungry Planet: What the World Eats - Paperback

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by Peter Menzel (Author), Faith D'Aluisio (Author), Marion Nestle (Foreword by)The age-old practice of sitting down to a family meal is undergoing unprecedented change as rising world affluence and trade, along with the spread of global food conglomerates, transform eating habits worldwide. HUNGRY PLANET profiles 30 families from around the world--including Bosnia, Chad, Egypt, Greenland, Japan, the United States, and France--and offers detailed descriptions of weekly food purchases; photogra...

We Survived the End of the World: Lessons from Native America on Apocalypse and Hope - Hardcover

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by Steven Charleston (Author)From the moment European settlers reached these shores, the American apocalypse began. But Native Americans did not vanish. Apocalypse did not fully destroy them, and it doesn't have to destroy us. Pandemics and war, social turmoil and corrupt governments, natural disasters and environmental collapse--it's hard not to watch the signs of the times and feel afraid. But we can journey through that fear to find hope. With the warnings of a prophet and the lively voic...

Lore of the Stars: Folklore and Wisdom from the Skies Above - Hardcover

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by Claire Cock-Starkey (Author), Hannah Bess Ross (Illustrator)Look up at the skies in wonder with this mystically illustrated treasury of folklore from above and beyond. *2023 American Scientist Holiday Gift Guide Selection* Did you know that people used to read the future in the flight of birds? That the constellations were thought to be mythological beings set in the sky? And that eclipses were seen as demonic omens? For millennia, humans have looked to the heavens to explain the wor...

Obitchuary: The Big Hot Book of Death - Hardcover

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by Spencer Henry (Author), Madison Reyes (Author)Based on the popular podcast, Obitchuary: The Big Hot Book of Death is a smart, funny look at the American culture of death and how we're remembered. It's safe to say everyone thinks about death--whether they want to or not. But have you ever wondered about what sort of keepsakes you can make with your remains, or given any thought to the most scandalous deathbed confessions throughout history? Well Madison Reyes and Spencer Henry have, and th...

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by The Global Fund for Children (Author)Babies everywhere love to play! The newest edition of the best-selling, photo-illustrated Global Babies series. Babies all over the globe play in different ways. They clap, point, wave, and touch. They play with balls, rattles, and blocks--and with other babies. No matter how they play, they're learning about the world around them. Time to play, global babies! Each page features adorable photos of babies from all around the world, making for the perfect...

Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst - Hardcover

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by Robert M. Sapolsky (Author)The New York Times Bestseller"It's no exaggeration to say that Behave is one of the best nonfiction books I've ever read." --David P. Barash, The Wall Street Journal "It has my vote for science book of the year." --Parul Sehgal, The New York Times "Hands-down one of the best books I've read in years. I loved it." --Dina Temple-Raston, The Washington PostNamed a Best Book of the Year by The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal From the celebrated neurobiol...

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by Sojourner Truth (Author)A collection of Sojourner Truth's iconic words, including her famous speech at the 1851 Women's Rights Convention in Akron, Ohio A former slave and one of the most powerful orators of her time, Sojourner Truth fought for the equal rights of black women throughout her life. This selection of her impassioned speeches is accompanied by the words of other inspiring African-American female campaigners from the nineteenth century. Throughout history, some books have chang...

Bulfinch's Mythology: Stories of Gods and Heroes - Paperback

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by Thomas Bulfinch (Author)An easily understood reference guide to the deities of Greek and Roman mythology. Stories of Gods and Heroes, originally published in 1855, is the first of three works that make up Bulfinch's Mythology, by Thomas Bulfinch. A useful and concise guide to the gods and goddesses of Greek and Roman mythology, this text was used in history classrooms for over a century. Bulfinch's writing is an attempt to expand the enjoyment of classic literature for the common reader, e...

The Norse Myths: A Guide to the Gods and Heroes - Hardcover

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by Carolyne Larrington (Author) The Norse Myths presents the infamous Viking gods, from the mighty syr, led by Óðinn, and the mysterious Vanir, to Thor and the mythological cosmos they inhabit. Passages translated from Old Norse bring this legendary world to life, from the myths of creation to ragnarök, the prophesied end of the world at the hands of Loki's army of monsters and giants, and everything that comes in between: the long and problematic relationship between the gods and the giants...

How to Understand Your Relationships: A Practical Guide - Paperback

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by Meg-John Barker (Author), Alex Iantaffi (Author), Sophia Graham (Foreword by)'Profound and vulnerable. An essential gift for all of us that relate' - Anne Mauro What do we mean when we say 'relationship'?How do we separate our needs and desires from norms and expectations?How can we approach our relationships with mutuality, care and compassion? This down-to-earth guide is the ultimate companion for anybody who wants to examine their place in the world -- how we relate to ourselves, and ot...

His Name Is George Floyd (Pulitzer Prize Winner): One Man's Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice - Paperback

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by Robert Samuels (Author), Toluse Olorunnipa (Author)WINNER OF THE 2023 PULITZER PRIZE IN NONFICTIONWINNER OF THE DAYTON LITERARY PEACE PRIZEFINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD AND LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE; FINALIST FOR THE J. ANTHONY LUKAS PRIZE; A BCALA 2023 HONOR NONFICTION AWARD WINNER. A landmark biography by two prizewinning Washington Post reporters that reveals how systemic racism shaped George Floyd's life and legacy--from his family's roots in the tobacco fields of North Caro...