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Author
Publisher
University of Iowa Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Most agree that West Liberty is a special place. The first majority Hispanic town in Iowa, it has been covered by media giants such as Reuters, Telemundo, NBC, and ESPN. But Chuy Renteria and his friends grew up in the space between these news stories, where a more complicated West Liberty awaits, full of small-town joy and horrific violence. We Heard it When We Were Young tells the story of a young boy, first generation Mexican-American, who is...
Author
Publisher
Graywolf Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Drawing on a vast range of material, from critical theory to pop culture to the intimacies and plain exchanges of daily life, Maggie Nelson explores how we might think, experience, or talk about freedom in ways responsive to the conditions of our day"--
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
An edgy female police detective and an ambitious FBI special agent are at the heart of a ticking-clock investigation for a psychopathic serial killer. The bond they forge in this crucible sets the stage for high-stakes suspense. They have a chance to stop this elusive killer before he strikes again, but if they fail, one of their own will be next and the killer will go into hiding for another three years.
4) The giver
Author
Series
Giver quartet volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Living in a "perfect" world without social ills, a boy approaches the time when he will receive a life assignment from the Elders, but his selection leads him to a mysterious man known as the Giver, who reveals the dark secrets behind the utopian facade.
Author
Series
Publisher
Wesleyan University Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Acclaimed poet Shane McCrae's latest collection is a book about freedom told through stories of captivity. Historical persona poems and a prose memoir at the center of the book address the illusory freedom of both black and white Americans. In the book's three sequences, McCrae explores the role mass entertainment plays in oppression, confronts the myth that freedom can be based upon the power to dominate others, and, in poems about the mixed-race...
Author
Series
Key to all mythologies volume 1
Language
English
Description
"It's December 23, 1971, and heavy weather is forecast for Chicago. Russ Hildebrandt, the associate pastor of a liberal suburban church, is on the brink of breaking free of a marriage he finds joyless -- unless his wife, Marion, who has her own secret life, beats him to it. Their eldest child, Clem, is coming home from college on fire with moral absolutism, having taken an action that will shatter his father. Clem's sister, Becky, long the social...
Author
Publisher
Cato Institute
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Islam, the second largest religion in the world, has several authoritarian interpretations today that defy human freedom--by executing "apostates" or "blasphemers," imposing religious practices, or discriminating against women or minorities. In Why, as a Muslim, I Support Liberty, Mustafa Akyol offers a bold critique of this trouble, by frankly acknowledging its roots in the religious tradition.
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"In the vertiginous era of Trump and Marine le Pen, liberalism's status is challenged. There is a widespread fear that liberal values, long taken for granted, are now in danger -- not only from authoritarian countries abroad, but also from a loss of faith inside the liberal world. What happened? Why did liberalism lose the majority support it once enjoyed? And what is so precious about liberalism in the first place? In What Was Liberalism?, award-winning...
Author
Language
English
Description
Eric Metaxas offers a thrilling review of America's uniqueness, and a sobering reminder that America's greatness cannot continue unless people truly understand what their founding fathers meant for them to be. The book includes a stirring call-to-action for every American to understand the ideals behind the 'noble experiment in ordered liberty' that is America. It also paints a vivid picture of the tremendous fragility of that experiment and explains...
11) Moon
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books is an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Throughout her busy days, Moon wonders what it would be like to be wild and free until the day she meets a wolf and learns his "wolfy ways."--Provided by Publisher.
12) Young Fredle
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
Fredle, a young mouse cast out of his home, faces dangers and predators outside, makes some important discoveries and allies, and learns the meaning of freedom as he struggles to return home.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"____" is canceled." Chances are, you've heard this a lot lately. What might've once been a niche digital term has been legitimized in the discourse of presidents, politicians, and lawmakers. But what really is cancel culture? Blacklisting celebrities? Censorship? Until now, this has been the general consensus in the media. But it's time to raise the bar on our definition- to think of cancel culture less as scandal or suppression, and more as an essential...
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
An award-winning historian recounts the history of American liberty through the stories of twelve essential documents. Nationalism is inevitable: It supplies feelings of belonging, identity, and recognition. It binds us to our neighbors and tells us who we are. But increasingly-from the United States to India, from Russia to Burma-nationalism is being invoked for unworthy ends: to disdain minorities or to support despots. As a result, nationalism...
Author
Publisher
InterVarsity Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Society constantly tells us to follow our dreams and live our best lives. But contrary to what we've been told, the good life we crave is not accomplished through limitless possibilities or even hustle and hurry-it can only be found in the confines of God's loving limits. Inviting us to discover a better way, Ashley Hales shows us a spacious life filled with purpose, joy, and rest"--
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Series
Publisher
Editorial Océano de México
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
Español
Description
"La misión de descubrir nuestra vocación o el más profundo sentido de la tarea que tenemos en nuestra vida debería ser el cometido número uno de la familia y de la escuela, donde se nos debiera reforzar nuestro mundo interior para que podamos ir en busca de nuestras pasiones. Pero en un mundo que privilegia lo cognitivo y lo académico por sobre lo emocional o espiritual, se hace una tarea más difícil de lograr."Pilar Sordo ¿Existe la libertad?...
Author
Publisher
PublicAffairs
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
George Soros -- universally known for his philanthropy, progressive politics, and investment success--has been under sustained attack from the far right, nationalists, and anti-Semites in the United States and around the world because of his commitment to open society and liberal democracy. In this brilliant and spirited book, Soros brings together a vital collection of his writings, some never previously published. They deal with a wide range of...
Author
Publisher
Authors 4 Authors Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Oyza yearns for revolution -- an impossible dream with her lifetime prison sentence. Fueled by the destruction of her home and years of servitude, she reads the smuggled texts of the Ungoverned and dreams of a future that can never be. But the arrival of a new prisoner, Yars, reignites Oyza's courage. She finds herself capable of more than she ever imagined. To fight their way to their own freedom, they must fight for something bigger: freedom for...
20) On freedom
Author
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A brilliant exploration of freedom -- what it is, how it's been misunderstood, and why it's our only chance for survival-by the acclaimed Yale historian and author of the #1 New York Times bestseller On Tyranny"--‡cProvided by publisher.
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