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Author
Publisher
A New Dream Publishers
Pub. Date
[2019].
Language
English
Description
There was every reason to hope the struggle for civil rights would bring about greater freedom and independence for blacks in America. Yet today, we find that many black leaders have forgotten what inspired that struggle. Many of these leaders urge black Americans to look for inspiration from government and political agendas that undermine the moral fabric of the Church -- the same Church that guided the civil rights movement! Abortion, same-sex marriage,...
Author
Publisher
ECW Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Professional hockey enforcers{u2014}popularly known as "goons"{u2014}finally get their due in this rollicking look at the players who have perfected the art of making mayhem. Whether they are called upon to duke it out with a fellow troublemaker or intimidate an opponent{u2019}s top scorer, these are the men who get the crowds to their feet, the sports radio shows buzzing, and the TV audience spilling their beers in excitement. Old timers like Joe...
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Girls and women have historically been denied access to work, been blocked from the arts, refused the opportunity to lead and fight, and much more, simply because of their gender. From Hatshepsut to Joan of Arc to Frida Kahlo, Troublemakers in Trousers highlights twenty-one women who, for different reasons, wore men’s clothing, pretended to be men, and broke the rules in order to do something they wanted—or needed—to do. The perfect modern-day...
Author
Publisher
ECCO
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"From National Jewish Book Award Winner and author of Israel, a bold reevaluation of the tensions between American and Israeli Jews that reimagines the past, present, and future of Jewish life. Relations between the American Jewish community and Israel are at an all-time nadir. Since Israel's founding seventy years ago, particularly as memory of the Holocaust and of Israel's early vulnerability has receded, the divide has grown only wider. Most explanations...
Author
Publisher
Scout Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"A compulsively readable novel in the vein of The Bonfire of the Vanities-by way of The Nest-about what Washington, DC's high society members do away from the Capitol building and behind the closed doors of their suburban mansions"--
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"With its revolutionary approach to lifespan development, this book gives you the practical tools to grow older with the wisdom, maturity, and understanding so desperately needed in today's world." "Whether you are a retired person, someone in midlife, or a younger person with an older loved one, the authors show you how to turn "age-ing" into "sage-ing," a process that brings more adventure, passion, mystery, and meaning into your life. Using contemplative...
31) Conquering your quarterlife crisis: advice from twentysomethings who have been there and survived
Author
Publisher
Berkeley Pub. Group
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Author
Publisher
The Culture Works Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
A breakthrough new online assessment to diagnose what will make you happiest and most productive at work. The assessment identifies your top motivators and the book provides a step-by-step guide to tailor your work to better fit your core motivations and boost your happiness and success in your career.
Author
Publisher
Crown
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"An urgent exploration of men's entitlement and how it serves to police and punish women, from the acclaimed author of Down Girl, which Rebecca Traister called "jaw-droppingly brilliant." In this bold and stylish critique, Cornell philosopher Kate Manne offers a radical new framework for understanding misogyny. Ranging widely across the culture, from the Kavanaugh hearings and "Cat Person" to Harvey Weinstein and Elizabeth Warren, Manne shows how...
Author
Publisher
Hudson Street Press
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
More than one thousand extraordinary Americans share their stories and the wisdom they have gained on living, loving, and finding happiness. Pillemer interviewed people over the age of sixty-five to seek their counsel on all the big issues-- children, marriage, money, career, aging-- and found that he consistently heard advice that pointed to these thirty lessons for living.
Author
Publisher
Baker Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Close to 60 percent of young people who went to church as teens drop out after high school. Now the bestselling author of unChristian trains his researcher's eye on these young believers. Where Kinnaman's first book unChristian showed the world what outsiders aged 16-29 think of Christianity, You Lost Me shows why younger Christians aged 16-29 are leaving the church and rethinking their faith.
40) Farmland
Publisher
Freestyle Digital Media LLC
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
An in-depth documentary covering multiple personal stories of young US farmers and ranchers. Most Americans have never stepped foot on a working farm or ranch or ever had the opportunity to talk to the people who grow and raise the food we eat.
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