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Freedom Is a Constant Struggle

Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement

by Angela Y. Davis ...

In this collection of essays, interviews, and speeches, the renowned activist examines today's issues—from Black Lives Matter to prison abolition and more.Activist and scholar Angela Y. Davis has been a tireless fighter against oppression for decades. Now, the iconic author of Women, Race, and Class offers her latest insights into the struggles against state violence and oppression throughout ... Read more

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In this collection of essays, interviews, and speeches, the renowned activist examines today's issues—from Black Lives Matter to prison abolition and more.Activist and scholar Angela Y. Davis has been a tireless fighter against oppression for decades. Now, the iconic author of Women, Race, and Class offers her latest insights into the struggles against state violence and oppression throughout
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Environmental Policy and Public Health

Integrating One Health, Sustainability, and Environmental Systems for Global Well-Being

by Barry L. Johnson, Maureen Y. Lichtveld ...

The fourth edition of this textbook integrates contemporary topics shaped by environmental and public health policy with foundational knowledge about key environmental health policies and threats affecting communities locally and globally. Divided into three parts, Part I explores One Health, highlighting the interconnected health of people, animals, plants, and ecosystems, vaccines and ... Read more

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The fourth edition of this textbook integrates contemporary topics shaped by environmental and public health policy with foundational knowledge about key environmental health policies and threats affecting communities locally and globally. Divided into three parts, Part I explores One Health, highlighting the interconnected health of people, animals, plants, and ecosystems, vaccines and
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Taco 'Bout Love

by Candice Y. Johnson ...

Series Book 1 - Taco Truck Romance
He needs a marriage of convenience. She can’t imagine anything more inconvenient…Paisley Bent is having a day. The dilapidated ice cream truck she dreams of converting to her dream taco truck is next to inoperable, and she can’t afford to fix it. The social media show she launched cooking tacos has been poached by her brother-in-law, and just when she thought things couldn’t get any worse, Paisley ... Read more

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He needs a marriage of convenience. She can’t imagine anything more inconvenient…Paisley Bent is having a day. The dilapidated ice cream truck she dreams of converting to her dream taco truck is next to inoperable, and she can’t afford to fix it. The social media show she launched cooking tacos has been poached by her brother-in-law, and just when she thought things couldn’t get any worse, Paisley
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The Unprivileged Americans

Racial Disproportionality and Disparity Experiences of African Americans in the United States and the Child Welfare System

by Harold E. Briggs, Kimberly Y. Huggins-Hoyt ...

Since time immemorial, various racial groups in the US have faced disproportionate burdens and inequalities. The Unprivileged Americans documents how the interconnectedness of institutions and ecological systems perpetuates race-based social disadvantages, especially affecting fragile Black/African American families. Resources, privileges, and influence remain out of reach for these families. The ... Read more

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Since time immemorial, various racial groups in the US have faced disproportionate burdens and inequalities. The Unprivileged Americans documents how the interconnectedness of institutions and ecological systems perpetuates race-based social disadvantages, especially affecting fragile Black/African American families. Resources, privileges, and influence remain out of reach for these families. The
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Asahi

Japanese-Canadian Baseball Heroes

by Carolyn Y. Nakagawa ...

Illustrated by Erica H. Isomura ...

Asahi: Japanese-Canadian Baseball Heroes tells the true story of the beloved Vancouver Asahi baseball team in a style suitable for a middle-grade audience. It shares the story of Japanese Canadians in a fresh, engaging way, particularly focussing on the lived experiences of individual Asahi athletes, how they were affected by racism against Japanese Canadians, and the relationship that developed ... Read more

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Asahi: Japanese-Canadian Baseball Heroes tells the true story of the beloved Vancouver Asahi baseball team in a style suitable for a middle-grade audience. It shares the story of Japanese Canadians in a fresh, engaging way, particularly focussing on the lived experiences of individual Asahi athletes, how they were affected by racism against Japanese Canadians, and the relationship that developed
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42 Short Stories Inspired by Internet Strangers

by Stephanie Y. Yang ...

A collection of short stories inspired by the WritingPrompts subreddit.In this compilation, you’ll explore the fantastical setting of Miralys, travel out-of-this-world to Sector Mu-7, and walk with superheroes through the gritty city of Ebonborough. Most of these speculative stories are humorous and lighthearted, and a few are more serious. From fox-spirit baristas to vampires donning superhero ... Read more

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A collection of short stories inspired by the WritingPrompts subreddit.In this compilation, you’ll explore the fantastical setting of Miralys, travel out-of-this-world to Sector Mu-7, and walk with superheroes through the gritty city of Ebonborough. Most of these speculative stories are humorous and lighthearted, and a few are more serious. From fox-spirit baristas to vampires donning superhero
... Read more
Are Prisons Obsolete?

by Angela Y. Davis ...

Series series Open Media Series
With her characteristic brilliance, grace and radical audacity, Angela Y. Davis has put the case for the latest abolition movement in American life: the abolition of the prison. As she quite correctly notes, American life is replete with abolition movements, and when they were engaged in these struggles, their chances of success seemed almost unthinkable. For generations of Americans, the ... Read more

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With her characteristic brilliance, grace and radical audacity, Angela Y. Davis has put the case for the latest abolition movement in American life: the abolition of the prison. As she quite correctly notes, American life is replete with abolition movements, and when they were engaged in these struggles, their chances of success seemed almost unthinkable. For generations of Americans, the
... Read more

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Daddy Was a Number Runner

A Novel

by Louise Meriwether, Nellie Y. McKay ...

This modern classic is "a tough, tender, bitter novel of a black girl struggling towards womanhood" in 1930s Harlem—with a foreword by James Baldwin ( Publishers Weekly).Depression-era Harlem is home for twelve-year-old Francie Coffin and her family, and it's both a place of refuge and the source of untold dangers for her and her poor, working class family. The beloved "daddy" of the title indeed ... Read more

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This modern classic is "a tough, tender, bitter novel of a black girl struggling towards womanhood" in 1930s Harlem—with a foreword by James Baldwin ( Publishers Weekly).Depression-era Harlem is home for twelve-year-old Francie Coffin and her family, and it's both a place of refuge and the source of untold dangers for her and her poor, working class family. The beloved "daddy" of the title indeed
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The Rediscovery of America

Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History

by Ned Blackhawk Y ...

Series series The Henry Roe Cloud Series on American Indians and Modernity
**A sweeping and overdue retelling of U.S. history that recognizes that Native Americans are essential to understanding the evolution of modern America“In accounts of American history, Indigenous peoples are often treated as largely incidental—either obstacles to be overcome or part of a narrative separate from the arc of nation-building. Blackhawk . . . [shows] that Native communities have, ... Read more

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**A sweeping and overdue retelling of U.S. history that recognizes that Native Americans are essential to understanding the evolution of modern America“In accounts of American history, Indigenous peoples are often treated as largely incidental—either obstacles to be overcome or part of a narrative separate from the arc of nation-building. Blackhawk . . . [shows] that Native communities have,
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Women, Race, & Class

by Angela Y. Davis ...

**From one of our most important scholars and civil rights activist icon, a powerful study of the women’s liberation movement and the tangled knot of oppression facing Black women.“Angela Davis is herself a woman of undeniable courage. She should be heard.”—**The New York TimesAngela Davis provides a powerful history of the social and political influence of whiteness and elitism in feminism, from ... Read more

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**From one of our most important scholars and civil rights activist icon, a powerful study of the women’s liberation movement and the tangled knot of oppression facing Black women.“Angela Davis is herself a woman of undeniable courage. She should be heard.”—**The New York TimesAngela Davis provides a powerful history of the social and political influence of whiteness and elitism in feminism, from
... Read more
Death Traps

The Survival of an American Armored Division in World War II

by Belton Y. Cooper ...

“An important contribution to the history of World War II . . . I have never before been able to learn so much about maintenance methods of an armored division, with precise details that underline the importance of the work, along with descriptions of how the job was done.”—Russell F. Weigley, author of Eisenhower’s Lieutenants“Cooper saw more of the war than most junior officers, and he writes ... Read more

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“An important contribution to the history of World War II . . . I have never before been able to learn so much about maintenance methods of an armored division, with precise details that underline the importance of the work, along with descriptions of how the job was done.”—Russell F. Weigley, author of Eisenhower’s Lieutenants“Cooper saw more of the war than most junior officers, and he writes
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Feisty Deeds : Historical Fictions of Daring Women

by Kimberly Sullivan, Elaine Aucoin Schroller, Carolyn Korsmeyer, Kay Smith-Blum, Christy Matheson, Joan Fernandez, Patty W. Warren, Beth Anne Hill, Della Leavitt, Kim Gottlieb-Walker, Marie W. Watts, Julia María Schiavone Camacho, Teri M. Brown, Raquel Y. Levitt, Nina Wachsman, Dawn W. Hogan, Ashley E. Sweeney, Julie Mayerson Brown, Barbara Buckley Ristine, Elisabeth Carson-Williams, Debra Borchert, Suzanne Samuels, Valerie Chalker ...

Series Book 1 - Feisty Deeds
Feisty women spanning six centuries ...The twenty-three stories in this collection depict ordinary women—from the 1470s to the 1970s—who meet life’s challenges with fierce determination.An unhappy housewife in 1950s California gathers the courage to escape an abusive marriage. When local men are shipped off to WWI, a young Yorkshire woman joins others to keep a munitions factory at peak operation. ... Read more

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Feisty women spanning six centuries ...The twenty-three stories in this collection depict ordinary women—from the 1470s to the 1970s—who meet life’s challenges with fierce determination.An unhappy housewife in 1950s California gathers the courage to escape an abusive marriage. When local men are shipped off to WWI, a young Yorkshire woman joins others to keep a munitions factory at peak operation.
... Read more

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