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Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
xiii, 192 pages ; 20 cm
Description
"The Intersectional Environmentalist examines the inextricable link between environmentalism, racism, and privilege, and promotes awareness of the fundamental truth that we cannot save the planet without uplifting the voices of its people--especially those most often unheard...Simultaneously a call to action, a guide to instigating change for all, and a pledge to work toward the empowerment of all people and the betterment of the planet. Thomas shows...
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Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
372 pages ; 25 cm
Description
"Confronted by the terrifying trends of the early twenty-first century - widening inequality, environmental destruction, and the immiseration of millions of workers around the world - many economists and business leaders still preach dogmas that lack evidence and create political catastrophe: Private markets are always more efficient than public ones; investment capital flows efficiently to necessary projects; massive inequality is the unavoidable...
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Pub. Date
2023
Physical Desc
vii, 201 pages ; 24 cm
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"The quest for social justice is a powerful crusade of our time, with an appeal to many different people, for many different reasons. But those who use the same words do not always present the same meanings. Clarifying those meanings is the first step toward finding out what we agree on and disagree on. From there, it is largely a question of what the facts are. Social Justice Fallacies reveals how many things that are thought to be true simply cannot...
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Pub. Date
2024.
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"When two wealthy white landowners are found dead, the whole country immediately thinks it must be Jerome Washington, the hired help, who killed them. He was standing over the bodies when the police responded to an anonymous call and the only one on the property at the time of death. As far as the state is concerned, it's an open and shut case. Jack Lee, born and raised in Freeman County, knows that every man deserves a solid defense and agrees to...
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Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
386 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Description
"From severe flooding in Louisiana to wildfires in the Pacific Northwest to melting permafrost in Alaska, catastrophic climate events are occurring more frequently--and severely--than ever. And these events are having a direct impact on the lives (and futures) of young people and their families. In the ongoing landmark case Juliana vs. United States, twenty-one young plaintiffs claim that the government's support of the fossil-fuel industry is actively...
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Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
vii, 358 pages ; 21 cm
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"There's a new invisible force at work in our economic and cultural lives. It affects every advertisement we see and every product we buy, from our morning coffee to a new pair of shoes. "Stakeholder capitalism" makes rosy promises of a better, more diverse, environmentally-friendly world, but in reality this ideology championed by America's business and political leaders robs us of our money, our voice, and our identity. Vivek Ramaswamy is a traitor...
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Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
Description
As Lola helps her mother at the family's hotel, she learns about compassion, social injustice, and how one voice can lead to change. Includes author's note on Dolores Huerta, a labor organizer who co-founded the National Farm Workers Association.
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Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
vi, 506 pages : map ; 24 cm
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"The first collection of writings from one of the foremost contemporary critical thinkers on racism, geography and incarceration."--
"Gathering together Ruth Wilson Gilmore's work from over three decades, Abolition Geography presents her singular contribution to the politics of abolition as theorist, researcher, and organizer, offering scholars and activists ways of seeing and doing to help navigate our turbulent present. Abolition Geography moves...
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Series
Saga (Brian K. Vaughan) volume 10
Pub. Date
2022
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations ; 26 cm
Description
At long last, Hazel and her star-crossed family are finally back, and they've made some new...friends? This collection features the latest six chapters of the most epic adventure in comics, including the series' double-sized first issue back from hiatus. Collects SAGA #55-60.
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Pub. Date
2023.
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"The attack on the Capitol building following the 2020 election was an extraordinarily large and brazen crime. Conspiracies were formed on social media in full public view, the law-breakers paraded on national television with undisguised faces, and with outgoing President Donald Trump openly cheering them on. The basic concept of law enforcement--investigators find criminals and serve justice--quickly breaks down in the face of such an event. The...
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Series
Saga (Brian K. Vaughan) volume 11
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
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"While Hazel and her family fight for scraps to survive, the rich and powerful race to forge new allegiances in the universe's never-ending war. Romeo & Juliet meets Star Wars in this genre-blending, sci-fi/fantasy space opera about star-crossed lovers from enemy worlds. An epic for mature readers, SAGA follows new parents Marko and Alana as they risk everything to raise their child amidst a never-ending galactic war."--Amazon.
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Bull Mountain volume 4
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
324 pages ; 25 cm.
Description
"In McFalls County, local crime boss Gareth Burroughs runs everything on the mountain. And Nelson "Nails" McKenna has been his enforcer since he was a teenager, though his heart's not really in the dirty work. Then one night in a local roadhouse, Nails goes too far, defending a woman, and even Burroughs's reach can't get him out of this one. With a dead body and countless witnesses, Nails and the woman become fugitives on the run, and unlikely partners....
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Pub. Date
2024
Physical Desc
xv, 375 pages ; 23 cm
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"A dominant, human-centered worldview has brought us to the brink of social, ecological, and climate collapse. Braiding poetic storytelling, deep cultural and climate justice analyses, and knowledge of Earth-centered cultures, The Story is in Our Bones opens a portal to restoration and justice beyond the end of a world"--Provided by publisher.
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[2016]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
DVD-R. A Native American convicted of manslaughter, Joey Chilko, escapes prison so he can climb to the top of Mount Shasta, where his gods will protect and forgive him. Dispatched to California to bring him back, New York detective Frank Bryant locks horns with Eli Cooper, a local sheriff who wants to handle the capture himself. Their differences are soon put aside, however, when a storm moves in and Chilko takes Cooper's son prisoner, forcing the...
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Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations ; 27 cm
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Jaime Reyes apenas da abasto. Cuando no son sus exámenes finales del último curso, es un nuevo villano que destroza El Paso, y Jaime siempre debe debatirse entre dos mundos. Pero cuando sus mundos impactan entre sí en su graduación de la preparatoria, nada volverá a ser igual. Un mensaje de los Reach bombardea al escarabajo de Jaime, Khaj Da, y comienza a dificultar su conexión con el dispositivo. Y por si eso fuera poco, ¡sus padres lo env̕an...
16) Born to hang
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Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
400 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Description
"Jeremiah Halstead knew it would be hard to uphold the law in a buckwild boomtown like Silver Cloud, Montana. He also knew it would be easy to make some dangerous enemies. But he never counted on a foe as flat-out evil as Ed Zimmerman. This cold, conniving cutthroat may be awaiting trial, but the outlaw bounty he placed on Halstead's head is still in effect. Warrants have been issued for Halstead's arrest -- and even his once-close friends are looking...
17) Unnatural death
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Series
Kay Scarpetta mysteries volume 27
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"Chief medical examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta finds herself in a Northern Virginia wilderness examining the remains of two campers wanted by federal law enforcement. The victims have been savaged beyond recognition, and other evidence is terrifying and baffling, including a larger-than-life footprint. After one of the most frightening body retrievals of her career, Scarpetta must discover who would commit murders this savage, and why."--
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Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
ix, 313 pages ; 24 cm
Description
"In Inside Knowledge incarcerated people step forth as the primary witnesses and documentarians of the American prison's historical and ongoing defeat of the four cardinal rationales for the legal caging of human beings: rehabilitations, deterrence, containment, and retribution"--
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