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Author
Publisher
Sentinel
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
xvi, 269 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"From Notre Dame professor and author of Why Liberalism Failed comes a provocative call for replacing the tyranny of the self-serving liberal elite with conservative leaders aligned with the interests of the working class. Classical liberalism promised to overthrow the old aristocracy, creating an order in which individuals could create their own identities and futures. To some extent it did-but it has also demolished the traditions and institutions...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 8.4 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
127 pages : color iillustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"The LGBTQ+ community is so much more than rainbow flags and the month of June. In this beautifully designed dynamic book, young readers will learn about groundbreaking events, including historic pushes for equality and the legalization of same-sex marriages across the world. They will dive into the phenomenal history of queer icons from ancient times to the present and read about Harvey Milk, Marsha P. Johnson, Audre Lorde, and more. Including several...
Publisher
Wednesday Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
xiv, 201 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
In How I Resist, readers will find hope and support through voices that are at turns personal, funny, irreverent, and instructive. Not just for a young adult audience, this incredibly impactful collection will appeal to readers of all ages who are feeling adrift and looking for guidance.
Publisher
Screen Media Films
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (91 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Academy Award-winning director Barry Levinson sets out to explore the collision and collusion at the intersection between politics and Hollywood. Gives the viewer a front row seat and backroom access to the most significant presidential campaign of the 21st century. Features interviews with high-profile celebrities and powerful political figures. Engaging and powerful, Poliwood gives insider access to the influence Hollywood has over today's political...
Author
Publisher
The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
pages cm
Language
English
Description
"Young people have the potential to educate and inspire their communities, if only adults will listen to them. Felton Earls and Mary Carlson have spent decades listening to children and encouraging them to use their voices for social change"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Cherry Lake Publishing
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Learn all about LGBTQ+ activism, from gender-neutral bathrooms to legalizing same-sex marriage. Get a global look at the history of the movement, meet the activists involved, and celebrate some of the legal victories! Each chapters end with a call to action, so kids can feel inspired to get involved in their own communities. This high-interest book is written at a lower reading level for struggling readers. Considerate text and engaging art and...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
At long last, Mary Beard addresses in one brave book the misogynists and trolls who mercilessly attack and demean women the world over, including, very often, Mary herself. In Women & Power, she traces the origins of this misogyny to its ancient roots, examining the pitfalls of gender and the ways that history has mistreated strong women since time immemorial. As far back as Homer’s Odyssey, Beard shows, women have been prohibited from leadership...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
304 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
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Description
It’s often said that China is in a cold war with America. The reality is far worse: the war is hot, and the body count is one-sided.
China is killing Americans and working aggressively to maximize the carnage while our leaders remain passive and, in some cases, compliant. Why?
If anyone could crack the code, it’s the renowned nonpartisan investigator Peter Schweizer. Schweizer’s previous three number one New York Times bestsellers sent shock...
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the year 2018, it seems as if women’s anger has suddenly erupted into the public conversation. But long before Pantsuit Nation, before the Women’s March, and before the #MeToo movement, women’s anger was not only politically catalytic — but politically problematic. The story of female fury and its cultural significance demonstrates the long history of bitter resentment that has enshrouded women’s slow rise to political power in America,...
12) Spotted Tail
Author
Publisher
Reycraft Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
48 pages : color illustrations ; 24 x 30 cm
Language
English
Description
This biography of Spotted Tail traces the life of the famous Lakota leader who expertly guided his people through a pivotal and tumultuous time in their nation's history as they fought and then negotiated with the U.S. government. Spotted Tail is remembered for his unique leadership style and deep love for his people. Today, a university is named in his honor.
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 7
Physical Desc
238 pages, 10 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Examines America's first ladies and how they helped advance women's rights, political causes and other important progressive changes.
Author
Publisher
Kokila, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
202 pages : map ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Based on the adult bestseller by Ibram X. Kendi, and co-authored by bestselling author Nic Stone, How to be a (Young) Antiracist will serve as a guide for teens seeking a way forward in acknowledging, identifying, and dismantling racism and injustice"--
Author
Publisher
Sentinel
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
xvi, 240 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"For years, �emigr�es from the former Soviet bloc have been telling Rod Dreher they see telltale signs of 'soft' totalitarianism cropping up in America: ... identity politics are beginning to encroach on every aspect of life; civil liberties are increasingly seen as a threat to safety; progressives marginalize conservative, traditional Christians and other dissenters; technology and consumerism hastens the possibility of a corporate surveillance...
Author
Publisher
Threshold Editions
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
viii, 244 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In modern America, the civil society is being steadily devoured by a ubiquitous federal government. But as the government grows into an increasingly authoritarian and centralized federal Leviathan, many parents continue to tolerate, if not enthusiastically champion, grievous public policies that threaten their children and successive generations with a grim future at the hands of a brazenly expanding and imploding entitlement state poised to burden...
Author
Publisher
Yale University Press
Pub. Date
1920
Physical Desc
x, 215 p. : ill., ports. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
The Chronicles of America series is dedicated to presenting the main facts surrounding American history and the interesting historical stories behind civilization in America. In the present work, the Agrarian Crusade is a chronicle of the farmer in politics, which is an attempt to sketch the course and to reproduce the spirit of the agrarian crusade from its inception with the Granger movement, through the Greenback and Populist phases, to a climax...
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (88 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Russian
Description
Tells the story of three members of the Russian punk rock, feminist art collective Pussy Riot who face seven years in prison for a satirical performance in a Moscow cathedral.
Author
Publisher
Hill and Wang
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
viii, 214 p. : chiefly ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
n 1962 at a United Auto Workers ́camp in Michigan, Students for a Democratic Society held its historic convention and prepared the famous Port Huron Statement, drafted by Tom Hayden. This statement, criticizing the U.S. governmentś failure to pursue international peace or address domestic inequality, became the organizationś manifesto. Its last convention was held in 1969 in Chicago, where, collapsing under the weight of its notoriety and popularity,...
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
xiii, 218 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"In the vein of Notorious RBG, fifteen writers explore the multiple meanings of a young Latina politician who has already made history. From the moment Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez beat a ten-term incumbent in the primary election for New York's 14th, her journey to the national, if not world, stage, was fast-tracked. Six months later, as the youngest Congresswoman ever elected, AOC became one of a handful of Latina politicians in Washington, D.C. Just...
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