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"From suffragettes to scientists, activists to artists, politicians to pilots and writers to riot grrrls, a celebration of 52 influential and inspiring women who have profoundly changed the world through their lives, works and actions, reveals who they each have paved the way for gender equality in their own indomitable way"--NoveList.
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Benjamin Franklin was born when America was young. As a young man, he had many new ideas. When he had a new idea, he put it into action. He liked inventing things, too. Later in life, he became known as a great writer. Come follow the busy life of Benjamin Franklin-a thinker, an inventor, and a true American leader.
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"It's a memoir that traverses five continents and spans two centuries. Author Boon explores archives, family stories, and her own memories in a search for origins, belonging, and home. Her journey is interwoven with reflections on the meaning of music, love, legacy, freedom, memory, ruin, and the relevance of our past to understanding our present."--
"Author Sonja Boon's heritage is complicated. Although she has lived in Canada for more than thirty...
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"Winner of the 2012 Distinguished Scholarly Publication Award, History of Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association" Lawrence A. Scaff is professor of political science and sociology at Wayne State University. He is the author of Fleeing the Iron Cage: Culture, Politics, and Modernity in the Thought of Max Weber.
Max Weber, widely considered a founder of sociology and the modern social sciences, visited the United States in 1904...
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Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be an anthropologist? There is a certain mystery about the profession, since anthropologists often travel to out-of-the-way parts of the world that might be considered exotic, dangerous, or otherwise mysterious to most people. Of course, there are many misconceptions, such as the view of the anthropologist in khaki-coloured shorts, wearing a pith hat and accompanied by a string of baggage carriers trailing...
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We all grieve. From the moment we are born into this cold, loud, bright world, we experience change and loss that can often threaten to overwhelm us, but — when managed well — can help mould us into our strongest, most powerful selves.
Grief is not only about death: it is part of our everyday lives. We are all grieving something. We grieve when our life changes — when meaningful relationships end, when we move house, change schools or jobs,...
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"Winner of the History of Sociology and Social Thought Book Award, American Sociological Association" Matteo Bortolini is associate professor of sociology at the University of Padua in Italy. He is the coauthor of Italian Sociology, 1945–2010: An Intellectual and Institutional Profile and the editor of The Anthem Companion to Robert N. Bellah. He lives in Bologna, Italy.
The brilliant but turbulent life of a public intellectual who transformed...
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Gunnar Myrdal's An American Dilemma (1944) influenced the attitudes of a generation of Americans on the race issue and established Myrdal as a major critic of American politics and culture. Walter Jackson explores how the Swedish Social Democratic scholar, policymaker, and activist came to shape a consensus on one of America's most explosive public issues.
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Dorothy Garrod opened many doors; not only was she the first female professor at Cambridge University, but she illuminated - and in some cases initiated - some of prehistoric archaeology's most central issues. The quiet yet self possessed woman was best known as a fieldworker, often venturing into dangerous regions such as Kurdistan. Her first and highly successful excavation revealed fragments of Neanderthal fossils in Gibralter. This volume reviews...
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Un libro que presenta la diversidad y la inmensa cultura de nuestro país. A través de historias y leyendas, la autora nos va llevando en un viaje por la cultura de Colombia, y le presenta a sus lectores, a través de bellas imágenes y de historias atrapantes, las leyendas curiosas colombianas.
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A Triumphant Story of Faith, Perseverance, and Resilience
A late-night knock on the door from the immigration authorities changed the trajectory of this teenager's life and forced her to escape from her Caribbean Island in search of freedom and safety in America.
This heart-wrenching, true account chronicles Veronica Lynch's experiences as an undocumented immigrant. Labeled an illegal alien and feeling unwelcome and invisible, she navigates through...
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Who were the Renaissance scientists and philosophers? In The Renaissance Thinkers with History Projects for Kids, kids ages 10 through 15 meet five famous Renaissance thinkers, including Filippo Brunelleschi, Machiavelli, Copernicus, Thomas More, and Francis Bacon while engaging in hands-on STEAM activities that incorporate the scientific method and the engineer design process to build critical and creative thinking skills. Discover the brilliant...
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"Accomplished young journalist Ian Frisch, whose writing has appeared in The New Yorker, Vice, Playboy and The New York Times, threads together a personal story of the sudden death of his father, his mother's escape to the poker tables, and how his fascination with the modern magicians and their swift resurgence in popular culture led him to discover The 52, magic's most brilliant young minds who are gathering in secret and revolutionizing the art...
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This "brilliantly comprehensive study" explores the influential thinker's contributions to psychology, philosophy and more-"academic biography at its best" (Kirkus, starred review).
Erich Fromm was a political activist, psychologist, psychoanalyst, philosopher, and one of the most important intellectuals of the twentieth century. Known for his theories of personality and political insight, Fromm dissected the sadomasochistic appeal of populist...
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Este libro reúne algunas de las reflexiones, lecturas y experiencias que vinculan a distintos y distintas colegas, pertenecientes a distintas generaciones, con Elizabeth Jelin y su obra. Sus páginas traman una variedad de perspectivas y contrapuntos que evocan su influencia a lo largo de más de seis décadas en los modos de pensar y de llevar adelante el trabajo de investigación en ciencias sociales. El resultado es un ensamble narrativo que se...
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This book is for anyone who has a passion for New Mexico letters, the American Southwest or the life and work of Jesse Nusbaum, one of America's leading archaeologists-a man who was lauded by "Life Magazine" with a cover story when he brought Mesa Verde out of the mire of time to make it living history. Nusbaum fought to preserve the integrity of a large section of southwestern America which otherwise would have been lost.
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From a mother whose children were taken from her at the U.S. border by the American government in 2018 and another mother who helped reunite the family, a crucial, searing story about the immigration odyssey, family separation and reunification, and the power of individuals to band together to overcome even the most cruel and unjust circumstances.
A searing tale of the human lives behind the Trump administration-made immigration crisis, written by...
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