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When you're the target of snubbing or teasing at school, it's easy to feel like everyone else has a group of friends and you're the only odd one out. The reality is that gossip and rumors hurt everyone, and often, even the most popular girls feel alone. Making your way through junior high and high school isn't easy, and it definitely requires more than the right shoes and lip gloss. You'll need a cool head and the confidence to be yourself in the
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"History was crafted by the people who recorded it. And sometimes, those historians were biased against, didn't see, or couldn't even imagine anyone different from themselves. That means that history has often left out the stories of LGBTQIA+ people: men who loved men, women who loved women, people who loved without regard to gender, and people who lived outside gender boundaries. Historians have even censored the lives and loves of some of the world's...
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A gripping story of two brothers who lost their lives on the same night. It was a night we thought we'd never forget. It was graduation-and, like most teens, we were looking forward to celebrating with our friends. We knew it was the end of one chapter and the beginning of another. Some of us were heading off to college. Others were moving away. We had made some amazing friends and even better memories. While we were sitting around reminiscing and...
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"Teens deserve clear, accurate information about sex and consent. Real Talk About Sex and Consent is a complete guide for teen readers with essential information about setting boundaries, coercion, reciprocity, how the body and brain respond to trauma, and communication. With this comprehensive road map, teen readers will learn how to make sexual decisions that honor their sense of values and cultivate happy, healthy, and emotionally supportive relationships...
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Have you ever finished a book or TV series and wished for more? Created stories, art, or videos based on a game? Dressed up as your favorite character? If so, you've entered fandom. Fan writers expand and mix up stories, like sending the Star Trek crew to Hogwarts. Cosplayers sew Star Wars and Sailor Moon costumes, and fan filmmakers make music video tributes. Fans also enrich invented worlds with greater diversity, creating female and multiracial...
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Just My Type introduces readers to the history of personality profiling, ranging from ancient Chinese astrology, to Freud and Jung, to the modern-day Myers-Briggs and the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) assessments. Examine the world of online personality assessments through mini self-administered quizzes. Learn how to distinguish useful applications from biased typecasting.
7) Disabilities
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This volume explores real and perceived teen rights related to disabilities, including the impact of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and other legislation covering students and adults with disabilities. The definitions of the minimum levels of care, rights regarding community versus institution-based living, and students' rights to education regardless of disability are discussed.
8) Sociology
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Sociology, the study of human behavior in social groups, is a relatively recent discipline within the social sciences, which examine human behavior, culture, and society using scientific methodology in both research and analysis. This resource explains the rise of the social sciences, in particular sociology, charting the history of the discipline and its founders. The key principles and fundamental theories are examined in detail, and the contemporary...
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Since the rise of globalism in the post-Cold War era, neoliberalism and free trade have generally characterized politics in democratic nations. However, in recent years, nationalism has been on the rise in countries around the world, including the United States. Events like the Brexit referendum and the 2016 U.S. presidential election have brought the related issues of nationalism, nativism, and patriotism to the forefront, but much confusion exists...
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One of the tenets of democracy is that everyone has a voice in decision making and that the decisions made are what the majority wants. Many argue that wisdom of the crowd prevails in democracies, but are political decisions actually reached by a clear consensus, or does angry factionalism prevent this? Does irrational mob rule cause people to gang together and lash out against the opposition? Are the majority of citizens satisfied with the political...
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Gearlene has completed an associates of arts in education at Napa Valley College, Napa, California. Her bachelor and master's degrees in Criminology were earned at the University of West Georgia. After retirement, she is looking forward to obtaining a second master's in Criminal Psychology and penning more textbooks.
For over thirty years, she has worked as a private investigator licensed in six states and as a security advisor and armed guard...
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Robert Musil (1880 - 1942) fue un novelista y ensayista austrohúngaro, conocido por su obra maestra "El hombre sin atributos". Nació el 6 de noviembre de 1880 en Klagenfurt, Austria, durante la época de la monarquía austrohúngara. Musil, influido por las corrientes filosóficas y culturales de su tiempo, se destacó por su aguda observación de la sociedad y su profundo análisis psicológico. Su obra más famosa, "El hombre sin atributos", es...
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Junto a Franz Kafka, Marcel Proust y James Joyce, el autor austriaco Robert Musil forma parte del grupo de grandes prosistas del siglo XX. Entre sus obras, destaca la monumental "El Hombre sin Cualidades", así como "El Joven Törless", una suerte de autobiografía del autor. El texto "De la Estupidez" es un ensayo para una conferencia impartida en Viena en 1937, por invitación de la Federación Austriaca del Trabajo. Se trata de una aguda, perspicaz...
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Hamilton vs. Jefferson, Gates vs. Jobs, Bird vs. Johnson, and Coke vs. Pepsi are all examples of rivalries. What defines a rivalry and why do they develop? Do rivalries push people to perform better, or do they hurt progress? Examine these questions and learn about some of the biggest rivalries in politics, business, sports, and culture from throughout history--starting with the Founding Fathers themselves! Packed with fun facts and fascinating sidebars,...
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Celebrate the Power of Girls in This Book for Teens
"As Beyonce rightly declared, girls DO run the world." ?Vicki León, author of Uppity Women of Medieval Times
#1 New Release Teen & Young Adult Women's Biographies, Social Activists, and Sociology
You're a teenage girl and this is the time you're coming into your own. Girl empowerment is more accessible than you think. In The Book of Awesome Girls
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World history has been made by countless lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer individuals -- and you've never heard of many of them. Queer author and activist Sarah Prager delves deep into the lives of 23 people who fought, created, and loved on their own terms. From high-profile figures like Abraham Lincoln and Eleanor Roosevelt to the trailblazing gender-ambiguous Queen of Sweden and a bisexual blues singer who didn't make it into your...
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"I didn't hear the word transgender until I was eighteen, when a person I was dating came out as trans. My boyfriend came out as my girlfriend, and I thought, 'What . . . is that?' She said, 'I just don't think I'm a man.' And I said, 'Guess what? Neither do I.' And then the skies parted, and I understood who I was."—Katie Burgess, nonprofit director and community activist/organizer
Meet Katie, Hayden, Dean, Brooke, David, Julia, and Natasha.
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For hundreds of years, psychologists, researchers, and philosophers have studied what compels people to lie. From the little white lies that are told to spare someone's feelings, to the whoppers that are told to gain attention, telling lies is part of human behavior. The question remains--what drives people to lie? Packed with fun facts and fascinating sidebars, this full-color informational text examines contemporary issues and the topic of deception...
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