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"A current, constructive, and actionable exploration of today's racial landscape, offering straightforward clarity that readers of all races need to contribute to the dismantling of the racial divide. In So You Want to Talk About Race, Editor at Large of The Establishment, Ijeoma Oluo offers a contemporary, accessible take on the racial landscape in America, addressing head-on such issues as privilege, police brutality, intersectionality, micro-aggressions,...
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Free Press
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
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Citing a rise in such factors as cosmetic surgery, status-related debt, and misrepresented Facebook profiles, a cautionary report on the increase of unhealthy ego-related behaviors examines its actual cost to families, organizations, and societies.
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Verso
Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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"Tens of millions of people poured onto the streets for Black Lives Matter, bringing with them a wholly new idea of public safety, common security, and the delivery of justice, communicating that vision in the fiery vernacular of riot, rebellion, and protest. A World Without Police transcribes these new ideas--written in slogans and chants, over occupied bridges and hastily assembled barricades--into a compelling, must-read manifesto for police abolition....
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Blue Mountain Press
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
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This book is an exceptional guide to help teens get safely through the journey. Much-loved for its mix of heartfelt thoughts and positive messages. Now in an expanded, redesigned version, it is a better-than-ever source that caring and concerned parents who want to share some solid advice on how to both survive and thrive in the teenage years can rely on.
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Publisher
New Press
Pub. Date
©2003
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English
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Draws from interviews with forty teenagers in New York City, the San Francisco Bay Area, and Providence, Rhode Island, to show what high school students, including ESL learners, need from their teachers; discusses familiarity, respect, trust, motivation, high expectations, discipline, and other related topics.
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Wellspring Media
Pub. Date
[2004], c1999
Language
English
Description
This is the story of an Indian family living in the suburbs of New Jersey. Anju is a widow who believes in tradition and is reluctant to accept the mores of American society. Her main goal is to see that her two children get married to respectable Indian partners. Raj is the "good son", engaged to a devoted and traditional Indian girl. While Nina is the wild child, rebelling against her mother and all Indian customs. Both of the childrens' lives are...
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Lioncrest Publishing
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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"In Culture Hacks, Richard Conrad draws on his twenty-five years of experience living and working in Asia to explain the different ways Americans, Chinese, and Japanese think, reason, and interpret the world. He'll equip you to successfully navigate unfamiliar territory by offering best practices for interactions and recommendations to grow your cross-cultural understanding"--
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Portfolio/Penguin, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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"A visual exploration of how to embrace emotion at work and become more authentic and fulfilled while staying professional. When it comes to emotions at work, there's rarely a happy medium. In some offices, your boss might send snaps of her weekend getaway in Vegas, or your coworker might send twenty texts about how Susan ate his clearly labeled lunch...again. Other offices are buttoned-up emotional deserts, where crying is only allowed in the bathroom...
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