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421) The truths we hold
Author
Publisher
Penguin Audio
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
Unabridged.
Language
English
Description
From one of America's most inspiring political leaders, an audiobook about the core truths that unite Americans, and the long struggle to discern what those truths are and how best to act upon them. By reckoning with the big challenges we face together, drawing on the hard-won wisdom and insight from her own career and the work of those who have most inspired her, Kamala Harris offers in this audiobook a master class in problem solving, in crisis...
Author
Publisher
Indie Author Project
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
“Words are powerful,” Grandma told Justice. “They can be used in powerful ways to do good or to do harm. That’s why it’s important to always be careful with your words.”
Justice has grown up witnessing the many ways her grandma serves the community. She wants to make a difference in the world, too, but how? Isn’t she too young?
Through conversations with her grandma and their shared love of books, Justice learns about important women...
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"A riveting popular history of Los Angeles's bloody beginnings. 'Los Angeles is a terrible place for murders,' declared the Daily Alta California in 1850. The county suffered more than two hundred killings between 1850 and 1859, with many bodies borne down Eternity Street on the way to Cavalry Cemetery. Yale historian John Mack Faragher delves into the birth of the City of Angels to deliver a rich portrait of its rise. From its modest origins as a...
Author
Publisher
Threshold Editions
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Bernard Kerik was New York City's police commissioner during the 9/11 attacks, who became an American hero as he led the NYPD through rescue and recovery efforts of the World Trade Center. His résumé as a public servant is long and storied, and includes honors from President Ronald Reagan, Queen Elizabeth II, and the NYPD's Medal for Valor for saving his partner in a gun battle. In 2004, Kerik was nominated by President George W. Bush to head the...
Author
Publisher
Vintage Español
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1. ed. Vintage Español.
Language
Español
Description
New Year's Eve, 1975: Arturo Belano and Ulises Lima, founders of the visceral realist movement in poetry, leave Mexico City in a borrowed white Impala. Their quest: to track down the obscure, vanished poet Cesarea Tinajero. A violent showdown in the Sonora desert turns search to flight; twenty years later Belano and Lima are still on the run.
La novela narra la búsqueda de la poetisa mexicana Cesárea Tinajero, por parte de dos jóvenes poetas...
427) The Reckoning
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Late in the 20th century, in response to repeated mass atrocities that convulsed the world, more than 120 countries united to form the International Criminal Court (ICC)—the first permanent, independent (treaty based) international criminal court created to prosecute perpetrators (no matter how powerful) of crimes against humanity, war crimes, and genocide. The Reckoning: The Battle for the International Criminal Court follows dynamic ICC Prosecutor...
Author
Publisher
Zonderkidz
Pub. Date
2022
Edition
Unabridged, Young Reader's
Language
English
Description
Racism and social justice are important topics kids are dealing with today. In this adaptation of How to Fight Racism for young readers ages 8-12, Dr. Jemar Tisby helps kids understand how everyday prejudice affects them and what they can do to create social change. Inside, he explains the history of racism in America and why it is so prevalent, as well as uses Christian principles to provide practical tools and advice kids can use to develop and...
Author
Publisher
PublicAffairs
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"When Nazis looked to flee Europe with stolen art, gems, and gold in tow, certain "neutral" countries were all too willing to assist them. By the end of January 1945, it was clear to Germany that the war was lost. The Third Reich was in freefall, and its leaders, apart from those clustered around Hitler in his Berlin bunker, sought to abscond before they were besieged. But they wanted to take their wealth with them. Their escape routes were diverse:...
430) Play the game
Author
Language
English
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Description
"From debut author Charlene Allen comes a captivating YA contemporary mystery and coming-of-age story, celebrating the power of friendship, first love, and exploring the criminal justice system from the lens of restorative justice. Perfect for fans of Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, and Maureen Johnson. In the game of life, sometimes other people hold all the controls. Or so it seems to VZ. Four months have passed since his best friend Ed was killed...
Author
Publisher
Recorded Books, Inc.
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
Generations of American history students have grown up believing that enslaved people accepted their lot and became attached to their enslavers, that rebellion was rare, and that liberation from slavery happened thanks to the enslavers.
Celebrated historian and children's book author, William Loren Katz offers a thoroughly researched look at the lives of enslaved people in the United States in Breaking the Chains. From their African abductions...
432) The age of grievance
Author
Publisher
Avid Reader Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First Avid Reader Press hardcover edition.
Language
English
Description
"From bestselling author and longtime New York Times columnist Frank Bruni comes a lucid, powerful examination of the ways in which grievance has come to define our current culture and politics, on both the right and left"--
433) Disloyal: a memoir : the true story of the former personal attorney to President Donald J. Trump
Author
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Mr. Cohen's account of being on the inside of Donald J Trump's world.
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2009]
Edition
Standard version.
Language
Español
Description
Nosotros los pobres: Esta historia narra la vida de un humilde carpintero (Pepe el Toro) que injustamente es acusado de un crimen. En la cárcel se encuentra con el verdadero culpable del asesinato que le impugnan y logra demostrar su inocencia. = We, the poor: Pepe el Toro is a humble carpenter who lives peacefully with his paralized mother, his daughter, and his girlfriend. They all join together to fight injustice after Pepe is wrongfully accused...
435) The Redeemer
Author
Series
Detective Harry Hole volume 6
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Formats
Description
As Christmas approaches, Detective Harry Hole investigates the murder of a Salvation Army singer, who turns out to have been shot by mistake.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2014.
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Language
English
Description
Deputy U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens confronts the Crowes, a deadly, lawless family from Florida intent on settling in Harlan with new criminal enterprises in mind. Meanwhile, Boyd Crowder struggles to free his imprisoned fiancee Ava as he partners with the Dixie Mafia's Wynn Duffy.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2013
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Language
English
Description
In Season 4, Raylan will start to pick at the thread of a cold case over 30 years in the making, unraveling a riddle that echoes all the way back to his boyhood and his criminal father's bad dealings. Meanwhile Boyd Crowder finds his grip on Harlan loosening due to a Pentecostal preacher with a penchant for theatrics and a knack for manipulation to rival his own.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Why? distills the conversations many children and adults are having about race, injustice, and anger in communities throughout our country, and gives them context that young readers can connect with. Heartfelt and deeply piercing illustrations from Shane W. Evans will leave a lasting impact on readers of any age. One that will hopefully lead to more conversations, change, and peace within our own communities and the world."--
439) Nice white ladies: the truth about white supremacy, our role in it, and how we can help dismantle it
Author
Publisher
Seal Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"In Nice White Ladies Jessie Daniels addresses white women's complicity in racial discrimination in the US, but also in their unique potential to resist and dismantle the white nationalism that threatens us all. Daniels is a white woman seeking to call onfellow white women to think together and act rather than simply call out and criticize. Ultimately, she shows how white women can be more than allies, but trusted accomplices in a shared mission to...
440) Till
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Till is a profoundly emotional and cinematic film about the true story of Mamie Till Mobley's relentless pursuit of justice for her 14-year-old son, Emmett Till, who, in 1955, was lynched while visiting his cousins in Mississippi. In Mamie's poignant journey of grief turned to action, we see the universal power of a mother's ability to change the world.
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