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This manual covers basic to advanced level techniques for combative use of a semi automatic rifle. While some fundamentals of marksmanship are included, the emphasis is on practical applications ranging from civilian self defense through to two-man teams and close protection operations. The manual complements others by the same author that deal with pistol skills and personal security detail operations.
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From "one of the most interesting sociologists of his generation" and a former cop, the story of three departments and their struggle to change aggressive police culture and achieve what Americans want: fair, humane, and effective policing.
What should we do about the police? After the murder of George Floyd, there's no institution more controversial: only 14 percent of Americans believe that "policing works pretty well as it is" (CNN, April 27,...
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Blurb: Echoes of Equality - A Journey Through Social JusticeIn the eloquent tapestry of "Echoes of Equality," [Author's Name] masterfully navigates the tumultuous landscapes of social justice, inviting readers on an immersive journey that transcends boundaries and challenges the status quo. This compelling exploration delves into the heart of human rights, racial equity, and gender equality, weaving together narratives that echo the collective yearning...
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Están entre nosotros y no salen de noche a vivir de la sangre ajena. Puede ser su jeje, un amigo o su cónyuge. Son personas tóxicas y manipuladoras que absorben su fuerza vital y le dejan emocionalmente exhausto y vacio.Estas personas son agotadoras, porque cada vez que interactúas con ellos, la experiencia resulta extresante. Algunos con solo hablar sin parar, pueden causar agonía emocional en su interlocutor.Estos personajes, aparentemente...
5) Jet Set
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Gossip Girl meets Cinderella in this boarding school story from bestselling authors Carrie Karasyov and Jill Kargman, star of the Bravo series Odd Mom Out.
Lucy Peterson is on scholarship at a Swiss boarding school, but she doesn't quite fit in at a place where caviar is served at every meal and royals lurk around every corner. She's just an average American teen and Ivy-League-bound hopeful who wants to kick some academic and tennis butt.
But before...
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En las primeras y fascinantes páginas de esta historia, Jana Leo rememora cada instante del momento en el que un hombre entró en su apartamento de Harlem y la violó. Tras llamar a la policía, que mostró un absoluto desinterés por los hechos, y contactar con su seguro médico, que la abroncó por lo ocurrido, la artista se dio cuenta de que la violencia no acababa con la violación. Preocupada por la posibilidad de que el violador regresase,...
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At any given moment gun violence has claimed the lives of innocent people. Whether it be a massacre or single shooting, they are all devastating losses due to illegal gun possession. Contained within these pages are inspirational stories of survival, advocacy and action shared by those who were suddenly affected by the loss of a loved one to heal themselves, other survivors, our society, implement sensible gun legislation for a better future. These...
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Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
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[2024]
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Publisher Annotation: From award-winning author Mindy McGinnis comes a mesmerizing YA psychological mystery following a teen girl who is grappling with the death of her brother as she starts a new job in the caverns of Ohio-only to become the number one suspect in her coworker's murder. Perfect for fans of Courtney Summers and Kathleen Glasgow.
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Fashion and beauty are hot topics all over the world. In some parts of the world, people are free to dress and look as they please and in other parts of the world, dressing and lifestyle is regulated. Dressing is a personal activity, yet attracts public interest, it is a personal activity yet with public impact. There's the tension between dressing for oneself and the social expectations of society. FASHION WARSDiscrimination and even violence based...
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During the 1950s and 60s in the Congo city of Kinshasa, there emerged young urban male gangs known as "Bills" or "Yankees." Modeling themselves on the images of the iconic American cowboy from Hollywood film, the Bills sought to negotiate lives lived under oppressive economic, social, and political conditions. They developed their own style, subculture, and slang and as Ch. Didier Gondola shows, engaged in a quest for manhood through bodybuilding,...
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What is masculinity? Dominating the world around us, with deadly gun violence, male suicide rates and incels on Reddit, masculinity is perceived to be 'toxic', 'fragile' and 'in crisis'.
In Mask Off, JJ Bola exposes masculinity as a performance that men are socially conditioned into. Using examples of non-Western cultural traditions, music and sport, he shines light on historical narratives around manhood, debunking popular myths along the way....
12) Wringer
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Newbery Honor Book * ALA Notable Children's Book
"Deeply felt. Presents a moral question with great care and sensitivity." -The New York Times
"A spellbinding story about rites of passage." -Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"A realistic story with the intensity of a fable." -The Horn Book (starred review)
"Thought-provoking." -School Library Journal (starred review)
In Palmer LaRue's hometown of Waymer, turning ten is the biggest event of...
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Mass murders. Increased suicides. Tattered lives. Armed authorities pitted against unarmed Black men. Our means of preventing gun violence is fatally flawed. Robert Fraga covers the history, statistics and more, answering the question: what can be done?Fraga "... traces America's history ... from the days of Bleeding Kansas to the long tradition of political assassination, exploring the ways that American gun culture has become more radical over time....
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Every time a shooting makes national headlines, the same debates erupt: Is the problem guns or mental health? Why is the United States unique in its gun violence problem? Can we reduce this violence while protecting the right to bear arms?
Newtown, Connecticut, native and Disciples of Christ minister Donald V. Gaffney brings a calm and compassionate voice to these complex questions, offering a guide for individuals and groups to reflect on and...
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Austerity, a response to the aftermath of the financial crisis, continues to devastate contemporary Britain.
In The Violence of Austerity, Vickie Cooper and David Whyte bring together the voices of campaigners and academics including Danny Dorling, Mary O'Hara and Rizwaan Sabir to show that rather than stimulating economic growth, austerity policies have led to a dismantling of the social systems that operated as a buffer against economic hardship,...
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As the world becomes ever more unequal, people become ever more 'disposable'. Today, governments systematically exclude sections of their populations from society through heavy-handed policing. But it doesn't always go to plan. William I. Robinson exposes the nature and dynamics of this out-of-control system, arguing for the urgency of creating a movement capable of overthrowing it.
The global police state uses a variety of ingenious methods of...
17) The Libyan Years
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Four long years the author was immersed in the Arab world with a feudal mentality, to those who were otherwise minded (non muslim). The Libyan Years is an autobiographical account of his experiences there and his flight from Libya during the war that followed. A dualistic book about Arabs that need Western technology to exploit the oil, but at the same time despise those Westerners with their whole being; they are a divided society that needs us,...
18) Revenge Capitalism: The Ghosts of Empire, the Demons of Capital, and the Settling of Unpayable Debts
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Capitalism is in a profound state of crisis. Beyond the mere dispassionate cruelty of 'ordinary' structural violence, it appears today as a global system bent on reckless economic revenge; its expression found in mass incarceration, climate chaos, unpayable debt, pharmaceutical violence and the relentless degradation of common life.
In Revenge Capitalism, Max Haiven argues that this economic vengeance helps us explain the culture and politics of...
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'A vivid, inspiring and sometimes poetic history of modern Iraq' - miriam cooke
Following the US invasion of Iraq in 2003, many Iraqi academics were assassinated. Countless others received bullets in envelopes and instructions to leave their institutions (and in many cases the country) or get killed. Many heeded the warning and fled into exile.
Having played such a pivotal role in shaping post-independence Iraqi society, the exile and internal...
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Extrajudicial execution, enforced disappearance and torture – these are the tools used by death squads across South Asia. Across the region, human rights abuses are perpetrated behind the closed doors by the 'jallad', or hangmen, of secret detention facilities, while death squads roam the streets with impunity.
By using first-hand experience and newly discovered sources, Tasneem Khalil connects these abuses to a disturbing fact - that Bangladesh,...
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