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In Ejaculate Responsibly, Gabrielle Blair offers a provocative reframing of the abortion issue in post-Roe America. In a series of 28 brief arguments, she deftly makes the case for moving the abortion debate away from controlling and legislating women's bodies and instead directs the focus on men's lack of accountability in preventing unwanted pregnancies.
Highly readable, accessible, funny, and unflinching, Blair builds
...42) America, guns, and freedom: a journey into politics and the public health & gun control movements
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Mascot Books
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[2019]
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English
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"America, Guns, and Freedom outlines why the Second Amendment and armed self-defense are still needed in modern society, debunks the arguments that the U.S. should follow the path of European social democracies by enforcing draconian gun control, and expounds on how civilian disarmament in Australia and Great Britain, despite media hype, has not decreased violent crime in those countries. In America, Guns, and Freedom, the author warns us of the five...
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Sassafras Branches
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2018.
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English
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With decades of collective experience in education, Tai Chi, communication, business and of course, the ins and outs of interpersonal, family and community dynamics, sisters and sisters-in-law, Kat, Monica, Rita and Susan, have written The Soft Answer: Verbal Tai Chi for sociable self-defense. It provides you with techniques and strategies to handle these uncomfortable encounters and to restore balance by disempowering social and verbal aggression....
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St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2018.
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English
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Outlines recommendations for preventing the next global pandemic, drawing on the examples of epidemics ranging from smallpox and AIDS to SARS and Ebola to outline specific measures for appropriate spending, communication, and innovation. --Publisher.
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One of the biggest challenges of growing an organic garden is keeping away pests and diseases without using harmful pesticides. But as Bob illustrates in this necessary guide for any organic gardener, it is possible to keep your garden chemical-, pest-, and disease-free all at once. A master at growing organic produce, Flowerdew outlines the best natural methods, from building effective physical barriers and pest traps out of plants and recycled materials...
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Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
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"In Guns and Suicide, Michael Anestis reframes our perspective on gun violence by shifting the focus to suicide. Guns play a uniquely profound role in American suicide, and Anestis explains how they have this effect--not by making otherwise non-suicidal people want to die, but by facilitating suicide attempts among suicidal individuals"--
"The majority of gun deaths in the United States are suicide deaths, and the majority of suicide deaths are gun...
54) Undetected
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"Researcher Gina Gray is on the verge of a breakthrough in sonar technology, and what she's told Navy Commander Mark Bishop is only the beginning.."--
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The first lookouts were rustic camps on mountaintops, where men and women were stationed to keep an eye out for wildfires. As the importance of fire prevention grew, a lookout construction boom resulted in hundreds of cabins and towers being built on Oregon's high points. When aircraft and cameras became more cost-effective and efficient methods of fire detection, many old lookouts were abandoned or removed. Of the many hundreds of lookouts built...
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McGraw-Hill
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�2002
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English
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Here are all the step-by-step, heavily illustrated plans you need to build a full-sized, remote-controlled robot named Questor--without any advanced electronic or programming skills. It's the perfect way to jump into the fascinating world of robotics and be part of all the excitement!
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Actual Activists
Pub. Date
[2017]
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English
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FrankenSkies is an 80 minute documentary exposing decades of history and intent to engineer the climate and create weather weapons. Matt Landman's documentary is a timely and informative film on climate engineering, frequency control and weaponization of earth's atmosphere. This documentary could be the IPCC's worst nightmare - shifting the focus from carbon dioxide to military/CIA-made climate manipulation to heat surface temperatures and create...
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Freedom of Mind Press
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2013.
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English
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In the post 9/11 world, people are more susceptible than ever to charismatic figures who offer simple, black v. white, us v. them, good v. evil, formulaic solutions. The rise of the Internet; increasingly sophisticated knowledge about how to influence and manipulate others; and the growing vulnerabilities of people across the planet--make for a dangerous, potentially devastating combination. Steven Hassan's new book Freedom of Mind provides the knowledge...
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