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Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Harvard-educated psychologist and Bestselling author Dr. Melanie Joy presents a new, psychology and research based, theory for understanding power as a system that that harms dignity and violates integrity- and offers practical ways for readers to start transforming systems of oppression right away"--
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Publisher
Prometheus Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Millions of Americans are taking prescription drugs made in China and don't know it-- and pharmaceutical companies are not eager to tell them. This probing book examines the implications for the quality and availability of vital medicines for consumers"--Provided by publisher.
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English
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Women-we all want to eat right, live healthy, and rid ourselves of hormonal imbalance woes, whether we suffer from premenstrual syndrome (PMS), mood swings, painful periods and cramps, or menopause. And often, we're not careful about what we eat, and our bodies begin to cry for help. Fortunately, the key to achieving hormonal balance is simply eating the right food! Complete with sixty easy and healthy recipes, comprehensive and accessible chapters...
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English
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This groundbreaking book from sex educator and YouTube phenomenon Laci Green has everything you've ever wanted to know about sex, sexuality, pleasure, and your body.
Let's be honest: most of us think about sex A LOT, and we have plenty of unanswered questions: What's the best way to talk to my partner about what I want? How do I figure out my sexuality? How do I have sex safely? What does an orgasm actually feel like?
Laci
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PublicAffairs
Language
English
Description
"Lianyungang, a booming port city, has China's most extreme gender ratio for children under four: 163 boys for every 100 girls. These numbers don't seem terribly grim, but in ten years, the skewed sex ratio will pose a colossal challenge. By the time those children reach adulthood, their generation will have twenty-four million more men than women. The prognosis for China's neighbors is no less bleak: Asia now has 163 million females "missing" from...
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Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
"The 1960s revolutionized American contraceptive practice. Diaphragms, jellies, and condoms with high failure rates gave way to newer choices of the Pill, IUD, and sterilization. Fit to Be Tied provides a history of sterilization and what would prove to become, at once, socially divisive and a popular form of birth control. During the first half of the twentieth century, sterilization (tubal ligation and vasectomy) was a tool of eugenics. Individuals...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
In this video, Howard Gardner brings us up to date on the current state of MI theory. From evolutionary psychology and genetics, to anthropology and the study of special populations, he reveals the 8 intelligences identified by MI theory--and the empirical criteria used to identify them. Using a computational model, Gardner illustrates how we all possess varying combinations of these "8 computers" and what this means for individuation and pluralization...
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Series
To the last smoke volume 2
Publisher
The University of Arizona Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"By its size, fire intensity, and institutional responses, California has long shaped the national agenda for wildland fire. From its early days, California decided for fire suppression. How and why this happened is the subject of this fire reconnaissance of America's Golden State for fire"--Provided by publisher.
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Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Newtown school shooting. Aurora theater shooting. Tucson supermarket shooting. Are visceral reactions to tragedies trumping the words of our forefathers? Should we allow fear and the growing concern over public safety to limit our civil liberties? Dead Patriot Films presents Assaulted: Civil Rights Under Fire, a documentary that brings audiences to the center of the controversy over the issue that is dividing our nation - gun control. Narrated by...
95) Wildland
Publisher
FilmRise
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
A sweeping yet deeply personal account of a single wildland firefighting crew as they struggle with fear, loyalty, dreams, and demons. What emerges is a rich story of working-class men, their exterior world, interior lives, and the fire that lies between.
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English
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There is a hidden country within the United States. It was formed from the astonishing number of secrets held by the government and the growing ranks of secret-keepers given charge over them. The government secrecy industry speaks in a private language of codes and acronyms, and follows an arcane set of rules and customs designed to perpetuate itself, repel penetration, and deflect oversight. It justifies itself with the assertion that the American...
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Publisher
Routledge
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"The War on Drugs in the Americas brings together the history of the War on Drugs in the US and Latin America to reveal how, since 1914, when the US first criminalized the non-medical use of narcotics, the trade and violence associated with drugs has developed throughout the hemisphere. This concise and accessible book provides an overview of geographic, historical, economic, and social dimensions of the War on Drugs throughout the past century. Notable...
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English
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Tutti a tavola-All to the table with this bounty of Mediterranean recipes to try, savor, and gather around… To help his patients improve their health, Dr. Angelo Acquista began "prescribing" them recipes for nutritious and flavorful home-cooked meals prepared with ingredients key to the Mediterranean diet. The Mediterranean Family Table combines his medical experience and Sicilian roots to outline the guiding principles of the Mediterranean diet...
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