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Author
Publisher
Dey St., an imprint of William Morrow
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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"In this groundbreaking work, Seth Stephens-Davidowitz, a Harvard-trained economist, former Google data scientist, and New York Times writer, argues that much of what we thought about people has been dead wrong. The reason? People lie, to friends, lovers, doctors, surveys, and themselves. However, we no longer need to rely on what people tell us. New data from the Internet, the traces of information that billions of people leave on Google, social...
Publisher
Central Avenue Publishing
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Alone Together: Love, Grief, and Comfort During the Time of COVID-19 is a collection of essays, poems, and interviews to serve as a lifeline for negotiating how to connect and thrive during this stressful time of isolation as well as a historical perspective that will remain relevant for years to come. All net profits will be donated to The Book Industry Charitable Foundation, a nonprofit organization that coordinates charitable programs to strengthen...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster BFYR
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Tracing the spread of misinformation and disinformation through our fast-moving media landscape, a journalist, scientist, medical professional, and professor gives readers the skills to identify and counter poorly sourced clickbait and misleading headlines.
Publisher
Bernan Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
This Handbook provides information on topics such as how Social Security programs are administered, who is and isn't covered under the insurance programs, how claims are processed, what benefits are included, and how to obtain more information about Social Security policies.
"The Social Security Handbook: Overview of Social Security Programs, 2024 provides information about Social Security programs and services, and identifies rights and obligations...
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Series
Orca timeline volume 6
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Part of the nonfiction Orca Timeline series, with photographs and illustrations throughout, this book examines the history, science, ethics and social issues related to infectious diseases and vaccines."--
Author
Publisher
Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W. W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"The best-selling author of "Hitler: Ascent" and "Hitler: Downfall" reconstructs the chaotic, otherworldly last days of Nazi Germany. On April 30, 1945, in a bunker deep beneath the Old Reich Chancellery, Adolf Hitler and his newly wedded wife, Eva Braun, killed themselves. But Nazi Germany lived on, however briefly. The subsequent eight days were among the most turbulent in history, witnessing not only the final battles of World War II and the collapse...
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Publisher
Currency
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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"Social media connected the world--and gave rise to fake news and increasing polarization. Now a leading researcher at MIT draws on 20 years of research to show how these trends threaten our political, economic, and emotional health in this eye-opening exploration of the dark side of technological progress. Today we have the ability, unprecedented in human history, to amplify our interactions with each other through social media. It is paramount,...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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"Dick and Doris Goodwin were married for forty-two years and married to American history even longer. In his twenties, Dick was one of the brilliant young men of John F. Kennedy's New Frontier. In his thirties he both named and helped design Lyndon Johnson's Great Society and was a speechwriter and close advisor to Robert Kennedy. Doris Kearns was a twenty-four-year-old graduate student when selected as a White House Fellow. She worked directly for...
Author
Series
The last human volume 2
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
In a post-war world where robots and humans coexist, XR_935 and Emma strive to maintain a fragile peace, but tensions rise as a group of humans resists reconciliation, raising the threat of potential upheaval and the end of their harmonious society.
Author
Publisher
WTM Publishing and Communications, Pty Ltd
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
The culmination of 40 years of studying and writing about our species psychosis, Freedom delivers nothing less than the holy grail of insight we have needed to free ourselves from the human condition. It is, in short, as Professor Harry Prosen, a former president of the Canadian Psychiatric Association, asserts in his Introduction, the book that saves the world! Griffith has been able to venture right to the bottom of the dark depths of what it is...
Author
Series
Publisher
Rise
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Developed by experts in the fields of early childhood and activism, this topic-driven board book offers clear, concrete language and compelling imagery to introduce the concept of justice. This book aims to ground the idea of justice within the responsibilities and benefits of being part of a healthy community. The backmatter offers additional resources and ideas for extending this discussion"--
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
A secret DNA test reveals the shocking truth: Dessie and Donna are identical twins, adopted from the same orphanage in China, then separated into two different families: one white, the other Taiwanese American. The Breedloves and the Lees.
15) Lola protesta
Author
Publisher
Vintage Español
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
"Su abuelo la llama "Lolita Siete Lenguas", siete lenguas peleando por ser escuchadas. Lola intenta no hacer tanto ruido, pero cuando es testigo de una injusticia en su vecindario, sabe que no puede guardar silencio. ¿Podrá Lola encontrar una forma de usar su voz para protestar y promover un cambio? ¡Sí se puede! Lola protesta es un álbum ilustrado cálido y divertido, inspirado en la infancia de la líder sindical y activista de derechos civiles...
Author
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"One month short of her wedding day--and her thirtieth birthday--Nadia Palacio finds herself standing up to her infuriating, cheating fiancé for the first time in... well, ever. But that same courage doesn't translate to breaking the news to her Argentinian family. She's hyperventilating before facing them when she glimpses a magazine piece about a Latina woman celebrating herself--with a second quinceañera, aka Sweet 15! And that gives Nadia a...
Author
Publisher
Quil Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Lily Xiao can't wait to go to Camp Rock Out this summer, where she'll finally be able to shed her "class robot" good girl reputation and start her journey to becoming the next Eddie Vedder! And she can't wait to do it with her best friend and cousin, Vivian, who's just moved from Taiwan to Lily's California hometown. But as the two cousins work their way through seventh grade, Vivian struggles more and more with her schoolwork, which is all taught...
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