| "They Can't Kill Us All": Ferguson, Baltimore, and a New Era in America's Racial Justice... by Wesley LoweryIn "They Can't Kill Us All", Washington Post reporter Wesley Lowery chronicles his odyssey reporting from U.S. cities where officers have killed unarmed black men, beginning with Ferguson, MO. Depicting family members, protesters, and activist leaders, he sheds light on the experiences and responses of individuals in each situation. The development of the #BlackLivesMatter movement also comes to life in this unbiased report, which draws on data collection and a clear understanding of the dangers facing police officers, in addition to historical perspectives on black-white community relations over a half-century. Library Journal highly recommends this narrative "for those seeking additional clarity" on the subject. |
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| Writing to Save a Life: The Louis Till File by John Edgar WidemanWhile the events surrounding the 1955 death of teenager Emmett Till in Money, MS have attracted numerous writers, award-winning author John Wideman adds new details to the story in Writing to Save a Life. When Wideman learned that Emmett's father Louis had been executed by the Army for rape and murder in 1945, he was struck by the similarities between the father's and son's deaths. Through research into Louis Till's case, he developed a new narrative of Louis and Emmett's stories. Combined with his own reflections on race and justice in America, this book offers a moving and thought-provoking meditation on the subject. |
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Island people : the Caribbean and the world
by Joshua Jelly-Schapiro
A kaleidoscopic portrait of the societies, cultures and politics of Cuba, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Trinidad, Haiti, Barbados and their interspersed islands seeks to connect the region's common heritage to its fierce grip on the world's imagination.
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Sweet and Bitter Island : A History of the British in Cyprus
by Tabitha Morgan
Sweet and Bitter Island explores for the first time the unique bond between Britain and Cyprus and the complex, sometimes tense, relationship between the two nations which endures to the present day. Extensively researched and lyrically written, this is the definitive portrait of British colonial life on the Mediterranean island
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Papua
by Peter Voss
They are the last of their kind: indigenous people. In Papua until some years ago they still have been even cannibals. Peter Voss had a hard journey for days to reach the indigenous of the Southeast Asian island. There he made stunning photographies of these people, who live far away from "civilization." We can see them in scenes of their daily life, with their traditional body painting and during hunting activities. With great technical effort Peter Voss managed to take exceptional and in their perfection unique pictures of these people.
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The Manhattan project : the making of the atomic bomb
by Al Cimino
Traces the history of the Manhattan Project, profiling the architects of the bomb, looking at the role of politicians, and presenting first-hand accounts of those who experienced the bombings on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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Progress : Ten Reasons to Look Forward to the Future
by Johan Norberg
Its on the televisions, in the papers and in our minds. Every day were bludgeoned by news of how bad everything is financial collapse, unemployment, growing poverty, environmental disasters, disease, hunger, war. But the rarely acknowledged reality is that the economic and social progress of the past few decades has been unprecedented and that by almost any index you care to identify, things are markedly better now than they have ever been for almost everyone alive. Examining official data from the worlds most trusted institutions like the United Nations, the World Bank and the World Health Organization, political commentator Johan Norberg traces just how far we have come in tackling the greatest global problems.
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The battle for Room 314 : my year of hope and despair in a New York City high school
by Ed Boland
Leaving behind a 20-year career as a nonprofit executive to teach in a tough New York City public high school, the author shares the disturbing reality of his students’ lives and a broken education system unable to help them, in a searing indictment of reform-minded schools that claim to be progressive but still fail their students.
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| Magna Carta: The Birth of Liberty by Dan JonesIn 1215, a group of violent English barons forced King John to sign the Magna Carta, a treaty that protected their rights against the King's. According to historian Dan Jones, only a few of the Magna Carta's legal rules articulate ideals that may affect the rights of ordinary people. Nevertheless, it's cited (and revered) today as the foundation of modern limits on government. In this "insightful, satisfying" (Kirkus Reviews) study, Jones illuminates the context of King John's disastrous rule, the barons' frustrations, and the reasons why the Magna Carta became a touchstone of liberty during the Enlightenment era -- and remains so today. |
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