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Vanguard


Martha S. Jones


The epic history of African American women's pursuit of political power -- and how it transformed America.In the standard story, the suffrage crusade began in Seneca Falls in 1848 and ended with the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920. But this...

Parution : 2020-09-08
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Télécharger le livre :  The Little Ice Age
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The Little Ice Age


Brian Fagan


Only in the last decade have climatologists developed an accurate picture of yearly climate conditions in historical times. This development confirmed a long-standing suspicion: that the world endured a 500-year cold snap -- The Little Ice Age -- that lasted roughly...

Parution : 2019-11-26
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Télécharger le livre :  Faces at the Bottom of the Well
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Faces at the Bottom of the Well


Derrick Bell


The groundbreaking, "eerily prophetic, almost haunting" work on American racism and the struggle for racial justice (Michelle Alexander, author of The New Jim Crow).In Faces at the Bottom of the Well, civil rights activist and legal scholar Derrick Bell...

Parution : 2018-10-30
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Télécharger le livre :  Born Digital
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Born Digital


Urs Gasser , John Palfrey


"An excellent primer on what it means to live digitally. It should be required reading for adults trying to understand the next generation." -- Nicholas Negroponte, author of Being Digital The first generation of children who were born into and raised in the digital...

Parution : 2016-07-12
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Télécharger le livre :  Thinking About Crime
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Thinking About Crime


James Q. Wilson


As crime rates inexorably rose during the tumultuous years of the 1970s, disputes over how to handle the violence sweeping the nation quickly escalated. James Q. Wilson redefined the public debate by offering a brilliant and provocative new argument—that criminal...

Parution : 2013-05-14
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Télécharger le livre :  Getting Better
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Getting Better


Charles Kenny


As the income gap between developed and developing nations grows, so grows the cacophony of voices claiming that the quest to find a simple recipe for economic growth has failed. Getting Better, in sharp contrast, reports the good news about global progress. Economist...

Parution : 2012-12-04
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Télécharger le livre :  Manning Up
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Manning Up


Kay S Hymowitz


In Manning Up, Manhattan Institute fellow and City Journal contributing editor Kay Hymowitz argues that the gains of the feminist revolution have had a dramatic, unanticipated effect on the current generation of young men. Traditional roles of family man and provider...

Parution : 2012-03-06
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Télécharger le livre :  Letters to a Young Journalist
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Letters to a Young Journalist


Samuel G. Freedman


Over the course of a thirty-year career, Samuel Freedman has excelled both at doing journalism and teaching it, and he passionately engages both of these endeavors in the pages of this book. As an author and journalist, Freedman has produced award-winning books,...

Parution : 2011-11-08
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Télécharger le livre :  Girls on the Edge
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Girls on the Edge


Leonard Sax


Girls are cutting themselves with razors.Girls are convinced they're fat, and starve themselves to prove it. Other girls are so anxious about grades they can't sleep at night—at eleven years of age. What's going on? InGirls on the Edge, Dr. Leonard Sax...

Parution : 2011-07-12
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Télécharger le livre :  In Defense of Flogging
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In Defense of Flogging


Peter Moskos


Prisons impose tremendous costs, yet they're easily ignored. Criminals -- even low-level nonviolent offenders -- enter our dysfunctional criminal justice system and disappear into a morass that's safely hidden from public view. Our "tough on crime" political rhetoric...

Parution : 2011-05-31
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Télécharger le livre :  A Strange Stirring
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A Strange Stirring


Stephanie Coontz


In 1963, Betty Friedan unleashed a storm of controversy with her bestselling book, The Feminine Mystique. Hundreds of women wrote to her to say that the book had transformed, even saved, their lives. Nearly half a century later, many women still recall where they were...

Parution : 2011-01-04
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Télécharger le livre :  Dark Days, Bright Nights
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Dark Days, Bright Nights


Peniel E. Joseph


The Civil Rights Movement is now remembered as a long-lost era, which came to an end along with the idealism of the 1960s. In Dark Days, Bright Nights, acclaimed scholar Peniel E. Joseph puts this pat assessment to the test, showing the 60s -- particularly the...

Parution : 2010-01-05
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Télécharger le livre :  Born to Use Mics
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Born to Use Mics


Sohail Daulatzai , Michael Eric Dyson


At the age of nineteen, Nasir "Nas" Jones began recording tracks for his debut album -- and changed the music world forever. Released in 1994, Illmatic was hailed as an instant masterpiece and has proven one of the most influential albums in hip-hop history....

Parution : 2009-12-29
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Télécharger le livre :  The Other Side of Sadness
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The Other Side of Sadness


George A. Bonanno


A renowned psychologist reveals the power of human resilience in dealing with grief and lossThe conventional view of grieving--encapsulated by the famous five stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance--is defined by a mourning process that...

Parution : 2009-09-22
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Télécharger le livre :  The Copy Editing And Headline Handbook
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The Copy Editing And Headline Handbook


Barbara Ellis


Everyone in the newsroom agrees that copy editors are the unsung heroes in the business who, until now, have never had a succinct and authoritative guide for on-the-job use. From counting the headline to line breaks, from decks to jumps, from editing numbers and photo...

Parution : 2009-08-05
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Télécharger le livre :  Mending the World
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Mending the World


Rosemarie Robotham


The many facets of black family life have not always been fully visible in American literature. Black families have often been portrayed as chaotic, fractured, and emotionally devastated, and historians and sociologists are just beginning to acknowledge the resilience...

Parution : 2009-07-21
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Télécharger le livre :  In Search of the Blues
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In Search of the Blues


Marybeth Hamilton


Leadbelly, Robert Johnson, Charley Patton-we are all familiar with the story of the Delta blues. Fierce, raw voices; tormented drifters; deals with the devil at the crossroads at midnight. In this extraordinary reconstruction of the origins of the Delta blues,...

Parution : 2009-06-30
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Télécharger le livre :  Snoop
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Snoop


Sam Gosling


Does what's on your desk reveal what's on your mind? Do those pictures on your walls tell true tales about you? And is your favorite outfit about to give you away? For the last ten years psychologist Sam Gosling has been studying how people project (and protect) their...

Parution : 2009-05-12
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Télécharger le livre :  Can You Hear Me Now?
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Can You Hear Me Now?


Michael Eric Dyson


"Before I wanted to write the world, I sought to right it," declares Michael Eric Dyson. As one of America's most visible, inspirational, and quotable public intellectuals, Dyson has weighed in on a vast array of issues. In his books and newspaper articles, over...

Parution : 2009-05-12
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Télécharger le livre :  The Trials of Phillis Wheatley
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The Trials of Phillis Wheatley


Henry Louis Gates


In 1773, the slave Phillis Wheatley literally wrote her way to freedom. The first person of African descent to publish a book of poems in English, she was emancipated by her owners in recognition of her literary achievement. For a time, Wheatley was the most famous...

Parution : 2009-04-29
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