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Written by Massey & Denton Edition: 1993 Format(s): PDF Language: English
Release date: August 14, 1998 | ISBN-10: 0674018214 | ISBN-13: 978-0674018211
This powerful and disturbing book clearly links persistent poverty among blacks in the United States to the unparalleled degree of deliberate segregation they experience in American cities.
American Apartheid shows how the black [...]
American Apartheid; Segregation and the Making of the Underclass - Massey & Denton
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Extortion; How Politicians Extract Your Money, Buy Votes, and Line Their Own Pockets - Schwiezer
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A bombshell investigation reveals how Washington really works: politicians extort money from us, then use it to buy each other’s votes. Best-selling author Peter Schweizer reveals:
*Obama’s “Protection Money”: How the Obama Administration targeted industries for criminal investigation but chose not to pursue key political donors.
*John Boehner’s [...]
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What Went Wrong; How the 1% Hijacked the American Middle Class.. and What Other Countries Got Right - Tyler
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Something has gone seriously wrong with the American economy.
The American economy has experienced considerable growth in the last 30 years. But virtually none of this growth has trickled down to the average American. Incomes have been flat since 1985. Inequality has grown, and social mobility has [...]
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To Raise Up a Nation: John Brown, Frederick Douglass, and the Making of a Free Country - William S. King
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The Sweeping Story of the Men and Women Who Fought to End Slavery in America
“In his fast-paced and deeply researched To Raise Up a Nation, William S. King narrates the coming of the Civil War, the war itself, and the emancipation process, through [...]
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Cultivating an Ecological Conscience Essays from a Farmer Philosopher - Frederick L. Kirschenmann
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Written by Frederick L. Kirschenmann Format(s): PDF Language: English
For more than thirty years, Frederick Kirschenmann has explored the ethical and practical principles of sustainable agriculture. An accomplished theologian, philosopher, and third-generation farmer, Kirschenmann is a dynamic leading voice in the dialogue about the challenges of modern agriculture.
Cultivating an Ecological Conscience: Essays from [...]
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The Spiral Galaxy M33 - Paul Hodge
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Written by Paul Hodge Format(s): PDF TXT Language: English
This book summarizes the gathering of information on and the growing understanding of M33 from the 1920s, when Hubble first determined its true nature, to the 21st century, when the Hubble Telescope probed deeply into its many secrets. With its regular symmetrical spiral [...]
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Agile Management For Software Engineering - David J. Anderson
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Written by David J. Anderson Format(s): PDF TXT Language: English
This book is certainly about software development management, but it is also a book about business. Managers can no longer afford to discuss these two topics independently. This book is meant to eliminate the seat-of-the-pants intuition and rough approximations that have been far [...]
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The Great Turning From Empire to Earth Community - David C Korten
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Written by David C Korten Format(s): PDF Language: English
*Sweeping survey of world history offering a new understanding of the key challenge of our time
*Offers a positive message of hope for a sustainable and just future and a practical strategy for getting there
In The Great Turning, David Korten argues that “Empire,” the [...]
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Collected Poems - Donald Justice
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Written by Donald Justice Format(s): EPUB MOBI TXT Language: English
This celebratory volume gives us the entire career of Donald Justice between two covers, including a rich handful of poems written since New and Selected Poems was published in 1995. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Justice has been hailed by his contemporary Anthony [...]
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Flickipedia: Perfect Films for Every Occasion, Holiday, Mood, Ordeal, and Whim - Michael Atkinson
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Once upon a time, going to the movies was a special occasion, and you had no control over what was playing at your neighborhood cinema. But today films are like fashion, furniture, and food: you can choose what to enjoy. Movies finally fit into [...]
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Should We Eat Meat Evolution and Consequences of Modern Carnivory - Vaclav Smi
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Written by Vaclav Smi Edition: 1st Format(s): EPUB Language: English
Publication Date: May 28, 2013 | ISBN-10: 1118278720 | ISBN-13: 978-1118278727 | Edition: 1
Meat eating is often a contentious subject, whether considering the technical, ethical, environmental, political, or health-related aspects of production and consumption.
This book is a wide-ranging and interdisciplinary examination and critique [...]
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Should We Eat Meat Evolution and Consequences of Modern Carnivory - Vaclav Smi
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Written by Vaclav Smi Edition: 1st Format(s): EPUB Language: English
Publication Date: May 28, 2013 | ISBN-10: 1118278720 | ISBN-13: 978-1118278727 | Edition: 1
Meat eating is often a contentious subject, whether considering the technical, ethical, environmental, political, or health-related aspects of production and consumption.
This book is a wide-ranging and interdisciplinary examination and critique [...]
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The Village Against The World - Dan Hancox
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Written by Dan Hancox Edition: 1st Format(s): EPUB Language: English
The land belongs to those who work it—“La tierra es de quien la trabaja.”
One hundred kilometers from Seville, there is a small village, Marinaleda, that for the last thirty years has been at the center of a long struggle to create a communist [...]
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Stalin A Biography - Robert Service
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Overthrowing the conventional image of Stalin as an uneducated political administrator inexplicably transformed into a pathological killer, Robert Service reveals a more complex and fascinating story behind this notorious twentieth-century figure. Drawing on unexplored archives and personal testimonies gathered from across Russia and Georgia, [...]
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In the Wake of Neoliberalism: Citizenship and Human Rights in Argentina - Karen Faulk
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Written by Karen Faulk Format(s): EPUB Language: English
Understanding the various meanings given to human and citizenship rights in Argentina is an important task, particularly so given the nation’s prominence in global discussions. An “exporter” of tactics, ideas, and experts, Argentina has become a site of innovation in the field of human rights. [...]
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STALINGRAD - Victory On The Volga (Images of War) - Nik Cornish
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The Soviet victory over the Germans at Stalingrad was decisive for the war on the Eastern Front and for the Second World War as a whole, and the story of the long, bitter battle on the banks of the Volga has fascinated historians ever [...]
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Straw Dogs - Thoughts on Humans and Other Animals - John Gray
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Written by John Gray Format(s): PDF Language: English
The British bestseller Straw Dogs is an exciting, radical work of philosophy, which sets out to challenge our most cherished assumptions about what it means to be human. From Plato to Christianity, from the Enlightenment to Nietzsche and Marx, the Western tradition has been based [...]
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Slaughterhouse The Shocking Story of Greed, Neglect, and Inhumane Treatment Inside the U.S. Meat Industry - Gail A. Eisnitz
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Written by Gail A. Eisnitz Format(s): EPUB Language: English
Slaughterhouse is the first book of its kind to explore the impact that unprecedented changes in the meatpacking industry over the last twenty-five years — particularly industry consolidation, increased line speeds, and deregulation — have had on workers, animals, and consumers. It is [...]
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The Lucky Ones My Passionate Fight for Farm Animals - Jenny Brown
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Written by Jenny Brown Format(s): EPUB Language: English
Jonathan Safran Foer meets Jeffrey Moussaieff Mason in a poignant, provocative memoir of survival, compassion, and awakening to the reality of our food system.
Jenny Brown was just ten years old when she lost a leg to bone cancer. Throughout the ordeal, her constant companion was [...]
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Death at SeaWorld: Shamu and the Dark Side of Killer Whales in Captivity - David Kirby
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Written by David Kirby Format(s): PDF Language: English
From the New York Times bestselling author of Evidence of Harm and Animal Factory—a groundbreaking scientific thriller that exposes the dark side of SeaWorld, America’s most beloved marine mammal park
Death at SeaWorld centers on the battle with the multimillion-dollar marine park industry over the [...]
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