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941) An emancipation of the mind: radical philosophy, the war over slavery, and the refounding of America
Author
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
xxi, 374 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"This is a story about a dangerous idea-one which ignited revolutions in America, France, and Haiti; burst across Europe in the revolutions of 1848; and returned to inflame a new generation of intellectuals to lead the abolition movement-the idea that allmen are created equal"--
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
224 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Following on from his first book, Intelligent Fitness, which explored the theory behind some of Hollywood's most impressive transformations, Simon focuses here on a typical actor workout program. Whatever your goal, whether it's reducing fat or increasing muscle tissue--this book will ensure you make real progress and see results in just ten weeks"--
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
viii, 289 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"From the New York Times bestselling author of Black Man in a White Coat comes a powerful and urgent call to center psychiatry and mental health care into the mainstream of medicine. As much as we all might wish that mental health problems, with their elusive causes and unsettling behaviors, simply did not exist, millions of people suffer from them, sometimes to an extreme extent. Many others face addiction to alcohol and other drugs, as overdose...
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
xv, 224 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Told through a screenplay format and comprised almost entirely of quotes derived from primary sources, this groundbreaking book recounts McCarthy's infamous "witch hunt" for communists in America during the 1950s Red Scare.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
89 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Uncover the science of memory and how important it is to our daily lives. We all make memories, and memories make us who we are. Remember This explores the science of memory, how and why we remember what we do and what happens when we start forgetting.From working memory to flashbulb memory, young readers are introduced to the field of neuroscience. It also looks at the role memory plays in our daily lives and collective history, and how major global...
948) Listen to the birds
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Language
English
Description
"Discover North America's birds and their varied and beautiful songs with this informative, brightly illustrated picture book and its easy-to-use app"--
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
x, 278 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Alice Randall, award-winning professor, songwriter, and author with a "lively, engaging, and often wise" (The New York Times Book Review) voice, offers a lyrical, introspective, and unforgettable account of her past and her search for the first family of Black country music. Country music had brought Randall and her activist mother together and even gave Randall a singular distinction in American music history: she is the first Black woman to cowrite...
951) Throne of grace: a mountain man, an epic adventure, and the bloody conquest of the American West
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
pages cm
Language
English
Description
"The explosive true saga of the legendary adventurer Jedediah Smith and the Mountain Men who explored the American frontier, written by New York Times bestselling authors of Blood and Treasure Bob Drury and Tom Clavin. It is the early 19th century, and the land recently purchased by President Thomas Jefferson stretches west for thousands of miles. Who inhabits this vast new garden of Eden? What strange beasts and natural formations can be found? Thus...
956) King of dead things
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
305 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Eli, who possesses unique magical abilities, and Malcolm, desperate to escape his past and save his mother, join forces to retrieve a dangerous magical artifact in the mystical underbelly of London.
Author
Series
Ouroboros volume 2
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
326 pages : map ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Gem Echols, now wielding the power of the God of Air, grapples with the unintended chaos unleashed upon the pantheon, leading them to confront the dilemma of restoring balance without sacrificing themselves.
958) Little sisters
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"An only child daydreams about what her life would be like if she had a little sister. Perhaps several little sisters. Or, even, lots and lots of little sisters. She imagines all the fun they could have... Playing together. Sharing treats. Getting into mischief. But what if she never gets to be a big sister?"--Page [2] of cover.
Author
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
pages cm ill.; cm.
Language
English
Description
"A searing and deeply personal memoir that explores the institutions--family, society, country--that defined a Puerto Rican woman and what she unlearned to rediscover herself. Growing up in the Midwest, raised by a Puerto Rican mother who was abandoned byher family, Jamie Figueroa and her sisters were estranged from their culture, consumed by the whiteness that surrounded them. In Mother Island, Figueroa traces her search for identity as shaped by...
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