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Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 25
Physical Desc
viii, 477 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Struggling to care for their daughter Willow, who was born with brittle bone disease, Charlotte and Sean O'Keefe add additional strain to their overburdened family life when they file a lawsuit against Charlotte's obstetrician.
Author
Publisher
Verso
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
x, 209 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Situating non-violence at the cross-roads of the ethical and political, The Force of Non-Violence brings into focus the ethical binds that emerge within the force field of violence. Non-violence is very often misunderstood as a passive practice that emanates from a calm region of the soul, or as an individualist ethic with an unrealistic relation to existing forms of power. This book argues for an aggressive form of non-violence that struggles with...
Author
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
xii, 225 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
We are in the midst of a new space race that pairs billionaire space barons with governments in an effort to exploit the cosmos for human gain. While Elon Musk and SpaceX work to establish a human presence on Mars, Jeff Bezos and Blue Origin work toward mining operations on the moon, missions to asteroids to extract resources, and millions of people living in rotating near-Earth satellite dwellings. Despite the differences in their visions, these...
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company, Inc
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
212 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The tech elite have a plan to survive the apocalypse: they want to leave us all behind. Five mysterious billionaires summoned theorist Douglas Rushkoff to a desert resort for a private talk. The topic? How to survive the "Event": the societal catastrophe they know is coming. Rushkoff came to understand that these men were under the influence of The Mindset, a Silicon Valley-style certainty that they and their cohort can break the laws of physics,...
6) Drones
Series
Publisher
Greenhaven Press
Pub. Date
c2014
Physical Desc
127 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
At Issue: Drones: Focuses a wide range of viewpoints on the controversial issue of drones and provides in-depth discussions by leading advocates.
Author
Publisher
Broadside Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
ix, 242 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
One in six Americans have stopped talking to close friends and family members over politics. Ideological polarization is at higher levels than at any time since the Civil War. America has developed a habit of seeing people who disagree with us not as merely incorrect or misguided, but as worthless. Brooks shows that treating others with contempt and out-outraging the other side is not a formula for lasting success. He offers a new way to lead based...
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
2023
Physical Desc
277 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
An investigative researcher discusses how the optimism of the a lifesaving technique invented in the 1950s that made kidney failure manageable and not a death sentence has proliferated into a dystopia of skyrocketing costs and worsening care.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
277 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Imagine a world where your brain can be interrogated to learn your political beliefs, your thoughts can be used as evidence of a crime, and your own feelings can be held against you. A world where people who suffer from epilepsy receive alerts moments before a seizure, and the average person can peer into their own mind to eliminate painful memories or cure addictions.
Neuroscience has already made all of this possible today, and neurotechnology...
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
389 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"A personal journey into our evolving relationships with animals, and a thought-provoking look at how those bonds are being challenged and reformed across disciplines We love animals, but does that make the animals' lives any happier? With factory farms,climate change and deforestation, this might be the worst time in history to be an animal. If we took animals' experiences seriously, how could we eat, think and live differently? How to Love Animals...
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Science is a force for good in the world--at least usually. But sometimes, when obsession gets the better of scientists, they twist a noble pursuit into something sinister. Under this spell, knowledge isn't everything, it's the only thing--no matter the cost. Bestselling author Sam Kean tells the true story of what happens when unfettered ambition pushes otherwise rational men and women to cross the line in the name of science, trampling ethical...
Author
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
291 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Many pet dogs are experiencing anxiety and frustration as they struggle to adapt to human home environments--despite being pampered, poofed, and petted, or perhaps in part because of this. We can do better for them. Who's a Good Dog challenges us to think more carefully about the limits we place on their inherited, deep-rooted behaviors. Bioethicist Jessica Pierce explores common practices of caring for, socializing, and training pet dogs. She asks...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
305 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In 2020, history came tumbling down. But as the past three hundred years have shown, history is not erased when statues are removed. Exploring the rise and fall of twelve famous, yet now controversial statues, Alex von Tunzelmann takes us on a fascinating global historical tour filled with larger than life characters and dramatic stories. Von Tunzelmann reveals that statues are not historical records but political statements and distinguishes between...
15) Abortion
Author
Series
Publisher
Mason Crest
Pub. Date
c2017
Physical Desc
112 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Examines some fundamental questions surrounding the issue of abortion today. Addresses the rights of women and the need to protect the helpless unborn, explores the debate over when life begins, and provides information on the legality of abortion in various areas of the world today.
16) Overkill
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Former Super Bowl MVP quarterback Zach Bridger hasn't seen his ex-wife, Rebecca Pratt, for years--not since their volatile marriage imploded--so he's shocked to receive a life-altering call about her. Rebecca has been placed on life support after a violent assault, and he--despite their divorce--has medical power-of-attorney. Zach is asked to make an impossible choice: keep her on life support or take her off of it. Buckling under the weight of the...
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Divisive politicians. Screaming heads on television. Angry campus activists. Twitter trolls. Today in America, there is an 'outrage industrial complex' that prospers by setting American against American. Meanwhile, one in six Americans have stopped talking to close friends and family members over politics. Millions are organizing their social lives and curating their news and information to avoid hearing viewpoints differing from their own. Ideological...
Author
Publisher
Broadside Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xvii, 269 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Fox News host and New York Times bestselling author Pete Hegseth delivers his most important book yet: an excoriating examination of the state of America's broken education system that offers a helpful road map to raising children to uphold the values Americans have always treasured"--
20) Chicken soup for the golfer's soul: 101 stories of insights, inspiration, and laughter on the links
Publisher
Health Communications
Pub. Date
c1999
Physical Desc
xxiv, 379 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English