Currie-McGhee, L. K. (Leanne K.)
Summary: An introduction to human trafficking discusses the reasons it still flourishes, the challenges that face victims even after rescue, and how people are working to make a change.
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Publisher / Publication Date: ReferencePoint Press 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 364 CURKeys, Barbara J.
Summary: The American commitment to international human rights emerged in the 1970s not as a logical outgrowth of American idealism but as a surprising response to national trauma, as Barbara Keys shows in this provocative history. Reclaiming American Virtue situates this novel enthusiasm as a reaction to the profound challenge of the Vietnam War and its tumultuous aftermath. Instead of looking inward...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harvard University Press 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 323.0973 KEYStevenson, Tyler (Tyler Dennis)
Summary: "Animals have alternately been considered pests, food, workers, test subjects, and, as is becoming increasingly common, companions. This begs the question: What rights should animals have? Through engaging text featuring annotated quotes from experts, readers learn about the changing role of animals and the ensuing changing attitudes of people toward how animals should be treated. Detailed...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lucent Press 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 179 STEMorlock, Theresa
Summary: People who identify as LGBTQ are often treated with inequality and violence. Until recently, they were viewed as sick or even criminals. This volume gives important insight into the injustices faced by LGBTQ individuals, and the activists and groups that have fought for equal rights. Photographs and primary sources help readers grasp and connect with information in the text. Readers will learn...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2017
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: This program sets two crucial human rights-related Constitutional amendments within the context of their historical times: Amendment 13, abolishing slavery throughout the U.S., and Amendment 14, defining U.S. citizenship and stipulating due process and equal protection under the law. Four additional amendments-11, judicial powers construed; 16, federal income tax; and 18 and 21, Prohibition and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Abramovitz, Melissa
Summary: Examines the issue of animal rights, asking if animals should have similar rights to humans, if it is moral to eat meat, if animals should be used in entertainment, and if it ethical to experiment on them.
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Publisher / Publication Date: ReferencePoint Press 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 179 ABRSummary: China is booming economically. U.S. companies, including Motorola and Boeing, are employing thousands in new factories. However, Western economic investment has not translated into a Chinese acceptance of Western ideas concerning human rights-as evident in the Tiananmen Square massacre. This program discusses the progress that is being made. We meet a radio talk-show host who invites callers to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: George Marshall speaking about the Declaration of Human Rights at UN Conference in Paris
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1948
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Nagle, Jeanne
Summary: For centuries, philosophers, scientists, and lawmakers worldwide have debated the merits of affording certain rights to animals. Central to any discussion of the topic is morality, who, or what, possesses it, and how and when it should be bestowed. This examination of the animal rights movement covers this and other points of contention, as well as the history of the movement and the people at...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rosen Publishing 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 179 NAGDeGrazia, David.
Summary: By presenting models for understanding animals' moral status and rights, and examining their mental lives and welfare, the author explores the implications for how we should treat animals in connection with our diet, zoos, and research.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 179 DEGDawkins, Marian Stamp.
Contents: No room on the agenda -- Seduced by words -- The trouble with anthropomorphism -- Why consciousness is harder than you think -- Consciousness unexplained -- Emotional turmoil -- Animal welfare without consciousness -- The two pillars of animal welfare --What animals want -- Animal welfare for a small planet.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 179.3 DAWBoothroyd, Jennifer
Summary: Many plants depend on animals to help move pollen around so that the plants can reproduce. Readers will see how hummingbirds, mice, bats, and other animals play a big role in pollination. Simple text and supportive photos and diagrams help readers understand key ideas and details about this important science concept.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lerner Publications Company 2015
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Summary: If Nietzsche Were a Narwhal overturns everything we thought we knew about human intelligence, and asks the question: would humans be better off as narwhals? Or some other, less brainy species? There's a good argument to be made that humans might be a less successful animal species precisely because of our amazing, complex intelligence. All our unique gifts like language, math, and science do...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 591.5 GRECopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 591.5 GRESummary: Although China’s government has pledged to revise its policies toward political dissidents, that promise remains largely unfulfilled. This program reveals egregious cases of political oppression occurring in recent years, countering the picture China painted of itself as it promoted the Beijing Olympics. Pushing back against bureaucracy and official stonewalling, the program examines the work...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Human Rights (Musical group)
Contents: Fatherless children -- When you're forsaken -- Here I am -- Revolt -- Our faith -- Rest stop -- For the love of Jah Nation -- Good to go -- We sight.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Railroad Records 1992
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD REGGAE HUMSummary: When Americans become outraged with behavior considered immoral or unethical, a typical response is to call on state legislatures or Congress to pass legislation outlawing it. Can government impose morality on its people by banning negative behavior or mandating positive behavior? History suggests that such efforts, though well-intentioned in many cases, are often ineffective. This program...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Moeller, Hans-Georg
Summary: An expert on Eastern philosophies and social systems theory, Hans-Georg Moeller questions the perceived goodness of morality and those who claim morality is inherently positive. Critiquing the ethical "fanaticism" of Western moralists, such as Immanuel Kant, Lawrence Kohlberg, John Rawls, and the utilitarians, Moeller points to the absurd fundamentalisms and impracticable prescriptions arising...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia University Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 171.7 MOEFine, Aubrey H.
Contents: Discoveries -- My life on the "ranch": just follow the yellow brick road home -- Giving from the Hart: becoming a comforter and a human builder -- Fending off loneliness -- Do you believe in magic? -- Giving and accepting a second chance -- Writing from the Hart: becoming a Cyrano de Bergerac -- One of life's lessons: carpe diem -- Remembering lifetimes -- Serendipity can lead to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Purdue University Press 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.89 FINSummary: Five decades after the inception of the Geneva Refugee Convention, the European immigration system is on the verge of collapse as a flood of people fleeing persecution and violence threatens to engulf the E.U. This program looks at the processing of refugees and asylum-seekers in Sweden and Britain-typified by a lengthy detention punctuated by interrogation and a summary legal hearing-as the UN...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: The question of animal intelligence has been debated for centuries. In recent years, science has come closer to proving that animals think and feel-perhaps not at the level of humans, but in ways that are nevertheless authentic. This classic program brings viewers into the midst of eye-opening zoological, neurological, and psychological research, revealing what many scientists believe to be...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Brotha James (Musical group)
Contents: Animal -- Dreamer -- Evolve -- Grateful -- Reunite.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD LOCAL BROClendening, John.
Summary: There are many animals within the United States that don't have a home. Fortunately, there are many animal shelters across the country that can take them in and help them find loving owners! This book provides a detailed look at the many ways these shelters care for our animal buddies.
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Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 636 CLEChallenger, Melanie
Summary: "A wide-ranging take on why humans have a troubled relationship with being an animal, and why we need a better one Human are the most inquisitive, emotional, imaginative, aggressive, and baffling animals on the planet. But we are also an animal that does not think it is an animal. How well do we really know ourselves? How to Be Animal tells a remarkable story of what it means to be human and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 599.9 CHASummary: Dubbed "the woman who redefined man," Jane Goodall has changed our perceptions of primates, people, and the connections between them. But over the past 45 years, Goodall herself has "evolved" from steadfast scientist to passionate conservationist and humanitarian. In this TEDTalk, the legendary researcher talks about TACARE and her other community projects, which help people in booming African...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008