Summary: Brazil is known for its beautiful beaches and vibrant culture. However, in recent years, the country has developed more of a reputation for corrupt politicians, kidnapping, and plastic surgery. Artfully connects these seemingly disparate elements and conducts a dazzling, yet harrowing, examination of the tragic domino effect that has reshaped the face of the country and created an entire...
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Publisher / Publication Date: City Lights Home Entertainment 2008
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MANDesmond, Matthew
Summary: "[The author] takes us into the poorest neighborhoods of Milwaukee to tell the story of eight families on the edge. Arleen is a single mother trying to raise her two sons on the 20 dollars a month she has left after paying for their rundown apartment. Scott is a gentle nurse consumed by a heroin addiction. Lamar, a man with no legs and a neighborhood full of boys to look after, tries to work...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishers 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 339.2 DESCopies Available at Peninsula
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 339.4 DESBetancourt, Ingrid
Summary: Ingrid Betancourt tells the story of her captivity in the Colombian jungle, sharing teachings of resilience, resistance, and faith. Born in Bogota, raised in France, Betancourt at age 32 gave up a life of comfort and safety to return to Colombia to become a political leader in a country that was being slowly destroyed by terrorism, violence, fear, and hopelessness. In 2002, while a candidate in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 986.106 BETTaseer, Shahbaz
Summary: "In late August 2011, Shahbaz Taseer was driving to his office in Lahore when he was dragged from his car at gunpoint and kidnapped by members of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU), a Taliban-affiliated Uzbek terrorist group. Shahbaz's father, the late Pakistani governor, had recently been assassinated. His crime: speaking in support of a Christian woman who had been accused of blasphemy...
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Publisher / Publication Date: MCD, Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 TASEER, SHAHBAZ TASLinde, Barbara M.
Summary: "Have you ever wondered why presidential candidates need money for their campaigns? How do they get the funds they need to succeed in politics? This book focuses on how and where presidential candidates obtain the money to help them run for the country's highest office. Readers will learn about the history of campaign fund-raising and discover how candidates in different time periods approached...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 324.7 LINMacLeod, Elizabeth
Summary: "This nonfiction book for middle-grade readers is full of stories about inspiring activists who have accidentally changed the world. The activists profiled are a variety of ages and come from around the world."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Orca Book Publishers 2021
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Summary: "While many teens, college students, and young professionals are passionate about social issues--whether climate change or gun violence, hunger or homelessness, or any other of the countless difficulties which face our world today--and want to help, enthusiasm alone is not enough to make a meaningful impact. But effective advocacy and activism can be learned, and with the right tools, achieving...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rowman & Littlefield 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 371.8 RAWMoyle, Eunice
Summary: With a unique mix of history and inspiration, Be The Change! gives young readers the tools and encouragement needed to be the change they wish to see in the world. Featuring the popular founders of Hello! Lucky stationery, this guidebook offers instruction and guidance to spark readers' creativity and inspire action in their local communities. With a lighthearted approach, the authors enlighten...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walter Foster Jr. 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 745.5 MOYMargolin, Jamie
Summary: "The 1963 Children's March in Birmingham, Alabama. Tiananmen Square, 1989. The 2016 Dakota Access Pipeline protests. March for Our Lives, and School Strike for Climate. What do all these social justice movements have in common? They were led by passionate, informed, engaged young people. Jamie Margolin has been organizing and protesting since she was fourteen years old. Now the co-leader of a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: GO, Hachette Books 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 320.0835 MARWilson, Janet
Summary: "This picture book written and illustrated by Janet Wilson features 10 children who are social, political, and environmental activists from around the world who are making a difference in their communities, and countries. The children are concrete examples for other kids, to show that you're never too young to mitigate change. From racism to cyber bullying, from gun violence to animal...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Second Story Press 2019
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "Within the last half century, our agricultural and food industries have changed more than ... ever before. New technologies and scientific ingenuity have given rise to genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and other man-made foods. People have begun to raise concerns about the safety of GMOs in our food supply, given their incredible dominance in a large portion of our diets. Traditional...
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Publisher / Publication Date: KITG Productions 2015
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC OFLong, Michael G.
Summary: "Kids have always been on the front lines of the fights for justice. From marches protesting child labor to the student strike that helped build the case for Brown v. Board of Education to modern-day March for Our Lives and the Climate Strike, 'Kids on the March' tells the empowering story of children and teens throughout the twentieth and early twenty-first century rallying to fight for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Young Readers 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 320.083 LONThompson, Laurie Ann.
Summary: Empower yourself in today’s highly connected, socially conscious world as you learn how to wield your passions, digital tools, and the principles of social entrepreneurship to affect real change in your schools, communities, and beyond.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Pulse 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 361.2 THOSpencer, Kyle
Summary: "Using original reporting and unprecedented access, an award-winning journalist chronicles the people and organizations working to lure millions of unsuspecting young American voters into the far-right fold, harnessing social media in alarming ways and capitalizing on the democratization of celebrity culture"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 320.50973 SPEPowell, Nate
Summary: "In this anthology of seven comics essays, author and graphic novelist Nate Powell addresses living in an era of what he calls 'necessary protest.' Save It for Later: Promises, Parenthood, and the Urgency of Protest is Powell's reflection on witnessing the collapse of discourse in real time while drawing the award-winning trilogy March, written by Congressman John Lewis and Andrew Aydin, this...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams ComicArts 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 303.484 POWCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 303.484 POWWalter, Scott
Summary: "While figures like George Soros, Bill Gates, and Mark Zuckerberg are known for their hefty political donations, few Americans have heard of Arabella Advisors. Even more powerful than these standalone billionaires, Arabella is a secretive "dark money" operation that channels megadonor funds into leftist political causes via pop-up groups designed to look like innocent grassroots outfits. The...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Summary: "In Micro Activism, former political consultant turned activism coach Omkari Williams shares her expertise to help each of us, no matter our temperament, find our most satisfying and effective activist role. Williams encourages starting small, working collaboratively, and beginning locally. Advice on self-care practices, burn-out prevention, and profiles of activists engaged in a range of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Storey Publishing 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.0973 WILSummary: Bill Nye illustrates how various types of transportation utilize friction, from traction in trains and the "roll" of ball bearings in skateboards and automobiles, to the lack of friction in a hovercraft.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Disney Educational Productions 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV BILCamlot, Heather
Summary: "What if the impossible was actually possible? What if we turned our dreams into action? What if your imagination could help solve real-world crises, like war, famine, and human rights violations? Through a series of seemingly whimsical questions, this middle-grade nonfiction book introduces readers to people and organizations that are subverting violence, war and totalitarian power. What if...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Owlkids Books 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 303.48 CAMKristof, Nicholas D.
Summary: "From the authors of the #1 New York Times best-selling Half the Sky, a unique and essential narrative about making a difference in the world--a roadmap to becoming a conscientious global citizen. Equal in urgency and compassion to Half the Sky, this galvanizing new book from the acclaimed husband and wife team is even more ambitious in scale: nothing less than a deep examination of people who...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 360 KRIVarley, Dax
Summary: In the four months since his mother was taken by demons, Max has been studying and perfecting a means of killing them with a slingshot, witch hazel, and an arcade token with a sunburst emblem--but now other women have been disappearing and finding out what the demons are up to has become a matter of increasing urgency.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Magic Wagon 2016
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1 available in J Series, Call number: J FIC VARAckerman, Elliot
Summary: It is twenty years after the catastrophic war between the United States and China that brought down the old American political order. A new party has emerged in the US, one that's held power for over a decade. Efforts to cement its grip have resulted in mounting violent resistance. The American president has control of the media, but he is beginning to lose control of the streets. Many fear...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2024
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Summary: It's Little Red Riding Hood as you've never seen her before in this funny, feminist spin on the fairy tale, from award-winning author Ursula Vernon Most monsters know better than to mess with Princess Harriet Hamsterbone. She's a fearsome warrior, an accomplished jouster, and is so convincing that she once converted a beastly Ogrecat to vegetarianism. So why would a pack of weasel-wolf monsters...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018