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Medina, Nico

Summary: "In 1914, the assassination of an Austrian archduke set off a disastrous four-year-long conflict involving dozens of countries with battles taking place in all parts of the world. World War I was the first to use planes and tanks as well as deadly gases that left soldiers blinded or "shell shocked" (a condition now called Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome). There were battles that lasted for...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop 2023

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 940.3 MED

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 940.3 MED

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT World What Medina

Romeo, Nick

Summary: "Confronted by the terrifying trends of the early twenty-first century -- widening inequality, environmental destruction, and the immiseration of millions of workers around the world -- many economists and business leaders still preach dogmas that lack evidence and create political catastrophe: Private markets are always more efficient than public ones; investment capital flows efficiently to...

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Publisher / Publication Date: PublicAffairs 2023

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Swanson, Shari

Summary: "In 1945, the attention of the United States, along with the rest of the world, was focused on World War II. After more than five years of fighting, downcast, war-weary people were looking for signs of hope of a better future. One April morning, a duck searching for a nesting spot lands on a tall post sticking out of the Milwaukee River. Situated near a busy drawbridge and the noisy city of...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2023

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Stelson, Caren

Summary: "This powerful story is told from the collective perspective of the children who were rescued from Czechoslovakia on the eve of World War II, as Hitler's campaign of hatred toward Jews and political dissidents took hold. The narrative starts in 1938 and follows the children as they journey to foster families in England for the duration of the war, return to Prague afterward in an unsuccessful...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Carolrhoda Books 2023

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 940.53 STE

Gilio-Whitaker, Dina

Summary: "Interrogating the concept of environmental justice in the U.S. as it relates to Indigenous peoples, this book argues that a different framework must apply compared to other marginalized communities, while it also attends to the colonial history and structure of the U.S. and ways Indigenous peoples continue to resist, and ways the mainstream environmental movement has been an impediment to...

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 970.004 GIL

Jakes, T. D.

Summary: "For most of our lives, we are encouraged to trudge along the well-worn paths of those who have come before us. We learn the rules-- in our families, in our schools, in our workplaces, in our churches-- and most of the messages we receive tell us that following the rules will allow us to arrive at the lives we desire. But when change becomes not only desirable but also urgently necessary, this...

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Publisher / Publication Date: FaithWords 2023

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 248.4 JAK

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