Banks, Charles Edward

Summary: "This important classic work, first published in 1930, lists the names of immigrants to New England during the Great Migration, 1620-1640: more than 3,500 names of passengers on 96 ships. Going year by year, for each person, Banks lists full name, the name of the ship, believed place of origin, and place of residence in America. In addition to this key information is an essay called "A study of...

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

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Banks, Amy Elizabeth.

Summary: Provides the tools necessary for strengthening the parts of our brain that encourage connection and to heal the neural damage that disconnection can cause to have healthier relationships with others and lead happier, more fulfilling lives.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin, a member of Penguin Group (USA) 2015

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Wine-Banks, Jill

Summary: "It was a time, much like today, when Americans feared for the future of their democracy and women stood up for equal treatment. At the crossroads of the Watergate scandal and the women's movement stood a young lawyer named Jill Wine Volner (as she was then known), barely thirty years old and in charge of some of the most important prosecutions of high-ranking White House officials. Called "the...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2020

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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf : distributed by Random House 1980

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Hanks, Patrick.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 1988

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Abanes, Richard.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Four Walls Eight Windows 1998

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Bales, Kevin.

Summary: In this riveting book, authors and authorities on modern day slavery Kevin Bales and Ron Soodalter expose the disturbing phenomenon of human trafficking and slavery that exists now in the United States. In "The Slave Next Door "we find that slaves are all around us, hidden in plain sight: the dishwasher in the kitchen of the neighborhood restaurant, the kids on the corner selling cheap...

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Publisher / Publication Date: University of California Press 2010

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Baskas, Harriet.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Globe Pequot Press 2013

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Hanes, Stephanie.

Summary: "The stunningly beautiful Gorongosa National Park, once the crown jewel of Mozambique, was nearly destroyed by decades of civil war. It looked like a perfect place for Western philanthropy: revive the park and tourists would return, a win-win outcome for the environment and the impoverished villagers living in the area. So why did some researchers find the local communities actually getting...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company 2017

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Balko, Radley

Summary: Relates the stories of two innocent men who were wrongly accused and convicted of crimes due largely to the legally condoned failures perpetrated by invalid forensic science and institutional racism. --Publisher. "A shocking and deeply reported account of the persistent plague of institutional racism and junk forensic science in our criminal justice system, and its devastating effect on...

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018

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Nanus, Burt.

Summary: The author defines what the vision thing is all about. Successful leaders know that nothing drives an organization like an attractive, worthwhile, achievable vision for the future. The author shows why vision is the key to leadership and demonstrates how any leader can use a logical, step-by-step process to create and implement a powerful new sense of direction in his or her organization. This...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Jossey-Bass 1992

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Balis, Andrea

Summary: Describes the events, personalities, and issues involved in the Watergate Affair, featuring quotes from primary source materials.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2019

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Abanes, Richard.

Summary: An overview of Mormonism in America details its inception in 1830, which was considered a movement of radical zealots, to its acceptance in today's society, and reveals the many controversies and scandals that surround the religion.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Four Walls Eight Windows 2002

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Balis, Andrea

Summary: "A cutting-edge look into a pivotal moment in U.S. history: McCarthy's infamous "witch hunt" for communists during the 1950's Red Scare. At the cusp of the Cold War, Americans were so afraid of communists living among them that they began to hunt them like witches. As Senator Joe McCarthy took up this mantle to hunt down "communists" in the U.S., citizens grew terrified of being accused, so...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2024

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Broks, Paul

Summary: "When celebrated neuropsychologist Paul Broks's wife died of cancer, it sparked a journey of grief and reflection that traced a lifelong attempt to understand how the brain gives rise to the soul. The result of that journey is a gorgeous, evocative meditation on fate, death, consciousness, and what it means to be human. The Darker the Night, The Brighter the Stars weaves a scientist's...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown 2018

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Manos, Fran.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Avery Pub. Group 1998

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Binns, Barbara

Summary: "The Tuskegee Airmen heroically fought for the right to be officers of the US military so that they might participate in World War II by flying overseas to help defeat fascism. However, after winning that battle, they faced their next great challenge at Freeman Field, Iowa, where racist white officers barred them from entering the prestigious Officers' Club that their rank promised them. The...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Focus 2022

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Backes, Laura.

Contents: Where do I start? -- When bribes fail: how to help your child learn to love reading -- Finding your way: a road map to the children's book department -- Taking the first step -- Keeping it simple -- Making the transition -- Stretching it out -- Ready for anything -- Further recommended reading -- Resources for parents.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Prima Pub. 2001

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Banek, Reinhold.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Ten Speed Press 1995

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Bannos, Pamela

Summary: Who was Vivian Maier? Many people know her as the reclusive Chicago nanny who wandered the city for decades, constantly snapping photographs, which were unseen until they were discovered in a seemingly abandoned storage locker. They revealed her to be an inadvertent master of twentieth-century American street photography. Not long after, the news broke that Maier had recently died and had no...

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Publisher / Publication Date: The University of Chicago Press 2017

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Eubanks, Virginia

Summary: "The State of Indiana denies one million applications for healthcare, foodstamps and cash benefits in three years--because a new computer system interprets any mistake as "failure to cooperate." In Los Angeles, an algorithm calculates the comparative vulnerability of tens of thousands of homeless people in order to prioritize them for an inadequate pool of housing resources. In Pittsburgh, a...

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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2018

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Shanks, Ralph.

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Publisher / Publication Date: CostaFano Books 1996

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Baines, Anthony.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 1992

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