Aguon, Julian
Summary: "No Country for Eight-Spotted Butterflies is a collection of soulful ruminations about love, loss, struggle, resilience and power. Part memoir, part manifesto, the book is both a coming-of-age story and a call for justice-for everyone but, in particular, for indigenous peoples-his own and others"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Astra House 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.89 AGULaughlin, Kara L.
Summary: "This book examines the activism involved in the ongoing fight for racial justice in the United States. Additional features to aid comprehension include a table of contents, informative captions and sidebars, a phonetic glossary, a time line, a Think-About-It section, and an index"--Amazon.com.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 305.8 LAUHill, Marc Lamont
Summary: "A riveting exploration of how the power of visual media over the last few years has shifted the narrative on race and reignited the push towards justice by the New York Times bestselling author of the "worthy and necessary" (The New York Times) Nobody, Marc Lamont Hill, and the bestselling author and acclaimed journalist Todd Brewster. With his signature "clear and courageous" (Cornel West)...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 303.3 HILCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 303.3 HILShiva, Vandana
Summary: "Calls for a radical shift in the values that govern democracies, condemning the role that unrestricted capitalism has played in the destruction of environments and livelihoods"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: North Atlantic Books 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 303.3 SHISummary: Heroic, daring and more than just a little colorful, The A-Team is a brave band of brothers who will stop at nothing to get the bad guys. Pile into that famous black van for another season of adventure with Hannibal, Face, Murdock and B.A. as they fight for justice against criminals, while staying one step ahead of their archenemy, Colonel Decker.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal 2005
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV AEwing, Chana Ginelle
Summary: "An ABC of equality introduces complicated concepts to the youngest of children, from celebrating our differences, understanding everyone's beliefs, and treating everyone with kindness."--Back cover
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Publisher / Publication Date: Frances Lincoln Children's Books, an imprint of The Quarto Group 2020
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1 available in JE Concept Crates, Call number: JE EWIKendi, Ibram X.
Summary: We can let racism stand, or we can stand against it. Readers will follow a young Kendi as he learns (and unlearns) lessons that help shape his understanding racism. Kendi's concept of antiracism reenergizes and reshapes the conversation about racial justice in America. Even more fundamentally, it points us toward liberating new ways of thinking about ourselves and each other. He asks us to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kokila, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 305.8 KENBeety, Valena E.
Summary: "From a former federal prosecutor turned champion of the wrongfully convicted, this powerful and profound book follows the stories of women reclaiming their freedom and creates a new blueprint for remaking our deeply flawed criminal legal system." -- Inside front jacket flap.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Citadel Press, Kensington Publishing Corp. 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 345.73 BEEStevenson, Bryan
Summary: "In this young adult adaptation of the acclaimed bestselling Just Mercy, which the New York Times calls "as compelling as To Kill a Mockingbird, and in some ways more so," Bryan Stevenson delves deep into the broken U.S. justice system, detailing from his personal experience his many challenges and efforts as a lawyer and social advocate, especially on behalf of America's most rejected and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2018
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A collection of poems by women that reflects the joy and passion in the fight for social justice, tackling topics from discrimination to empathy, and acceptance to speaking out.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 811 WOKDreisinger, Baz
Summary: "Beginning in Africa and ending in Europe, Incarceration Nations is a first-person odyssey through the prison systems of the world. Professor, journalist, and founder of the Prison-to-College-Pipeline, Dreisinger looks into the human stories of incarcerated men and women and those who imprison them, creating a jarring, poignant view of a world to which most are denied access, and a rethinking...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Other Press 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 365 DREStroud, Jonathan
Summary: "Albert and Scarlett are a formidable pair. With his ability to read minds and her way with a weapon, no bank can keep them out and no jail can keep them in. But their notoriety may have spread a bit too far. Now old enemies from Scarlett's past and a sinister new threat from Albert's world are boxing them in--and holding their friends hostage. To win their freedom, the outlaws Scarlett and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC STRSummary: The Justice League are Earth's finest super heroes and protectors of humanity. But in the mind of the Dark Knight, they are potentially the most dangerous people on the planet should any of them go rogue. Over time, Batman has compiled top-secret contingency plans in the event he is forced to neutralize one of his fellow Justice League members such as Superman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2012
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE JUSGilio-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 GILO'Reilly, Bill
Summary: As the horrors of the Third Reich were exposed after World War II, many Nazi war criminals--including Josef Mengele, Klaus Barbie, and Adolf Eichmann--went on the run. But self-styled "Nazi hunters" were determined to track them down. This disparate group included a French couple, American lawyer, German prosecutor, Israeli Mossad agents, and a death camp survivor. Over decades, these men and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wheeler Publishing, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2018
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 940.5318 ORESowell, Thomas
Summary: "The quest for social justice is a powerful crusade of our time, with an appeal to many different people, for many different reasons. But those who use the same words do not always present the same meanings. Clarifying those meanings is the first step toward finding out what we agree on and disagree on. From there, it is largely a question of what the facts are. Social Justice Fallacies reveals...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Vonder Brink, Tracy
Summary: "Who decides if laws are fair? What does the Supreme Court do? Young Americans will find the answers in this early civics book that will help them understand how their country works"--Amazon.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Seahorse Publishing 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 347.73 VONSummary: The number of Americans who live behind bars has increased by 550 percent over the last 40 years. This has been the result of aggressive tough-on-crime legislation that had more harmful effects than lawmakers could have foreseen. Experts now see the problem but disagree on the solutions. Does incarceration limit crime, or does it simply feed into a cycle of problems that harm society and create...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Greenhaven Publishing, LLC 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 365 MASSummary: "Pitch black": Journey to a remote, hostile planet with a group of marooned passengers who learn that escaped convict Riddick isn't the only thing they have to fear. ""Dark fury": Riddick battles ruthless soldiers of fortune and vicious creatures. "The chronicles of Riddick": Riddick finds himself humanity's unlikely champion.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2006
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Place a hold to request this item.Comey, James B.
Summary: "James Comey, former FBI Director and New York Times bestselling author of A Higher Loyalty, uses his long career in federal law enforcement to explore issues of justice and fairness in the US justice system. James Comey might best be known as the FBI director that Donald Trump fired in 2017, but he's had a long, varied career in the law and justice system. He knows better than most just what a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flatiron Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.25 COMCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 363.2509 COMFrick, Kit
Summary: Sixteen-year-old Calliope Bolan joins a powerful secret society at her new boarding school, hoping to find answers about her mother's death, but she becomes involved in a dangerous campaign for revenge that threatens her new friendships.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Margaret K. McElderry Books 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC FRIJaffe, Sarah W.
Summary: When privileged parents say that they "want what's best" for their child, they don't consciously add "and not for other children." Yet the practical effect of parents with privilege relentlessly pursuing their own child's interests is that other children are left behind. Author Sarah W. Jaffe interviewed dozens of parents who are resisting the cultural pressures to seek "the best" for only...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Parenting Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649.1 JAFKeller, Timothy J.
Summary: Keller argues that the Bible's message helps, not hinders, justice and human rights, and provides evidence in scripture guiding Christians to aid the poor and seek a life of justice empowered by grace.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 261.8 KELCripps, Elizabeth
Summary: Philosopher Elizabeth Cripps approaches climate justice not just as an abstract idea but as something that should motivate us all. Using clear reasoning and poignant examples, starting from irrefutable science and uncontroversial moral rules, she explores our obligations to each other and to the non-human world, unravels the legacy of colonialism and entrenched racism, and makes the case for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Continuum 2022