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Author
Publisher
Lerner Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Formats
Description
What does it mean to resist?
Throughout our nation's history, discrimination and unjust treatment of all kinds have prompted people to make their objections and outrage known. Some protests involve large groups of people, marching or holding signs with powerful slogans. Others start with quotes or hashtags on social media that go viral and spur changes in behavior. People can make their voices heard in hundreds of different
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Language
English
Description
"Jane Ellison is a 'super recognizer' able to identify strangers by the slightest facial details ... When she spies human rights activist and heiress Bella Valencia in a crowded Boston airport, Jane's convinced she's found the person responsible for her sister Kit's disappearance ... Jane is ready to risk everything for the chance to publicly expose Bella's crimes at her upcoming celebrity wedding. But the more she digs into what happened that night,...
Author
Publisher
BenBella Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
xxi, 423 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Society is broken. We can design our way to a better one. In our increasingly interconnected world, self-interest and social-interest are rapidly becoming indistinguishable. If the oceans die, if society fractures, or if global warming spirals out of control, personal success becomes meaningless. But our broken system incentivizes behavior that only makes these problems worse. If true human rights progress is to be achieved today, it is time we dig...
11) On human rights
Series
The Oxford amnesty lectures volume 1993
Publisher
BasicBooks
Pub. Date
[1993]
Physical Desc
ix, 262 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
One of the music world's most iconic artists writes about his remarkable life for the first time, from his early days growing up in Dublin, to U2's meteoric rise to fame, to his more than twenty years of activism dedicated to the fight against AIDS and extreme poverty.
14) Human rights
Series
Publisher
Greenhaven Press
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
259 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
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