Blood and Earth: Modern Slavery, Ecocide, and the Secret to Saving the World, Hardcover - Kevin Bales

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Slavery is illegal throughout the world, yet more than twenty-seven million people are still trapped in one of history's oldest social institutions...

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In Eradicating Ecocide, international environment lawyer and Ecocide law expert Polly Higgins sets out to demonstrate how our planet is fast being ...

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A leading spiritual teacher reveals how Celtic spirituality -listening to the sacred around us and inside us - can help us heal the earth, overcome...

Leading spiritual teacher John Philip Newell reveals how Celtic spirituality, listening to the sacred around us and inside of us, can help to heal ...

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Modern slavery is widespread, but systemic injustice in society means this crime is able to perpetuate, hidden in plain sight. This expose shares m...

A veteran of burnout himself, Legault looks at the culture of self-sacrifice that permeates the work done by volunteers and paid staff in the envir...

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Written by a founder member of Extinction Rebellion Youth London, this is no greenwashing book - it's an important call to action. A manifesto for ...

DescriptionDark Shadows is a compelling portrait of Kazakhstan, a country that is little known in the West. Strategically located in the heart of C...

Publisher: Vehicule PressAuthor(s): Daniel SangerNumber of pages: 300Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 142 x 214 x 30Cover type: Paperback / softba...

Reducere. Modern Slavery: A Reference Handbook addresses essential questions about slavery in its contemporary manifestations. The book examines the growing ...

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Brilliant young polymath Andrew Rader provides a stunning history of human exploration and assesses where our desire to explore could take us next.

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Siddharth Kara is a tireless chronicler of the human cost of slavery around the world. He has documented the realities of human trafficking and for...

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What does Japan's 2011 nuclear accident have in common with the 2005 flooding of New Orleans from Hurricane Katrina? This thought-provoking book pr...

Higher education occupies a difficult place in twenty-first-century American culture. Universities--the institutions that bear so much responsibili...

Publisher: 1517 MediaAuthor(s): Paul DouglasIllustration(s): 30 Illustrations, colorNumber of pages: 112Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 184 x 236...

DescriptionA powerful new interpretation of Catholicism's dramatic encounter with modernity, by one of America's leading intellectualsThroughout mu...

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A practical and succinct A to Z guide to Planet Earth with advice for how everyone can take positive action and combat the issues facing our enviro...

A practical and succinct A to Z guide to Planet Earth with advice for how everyone can take positive action and combat the issues facing our enviro...

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