We Are Power: How Nonviolent Activism Changes the World, Hardcover - Todd Hasak-Lowy

DescriptionA stirring look at nonviolent activism, from American suffragists to Civil Rights to the Climate Change Movement We Are Power brings to ...

Publisher: AbramsAuthor(s): Todd Hasak-LowyIllustration(s): Black-and-white photographs throughoutNumber of pages: 320Publication date: 2022Dimensi...

A fascinating investigation into what defines 'heavy' in music and how heaviness transfuses culture.Illustrations: 16pp. plate section

Explores the interaction between perception and experience by studying perceptual experts, people who specialize in recognizing objects such as bir...

DescriptionThe extraordinary, and largely unchronicled, account of the Cuban people's struggle for survival in a post-Soviet world In the aftermath...

Reducere. DescriptionNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"In her book, Melinda tells the stories of the inspiring people she's met through her work all over the world, ...

An essential guide to building transformative movements to address the challenges of our time, from one of the country's leading organizers and a c...

Women have always explored the globe, but their stories aren't always well-known. In We Are Explorers, fourteen intrepid women and their incredible...

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Reducere. This beautiful picture book tells the story of two scientists who worked together side by side to send humans into space. Mary Jackson was super sm...

Publisher: MIT Press LtdAuthor(s): Alexander (Kulturstiftung des Bundes) KloseIllustration(s): 96 b 192 Illustrations, unspecifiedTranslator: Charl...

What does it mean to call yourself British in the 21st Century? If Obama was raised by his white mother, why is he the first black president? Why d...

Reducere. From award-winning journalist and sociology professor Gary Younge, a nuanced analysis of identity politics and why they matter today.We are more al...

Reducere. This inspiring picture book tells the amazing story of the first moon landing and the friends who made it happen. Neil, Buzz, and Mike were three t...

Reducere. This graphic nonfiction book introduces the physical and chemical changes of matter. Each of the ten Building Blocks of Physical Science volumes fe...

Reducere. Description"We Are the Luckiest is a masterpiece. It's the truest, most generous, honest, and helpful sobriety memoir I've read. It's going to save...

Reducere. A provocative and revelatory look at what power is, who gets it, and what happens when they do, based on over 500 interviews with those who (for a ...

Reducere. DescriptionAn inspiring chronicle of life-changing encounters, personal transformation and a vision of love that transcends the everyday definition...

Publisher: Theater der ZeitAuthor(s): Anne FritschNumber of pages: 176Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 129 x 199 x 17Cover type: Paperback / softb...

Chronicles the story of the ZAD (zone to defend), a resistant land occupation emerging out of a decades-long struggle which stopped a new airport p...

In Uganda, East Africa, a region long controlled by Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance Army, leaders of Catholic, Protestant, and Muslim communities o...

DescriptionA deeply reported look at the rise of home genetic testing and the seismic shock it has had on individual lives You swab your cheek or s...

Reducere. "A stirring and timely book." --New York Times Book Review After her father was murdered, Mar a escaped in the middle of the night with her mother....

DescriptionA richly illustrated book, We Are Artists celebrates the life and work of fifteen female artists from around the globe and the distincti...

Contributor(s): Author: Christian B. MillerWe like to think of ourselves, our friends, and our families as decent people. We may not be saints, but...

Reducere. Written from the child's point of view, this book for young children tells a charming story of family. Though families may look different the commo...

Reducere. An Absence of Honor is a collection of essays exploring the different layers of intrigue, self-examination, and retribution an activist in any comm...

"A refreshing and enlightening new perspective on what it means to be powerful."--Susan Cain, bestselling author of Quiet We all know what it looks...

Reducere. This around-the-world tour introduces readers to children who have taken on the role of social activist, fighting for human rights and social justi...

This lyrical and extremely timely picture book illuminates the many different migrants who have made their homes in North America through the centu...

Reclaim your power to make positive changes in your organization and beyond by channelling your inner maverick.Publisher: Kogan Page LtdAuthor(s): ...

DescriptionIn celebration of the Brady Bunch's 50th anniversary, TV writer Kimberly Potts writes a Seinfeldia-like definitive history of the show t...

The best techniques for living successfully in relation to the upsurge in machine intelligence are advised upon, with an introduction from }Freakon...

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Contributor(s): Author: Brian KellyGet a handle on the digital currency revolution, and learn howto get on board The Bitcoin Big Bang is a guide to...

Reducere. Offering a unique approach to presenting environmental health, Maxwell's Understanding Environmental Health: How We Live in the World, Third Editio...

Money may be power, but payments are the real superpower.Publisher: Elliott & Thompson LimitedAuthor(s): Natasha De TeranNumber of pages: 320Public...

Publisher: Elliott & Thompson LimitedAuthor(s): Natasha De TeranNumber of pages: 356Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 130 x 197 x 30Cover type: Pap...

A bold and eye-opening exploration of the true nature of power and how to use it.

Reducere. A sweeping exploration of the ways in which emotions shaped the course of human history, and how our experience and understanding of emotions have ...

DescriptionA leading neuroscientist explains why your personal traits are more innate than you thinkWhat makes you the way you are--and what makes ...

For their 51st edition, World War 3 Illustrated asked their artists and writers to bring heart and vision to two questions: What do we really care ...

Reducere. A groundbreaking approach to transforming traumatic legacies passed down in families over generations, by an acclaimed expert in the field Depressi...

A fascinating and provocative new way of looking at the things we use and the spaces we inhabit, and an invitation to imagine a better-designed wor...

We Are The Beatles tells the inspiring story of the friendship that shaped music history, between four boys from Liverpool who shared a love of mus...

We Are The Supremes tells the inspiring story of three young school friends whose amazing talent and hard work saw them become America's most succe...

Reducere. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER How can we summon a moment of lift for human beings--and especially for women? Because when you lift up women, you lift u...

Reducere. Now in paperback, this is a multi-faceted biography of 12 talented people that introduces young readers to eight ways in which people can be smart ...