Human rights and migration
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The Civil Rights Movement
Braun, EricLerner Publishing Group 2018Civil rights have been in the news with the rise of Black Lives Matter, Colin Kaepernick taking a knee during the national anthem at NFL games, and more. Yet civil rights activists...
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This Book Is Anti-Racist : 20 lessons on how to wake up, take action, and do the work
Jewell, TiffanyFrances Lincoln Children's Books 2020#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Featured by Oprah's Book Club on the Anti-Racist Books for Young Adults list curated by best-selling author Jacqueline Woodson A USA TODAY Bestsell...
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Martin Luther King Jr.
Herweck, DonaTriangle Interactive, LLC 2018Martin Luther King, Jr. used peaceful protests to become one of the world's greatest African-American Civil Rights leaders. Readers will learn all about his interesting and inspiri...
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Martin Luther King Jr. : Walking in the Light
Fishman, Jon M.Lerner Publishing Group 2019Martin Luther King Jr. was an influential and inspiring leader of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s and 1960s. His life, work, and death are brought to life for readers like n...
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The Women's Rights Movement
Braun, EricLerner Publishing Group 2018Women have come a long way since the first women's rights convention took place in Seneca Falls, New York, in 1848—but women's rights activists are still working to expand rights t...
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Women Rowing North : Navigating Life's Currents and Flourishing As We Age
Pipher, MaryBloomsbury Publishing 2019New York Times Bestseller * USA Today Bestseller* Los Angeles Times Bestseller * Publishers Weekly Bestseller A guide to wisdom, authenticity, and bliss for women as they age by...
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The American Indian Rights Movement
Braun, EricLerner Publishing Group 2018What do you know about the American Indian rights movement? You may have heard about modern pipeline protests, but this resistance has its roots in the early years of the United St...
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You Are There! March on Washington, August 28, 1963
Maloof, TorreyTriangle Interactive, LLC 2018This intriguing nonfiction book builds literacy skills while immersing students in subject area content. You Are There! March on Washington, August 28, 1963 brings this historic da...
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The Apology
Ensler, EveBloomsbury Publishing 2019From the bestselling author of The Vagina Monologues—a powerful, life-changing examination of abuse and atonement. "A triumph of artistry and empathy." —Naomi Klein "A crucial...
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Trainwreck : The Women We Love to Hate, Mock, and Fear . . . and Why
Doyle, SadyMelville House 2016She's everywhere once you start looking for her: the trainwreck. She's Britney Spears shaving her head, Whitney Houston saying, "crack is whack," and Amy Winehouse, dying in fron...
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Witches, Sluts, Feminists : Conjuring the Sex Positive
Sollee, Kristen J.Stone Bridge Press 2017"Like being deemed a witch hundreds of years ago, being presumed a slut today is cause for ostracism, abuse, and death." . . . Archetypes of "witch" and "slut" have been used to po...
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The nice girl syndrome : stop being manipulated and abused - and start standing up for yourself
Engel, BeverlyJohn Wiley and Sons 2009Overcome to pressure to please other people with the tools and guidance in The Nice Girl Syndrome: Stop Being Manipulated and Abused — and Start Standing Up for Yourself. Renowned...
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Civic Mind and Good Citizenship: Comparative Perspectives
Konttinen, AnnamariTampere University Press 2009 1. editionAs the political sphere within the EU changes, for external and internal reasons, the citizenship model of Europe is facing new challenges. The book Civic Mind and Good Citizenship...
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Gender Myths and Feminist Fables: The Struggle for Interpretive Power in Gender and Development
Cornwall, Andrea; Harrison, Elizabeth; Whitehead, AnnJohn Wiley and Sons, Inc. 2009 1. editionThis collection brings together leading feminist thinkers who examine the struggles for interpretive power which underlies international development. Questions why the insights f...
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Know My Name : The Survivor of the Stanford Sexual Assault Case Tells Her Story
Miller, ChanelPenguin Books Ltd 2019THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING MEMOIR 'Incredibly moving and haunting' Roxane Gay 'I read this book cover to cover and it stunned me' Jia Tolentino 'Powerful, honest and necess...
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Why Didn't We Riot? : A Black Man in Trumpland
Bailey, Issac J.Other Press 2020In these impassioned, powerful essays, an award-winning journalist deals forthrightly with what it means to be black in Trump's America. South Carolina–based journalist Issac J....
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Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume I
Ellis, HavelockDuke Classics 2013English psychologist Havelock Ellis played an instrumental role in shaping many of our modern ideas about sexuality, gender, and sexual preferences. He dedicated his career to rese...