No Common Ground: Confederate Monuments and the Ongoing Fight for Racial Justice (Cox Karen L.)(Pevná vazba)

No Common Ground: Confederate Monuments and the Ongoing Fight for Racial Justice (Cox Karen L.)(Pevná vazba)

When it comes to Confederate monuments, there is no common ground. Polarizing debates over their meaning have intensified into legislative maneuvering to preserve the statues, legal battles to remove them, and rowdy crowds taking matters into their own hands. These conflicts have raged for well

Ground Breaking - The Tulsa Race Massacre and an American City's Search for Justice (Ellsworth Scott)(Pevná vazba)

A gripping exploration of the worst single incident of racial violence in American history, timed to coincide with its 100th

Maria Baldwin's Worlds: A Story of Black New England and the Fight for Racial Justice (Weiler Kathleen)(Pevná vazba)

Maria Baldwin (1856-1922) held a special place in the racially divided society of her time, as a highly respected educator at a largely white New England school and an activist who carried on the radical spirit of the Boston area's internationally renowned abolitionists from a generation earlier

Just Mercy (Adapted for Young Adults): A True Story of the Fight for Justice (Stevenson Bryan)(Paperback)

Bryan Stevenson's incredible fight to end mass incarceration, excessive punishment, and racial inequality comes to life in this young adult adaptation of the acclaimed, #1 New York Times bestseller that was adapted into a major motion picture starring Michael B. Jordan, Jaime Foxx, and Brie Larson

Just Mercy (Adapted for Young Adults): A True Story of the Fight for Justice (Stevenson Bryan)(Pevná vazba)

The Ground Breaking: An American City and Its Search for Justice (Ellsworth Scott)(Pevná vazba)

And then they were gone. More than one-thousand homes and businesses. Restaurants and movie theaters, churches and doctors' offices, a hospital, a public library, a post office. Looted, burned, and bombed from the air. Over the course of less than twenty-four hours in the spring of 1921, Tulsa's

Air Battle for Burma: Allied Pilots' Fight for Supremacy (Evans Bryn)(Pevná vazba)

After a long series of crushing defeats by the apparently unstoppable Japanese air and ground forces, the eventual fight back and victory in Burma was achieved as a result of the exercise of unprecedented combined services cooperation and operations. Crucial to this was the Allies' supremacy in the

This Is Your Time (Bridges Ruby)(Pevná vazba)

Inspired by the recent wave of activism led by young people fighting for racial justice, civil rights icon Ruby Bridges--who, at the age of six, was the first black child to integrate an all-white elementary school in New Orleans--shares her story and offers a powerful call to action with this

The Executive and the Elephant: A Leader's Guide for Building Inner Excellence (Daft Richard L.)(Pevná vazba)

Lessons for leaders on resolving the ongoing struggle between instinct and the creative mind Kings, heads of government, and corporate executives lead thousands of people and manage endless resources, but may not have mastery over themselves. Often leaders know that right action is important, but

Fighting for Justice: Common Law and Civil Law Judges: Threats and Challenges (Gibson-Morgan Elizabeth)(Pevná vazba)

This book provides a unique oversight of judges' work and contemporary legal challenges in Common Law and Civil Law countries, based on the legal practice and testimonies of senior members of the judiciary speaking up for justice and the

Becoming Brave: Finding the Courage to Pursue Racial Justice Now (McNeil Brenda Salter)(Pevná vazba)

Foreword INDIES 2020 Book of the Year Award (BRONZE Winner for Religion)'[A] powerful work. . . . Provides a road map for any Christian seeking greater racial justice.'--Publishers WeeklyReconciliation is not true reconciliation without justice! Brenda Salter McNeil has come to this conviction as

Period. End of Sentence.: A New Chapter in the Fight for Menstrual Justice (Diamant Anita)(Pevná vazba)

From beloved New York Times bestselling author and award-winning journalist Anita Diamant comes a timely collection of essays to help inspire period positive activism around the globe. When Period. End of Sentence. won an Oscar in 2019, the film's co-producer and Executive Director of The Pad

Norman Granz: The Man Who Used Jazz for Justice (Hershorn Tad)(Pevná vazba)

'Any book on my life would start with my basic philosophy of fighting racial prejudice. I loved jazz, and jazz was my way of doing that,' Norman Granz told Tad Hershorn during the final interviews given for this book. Granz, who died in 2001, was iconoclastic, independent, immensely influential,

Identity, Citizenship, and Violence in Two Sudans: Reimagining a Common Future (Idris A.)(Pevná vazba)

The 2011 split of Sudan and the conflicts that have followed make it a case of ongoing significance for understanding state-building in Africa. Examining both the north-south divide and the spread of violence from Darfur, this study shows how colonial legacies have shaped state formation and charts

Howard Thurman: Philosophy, Civil Rights, and the Search for Common Ground (Jensen Kipton E.)(Pevná vazba)

Although he is best known as a mentor to the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., Howard Thurman (1900-1981) was an exceptional philosopher and public intellectual in his own right. In Howard Thurman: Philosophy, Civil Rights, and the Search for Common Ground, Kipton E. Jensen provides new ways of

How the South Won the Civil War: Oligarchy, Democracy, and the Continuing Fight for the Soul of America (Richardson Heather Cox)(Pevná vazba)

Named one of The Washington Post's 50 Notable Works of Nonfiction While the North prevailed in the Civil War, ending slavery and giving the country a 'new birth of freedom,' Heather Cox Richardson argues in this provocative work that democracy's blood-soaked victory was ephemeral. The system that

Underground (Hunt Will)(Pevná vazba)

For fans of quirky, obsessive narrative histories, such as Confederates in the Attic and How Things Work, Underground explores the history, science, architecture, and mythology of the subterranean landscape and in the process reengineers our relationship with the worlds beneath our

Christ and the Common Life: Political Theology and the Case for Democracy (Bretherton Luke)(Pevná vazba)

In Christ and the Common Life Luke Bretherton provides an introduction to historical and contemporary theological reflection on politics and opens up a compelling vision for a Christian commitment to democracy.In dialogue with Scripture and various traditions, Bretherton examines the dynamic

Soul Full of Coal Dust: A Fight for Breath and Justice in Appalachia (Hamby Chris)(Pevná vazba)

In a devastating and urgent work of investigative journalism, Pulitzer Prize winner Chris Hamby uncovers the tragic resurgence of black lung disease in Appalachia, its Big Coal cover-up, and the resilient mining communities who refuse to back down.Decades ago, a grassroots uprising forced Congress

Penology: Theory, Policy and Practice (Harrison Karen)(Pevná vazba)

This textbook considers the full breadth of the criminal justice system, going beyond prisons to cover other punishments such as out-of-court disposals and community penalties, as well as issues around rehabilitation and reintegration. It offers a holistic and contemporary account of the penal

No Hitting!: A Lift-The-Flap Book (Katz Karen)(Pevná vazba)

With the help of this book, toddlers will love learning to say NO to hitting--and screaming and squeezing and yelling--and YES to fun Refreshingly honest and all too true, this funny book is perfect for toddlers, and parents will find it a painless way to steer their little ones toward, shall we

Egyptian Hieroglyphs for Complete Beginners - The Revolutionary New Approach to Reading the Monuments (Manley Bill)(Pevná vazba)

Presents a fresh approach to reading ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs, this introduction assumes no previous knowledge of grammar or ancient languages, but guides readers through the inscriptions, from simple to more complex, supported by full explanations and translations. It explains the mysteries of

The Tyranny of Merit: What's Become of the Common Good? (Sandel Michael J.)(Pevná vazba)

The world-renowned philosopher and author of the bestselling Justice explores the central question of our time: What has become of the common good?These are dangerous times for democracy. We live in an age of winners and losers, where the odds are stacked in favor of the already fortunate. Stalled

A Simple Justice: Kentucky Women Fight for the Vote (Goan Melanie Beals)(Pevná vazba)

When the Declaration of Independence was signed by a group of wealthy white men in 1776, poor white men, African Americans, and women quickly discovered that the unalienable rights it promised were not truly for all. The Nineteenth Amendment eventually gave women the right to vote in 1920, but the