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Paperback. Condizione: Good. When Elliot starts questioning his sexuality on prom night, he's desperate for some certainty and turns to GlimpseTech, a company offering all over-sixteens the chance to glimpse a vision of their future. But Elliot's Glimpse only makes him more confused, showing him in an intimate moment with Seb, the 'one gay kid' in his year at school.Seb, meanwhile, has no time to worry about Glimpses, not while he's dealing with his mum's depression and the man showing up at his house demanding money. But then he bumps into Elliot, and bumps into him again, and it seems like the universe is pulling them together.Despite Elliot keeping his Glimpse a secret from Seb, and despite the vast differences between their lives, undeniable feelings begin to develop. But tensions are building in the world around them. People are protesting against the Glimpse technology, and there are rumors about the so-called Last Day: the day beyond which no one has ever seen in their Glimpse. A day which is drawing ever closer.Against The Stars is an exploration of class, love, and destiny, perfect for fans of Adam Silvera's They Both Die At The End. This speculative, queer romance will have readers desperate to know how things turn out, but if given the choice would you glimpse ahead.…

Paperback. Condizione: Good. California's War Against Donald Trump takes a thorough, analytical look into the clash between Donald Trump's policies and those of California's liberal leaders who have mounted a vigorous resistance, and reveals just who is winning, and losing, from all the political grandstanding. With hundreds of references cited, dealing with subjects spanning sanctuary city policies, to The Wall, to healthcare, education, the temporary travel ban, federal regulatory policy, thwarting enforcement of immigration laws, and especially climate change, the battle between liberal Democrats in Sacramento and Trump and the Republicans in control in Washington, D.C. is vividly detailed, from a perspective that agrees with Trump that California is out of control, and that politicians would do much better for the state by dropping the hostility and finding some sort of common ground.…

Paperback. Condizione: Good. Introducing a new series for fans of Minecraft, continuing the adventures of the characters from Danica Davidson's Unofficial Overworld Adventure series.

Paperback. Condizione: Good. While the world's people suffer the apocalyptic torments of floods,fires, droughts, heatwaves, desertification, disease vectors, foodshortages, forced migration, ecosystem collapse, extinction, and othereffects of uncontrolled climate change, the world's governmental andpolitical leaders continue to accelerate our wild ride to climatedoom. Is there any way for the rest of us to put on the brakes? Climateinsurgency is a strategy for using people power to realize our commoninterest in protecting the climate. It uses mass, global, nonviolentaction to challenge the legitimacy of public and corporate officials whoare perpetrating climate destruction. A global climateinsurgency has already begun. It has the potential to halt and roll backthe fossil fuel agenda and the global thrust toward climatedestruction. Against Doom: A Climate Insurgency Manual tellshow to put that strategy into action--and how it can succeed. It is ahandbook for halting global warming and restoring our climate--a how-tofor climate insurgents.…

Paperback. Condizione: Good. America may be called the land of opportunity, but countless kids and teens are struggling like young Davids in the urban wilderness, attempting to fight the giant of poverty under insurmountable odds. What could make a difference? The presence of a Jonathan in their lives to offer them the life-giving support they need to survive and thrive. The church is the best source of these Jonathans, as they partner with local schools and provide struggling youth with the relational connections that can help them overcome their circumstances. It's a strategy that works, as author Mike Tenbusch demonstrates through his own inspiring story. A Detroit native and longtime advocate for youth education, he brings you into the classrooms of the toughest schools in America so you can see firsthand the hardships of surviving as a child in these settings. And he introduces you to many real-life Jonathans who are making a tangible difference. The need is tremendous. If you have ever wondered how you, your company, or your church can be a part of the solution to the challenge of extreme poverty, this book will inspire you to take action. By coming alongside our nation's most vulnerable young people, you will help unleash the Jonathan Effect that will turn the tide in the battle against poverty.…

Paperback. Condizione: Good. The author of the New York Times bestseller Everything Is Perfect When You?re a Liar returns with a deeper and even funnier new collection of essays about the pleasures and perils of living in Kelly Oxford?s head. Kelly Oxford likes to blow up the internet. Whether it is with the kind of Tweets that lead Rolling Stone to name her one of the Funniest People on Twitter or with pictures of her hilariously adorable family (human and animal) or with something much more serious, like creating the hashtag #NotOkay, where millions of women came together to share their stories of sexual assault, Kelly has a unique, razor-sharp perspective on modern life. As a screen writer, professional sh*t disturber, wife and mother of three, Kelly is about everything but the status quo. Perfect for anyone who ever wished David Sedaris and Mindy Kaling would just finally write a book together already, When You Find Out the World is Against You is filled with the biting, wise, and laugh-out-loud insights that have won Kelly legions of fans. Whether she?s detailing her obsession as an eleven-year-old with going to camp so she can become a ?kissing bandit,? exploring the bittersweet boredom that so often accompanies parenthood, calling out the insanity of a posse of internet poodle vigilantes, writing bracingly about the anxiety that has plagued her as long as she can remember or taking us to ride shotgun as she stalks her husband on an accidental date with another man, When You Find Out the World Is Against You is Kelly at her most honest and disarmingly funny best. Her comedic skill, down-to-earth voice, and bull?s-eye observations on the absurdity of modern life mean there is nothing quite like seeing the world through Kelly?s eyes.…

Paperback. Condizione: Fair. When disaster strikes, the S.T.E.M. Squad is on hand to learn and help! In this book, the S.T.E.M. Squad rushes in to a flood area to help place sandbags, divert flood waters, and more. But when a makeshift reservoir gives way, the kids find themselves trapped.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. In this international bestseller, currently available in more than a dozen countries, Maude Barlow and Tony Clarke describe the real and worsening global water crisis, and reveal the plans of transnational corporations to profit from it. The authors present both a compelling case and a practical plan for fighting back against the corporate takeover of this most precious natural resource.…

Paperback. Condizione: Good. In this international bestseller, currently available in more than a dozen countries, Maude Barlow and Tony Clarke describe the real and worsening global water crisis, and reveal the plans of transnational corporations to profit from it. The authors present both a compelling case and a practical plan for fighting back against the corporate takeover of this most precious natural resource.…

Paperback. Condizione: Good. A personal account that examines the roles of identity and culture as they relate to race and sports.

Paperback. Condizione: Good. Words, voices reek of the worlds from which they emerge: different worlds, each with its all but palpable aroma, its parameters, limitations, promise. Words-there is a gap, nonetheless always and forever, between words and the world- slip, slide, are imprecise, BLIND, perish. . Set up a situation,- . . . then reveal an abyss. For more than fifty years, Frank Bidart has given voice to the inner self, to the depths of his own psyche and the unforgettable characters that populate his poems. In Against Silence, the Pulitzer Prize winner's eleventh collection of poetry, Bidart writes of the cycles we cannot escape and the feelings we cannot forget. Our history is not a tabula rasa but a repeating, refining story of love and hate, of words spoken and old cruelties enacted. Moving among the dead and the living, the figures of his life and of his past, Bidart calls reality forth-with nothing settled and nothing forgotten, we must speak. …

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Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. In 2003, David Horowitz began a campaign to promote intellectual diversity and a return to academic standards in American universities. To achieve these goals he devised an Academic Bill of Rights and created a national student movement with chapters on 160 college campuses. Take No Prisoners is a riveting account of the reaction to Horowitz's campaign by professor unions and academic associations, whose leaderships have been taken over by the political left.…

Paperback. Condizione: Good. Twenty years ago, mages fought for their survival against the Surrogate, a hive-minded robot army that consumed everything in its path. Now, a trio of young apprentice mages must cross the ruined forests to deliver a magical cure to a nearby town. But the girls couldn't be more different. Charris, a hotheaded fighter with elemental powers, Trinh, a shy mage who can literally turn invisible, and Ursa, a healer with more power than she lets on. The three girls must learn to trust and rely on each other if they're going to save the village! Brian Smith, New York Times bestselling author (Stuff of Legend), teams up with MK Reed (Americus) and artist Molly Ostertag (Strong Female Protagonist) on a thrilling new fantasy adventure.…

Paperback. Condizione: Good. Condon, Ken (illustratore).

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Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. The time is NOW, as signaled by the United Nations' decade-long commitment to people of African descent. In proclaiming this decade, the international community is recognizing that people of African descent represent a distinct group whose human rights must be promoted and protected. Authentic Christianity requires the loving inclusion of all God's creation. An inclusive, beloved community is one free from racism. United Against Racism is a call to an authentic Christianity, a religion that strives to become God's inclusive, beloved community. It summons Christians to pray, think, and act to end racism. This resource aims to support churches, communities, communions, and those who share the values of the Christian faith to pursue the unfinished agenda and to embody a more excellent way of racial equality. Each theme of United Against Racism promotes dialogue and includes prayers by religious leaders, educators, and partners in the mission of the National Council of Churches. Questions to help focus meaningful conversations are part of each theme.…

Paperback. Condizione: Good. FIGHTING AGAINST WESTERN IMPERIALISM compiles ten modified essays that were written during just a few months of the onslaught of the Western imperialism all over the world. Andre Vltchek had traveled the world searching for parallels, similarities; comparing scenarios. He tried to grasp, and then to explain, how the Empire really works, how it selects its targets, which countries it decides to destroy and why? He studied the 'opposition movements' manufactured by Washington and London, and how they get implanted in so many different parts of the world; basically wherever people and their governments still dare to insist on defending their own national interests and choosing their own political as well as economic systems. …

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Paperback. Condizione: Good. Bringing his signature insight and expertise, the controversial economist Ravi Batra takes on a host of problems facing the world economy, including the oil and housing bubbles, falling minimum wages, corporate scandals, gross ethical lapses, the rise of celebrity economists at the Federal Reserve and elsewhere, and political crises of all kinds. He is unflinching in his criticism of the global economic elites and the suffering and deprivation they have caused in the lives of ordinary men and women. At the same time, he also offers an expansive, optimistic vision of how the international community can overcome the many challenges before it and bring about something historically unprecedented: true global economic prosperity.…

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Paperback. Condizione: Good. Running a legal business can get dirtier than running drugs. If you've ever been burned or sued by a business partner, you're going to resonate heavily with this book. This book is a tell-all thriller about the ups and downs of running your own business. You'll learn the lessons from Ryan's mistakes as well as what to avoid in the future. Ryan puts it all out there and selflessly lets you read into his struggles and victories in business, to ultimately build what he calls a bulletproof business. From bad business partners, to prison stints, this book has it all. You'll find it hard to believe that this is an actual true story. Buy the book, enjoy the ride>.…

Paperback. Condizione: Good. Wretched writing is the lowest of the low; it is a felonious assault on the English language. Exuberantly excessive, it is a sin committed often by amateurs and all-too-frequently by gifted writers having an off day. In short, it's very bad writing. Truly bad. Appallingly bad. It's also very funny. A celebration of the worst writing imaginable, Wretched Writing includes inadvertently filthy book titles, ridiculously overwrought passages from novels, bombastic and confusing speeches, moronic oxymorons, hyperactive hyperbole, horribly inappropriate imagery in ostensibly hot sex scenes, mangled cliches, muddled metaphors, and unintended double entendres. Sit back and enjoy these deliciously dreadful samples, and try not to cringe too much. …

Paperback. Condizione: Fair. 'If a man does not have honour, he has nothing,' Edward Loveday declares, but the honour of the Loveday family faces its most serious challenge yet. Japhet Loveday has been tried and convicted of highway robbery. His wife Gwen is desperate to clear his name, but Japhet has made some powerful enemies and her efforts may not be enough to save him from transportation. Edward must also confront a more personal trouble. His wife, Amelia, is still reeling from the shock arrival of Edward's illegitimate daughter, Tamasine, and refuses to have her name mentioned. Will Edward be forced to choose between his daughter and his wife? Meanwhile Tamasine herself has fallen in love with the handsome Rupert Charlton, but when the truth of her parentage is revealed, a vendetta breaks out between the two families that threatens to destroy their relationship. Will loyalty and honour eventually triumph? And at what cost to the family's happiness and future.…

Paperback. Condizione: Good. Presents 13 examples of last stand battles, including the Battle of Rorke's Drift, the Alamo and Little Big Horn, as well as lesser-known "stands", such as that of Napoleon's old guard at Waterloo.

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Hardback. Condizione: Good. When Chris Boardman first raced against Graeme Obree, in a time trial in Newtonards, Northern Ireland, in 1990, it was the start of a rivalry that captivated the British public for a decade and brought cycling on to the front pages. This title tells the story of how Britain first started to dominate cycling.…

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