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1) On liberty
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English
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John Stuart Mill's resolute dedication to the cause of freedom inspired this 1859 treatise. Discussed and debated from time immemorial, the concept of personal liberty went without codification until the publication of this enduring work which applies an ethical system of utilitarianism to society and the state which to this day remains well known and studied.
Mills (1806-1873), a British economist, philosopher, and ethical theorist whose argument...
3) The giver
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Giver quartet volume 1
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English
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Living in a "perfect" world without social ills, a boy approaches the time when he will receive a life assignment from the Elders, but his selection leads him to a mysterious man known as the Giver, who reveals the dark secrets behind the utopian facade.
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Shadow children volume 7
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English
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When thirteen-year-old Luke Garner unwittingly sets off a rebellion which sweeps the country and ousts the Population Police from power, he quickly realizes that the new regime is corrupt and he may hold the only key to true freedom
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W.W. Norton
Pub. Date
c2003
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English
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American democracy is, in many people's minds, the model for the rest of the world. Fareed Zakaria points out that the American form of democracy is one of the least democratic in use today. Members of the Supreme Court and the Federal Reserve, institutions that fundamentally shape our lives, are appointed, not elected. The Bill of Rights enumerates a set of privileges to which citizens are entitled, no matter what the majority says. By restricting...
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Scribner
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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"The 1619 Project illuminated the ways in which every aspect of life in the United States was and is shaped by the existence of slavery. Black Ghost of Empire focuses on emancipation and how this opportunity to make right further codified the racial caste system-instead of obliterating it.To understand why the shadow of slavery still haunts society today, we must not only look at what slavery was, but also the unfinished way it ended. One may think...
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Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
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English
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In this honest look at the literal foundation of our country, Dave Eggers and Shawn Harris investigate a seemingly small trait of America's most emblematic statue. What they find is about more than history, more than art. What they find in the Statue of Liberty's right foot is the message of acceptance that is essential to an entire country's creation.
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English
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"A famous riverboat singer poses as a slave owner in order to lead runaway slaves to freedom and save her own life in this powerful novel from the bestselling author of The Librarian of Boone's Hollow"--
On the Mississippi River, indentured servant Fanny Beck has been forced to sing for riverboat passengers since she was a girl. As her contract comes to an end, she discovers that the captain has no intention of releasing her. An impulse leads Fanny...
10) The last tiger
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Publisher
Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2020.
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English
Description
"The tiger is the most fearless animal in the jungle, but when hunters take him to a cage in the city he discovers there is something much more valuable than strength or power"--
11) The Liberty Bell
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Capstone Press, a capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2016]
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English
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"Introduces young readers to primary sources related to the Liberty Bell"--
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Pub. Date
2016.
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English
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In these newly collected essays, interviews, and speeches, world-renowned activist and scholar Angela Y. Davis illuminates the connections between struggles against state violence and oppression throughout history and around the world. Reflecting on the importance of black feminism, intersectionality, and prison abolitionism for today's struggles, Davis discusses the legacies of previous liberation struggles, from the Black Freedom Movement to the...
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Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Eric Metaxas offers a thrilling review of America's uniqueness, and a sobering reminder that America's greatness cannot continue unless people truly understand what their founding fathers meant for them to be. The book includes a stirring call-to-action for every American to understand the ideals behind the 'noble experiment in ordered liberty' that is America. It also paints a vivid picture of the tremendous fragility of that experiment and explains...
16) Luz para todos
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Publisher
A Paula Wiseman Book, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2022]
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Español
Description
"Descubre un sinfín de contribuciones que todos los inmigrantes han aportado al venir a unirse a sus familias o a comenzar sus vidas en un nuevo país que llaman su hogar. Con sus esperanzas, sus sueños y su determinación, generaciones de inmigrantes han hecho que el tejido de este país sea diverso, vívido y acogedor. Esta vibrante y oportuna celebración muestra a los miles de inmigrantes que construyeron Estados Unidos, así como cuán importante...
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Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
""Astute and consistently surprising critic" (NPR) Olivia Laing investigates the body and its discontents through the great freedom movements of the twentieth century. The body is a source of pleasure and of pain, at once hopelessly vulnerable and radiant with power. In her ambitious, brilliant sixth book, Olivia Laing charts an electrifying course through the long struggle for bodily freedom, using the life of the renegade psychoanalyst Wilhelm Reich...
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Series
Publisher
Compass Point Books
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
Discusses the 1760s North American group known as the Sons of Liberty who organized protests as well as boycotts against taxed products with the hope the British government would repeal the taxes. But in time it became clear the only option the colonists had was war, the Revolutionary War
20) At the pond
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Publisher
Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"On a dull gray day, a boy puts his dog on a leash and they walk to a shimmering pond where snowy white swans swim freely. One of the swans invites the boy and dog for a ride. They climb on its back and sail into a stunningly beautiful landscape, dotted with wildflowers, spoonbills and ibises. Foxes, rabbits and deer appear in this paradise, then butterflies and even bigger, more beautiful flowers. The boy unleashes his dog on shore, and the dog bounds...
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