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Zucked: Waking Up to the Facebook Catastrophe
"If you had told Roger McNamee even three years ago that he would soon be devoting himself to stopping Facebook from destroying our democracy, he would have howled with laughter. He had mentored many tech leaders in his illustrious career as an investor, but few things had made him prouder, or been better for his fund's bottom line, than his early service to Mark Zuckerberg. Still a large share…
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- 9781984877895
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- 336 p.; 23 cm
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- 302 MCN z
Sense and sensibility
Marianne Dashwood wears her heart on her sleeve, and when she falls in love with the dashing but unsuitable John Willoughby she ignores her sister Elinor's warning that her impulsive behaviour leaves her open to gossip and innuendo. Meanwhile Elinor, always sensitive to social convention, is struggling to conceal her own romantic disappointment, even from those closest to her. Through their par…
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- 9780194792332
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- 823.7 AUS s
Be Kind
Each act, big or small, can make a difference – or at least help a friend. What does it mean to be kind? When Tanisha spills grape juice all over her new dress, her classmate contemplates how to make her feel better and what it means to be kind. From asking the new girl to play to standing up for someone being bullied, this moving and thoughtful story explores what a child can do to be kind.
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- 9781529041903
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- 32 p. : ill.
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- 177 MIL b
ABC of Body Safety and Consent
A book to teach children about body safety, consent, safe and unsafe touch, private parts, body boundaries and respect.
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- 9781925089585
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- 39 p. : ill.
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- 344 SAN a
The Hate U Give
"What's the point of having a voice if you're gonna be silent in those moments you shouldn't be?" Sixteen-year-old Starr lives in two worlds: the poor neighbourhood where she was born and raised and her posh high school in the suburbs. The uneasy balance between them is shattered when Starr is the only witness to the fatal shooting of her unarmed best friend, Khalil, by a police officer. Now…
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- 25th Printing Edition
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- 9781406372151
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- 13x20 cm; pbk; bw; 446p
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- 813.6 THO t
Just Ask! BE DIFFERENT, BE BRAVE, BE YOU
Feeling different, especially as a kid, can be tough. But in the same way that different types of plants and flowers make a garden more beautiful and enjoyable, different types of people make our world more vibrant and wonderful.
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- 9780525514121
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- 32 p. : ill.
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- 177 SOT j
I am Malala : The girl who stood up for education and was shot by the Taliban
The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and was Shot by the Taliban. The highly anticipated memoir of Malala Yousafzai, the schoolgirl from Pakistan's Swat region who stood up to the Taliban. 'I come from a country that was created at midnight. When I almost died it was just after midday. We'd finished for the day and I was on the open-back truck we use as a school bus. There were no windows,…
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- 9780316377560
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- 310 p.: illus.; 17 cm
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- 371.82 YOU i
Democracy in Indonesia: From Stagnation to Regression?
Indonesia has long been hailed as a rare case of democratic transition and persistence in an era of global democratic setbacks. But as the country enters its third decade of democracy, such laudatory assessments have become increasingly untenable. The stagnation that characterized Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s second presidential term has given way to a more far-reaching pattern of democratic re…
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- 9789814881500
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- xxii, 390 pages.: illus, map.; 23 cm.
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- 320.959 POW d
Love & Olives
Liv Varanakis doesn’t like to think about her father much, which makes sense—he fled to Greece when she was only eight, leaving her with just a few painful memories of their shared love for the lost city of Atlantis. So when teenage Liv suddenly receives a postcard from her father, who explains that National Geographic is supporting a documentary about his theories on Atlantis—and asks if…
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- 9781534478503
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- 506 p.; 21 cm
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- 813.6 WEL l
Who am I?
Starting with the basic questions, "What does it mean to be human?" and "What does it mean to be me ?" Who Am I? by Richard Walker is an exciting, unusual, and thought-provoking exploration of what human identity is at the most fundamental level. Sweeping through biology, biotechnology, psychology, and a range of social themes—with room for the astonishing, surprising, and the bizarre—this …
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- 9780753467114
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- 23,5 X 28; Hc; Hp; Fcol; Ill; 96p
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- 612 WAL w
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