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Released: Feb. 5, 2013
"A disturbing yet realistic examinations of the consequences of a warmer world."
Dire and detailed description of what tragedies are in the making for humanity as global warming continues its seemingly inexorable rise.
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Released: Feb. 5, 2013
"Rhetorically soaring but somewhat lacking in substance."
An education-reform manifesto from Rhee, StudentsFirst founder and former chancellor of Washington, D.C., public schools.
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Released: Feb. 1, 2013
"A damning indictment of all that is corrupting sports and a song of praise for athletes standing up for human rights and decency."
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Released: Feb. 1, 2013
"A distressing but important read."
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Released: Feb. 1, 2013
"A mostly academic look at why China's "rise" is only partial."
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Released: Feb. 1, 2013
"Dense and detailed. One doesn't have to hold a doctorate in economics to read this sobering treatise, but it helps."
A rigorous analysis of the collapse of the world economy in 2008--and why things don't seem to be getting better.
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Released: Feb. 1, 2013
"A valuable look at the intellectual lives (and fragile potential) of girls buffeted by American social realities, and an excellent reflection on the challenges of teaching."
A moving memoir depicting a teacher's experience leading a literary workshop for gifted young girls from a forsaken neighborhood in Cincinnati.
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Released: Jan. 29, 2013
"A useful journalistic examination of a troubling societal phenomenon."
A freelance journalist from Louisville, Ky., returns home to chronicle litigation that would end public school desegregation--a lawsuit filed by African-American parents on behalf of their children.
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Released: Jan. 29, 2013
"A well-pulled-together collection from Richards (Opting In, 2008, etc.) and Greenberg."
The proceedings of a symposium of human rights activists, political analysts, legal experts and artists who came together in 2011 to commemorate Anita Hill's courageous testimony at Justice Clarence Thomas' confirmation hearing 20 years earlier.
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Released: Jan. 29, 2013
"A well-written extension of the reach of reason in an area fraught with phobia and hysteria."
A leading expert in nuclear medicine and in dealing with the aftermath of nuclear disasters offers a basis for assessing the risks associated with radiation.
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Released: Jan. 29, 2013
"Provocative, smart, densely argued--and deserving of a wide audience and wider discussion."
A tour de force of Big Picture thinking in which the former vice president gets his inner wonk on.
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Released: Jan. 28, 2013
"A clearheaded analysis with a final section suggesting that lessons learned from the crisis are already being ignored."
An experienced economist explains the global financial crisis that began in 2008 and continues.
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