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Author
Publisher
Watkins
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"This is an age of change and disruption. Now is the time to channel the energy of disruption and bring about the change you want to see in the world. Whether you consider yourself a rebel, an activist, a protestor, or someone who simply sees injustice that they wish they could challenge--you have access to a power that you may not have considered: energy"--Back cover.
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"As climate change and other environmental degradations become more evident, experts predict that an increasing number of people will suffer emotional and psychological distress as a result. Many are feeling these effects already. In the pages of Solastalgia, they will find a source of companionship, inspiration, and advice. The concept of solastalgia comes from the Australian philosopher Glenn Albrecht, who describes it as "the homesickness we feel...
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Thirty-four-year-old Wren Waters believes that if you pay attention, the universe will send you exactly what you need. But her worldview shatters when the universe delivers two life-altering blows she didn't see coming, and all she wants to do is put the whole heartbreaking mess behind her. No one is more surprised than Wren when she discovers that geocaching--the outdoor activity of using GPS to look for hidden objects--is the only thing getting...
4) T. Singer
Author
Series
New Directions paperbook volume 1419
Publisher
New Directions Publishing Corporation
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
T Singer begins with thirty-four-year-old Singer graduating from library school and traveling by train from Oslo to the small town of Notodden, located in the mountainous Telemark region of Norway. There he plans to begin a deliberately anonymous life as a librarian. But Singer unexpectedly falls in love with the ceramicist Merete Saethre, who has a young daughter from a previous relationship. After a few years together, the couple is on the verge...
Author
Series
Franny Cloutier volume 2
Publisher
W1-Media, Inc./ Arctis Books USA
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"In this follow-up to The Year My Life Turned Upside Down, we follow 15-year-old Franny as she now has to have her life uprooted for the second time in a year, and this time she is moving to Japan to follow her father as he continues his research there. Far away from anything she knows, Franny deals with cultural differences as best as she can, with varying levels of success. She is able to find some respite when she befriends the super cute son of...
6) Dry lands
Author
Publisher
Flame Tree Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"After a cataclysmic flood submerges half the world underwater, cannibalistic gangs and corrupt encampments become a constant threat to the remaining dry lands. Liv and her precocious three-year-old son Milo are some of the lucky ones who have survived. With the company of a lonely horse seeking a loving home, Liv is determined to protect Milo from the encampments, even if it means destroying what little is left of civilization. Amidst it all, she...
Author
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"How local contexts help us understand why White voters in America's heartland are shifting to the right. Over the past several decades, predominantly White, postindustrial cities in America's agriculture and manufacturing center have flipped from blue to red. Cities that were once part of the traditional Democratic New Deal coalition began to vote Republican, providing crucial support for the electoral victories of Republican presidents from Reagan...
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