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"When Nat's sister goes missing, three not so run-of-the-mill kids have to employ some of Nick's not so tested and needlessly overengineered gadgets to mount the greatest rescue mission in all of history. Between saving Nat's sister and protecting the USB the burglars are looking for, they make themselves a target, and suddenly Nick, Sara, and Nat are pulled into some shady business dealings and a mission with all of humanity on the line"-Cover

"This book expands on the battles of Trenton and Princeton during the American Revolutionary War to include the many experiences of the people of Princeton and their contributions to the war, combining social history with the better known military and political history of the Revolution."--Follett

Sixteen-year old Aleksander DePru and co-commander Cyra Angelique lead an Army to form an alliance for America in an inter-planetary mission destined for failure. Danger, secrets, and choices to be made lie ahead in this debut novel by Samhita Koltur.

"Larry Kidder walks with us in the bloody footprints of Washington's soldiers as they changed the history of the world in ten days, in this electrifying testament to the qualities of the human spirit."--Edward G. Lengel, author of General George Washington, a Military Life

"Russia and Ukraine Explores the current era in AI technology and the debate about how this emerging technology is changing, and potentially threatening, many familiar parts of human life."--Destiny

"The most memorable speeches from a variety of speakers are discussed in this issue, allowing an opportunity to analyze the year’s most pressing and controversial topics. Speakers from many walks of life are featured, including education, politics, science and research, and popular culture."--H.W. Wilson

"In this issue of The Reference Shelf we look at gene editing and genetic engineering, drawing from periodicals, medical reports, and politics to see how this debate is progressing within popular culture. Issues investigated will include engineering new organisms, the potential for medical breakthroughs, the ethics of altering the human genome, and the campaign to bring back the dinosaurs."--hwwilsoninprint.com

"introduces the idea of wealth distribution through tax restructuring, regulations on corporate profits, minimum wage laws, and more radical potential solutions like the establishment of a universal basic income."--H.W.. Wilson

"Polls indicate that a majority of Americans, across parties and ideological groups, feel that money has too much influence over politics and favor limiting money for campaigns and to support candidates. How can America reform the system to reduce the power of wealth in the political sphere? This issue looks at articles, political speeches, essays, and research on the issue of economic political reform, including campaign finance, lobbyists and corporate donations, and foreign spending."--H. W. Wilson

"Hacktivism has been around since the beginning of the internet...Frequently lauded for taking up social justice causes, hacktivism is still a form of cybercrime..operating outside societal or legal scrutiny. Techniques include website defacement and mirroring, denial-of-service attacks to take websites offline, and exposing private or confidential information through doxing. This issue explores recent hacktivism events, such as cyberattacks by Anonymous on Russian computer systems after the invasion of Ukraine and the doxing of Supreme Court justices by pro-choice group Ruth Sent Us."--H.W. Wilson

"Income inequality is increasing--While wealthy Americans control a greater share of the wealth, incomes of most Americans have changed little compared to the increasing cost of living. This issue looks at the factors impacting income inequality in the US. Articles examine topics including minimum wage, wealth inequality, tax loopholes, corporate taxation, and the ways in which healthcare, childcare, and food expenses prevent Americans from advancing in the economic spectrum."-HW Wilson, Pub.

"In this annual Reference Shelf issue, we look at some of the best, most impactful and uplifting speeches from 2021–2022, providing a unique record of American culture during the year as seen through the eyes of some of the nation’s most important public figures. Speeches, encompassing diverse perspectives, help provide a glimpse of American thought and attitudes on the year’s most important stories."--H.W. Wilson

"Inequality in America manifests in many ways, but it especially impacts how we eat. Sociologist Priya Fielding-Singh brings us into the kitchens of dozens of families from varied educational, economic, and ethno-racial backgrounds to explore how--and why--we eat the way we do." -Publisher

"An American Muslim woman, attorney, and political philosopher, Rafia Zakaria champions a reconstruction of feminism in Against White Feminism, centering women of color in this transformative overview and counter-manifesto to white feminism’s global, long-standing affinity with colonial, patriarchal, and white supremacist ideals."--Amazon. "...Zakaria champions a reconstruction of feminism that forges true solidarity by bringing Black and brown voices and goals to the fore."--from the publisher

"Even as American Patriots fought for independence from British rule during the Revolutionary War, oppressive conditions remained in place for the thousands of enslaved and free African Americans living in this country. But African Americans took up their own fight for freedom by joining the British and American armies; preaching, speaking out, and writing about the evils of slavery; and establishing settlements in Nova Scotia and Africa. The thirteen stories featured in this collection spotlight charismatic individuals who answered the cry for freedom, focusing on the choices they made and how they changed America both then and now"--Provided by publisher.

"What are teens actually doing on their smartphones? Contrary to many adults’ assumptions, they are not simply 'addicted' to their screens, oblivious to the afterlife of what they post, or missing out on personal connection. They are just trying to navigate a networked world...Presents a teen-level view of stresses and joys behind digital screens, including peer relationships, conflict, digital footprints, and civic life."-- Amazon, Publisher

""There's a long-running joke that, after coming out as a LGBTQIA+ person, you should receive a membership card and instruction manual. This is that instruction manual. You're welcome. Inside this revised edition, you'll find the answers to all the questions you ever wanted to ask: from sex to politics, hooking up to stereotypes, coming out and more... candid, funny, and uncensored exploration of sexuality and what it's like to grow up LGBTQIA+." --Cover

"Journalist Josh Mitchell explores the history of student loans and the current economic and social impact of student debt on the American economy."--Follett

"An investigation into the unpredictable world where wildlife and humans meet. What's to be done about a jaywalking moose? A bear caught breaking and entering? A murderous tree? Roach discovers the answers are best found not in jurisprudence but in science: the curious science of human-wildlife conflict, a discipline at the crossroads of human behavior and wildlife biology."-- Publisher.

"Beginning in his own hometown of New Orleans, Smith leads the reader through an unforgettable tour of monuments and landmarks - those that are honest about the past and those that are not - that offer an intergenerational story of how slavery has been central in shaping our nation's collective history, and ourselves."-- Provided by publisher.

"King Richard is the intimate, utterly absorbing narrative of the hundred days when the Watergate conspiracy unraveled as the burglars and their handlers turned on one another, exposing the crimes of a vengeful president...Central to the spellbinding drama is the tortured personality of Nixon himself, a man whose strengths, [esp.] his determination to win at all costs, become his fatal flaws. Rising from poverty to become the most powerful man in the world, he commits terrible errors of judgment that lead to his public disgrace...King Richard is an epic, deeply human story of ambition, power, and betrayal."--Amazon

"The story of Trump's ... last months at the helm of the country, based on [the author's] ... access to White House aides and to the former president himself"--Provided by publisher.

"The true-life story of the confrontation between the Philadelphia Police Department and the MOVE organization—a group that rejected modern technology and fought for what it called 'natural law.' The police commissioner's decision to drop an 'explosive device' onto the house's roof—and then to let the resulting fire burn while people remained in the house—was the final tragic chapter in a decades-long series of clashes...By the time the fire burned itself out, eleven MOVE members would be dead."--Amazon.

"A . . . leadership book based on the hard-earned lessons learned by the author when he was head coach of the Ann Arbor Huron High School ice hockey team, about how he motivated, engaged, and empowered his players to go from being ranked as the absolute worst team in the nation to one of the country's best"--Provided by publisher.

"...a memoir in essays of Kyle Beachy's decade-long quest to uncover the hidden meaning of skateboarding-a search that unearthed fresh insights on marriage, love, loss, and American invention. In January 2012, creative writing professor and novelist Kyle Beachy published one of his first essays on skate culture, an exploration of how Nike's corporate strategy successfully gutted the once-mighty independent skate shoe market. For a decade and counting, Beachy has been skate culture's freshest, most illuminating, at times most controversial voice, writing candidly about the increasingly popular and fast-changing pastime Beachy first picked up as a young boy and has continued to practice well into adulthood."--from the publisher

"The New York Times 'Your Money' personal finance columnist offers a deeply reported and emotionally honest approach to the biggest financial decision families will ever make: what to pay for college"--OCLC.

"Journalists Geoff Manaugh and Nicola Twilley explore the history and future of quarantine, from the Black Death to big data"--Provided by publisher.