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3) Prey
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The epic Predator legacy continues with this action-thriller set in the Comanche Nation. When Naru, a fierce and highly skilled young warrior, sets out to protect her people, the prey she stalks turns out to be a highly evolved alien predator leading to a vicious and terrifying showdown.
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Tom Popper, a successful businessman who's clueless when it comes to the really important things in life, until he inherits six 'adorable' penguins, each with its own unique personality. Soon Tom's rambunctious roommates turn his swank New York apartment into a snowy winter wonderland, and the rest of his world upside-down. Adapted from the award-winning classic children's book, Mr. Popper's Penguins is a cool blast of fun for all ages.
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"Some American cling desperately to the myth that we are living in a post-racial society, that the election of the first Black president spelled the doom of racism. In fact, racist thought is alive and well in America --more sophisticated and more insidious than ever. And as award-winning historian Ibram X. Kendi argues in Stamped from the Beginning, if we have any hope of grappling with this stark reality, we must first understand how racist ideas...
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Preschoolers join Joe to learn about mixing colors, identifying shapes and how to create art. Learn about circles, squares, ovals and octagons! Learn how to mix colors together to form new colors too! Promotes: shape recognition, matching skills, basic geometry, color identification, color mixing and visual perception.
9) Black bags
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"A seemingly chance encounter on a bus trip between Sara and Tess with identical black suitcases sets off a dangerous game of cat and mouse when Tess discovers she's swapped her bag with a killer's. As the women try to outsmart each other at every turn and get the uppper hand, deadly secrets are revealed: their meeting was no accident and they may have more in common than they think." --container
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"This is the story of how the movement that started with a hashtag--#BlackLivesMatter--spread across the nation and then across the world and the journey that led one of its co-founders, Patrisse Khan-Cullors, to this moment. Patrisse Khan-Cullors grew up in an over-policed United States where incarceration of Black people runs rampant. Surrounded by police brutality, she gathered the tools and lessons that would lead her on to found one of the most...
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"Racism has persisted throughout history—but so have antiracist efforts to dismantle it. Through deep research and a gripping narrative that illuminates the lives of five key American figures, preeminent historian Ibram X. Kendi reveals how understanding and improving the world cannot happen without identifying and facing the racist forces that shape it....[T]his stunningly illustrated graphic-novel adaptation of Dr. Kendi’s groundbreaking Stamped...
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"The Women’s House of Detention, a landmark that ushered in the modern era of women’s imprisonment, is now largely forgotten. But when it stood in New York City’s Greenwich Village, from 1929 to 1974, it was a nexus for the tens of thousands of women, transgender men, and gender-nonconforming people who inhabited its crowded cells. Some of these inmates—Angela Davis, Andrea Dworkin, Afeni Shakur—were famous, but the vast majority were incarcerated...
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This work "is dedicated to amplifying and celebrating the stories of Black women and girls from around the world. It features the work of over 60 Black female and non-binary authors, illustrators, and editors; is designed to acknowledge, applaud and amplify the incredible stories of Black women and girls from the past and present; and celebrates Black Girl Magic. Amongst the women featured from over 30 countries are tennis player Naomi Osaka, astronaut...
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"'This collection of short meditations, written from a prison cell, captures the past two decades of police violence that gave rise to Black Lives Matter while digging deeply into the history of the United States. This is the book we need right now to find our bearings in the chaos'--Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, author of An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States; 'Mumia's writings are a wake-up call. He is a voice from our prophetic tradition,...
17) 200 women
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This book contains 200 interviews with women from around the world, from actresses, to social activists, politicians, artists, and more, accompanied by beautiful photographic portraits specially commissioned for this book.--Provided by publisher.
18) Stories for kids who dare to be different: true tales of amazing people who stood up and stood out
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"Boys will be boys and girls will be girls? Not in this book. More extraordinary true stories of amazing people who broke the mold and changed the world for the better. Have the courage to be yourself, and your dreams might come true." --back cover
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"The story begins in 1619—a year before the Mayflower—when the White Lion disgorges 'some 20-and-odd Negroes' onto the shores of Virginia, inaugurating the African presence in what would become the United States. It takes us to the present, when African Americans, descendants of those on the White Lion and a thousand other routes to this country, continue a journey defined by inhuman oppression, visionary struggles, stunning achievements, and...
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