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English
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This title explores journalistic and fact-checking standards, Constitutional protections, and real-world case studies, helping readers identify the mechanics, perpetrators, motives, and psychology of fake news. A final chapter explores methods for assessing and avoiding the spread of fake news.
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Language
English
Description
A picture book biography of Dr. William Key, a former slave and self-trained veterinarian who taught his horse, Jim, to read and write and who together with Jim became one of the most famous traveling performance acts around the turn of the twentieth century. Includes afterword and author's sources.
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English
Description
"From a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, the powerful story of how a prominent white supremacist changed his heart and mind Derek Black grew up at the epicenter of white nationalism. His father founded Stormfront, the largest racist community on the Internet. His godfather, David Duke, was a KKK Grand Wizard. By the time Derek turned nineteen, he had become an elected politician with his own daily radio show - already regarded as the "the leading...
505) GRE® prep plus 2021
Publisher
Kaplan Publishing
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Kaplan's GRE Prep Plus 2021 guides you through the GRE step-by-step, with expert strategies, essential content review, and five online practice tests. Get an advantage on test day with our proven test-taking strategies, math skills review, and one-year access to online practice and lessons.
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Publisher
Workman Publishing
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"With eight billion people in the world, why is it so hard to meet and make new friends? Making friends as an adult is not easy. Keeping friends isn't easy, either. There are legitimate obstacles in our way: we're busy, we're anxious, and too often, we're far away. Jenn Bane and Trin Garritano, hosts of the feel-good podcast Friendshipping, know this better than anyone, and they've distilled the heart of their show into this must-have book for anyone...
507) Citizens creek
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English
Description
Cow Tom, born into slavery in Alabama in 1810 and sold to a Creek Indian chief before his tenth birthday, possessed an extraordinary gift: the ability to master languages. As the new country developed westward, and Indians, settlers, and blacks came into constant contact, Cow Tom became a key translator for his Creek master and was hired out to US military generals. His talent earned him money -- but would it also grant him freedom? And what would...
508) Princess Kai-lan
Author
Publisher
Simon Spotlight/Nickelodeon
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
The Monkey King asks Kai-Lan and her friends to make peace between the Land of Foxes and the Land of Bears, who are not friends because they do not communicate with each other.
509) The Aladdin factor
Author
Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
1995.
Language
English
Description
Offers advice on overcoming the mental and emotional barriers that prevent us from asking for, and getting, what we want
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Publisher
Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Time after time, His Needs, Her Needs has topped the charts as the bestselling marriage book available. In this classic book, Dr. Willard F. Harley, Jr., identifies the 10 most vital needs of men and women and shows husbands and wives how to make their marriage sizzle by satisfying those needs in their spouses. He provides guidance for becoming irresistible to your spouse and for loving more creatively and sensitively, thereby eliminating the problems...
511) The 7 habits of highly effective families: building a beautiful family culture in a turbulent world
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
c1997.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Hay House
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
When it comes to signing with babies, the secret to success is to make signing fun!
Using signs in playful and engaging ways gets babies’ attention and stimulates their interest in signing like nothing else. In Sign, Sing, and Play, busy parents will find imaginative ways to include signing naturally throughout the day with activities that can be used at home and on the go!
Whether it’s time for a story, a diaper change,...
Using signs in playful and engaging ways gets babies’ attention and stimulates their interest in signing like nothing else. In Sign, Sing, and Play, busy parents will find imaginative ways to include signing naturally throughout the day with activities that can be used at home and on the go!
Whether it’s time for a story, a diaper change,...
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Language
English
Description
The word bitch conjures many images for many people, but it is most often meant to describe an unpleasant woman. Even before its usage to mean a female canine, bitch didn't refer to gender at all--it originated as a gender-neutral word meaning genitalia. A perfectly innocuous word devolving into a female insult is the case for tons more terms, including hussy--which simply meant housewife--or slut, which meant an untidy person and was also used to...
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Nathan doesn't say much. He sure has a lot on his mind, though. At school, Nathan quietly observes the ways his peers communicate. Even when they're not talking, they're expressing themselves in all sorts of ways! By witnessing the beauty of communication diversity, Nathan learns and shows his classmates the essential lesson: Not only does everyone have something to say, but seeking to understand one another can be the greatest bridge to friendship...
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Publisher
PuddleDancer Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Most of us are hungry for skills to improve the quality of our relationships, to deepen our sense of personal empowerment or to simply communicate more effectively. Unfortunately, for centuries our prevailing culture has taught us to think and speak in ways that can actually perpetuate conflict, internal pain and even violence. Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life partners practical communication and emotional literacy skills with a powerful...
Author
Publisher
Rockridge Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Never miss another nonverbal cue. Numerous scientific studies show that people use body language to express their true feelings about a given situation or topic. That means the body language they use is telling you something. With Understanding Body Language, you'll discover essential information and how-to guidance for deciphering nonverbal communication. Equipped with these skills, you'll be able to make better decisions about the people and situations...
Author
Publisher
Teach Yourself
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Manser helps you develop your conversational skills for the workplace. He offers help to new and aspiring managers who need to deliver bad new in a appraisal, or work with problem colleagues. By developing your active listening skills and the art of asking incisive questions, you can make difficult conversations easier.
520) Set me free
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Series
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Three years after being kidnapping from her home in Martha's Vineyard, fourteen-year-old Mary Lambert receives a letter from Nora O'Neal, a servant in the house where she was held, who tells her of an eight-year-old girl where she is now employed whom Nora believes to be a deaf-mute, but who is being treated as insane, and asks Mary to come and teach the nameless child; a little scared, but intrigued, and bored with domestic life, Mary agrees--only...
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