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23) Eugene O'Neill
Author
Series
Twayne's United States authors volume 66
Publisher
Twayne Publishers
Pub. Date
[1964]
Language
English
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Description
A unique evaluation that covers the great dramatist's personal life, art, and theory on tragedy
Author
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
1998.
Language
English
Description
Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human is an analysis of the central work of the Western canon, and of the playwright who not only invented the English language, but also, as Bloom argues, created human nature as we know it today. Before Shakespeare there was characterization; after Shakespeare, there were characters, men and women capable of change, with highly individual personalities.
Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human is a companion to...
27) The river
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
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Description
Paulsen takes the wilderness adventure beyond self-preservation & makes teen Brian responsible for saving someone else. Because of his success surviving alone in the wilderness for fifty-four days, fifteen-year-old Brian, profoundly changed by his time in the wild, is asked to undergo a similar experience to help scientists learn more about the psychology of survival. "We want you to do it again."
These words, spoken to Brian Robeson, will change...
Publisher
Quest Productions
Pub. Date
[2005?], c1987
Language
English
Description
"This powerful documentary investigates how individuals and nations dehumanize their enemies. Using documentary footage, interviews, political cartoons, and examples of propaganda, it examines the universal images used in mass persuasion and analyzes the psychological roots of enmity."--Author's website.
31) Crank
Author
Series
Crank trilogy volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
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Description
Kristina Georgia Snow is the perfect daughter, gifted high school junior, quiet, never any trouble. But on a trip to visit her absentee father, Kristina disappears and Bree takes her place. Bree is the exact opposite of Kristina. Through a boy, Bree meets the monster: crank. And what begins as a wild ecstatic ride turns into a struggle through hell for her mind, her soul - her life.
Author
Language
English
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Description
""The only way to undo racism is to consistently identify and describe it -- and then dismantle it." Ibram X. Kendi's concept of antiracism reenergizes and reshapes the conversation about racial justice in America -- but even more fundamentally, points us toward liberating new ways of thinking about ourselves and each other. In How to Be an Antiracist, Kendi asks us to think about what an antiracist society might look like, and how we can play an...
33) Persepolis
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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Description
An intelligent and outspoken only child, Satrapi--the daughter of radical Marxists and the great-granddaughter of Iran's last emperor--bears witness to a childhood uniquely entwined with the history of her country. Originally published to wide critical acclaim in France, where it elicited comparisons to Art Spiegelman's Maus, Persepolis is Marjane Satrapi's wise, funny, and heartbreaking memoir of growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution....
Series
Publisher
Films Media Group
Pub. Date
2008, c2001
Language
English
Description
After the atrocities of World War II, the cry of conscience was "never again!" As this program demonstrates, that bitterly learned injunction went unheeded throughout much of the world. The chronicle of genocide continues with a look at Mao's purges in China, Cambodia under Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge, the Arab/Israeli conflict, border wars in Pakistan and Bangladesh, and killing in Central America. Guests include Dr. Ben Kiernan, Genocide Studies Program...
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton
Language
English
Formats
Description
As we enjoy the Internet's bounties, are we sacrificing our ability to read and think deeply? Carr describes how human thought has been shaped through the centuries by "tools of the mind"--from the alphabet to maps, to the printing press, the clock, and the computer--and interweaves recent discoveries in neuroscience. Now, he expands his argument into a compelling exploration of the Internet's intellectual and cultural consequences. Our brains, scientific...
Author
Publisher
Harper an imprint of Harper CollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Todays young women face a bewildering set of contradictions when it comes to beauty. They dont want to be Barbie dolls but, like generations of women before them, are told they must look like them. Theyre angry about the medias treatment of women but hungrily consume the very outlets that belittle them. They mock modern cultures absurd beauty ideal and make videos exposing Photoshopping tricks, but feel pressured to emulate the same images they criticize...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Indian-American teenager Samantha Mishra, her best friend Mel Sharpe, and the other members of the Drake Rosemont Academy fencing team are on their way to Tokyo when their plane crashes on a jungle-choked island, so while they hope for rescue, the teens will need to use all their ingenuity to survive the jungle, the old man who's stalking them--and each other.