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Anti-Semitism and the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions Movement
Since its inception in 2005, the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement has seen numerous boycotts against Israel in an effort to encourage withdrawal from what supporters of the movement consider to be occupied territories, along with recognition of the rights of Arab-Palestinian citizens...- $32.70
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Bias in Education
Education plays an important role in shaping how young people come to understand the world around them. However, some argue that certain groups of students are not receiving the full benefit of education because of prejudice against them. This unequal learning experience may be...- $50.43
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Bioethics in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
When mad scientist Victor Frankenstein defies the laws of nature to generate human life, he quickly finds himself appalled by his creation and abandons it. Frankenstein's monster, now sentient, must come to terms with his alienness in a world that despises him. Mary Shelley's...- $48.03
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Bioethics in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
When mad scientist Victor Frankenstein defies the laws of nature to generate human life, he quickly finds himself appalled by his creation and abandons it. Frankenstein's monster, now sentient, must come to terms with his alienness in a world that despises him. Mary Shelley's...- $32.00
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Child Labor
Present your readers with a truly global review of the issue of child labor. Essays are collected from highly respected international sources, sharing viewpoints from places such as Bolivia, West Africa, South Asia, Bangladesh, Uzbekistan, Ireland, and Brazil. Readers will learn about children who...- $31.70
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Child Labor
Present your readers with a truly global review of the issue of child labor. Essays are collected from highly respected international sources, sharing viewpoints from places such as Bolivia, West Africa, South Asia, Bangladesh, Uzbekistan, Ireland, and Brazil. Readers will learn about children who...- $47.83
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Cultural Appropriation
While the concept of "cultural appropriation" was first popularized in the academic sphere in the 1980s, it has only recently become a major topic of public discourse. Ensuring that other cultures--particularly marginalized ones--are respected is a more significant priority today, but what counts as...- $34.80
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Cultural Appropriation
While the concept of "cultural appropriation" was first popularized in the academic sphere in the 1980s, it has only recently become a major topic of public discourse. Ensuring that other cultures--particularly marginalized ones--are respected is a more significant priority today, but what counts as...- $50.43
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Cyberterrorism and Ransomware Attacks
In this digital age, it is not only conventional weapons that are used to threaten and harm others. A new and terrifying avenue is cyberspace and ransomware. This malware encrypts a user's data and demands payment in exchange for unlocking the data. Such attacks...- $47.83
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Domestic Terrorism
We think we know it when we see it, but what is domestic terrorism exactly? Part of the confusion may stem from the fact that there is hesitancy among top federal agencies to define it. Starting with the reasons why this is so, this...- $50.43
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Domestic Terrorism
We think we know it when we see it, but what is domestic terrorism exactly? Part of the confusion may stem from the fact that there is hesitancy among top federal agencies to define it. Starting with the reasons why this is so, this...- $34.80
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Ethics in Politics
Given their positions as representatives of the public, people tend to believe that elected officials and other politicians should be held to a high ethical standard. However, certain issues have raised concerns about whether politicians are truly acting in the public's best interest. This...- $50.43
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Ethics in Politics
Given their positions as representatives of the public, people tend to believe that elected officials and other politicians should be held to a high ethical standard. However, certain issues have raised concerns about whether politicians are truly acting in the public's best interest. This...- $34.80
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Gender in Lorraine Hansberry's a Raisin in the Sun
The landmark play A Raisin in the Sun takes its title from a Langston Hughes poem which poses the questions What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Focusing on a working-class African-American family in Chicago...- $32.00
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Intellectual Property and Artificial Intelligence
Since new types of artificial intelligence like ChatGPT and other large language models have been introduced, many people have expressed excitement and concern about their generative potential. Could AI be used to write a book, make a movie, or create a picture that's just...- $50.43
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Intellectual Property and Artificial Intelligence
Since new types of artificial intelligence like ChatGPT and other large language models have been introduced, many people have expressed excitement and concern about their generative potential. Could AI be used to write a book, make a movie, or create a picture that's just...- $34.80
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Lacrosse: Science on the Field
Lacrosse is quickly becoming one of the most popular sports played by young men and women in North America. In order to fully understand this exciting sport and play it safely and successfully, it helps to have a strong understanding of the science behind...- $41.03
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Personhood
It might seem unnecessary to define what a person is, but the issue of personhood has been a longstanding source of debate. The scope of personhood has been questioned in many applications, including human slavery, right to life and right to end life, animal...- $34.80
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Personhood
It might seem unnecessary to define what a person is, but the issue of personhood has been a longstanding source of debate. The scope of personhood has been questioned in many applications, including human slavery, right to life and right to end life, animal...- $50.43
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Refugees Throughout History: Searching for Safety
Refugees search for safety in new countries after they are forced to leave home, but some people are afraid of them and treat them poorly in the countries they escape to. Learning about the history of refugees increases readers' sense of empathy for those...- $41.53
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Sexuality in William Shakespeare's a Midsummer Night's Dream
This informative volume explores William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream through the lens of sexuality. The book examines Shakespeare's life and influences and offers readers a series of essays for consideration on topics related to sexuality, such as the notions of the war between...- $32.00
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Sexuality in William Shakespeare's a Midsummer Night's Dream
This informative volume explores William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream through the lens of sexuality. The book examines Shakespeare's life and influences and offers readers a series of essays for consideration on topics related to sexuality, such as the notions of the war between...- $48.03
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Teens and Social Media
For all its benefits, including its ability to build communities and provide a creative outlet, social media also poses a threat to the health and well-being of today's teens. This volume features a diverse array of perspectives weighing in on the controversies surrounding social...- $34.80
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Teens and Social Media
For all its benefits, including its ability to build communities and provide a creative outlet, social media also poses a threat to the health and well-being of today's teens. This volume features a diverse array of perspectives weighing in on the controversies surrounding social...- $50.43
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The Business of College Sports: Who Earns What
College athletics has long been a gray zone, with some universities making tremendous profits on the backs of unpaid student athletes. While college sports programs undoubtedly provide life-changing opportunities for their student athletes, concerns about their priorities have arisen. Are they for-profit ventures, or...- $33.00
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The Business of College Sports: Who Earns What
College athletics has long been a gray zone, with some universities making tremendous profits on the backs of unpaid student athletes. While college sports programs undoubtedly provide life-changing opportunities for their student athletes, concerns about their priorities have arisen. Are they for-profit ventures, or...- $48.03
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The Capitol Riot: Fragile Democracy
The insurrection at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021 sent shockwaves around the world. Suddenly, the United States, for many the gold standard of democracy and stability, seemed at risk. The riot was a direct response by a mob of extremist Trump supporters...- $33.00
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The Capitol Riot: Fragile Democracy
The insurrection at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021 sent shockwaves around the world. Suddenly, the United States, for many the gold standard of democracy and stability, seemed at risk. The riot was a direct response by a mob of extremist Trump supporters...- $48.03
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The Environment in Rachel Carson's Silent Spring
A foundational text in the conservation movement, Rachel Carson's Silent Spring challenged prevailing ideas of the health of the environment by showing that pesticides affected organisms other than their targets, such as humans and birds. The book also accused chemical companies and federal officials...- $32.00
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The New Censorship
Censorship has taken many forms throughout the course of history, but the digital age has presented a unique set of issues. Although free speech is upheld as a constitutional right in America, cancel culture and other forms of censorship have quickly taken hold thanks...- $50.43
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The New Censorship
Censorship has taken many forms throughout the course of history, but the digital age has presented a unique set of issues. Although free speech is upheld as a constitutional right in America, cancel culture and other forms of censorship have quickly taken hold thanks...- $34.80
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The Rise of Authoritarianism
Due to factors such as income inequality and multiculturalism, liberal democracies have weakened considerably in the last quarter century. Democratic ideals have retreated in Venezuela, the Philippines, Hungary, Russia, and Poland. Many worry that they're on the decline in such bastions of democracy as...- $47.83
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Trumpism and the Future of the Republican Party
Donald Trump entered the political arena by relentlessly questioning the legitimacy of President Barack Obama. He had become famous--and infamous--as a businessman and TV personality, and his rise to the presidency was shocking and polarizing. Trump's bombastic campaign and tumultuous term in the White...- $50.43
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Trumpism and the Future of the Republican Party
Donald Trump entered the political arena by relentlessly questioning the legitimacy of President Barack Obama. He had become famous--and infamous--as a businessman and TV personality, and his rise to the presidency was shocking and polarizing. Trump's bombastic campaign and tumultuous term in the White...- $34.80
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Violence in Suzanne Collins' the Hunger Games Trilogy
Suzanne Collins' dystopian trilogy envisions a world where survival and violence quite literally take the center stage. To maintain order, suppress independence, and punish past rebellions, the Capitol selects two participants, or tributes, from each of the twelve districts to fight in an annual...- $32.00
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Volunteerism
What are the implications of volunteering on a mass scale? What are some areas in need of volunteers? Would conscription into service promote the ideas of service better than volunteerism? This volume presents varying opinions on the usefulness and purpose of volunteers in the...- $27.80
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War in Ernest Hemingway's for Whom the Bell Tolls
Ernest Hemingway's depiction of war in his novel For Whom the Bell Tolls is one without clear ideological or moral imperatives. The story wrestles with themes of wartime and violence, as readers follow Robert Jordan, an American teacher, who volunteers to lead an ill-disciplined...- $32.00
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War in Tim O'Brien's the Things They Carried
This did not happen is a common refrain throughout the stories in The Things They Carried. Tim O'Brien's account of the Vietnam War purposely blurs the line between fact and fiction to get closer to the truth of what soldiers actually experienced. This compelling...- $32.00
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Women's Issues in Amy Tan's the Joy Luck Club
When four Chinese immigrant mothers meet through their church in 1949, they begin to play mahjong together, forming what eventually becomes the Joy Luck Club. The novel, which centers around these women and their first-generation daughters, tells varied stories about what it means to...- $32.00
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Women's Issues in Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God
This compelling volume examines Zora Neale Hurston's life and writings, with a specific look at key ideas related to Their Eyes Were Watching God. Essays discuss a variety of topics, including whether the novel can be viewed as an example for all women, whether...- $32.00
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Worker's Rights in Upton Sinclair's the Jungle
Upton Sinclair's work as a muckraking journalist in the early twentieth century led him to investigate and expose the dangerous conditions that immigrants and minority workers faced in manufacturing plants and factories. His novel, which cast these real-world conditions within a fictional setting, was...- $32.00
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