Best Books of 2023
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Fostering Wisdom at WorkMost people can name dozens of knowledgeable people in their private and business lives, but highly value the very limited number deemed as wise. The fields of gerontology, psychology, and social science have attempted to study the phenomena of wisdom with little significant clarity...
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Sour Grapes'Dan Rhodes is a true original' - Hilary Mantel When the sleepy English village of Green Bottom hosts its first literary festival, the good, the bad and the ugly of the book world descend upon its leafy lanes. But the villagers are not prepared...
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Murder, Murder, Murder in Gilded Central ParkIn her Fifth Avenue mansion in autumn, 1898, silver heiress Val DeVere learns a third young woman's strangled body has been found nearby in New York's Central Park. The victim could be someone like Val's late mother-or her-for the Valentine Mackle DeVere is one...
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Superhuman VisionThis title explores real-life people whose vision is so amazing, it seems like a superpower! Readers will learn what vision is, how the eye and its parts affect vision, and meet people whose vision is superhuman! Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to...
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Dogs of PresidentsThis book has it all: Bright and colorful images, historical photographs, and lots of sweet information about presidents and their pet dogs. Readers will love seeing every pet owner, from Franklin D. Roosevelt to the Obamas. Complete with a picture glossary. Aligned to Common...
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Minimum WageThis book explores the topic of minimum wage, highlighting the legislative history, the debates surrounding that legislation, and the effects minimum wage has on workers and employers. The book also includes a table of contents, two infographics, informative sidebars, two Case Study special features,...
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Napheesa CollierThis exciting book introduces readers to the life and career of WNBA superstar Napheesa Collier. The book also includes a table of contents, a Paving the Way special feature, an At a Glance section, informative sidebars, quiz questions, a glossary, additional resources, and an...
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Inventing DronesThis book reveals the fascinating history of drones, from when they were first invented to the latest innovations, as well as the changes they've created in people's lives. The book also includes a table of contents, fun facts, a That's Amazing special feature, quiz...
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Inventing AirplanesThis book reveals the fascinating history of airplanes, from when they were first invented to the latest innovations, as well as the changes they've created in people's lives. The book also includes a table of contents, fun facts, a That's Amazing special feature, quiz...
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Unholy Trinity: State, Church, and Film in MexicoRebecca Janzen brings a unique applied understanding of religion to bear on analysis of Mexican cinema from the Golden Age of the 1930s onward. Unholy Trinity first examines canonical films like Emilio Fernández's María Candelaria and Río Escondido that mythologize Mexico's past, suggesting that...
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The Archaeology of InequalityThe Archaeology of Inequality explores the different aspects of social boundaries and articulation by comparing several interdisciplinary approaches for the analysis of the archaeological data, as well as actual case studies from the Prehistory to the Classical world. The book explores slavery, gender, ethnicity...
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Michael Jackson and the Quandary of a Black IdentityIn Michael Jackson and the Quandary of a Black Identity, Sherrow O. Pinder explores the ways in which the late singer's racial identification process problematizes conceptualizations of race and the presentation of blackness that reduces blacks to a bodily mark. Pinder is particularly interested...
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Encountering the Impossible: The Fantastic in Hollywood Fantasy Cinema2022 CHOICE Outstanding Academic TitleShortlisted for the 2022 Best First Monograph Award presented by the British Association of Film, Television and Screen StudiesHollywood fantasy cinema is responsible for some of the most lucrative franchises produced over the past two decades, yet it remains difficult...
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The Atlantic and Africa: The Second Slavery and BeyondThe Atlantic and Africa breaks new ground by exploring the connections between two bodies of scholarship that have developed separately from one another. On the one hand, the "second slavery" perspective that has reinterpreted the relation of Atlantic slavery and capitalism by emphasizing the...
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Was It Yesterday?: Nostalgia in Contemporary Film and TelevisionBringing together prominent transatlantic film and media scholars, Was It Yesterday? explores the impact of nostalgia in twenty-first century American film and television. Cultural nostalgia, in both real and imagined forms, is dominant today, but what does the concentration on bringing back the past...
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The Critical MargolisPragmatism's revival since 1980 can be credited to several thinkers, among them the longtime professor of philosophy at Temple University, Joseph Margolis. The Critical Margolis collects within one volume more than a dozen of his essential writings, allowing readers to become familiar with his...
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Goddess JournalThe essence of Goddess has flowed, oh so lovingly, throughout this luscious journal. She welcomes all you are and all you are becoming. Dive into her chaos and be buoyed by her strength. Breathe in her vulnerability and let your pulse dance with resilience,...
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A Seeker's TaleSeek and discover yourself through the marvel, majesty, and magic of this journal. With premium quality, cream-colored, wood-free paper and a combination of lined and unlined pages, A Seeker's Tale is designed to provide sacred space for all facets of your self-expression. Uplifting messages,...
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Sophie's Super Circulatory SystemIn this title, early fluent readers meet Sophie as she learns about her circulatory system. Read along as Sophie, her gym teacher, and her classmates discuss how our circulatory systems pump blood through our hearts and arteries, deliver oxygen to cells throughout our bodies,...
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Riley's Remarkable Respiratory SystemIn this title, early fluent readers meet Riley, a girl who loves to swim and surf, as she learns about her respiratory system. Read along as Riley, her dad, and her doctor discuss how the mouth, nose, windpipe, bronchi, diaphragm, and lungs work together...
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