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  Dear America - Notes of an...

  Anonimo

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  Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas, called “the most famous undocumented immigrant in America,” tackles one of the defining issues of our time in this explosive and deeply personal call to arms. 
  “This is not a book about the politics of immigration. This book––at it's core––is not about immigration at all. This book is about homelessness, not in a traditional sense, but in the unsettled, unmoored psychological state that undocumented immigrants like myself find ourselves in. This book is about lying and being forced to lie to get by; about passing as an American and as a contributing citizen; about families, keeping them together, and having to make new ones when you can’t. This book is about constantly hiding from the government and, in the process, hiding from ourselves. This book is about what it means to not have a home. 
  After 25 years of living illegally in a country that does not consider me one of its own, this book is the closest thing I have to freedom.” 
  —Jose Antonio Vargas, from Dear America

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  20 Myths about Religion and...

  Ryan P. Burge

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  The way most people think about religion and politics is only loosely linked to empirical reality, argues Ryan P. Burge in 20 Myths about Religion and Politics in America. Instead, our thinking is based on anecdotes, a quick scan of news headlines, or worse, flat-out lies told by voices trying to push a religious or political agenda on a distracted public. 
   
   
   
  Burge sees this fundamentally flawed understanding of the world around us and our misperceptions about where we fit into the larger fabric of society as caustic for the future of American politics and religion. Without an accurate picture of our society, when we subscribe to only caricatures of what our country looks like, we never really address the problems facing us. 
   
   
   
  Striving to be an impartial referee, Burge describes with accessible and engaging prose what the data says. Step by step, he debunks twenty myths, using rigorous data analysis and straightforward explanations. He gives listeners the resources to adopt an empirical view of the world that can help all of us, religious and nonreligious alike, get past at least some of the unsupported beliefs that divide us.

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  Harnessing The Science of...

  Nathaniel Swain

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  Drawing together the worlds of classroom practice, school leadership, and scientific research, this is an essential how-to guide for initiating and maintaining a school improvement journey based on the science of learning. 
   
   
   
  What we now know about learning and teaching is vast; yet often, wading through the thousands of articles and books on this subject can leave even the most seasoned educator overwhelmed. This guide instead offers a distillation of key understandings―for teaching, literacy, mathematics, curriculum, and implementation―to launch your school improvement work. 
   
   
   
  Harnessing the Science of Learning also features contributions from thought leaders across the fields of learning sciences and educational practice: Pamela Snow, Tanya Serry, Zach Groshell, Reid Smith, Toni Hatten-Roberts, Simon Breakspear, Katie Roberts-Hull, David Morkunas, Steven Capp, Shane Pearson, and Eamon Charles. 
   
   
   
  This book illustrates practical ways to harness this knowledge, using a series of exemplary school case studies. These insightful narratives of transformation are interwoven with summaries of powerful teaching practices, forming a roadmap to drive improvement.

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  Galveston Haunted Walmart

  Denise Sandoval

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  What if the past refuses to stay buried? What if spirits from a century-old tragedy still haunt the aisles of your local Walmart? Could you handle the truth behind the creepy laughter and cries ringing during the night? 
  Galveston Haunted Walmart is a gripping account of author Denise Sandoval's experiences while working at a Walmart, which was built over the tragic grounds of St. Mary's Orphan's Asylum in Galveston, Texas. 
  In this book, she uncovers the eerie and unsettling events that continue to plague this modern-day store, more than a century after the deadly storm of 1900. 
  Inside Galveston Haunted Walmart, you'll discover:the heart-wrenching history of Galveston's darkest day, bringing the devastation of the Great Storm to life.the spine-tingling origins of the hauntings, uncovering the fates of the nuns. children, and servants who perished.a personal narrative detailing firsthand encounters with the supernatural inside the store.the eerie consequences of disturbing the resting place of lost souls during the store's renovation.the haunted hotspots throughout the store, revealing the ghosts that linger where you least expect them. 
  This book is more than just a collection of ghost stories- it's a detailed exploration of how the past and present collide in the most unexpected places. With chilling personal tales, historical accounts, and photographs, it will keep you on the edge of your seat. 
  Uncover the truth behind the hauntings and join countless others whose lives have been disquieted by the mysteries of the unexplained. 
  Dare to believe in the unseen! Get vour copy of Galveston Haunted Walmart today.

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  Crowd The - A Study of the...

  Gustave Le Bon

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  First published in 1895, The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind remains one of the most influential works on mass psychology and the behavior of crowds. Gustave Le Bon’s groundbreaking analysis explores how individuals, when part of a crowd, surrender their rationality and adopt a collective mindset driven by emotion, impulse, and unconscious influence. 
  Le Bon’s insights have shaped the fields of psychology, sociology, and political science, influencing figures from Freud to modern strategists of propaganda and mass persuasion. He dissects how crowds think, how they are swayed by leaders, and how collective behavior can lead to both progress and destruction.Key Topics Covered: 
  ✔️ How individuals lose autonomy within crowds 
  ✔️ The psychological mechanisms behind mass movements 
  ✔️ The power of suggestion and emotional contagion 
  ✔️ How leaders manipulate crowds to achieve their goals 
  ✔️ The role of crowd psychology in revolutions, politics, and social change 
  A must-listen for those interested in history, social psychology, politics, and the forces that shape public opinion.

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  Kyshtym Disaster The: The...

  Charles River Editors

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  For decades, it was believed that the first major accident at a nuclear power plant took place at Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania in 1979, which took nearly 15 years and $1 billion to fully clean up after that disaster. However, Three Mile Island paled in comparison to Chernobyl, which to this day remains the most notorious nuclear accident in history. Located in the Ukraine, the Chernobyl power plant was undergoing experiments in the early morning hours of April 26, 1986 when it suffered a series of explosions in one of its nuclear reactors, killing over 30 people at the plant and spread radioactive fallout across a wide swath of the Soviet Union. Although the Soviets would try to cover up just how disastrous the accident at Chernobyl was, it was impossible to hide the full extent of the damage given that radioactive material was affecting Western Europe as well. All told, the accident caused an estimated $18 billion in damages, forced the evacuation of everybody nearby, and continues to produce adverse health effects that are still being felt in the region.  
  	The disasters emphatically demonstrated the dangers of nuclear power plants, and it brought about new regulations across the world in an effort to make the use of nuclear energy safer. Meanwhile, scientists and scholars are still studying the effects of the radiation on people exposed to the disasters and continue to come up with estimates of just how deadly they were. 
  	As it turned out, however, Chernobyl was not the first major nuclear disaster that the Soviets tried to hide. In 1957, a nuclear disaster occurred in an area near the Ural Mountains, far to the east of Moscow and to the north of the border with Kazakhstan, and to this day, it is a disaster few have heard of, even though it was the world’s worst nuclear disaster until Chernobyl. For those aware of it, it is now known as the Kyshtym disaster. 

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