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  The Misinformation Age - How...

  James Owen Weatherall, Cailin...

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  “Empowering and thoroughly researched, this book offers useful contemporary analysis and possible solutions to one of the greatest threats to democracy.” —Kirkus Reviews 
   
  Editors’ choice, The New York Times Book Review 
   
  Recommended reading, Scientific American 
   
  Why should we care about having true beliefs? And why do demonstrably false beliefs persist and spread despite bad, even fatal, consequences for the people who hold them? 
   
  Philosophers of science Cailin O’Connor and James Weatherall argue that social factors, rather than individual psychology, are what’s essential to understanding the spread and persistence of false beliefs. It might seem that there’s an obvious reason that true beliefs matter: false beliefs will hurt you. But if that’s right, then why is it (apparently) irrelevant to many people whether they believe true things or not? 
   
  The Misinformation Age, written for a political era riven by “fake news,” “alternative facts,” and disputes over the validity of everything from climate change to the size of inauguration crowds, shows convincingly that what you believe depends on who you know. If social forces explain the persistence of false belief, we must understand how those forces work in order to fight misinformation effectively. 
   
  “[The authors] deftly apply sociological models to examine how misinformation spreads among people and how scientific results get misrepresented in the public sphere.” —Andrea Gawrylewski, Scientific American 
   
   
   
  “A notable new volume . . . The Misinformation Age explains systematically how facts are determined and changed—whether it is concerning the effects of vaccination on children or the Russian attack on the integrity of the electoral process.” —Roger I. Abrams, New York Journal of Books

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  Enneagram - The True Essence of...

  Amy Jileson

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  The enneagram can show you your personality type and also help you how to live better. 
    
  When you know what you are like – and believe me, many people don’t know themselves very well – you are more likely to be content in life, find success, discover hidden talents, avoid pitfalls, and become happier in general. 
    
  In this book, the enneagram will show you your true colors. We’ll show you how the origin of the model, the different types, and the importance of self-awareness. Each of these things should help you on your road to self-love and self-discovery.

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  Spelling One - An Interactive...

  Bukky Ekine-Ogunlana

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  Spelling One is the first in the Spelling for Kids interactive spelling workbooks series, which features spelling words that will quickly improve vocabulary, reading comprehension, and spelling skills. It makes a great addition to any school and home-school curriculum! 
  Our fun and enabling spelling system can be used by your whole family at home, and it can also be used by schoolteachers for children all children. They can start their practice one year earlier and at their own pace. 
  Our unique, interactive spelling book teaches students how to spell words and builds vocabulary memory by integrating text repetition of age-specific words, along with the audio replay of the words, which dramatically speeds retention, reading skills, and pronunciation of words, as seen in this example from the book:Fun  
  Going to the fairground is always fun. 
  Fun 
  F u n 
  Our powerful but practical spelling book offers these unique benefits to students:Optimizes your kids' learning by offering a variety of learning techniques. This audiobook utilizes verbal and visual instruction - students hear and write each spelling word for permanent retention of words.The book covers words every child 5-year-old must know and are frequently misspelled in spelling tests - 12 words per week. It is broken down into easy-to-follow spelling exercises that take only 10 minutes daily.Engages children and gets them away from their video games and cell phones. It also helps children who are struggling with reading, spelling, and grammar due to ADHD, Dyslexia, and short-term memory issues. 
  Spelling for Kids is the perfect tool for accelerating spelling skills and ensuring your child is ahead of their class in spelling ability! 
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  Police-Encounters: Everything...

  Dr. Ezekiel Fierce Zeke

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  My Juris Doctorate Degree and expertise is in the study of criminal law and criminal procedure.As a Black Person, are you worried about police officers harming or killing you?Have you been in fear as a Black person by feeling that police are unfair, or that police mistreat, and brutalize Black People?Are you tired of not knowing how to act when encountering a police officer?If so, this book is for you.Here is just a fraction of what you will learn:• Why some Black People are getting harmed or killed by police• How to conduct yourself during a police-encounter• What a police officer’s authority is before, during, and after a police-encounter• How to teach your children and loved one’s how to conduct themselves during a police-encounter• Proof that the majority of Black people are not being mistreated during police-encounters• Proof that most white cops are not racist, nor are they out to harm or kill Black People* Proof that generally no cops white, black, or brown are out to harm or kill Black people* Plus, inside this book, you will learn how police officers are trained.And if that is not enough, you will learn the driving forces behind the unfortunate killings of Black People by cops.  For instance... some of the false rhetoric and the lies that are keeping tensions high between the police and Black People....how bystanders put themselves in harm’s way and can be charged with obstruction-of-justice by police ...proof that what you may believe is police brutality actually is not...and why there is absolutely no mass conspiracy by police officers or by police departments to harm or to kill Black people.This book will dispel many misconceptions and alleviate many fears.Even if you only applied the mere basics covered in this book, it is easily worth 1000x the cost of this book because it will keep you out of physical harm’s way and possibly save your life.Click "Buy Now" and grab your copy today!

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  The Supreme Court and Religion -...

  Mickey Gatz

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  “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.” 
  Have 16 words managed to be wildly interpreted in over the 200 years since America was founded? Have a vast majority of laws, mandates and other legal talks have had so much debate than this phrase? 
  How far does the First Amendment go in regards to Religious Freedom? Should there be Freedom of Religion or Freedom from Religion? 
  When laws cannot be settled in state or district courts, they go to the highest law of the land: The Supreme Court. There, Nine Justices appointed to lifelong terms weigh in on matters that could affect the whole country. There have been many hotly debated cases over the years:Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores: Does a Christian Employer have to cover contraceptives they don't believe in?Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission: Can a Private for-profit company turn away customers considered a protected class due to religious reasons?Kennedy v. Bremerton School District: Can a football coach pray on the 50 Yard Line and is a school responsible for it?Yeshiva University v. YU Pride Alliance: Can a religious university deny a LGBTQ club due to religious reasons? 
  These are questions for the Supreme Court and the Supreme Court gives an opinion to each of these legal questions. 
   

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  In A Day's Work - The Fight to...

  Bernice Yeung

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  Apple orchards in bucolic Washington state. Office parks in Southern California under cover of night. The home of an elderly man in Miami. These are some of the workplaces where female workers have suffered brutal sexual assault and shocking harassment at the hands of their employers, often with little or no official recourse. In this harrowing yet often inspiring tale, investigative journalist Bernice Yeung exposes the epidemic of sexual violence levied against women farmworkers, domestic workers, and janitorial workers and charts their quest for justice in the workplace. 
   Yeung takes listeners on a journey across the country, introducing us to women who came to America to escape grinding poverty only to encounter sexual violence in the United States. In a Day’s Work exposes the underbelly of economies filled with employers who take advantage of immigrant women’s need to earn a basic living. When these women find the courage to speak up, Yeung reveals that they are too often met by apathetic bosses and under&msadhresourced government agencies. 
   But In a Day’s Work also tells a story of resistance, introducing a group of courageous allies who challenge dangerous and discriminatory workplace conditions alongside aggrieved workers—and win. Moving and inspiring, this book will change our understanding of the lives of immigrant women.

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