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Studies in law politics and society volume 61
Studies in law politics and society volume 63
Studies in law politics and society volume 57
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Studies in law politics and society volume 63
Studies in law politics and society volume 57
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English
Description
This special issue of Studies in Law, Politics and Society contains two sections, focusing on the interaction between law and religion, together with the ways in which the law simultaneously enhances and inhibits projects of social change.
2) The giver
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
760L
Language
English
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Description
Lowry's unforgettable tale introduces 12-year-old Jonas, who is singled out by the Community to be trained by The Giver. The Giver alone holds the memories of true pain and pleasure. Now it's time for Jonas to receive the truth.
Given his lifetime assignment at the Ceremony of Twelve, Jonas becomes the receiver of memories shared by only one other in his community and discovers the terrible truth about the society in which he lives.
Author
Publisher
Riverhead Books, a member of Penguin Group (USA)
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
For the past three years, Jon Ronson has traveled the world meeting recipients of famous public shamings, often while their shamings are in full force. These are people like us--people who, say, made a joke on social media that came out badly, or made a mistake at work. Once a transgression is revealed, collective outrage circles with the force of a hurricane, and the next thing they know, they're being torn apart, jeered at, demonized, sometimes...
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"A call-center worker patiently troubleshoots a customer's broken printer, while a cartoon character in a corner of his screen chides him for sounding too unengaged. An exhausted Uber driver needs extra cash, so she accepts a pop-up Quest on her app: drive another three trips to get a $6 bonus. At home, her partner spends hundreds of hours combing through obscure forums about the QAnon conspiracy theory: uncovering clues and drawing connections feels...
Author
Publisher
Ickonic Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"David Icke has been writing books for decades warning that current events were coming. He has faced ridicule and abuse for saying that the end of human freedom was being planned, how, and by whom. His latest highly topical book, Perceptions of a Renegade Mind, is published in very different circumstances with vast numbers of people acknowledging that he has been vindicated by the happenings of the 'Covid' era. His predictions over more than 30 years...
Author
Publisher
ReferencePoint Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Around half of all people on earth use some form of social media. Social media is part of the fabric of life for billions of people. While it sometimes seems the bad outweighs the good, social media has taken a center role in the modern world"--