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- Citizen scientist : searching for heroes and hope in an age of extinction / by Hannibal, Mary Ellen.;
Includes bibliographical references, Internet addresses and index.LSC- Subjects: Endemic plants; Endemic animals; Introduced organisms; Extinction (Biology); Plants;
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- The boy who harnessed the wind : creating currents of electricity and hope / by Kamkwamba, William.; Mealer, Bryan.;
This immensely engaging tale relates how an enterprising teenager in Malawi builds a windmill from scraps he finds around his village and brings electricity, and a future, to his family.- Subjects: Kamkwamba, William.; Electric power production; Inventors; Rural electrification; Water supply, Rural; Windmills;
- © c2009., William Morrow,
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- Soldiers and kings : survival and hope in the world of human smuggling / by De León, Jason,1977-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."An intimate and one-of-a-kind look at the world of human smuggling in Latin America, by a MacArthur "genius" grant winner and anthropologist. Political instability, poverty, climate change, and the insatiable appetite for cheap labor all fuel clandestine movement across borders. As those borders harden, the demand for smugglers who aid migrants across them increases every year. Yet media and politicians have always characterized smugglers--or coyotes, or guides, as they are often known by the migrants who hire their services--using tired tropes and stereotypes, as boogie men and violent warlords. In an effort to better understand this essential yet extralegal billion dollar global industry, internationally recognized anthropologist and expert Jason De León embedded with a group of smugglers moving migrants across Mexico over the course of seven years. The result of this unprecedented access is SOLDIERS AND KINGS: the first ever in-depth, character-driven look at human smuggling. It is a heart-wrenching and intimate narrative that revolves around the life and death of one coyote, Chino, who falls in love and tries to leave smuggling behind. In a powerful, original voice, De León expertly chronicles the lives of low-level foot soldiers breaking into the smuggling game, and morally conflicted gang leaders who oversee rag-tag crews of guides and informants along the migrant trail. SOLDIERS AND KINGS is not only a ground-breaking up-close glimpse of a difficult-to-access world, it is a masterpiece of narrative nonfiction"--- Subjects: Human smuggling;
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- The heartbeat of the wild : dispatches from landscapes of wonder, peril, and hope / by Quammen, David,1948-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."In this essay collection, David Quammen journeys to places where civilization meets raw nature"--- Subjects: Natural history.; Nature conservation.; Wilderness areas.;
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- Sensational kids : hope and help for children with sensory processing disorder (SPD) / by Miller, Lucy J.; Fuller, Doris A.; Roetenberg, Janice.;
Includes bibliographical references, Internet addresses and index.LSC- Subjects: Sensory integration dysfunction in children.;
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- Raising Lazarus : hope, justice, and the future of America's overdose crisis / by Macy, Beth,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Journalist Beth Macy brings us to the next frontier of the opioid crisis, telling the story of the everyday heroes fighting to stem the tide of drug overdose in communities that are too often left to fend for themselves, and of the activists and relatives of the dead who are still struggling for accountability in America's courts"--- Subjects: Medication abuse; Medication abuse; Opioid abuse; Opioid abuse;
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- River of time : my descent into depression and how I emerged with hope / by Judd, Naomi,author.; Wilkie, Marcia.;
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- Subjects: Biographies.; Judd, Naomi.; Country musicians; Depressed persons;
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- Death is but a dream : finding hope and meaning at life's end / by Kerr, Christopher,M.D.,author.; Mardorossian, Carine M.,1966-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."The first book to explore the meaningful dreams and visions that bring comfort as death nears"--- Subjects: Death in dreams.; Death; Dream interpretation.;
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- Unbroken : my fight for survival, hope, and justice for Indigenous women and girls / by Sterritt, Angela,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Unbroken is a remarkable work of memoir and investigative journalism focusing on missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls, written by an award-winning Gitxsan journalist who survived life on the streets against all odds. As a Gitxsan teenager navigating life on the streets, Angela Sterritt wrote in her journal to help her survive and find her place in the world. Now an acclaimed journalist, she writes for major news outlets to push for justice and to light a path for Indigenous women, girls, and survivors. In her brilliant debut, Sterritt shares her memoir alongside investigative reporting into cases of missing and murdered Indigenous women in Canada, showing how colonialism and racism led to a society where Sterritt struggled to survive as a young person, and where the lives of Indigenous women and girls are ignored and devalued. Growing up, Sterritt was steeped in the stories of her ancestors: grandparents who carried bentwood boxes of berries, hunted and trapped, and later fought for rights and title to that land. But as a vulnerable young woman, kicked out of the family home and living on the street, Sterritt inhabited places that, today, are infamous for being communities where women have gone missing or been murdered: Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, and, later on, Northern BC's Highway of Tears. Sterritt faced darkness: she experienced violence from partners and strangers and saw friends and community members die or go missing. But she navigated the street, group homes, and SROs to finally find her place in journalism and academic excellence at university, relying entirely on her own strength, resilience, and creativity along with the support of her ancestors and community to find her way. "She could have been me," Sterritt acknowledges today, and her empathy for victims, survivors, and families drives her present-day investigations into the lives of missing and murdered Indigenous women. In the end, Sterritt steps into a place of power, demanding accountability from the media and the public, exposing racism, and showing that there is much work to do on the path towards understanding the truth. But most importantly, she proves that the strength and brilliance of Indigenous women is unbroken, and that together, they can build lives of joy and abundance."--- Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Sterritt, Angela.; Indigenous peoples; Indigenous women; Indigenous women; Investigative reporting; Missing persons; Murder victims; Murder; Racism against Indigenous peoples.; Women journalists; Indigenous journalists;
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- Louder than words [videorecording] / by Davis, Hope,1967-; Duchovny, David.; Hutton, Timothy,1960-; ARC Entertainment (Firm); Mongrel Media.;
Music by Geoff Zanelli; edited by Melissa kent; production designer, Franckie Diago.Timothy Hutton, David Duchovny, Hope Davis.After the unexpected death of their daughter, a couple work to build a state of the art children's hospital where families are welcomed into the healing process.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD; region 1; widescreen; 5.1 Dolby Digital.- Subjects: Children; Daughters; Feature films.; Grief; Life change events;
- © c2014., Arc Entertainment ; Distributed by Mongrel Media,
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