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How to make herself agreeable to everyone

2024
"Scouted by a modeling agent when she was just sixteen years old, Cameron Russell first approached her job with some reservations: She was a precocious and serious student with her sights set on college--not the runway. But it was a job, and modeling seemed to offer young women like herself access to wealth, fame, and influence. Besides, as she was often reminded, 'there are a million girls in line' who would eagerly replace her. A ferocious, visceral memoir, 'How to Make Herself Agreeable to Everyone' chronicles how Russell learned to navigate the dizzying space between physical appearance and interiority, and making money in an often-exploitative system. Being 'agreeable' led to more success, more bookings, more opportunities to work with the world's top photographers and biggest brands. As her prominence in fashion grew, Cameron discovered the work of modeling to be deeply isolating and frustrating. Instead of giving her freedom, her job required her to perform the role of compliant femme fatale, in which she found little room for transformation or growth. So she began organizing with her peers, and together they began finding their place in movements for labor rights, climate and racial justice, and brought MeToo to the fashion industry"--Provided by publisher.
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Cobalt red

how the blood of the Congo powers our lives
2023
"An unflinching investigation reveals the human rights abuses behind the Congo's cobalt mining operation--and the moral implications that affect us all"--Amazon.
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Transfarmation

the story of farmers, animal advocates, and communities fighting to free us from factory farming
2024
"The story of factory farmers, rescued farm animals, and rural communities standing up to big corporations and constructing their own new world that will change the way we eat"--.

College girl, missing

the true story of how a young woman disappeared in plain sight
2024
"When Lauren Spierer-a gregarious young woman at a crossroads in her life-vanished from Indiana University in 2011, her story drew global attention from celebrities and news outlets such as People magazine, CNN, Fox News, and USA Today. What made the case so confounding to those outlets was that the 20-year-old was out with dozens of classmates in a bustling university town on the night she went missing. She was seen in public by witnesses and security cameras, and ended up in a townhouse complex with several wealthy, well-connected male students-never to be seen again. Despite the media frenzy surrounding the case, the police investigation went nowhere and her body was never found. Armed with the support of Lauren's parents and never-before-seen evidence that chronicles a cover-up, a botched investigation, conflicting testimony, and new interviews, Cohen leads readers through a gripping narrative before finally shining a light on those often forgotten in true crime: the innocent people left behind. College Girl, Missing will provide an incisive look at "Missing White Woman Syndrome" to expose the prejudice in true crime reporting and demonstrate how the excessive media coverage that Lauren received, paradoxically, damaged the quest to bring her home"--.

The fall of Roe

the rise of a new America
2024
"In June 2022, Americans watched in shock as the Supreme Court reversed one of the nation's landmark rulings. For nearly a half century, Roe v. Wade was synonymous with women's rights and freedoms. This book reveals the inside story of how it happened. The authors' investigation charts the political and religious campaign to take down abortion rights and remake American families, womanhood, and the nation itself"--Adapted from dust jacket.

Our kindred creatures

how Americans came to feel the way they do about animals
2024
"A compassionate, sweeping narrative about the transformation in American attitudes toward animals, particularly after the Civil War"--.

Sports cheats

2024
Learn about famous cheaters in sports and the scandals they created.

As gods

a moral history of the genetic age
"Examines the history and future of the revolutionary and awe-inspiring technology of genetic engineering and how it has both thrilled and terrified scientists who have demonstrated the power to change life itself"--Provided by publisher.

Unmasking AI

my mission to protect what is human in a world of machines
2023
"Dr. Joy Buolamwini explains how we've arrived at an era of artifical intelligence harms and oppression, and what we can do to avoid its pitfalls"--Provided by publisher.

Thinking critically

2023
"Social media makes spreading disinformation so easy that the world is awash in it. Disinformation is aimed at the government, businesses, schools, churches, and other pillars of society. While one false post can be dismissed as ridiculous, the accumulation of disinformation can take its toll on social media users, eroding their confidence in traditional institutions"--OCLC.

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