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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
El federalismo en México y los problemas sociales del país	Juan Bruno Ubiarco Maldonado	federalism. Refears atributions in the system, interpretations of the Supreme Court, and analizes the social problematic of the wrong aplication of the federalism, getting important conclutions	OL12789337W
Erik is homeless	Keith Elliot Greenberg	A photographic essay about a nine-year-old boy who is homeless in New York City.	OL14919450W
Do Something! A Handbook for Young Acitivists	Nancy Lublin	280 p. : 22 cm	OL15576688W
Детство; Отрочество; Юность	Lev Nikolaevič Tolstoy,Isabel F. Hapgood,C. J. Hogarth,Isabel Florence Hapgood,Will Jonson,C J Hogarth	Written from 1852 to 1856, this autobiographical novel was Tolstoy's first publication. The early life of Nikolai, the son of wealthy landowner in Russia, is fully explored, slowly revealing this you…	OL15698346W
Shift & reset	Brian Reich	"Essential strategies the nonprofit community can use to take advantage of rapidly changing technologies and new communication methods in our ultra-connected societyIn these challenging economic time…	OL15933506W
Season of the witch	David Talbot	Salon founder David Talbot chronicles the cultural history of San Francisco and from the late 1960s to the early 1980s when figures such as Harvey Milk, Janis Joplin, Jim Jones, and Bill Walsh helped…	OL16117355W
Prophets of the fourth estate	Amy Reynolds	"An historical look at criticism of the mainstream press during the Progressive Era, consisting of original articles from the time and context-providing essays"--Provided by publisher.	OL16214787W
Indivisible	Gail Bush,Randy Meyer	"Anthology including over 50 works of poetry by various writers on social justice issues"--	OL16672531W
Constats	DRAME HAROUNA	MATIÈRES: Problèmes sociaux--Afrique Changement social--Afrique Progrès Afrique--Politique et gouvernement--21e siècle …	OL16808489W
Pro/con	Sally McFall	A series of essays analyzing questions or dilemmas relating to social issues	OL17305392W
La civilización del espectáculo	Mario Vargas Llosa	The author puts forth a hard and somber interpretation of our times. Our civilization has turned into entertainment, gossip, enjoyment, and has adopted a carefree, devil-may-care attitude, ignoring w…	OL17367238W
Subverting global myths	Vinoth Ramachandra	"It is a myth that only the uninformed masses believe in myths and that power brokers, media moguls, leading scientists, financial tycoons, political luminaries and intellectual elites don't. The myt…	OL1766769W
Freedom Is a Constant Struggle	Coleen Marlo,Angela Y. Davis,Frank Barat	En este amplio y brillante conjunto de ensayos, la reconocida y erudita activista Angela Davis expone las conexiones entre las luchas contra la violencia estatal y la opresión a lo largo de la histor…	OL17794034W
Muckraking	Ellen F. Fitzpatrick	The January 1903 issue of McClure's Magazine was notable for including three crucial stories by investigative journalists — Ray Stannard Baker, Lincoln Steffens, and Ida Tarbell — who uncovered pol…	OL18265169W
Imprisoning communities	Todd R. Clear	This volume maintains that current incarceration policy in urban America does more harm than good, from increasing crime to widening racial disparities and diminished life chances for youths. The aut…	OL18519032W
Applied Economics	Thomas Sowell	This revised edition of Applied Economics is about fifty percent larger than the first edition. It now includes a chapter on the economics of immigration and new sections of other chapters on such to…	OL1935797W
Call them by their true names	Rebecca Solnit,Cassandra Campbell	"Changing the world means changing the story, the names, and the language with which we describe it. Calling things by their true names cuts through the lies that excuse, disguise, avoid, or encourag…	OL19761814W
The global casino	Nick Middleton	The Global Casino is a compelling introduction to environmental issues which links the physical environment to its political, social and economic contexts. Case studies from around the globe are used…	OL1987204W
Dancing with the devil in the City of God	Juliana Barbassa	Rio de Janeiro is a city of extremes: from Carnaval's hedonistic delights, to the poverty of the favelas, to the softly seductive samba beat. But there's a dark side to this beautiful city: for years…	OL20006213W
Los Marginados en España	Francisco Torres González	El tema de los marginados se inscribe entre aquellos fenómenos que, presentes en la sociedad casi desde su comienzo, sólo ahora han encontrado un marco ideológico y científico adecuado para su tratam…	OL20334678W