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Every culture is a unique answer to a fundamental question: What does it mean to be human and alive? In The Wayfinders, renowned anthropologist, winner of the prestigious Samuel Johnson Prize, and National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Wade Davis leads us on a thrilling journey to celebrate the wisdom of the world's indigenous cultures. In Polynesia we set sail with navigators whose ancestors settled the Pacific ten centuries before Christ. In...
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
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What Makes Us Unique? provides an accessible introduction to the concept of diversity, teaching children how to respect and celebrate people's differences and that ultimately, we are all much more alike than we are different. Additional questions at the back of the book allow for further discussion." -- Amazon.com.
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356 pages ; 25 cm
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"Some democracies are highly homogeneous. Others have long maintained a brutal racial or religious hierarchy, with some groups dominating and exploiting others. Never in history has a democracy succeeded in being both diverse and equal, treating members of many different ethnic or religious groups fairly. And yet achieving that goal is now central to the democratic project in countries around the world. It is, Yascha Mounk argues, the greatest experiment...
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48 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
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This book discusses the progress that women and minorities have made in the scientific fields. Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan, Iranian Fields Medal winner Maryam Mirzakhani, and cosmologist Stephen Hawking, who persevered despite incredible physical limitations, are among the persons profiled.
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4 videodiscs (approximately 10 hrs.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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It is 1935. Three years have passed, and as the seasons turn, so too do the machinations of a rising revolution. As a new summer falls upon the foothills of India's Little England, Simla, political tensions reach fever point. With help from the scheming Cynthia, Ralph faces the most pivotal year of his career. Alice's husband has followed her to India, and Aafrin's ascending career may be in jeopardy.
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xxii, 309 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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"From award-winning actress and political activist America Ferrera comes a vibrant and varied collection of first person accounts from prominent figures about the experience of growing up between cultures. America Ferrera has always felt wholly American, and yet, her identity is inextricably linked to her parents' homeland and Honduran culture. Speaking Spanish at home, having Saturday-morning-salsa-dance-parties in the kitchen, and eating tamales...
11) Diversidad
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95 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
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Existen muchas cosas que nos hacen iguales y otras muchas que nos hacen diferentes. El lugar en el que vivimos, lo que comemos, cómo nos vestimos e incluso cómo hablamos son algunos de los aspectos que hacen que seamos quienes somos. ¿Te imaginas un mundo en el que todo y todos fuéramos iguales? ¡Qué aburrimiento! Vamos a explorar todas las cosas maravillosas que nos hacen especiales a nuestra manera. La diversidad significa ser diferentes ¡y...
13) It lives inside
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1 videodisc (99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Desperate to fit in at school, Sam rejects her East Indian culture and family to be like everyone else. However, when a mythological demonic spirit latches onto her former best friend, she must come to terms with her heritage to defeat it.
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48 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
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Takes a look at the benefits of a diverse workforce in the entertainment industry, highlighting the careers and accomplishments of barrier-breaking figures from diverse races, genders, economic and social backgrounds, cultures, and ability levels.
"Television, movies, theater, and music are just a few of the entertainment industry's most popular niches, and its stars are often well-known around the world. In this entertaining and informative book,...
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24 pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm.
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Whether you're way up north in Alaska, in sunny southern Florida, or in the western Hawaiian Islands, you are part of a state community. With colorful photographs and accessible language, this engaging and educational book is designed to teach young readers about what it means to be part of a state community. Through real-life examples of active citizenship and cooperative efforts to achieve common goals, children will understand how they each have...
18) Fresh ink
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187 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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"An anthology featuring award-winning diverse authors about diverse characters. Short stories, a graphic novel, and a one-act play explore such topics as gentrification, acceptance, untimely death, coming out, and poverty, and range in genre from contemporary realistic fiction to adventure and romance"--
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