El cerebro argentino: una manera de pensar, dialogar y hacer un pais mejor

By Manes, Facundo

Publishing Date: [2016]

Classification: 300

Call Number: 305.868 MAN

Vested interests: cross-dressing & cultural anxiety

By Garber, Marjorie B.

Publishing Date: 1992

Classification: 300

Call Number: 306.77 GAR

Beginning with the bold claim, "There can be no culture without the transvestite," Marjorie Garber explores the nature and significance of cross-dressing and of the West's recurring fascination with it. Rich in anecdote and insight, Vested Interests offers a provocative and entertaining view of our ongoing obsession with dressing up, and with the power of clothes.

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These are the plunderers: how private equity runs--and wrecks--America

By Morgenson, Gretchen

Publishing Date: 2023

Classification: 300

Call Number: 332.6097 MOR

"A Pulitzer Prize-winning and New York Times bestselling financial journalist and a policy analyst expose the greed and pillaging of a small group of celebrated Wall Street financiers who use excessive debt and dubious practices to undermine our nation's economy while enriching themselves: private equity"--

Stillwater rise: history of the Eastern Sierra Fishery, 1870-1930

By Sharkey, Michael

Publishing Date: [2021]

Classification: 300

Call Number: 338.3727 SHA

Stretching up the border of California the Eastern Sierra was a remote and desolate place; an unpainted canvas waiting to be filled with history. Thousands of creeks and lakes lay barren waiting to bring economic life to California. A few pioneers in the Inyo/Mono brought trout to these rugged mountains to satisfy an economic need and in doing so sparked the desire of sportsmen around the world. Trout are one of natures masterpieces. Beautiful in design and variety, their agility and strength make them worthy of the majestic Eastern Sierra Range. The great mountains and these wonderful creatures deserve each other, and together they have made a history worth telling. From the humble beginnings in the 1870s to the equinox of balance between sport and conservation in the 1920s, the times and tales of these years represent a significant donation to California history that would also fill the desires of so many around the world.

The end of the world is just the beginning: mapping the collapse of globalization

By Zeihan, Peter

Publishing Date: [2022]

Classification: 300

Call Number: 338.91 ZEI

"As isolationism and realism become the dominant values of a previously interconnected world, the logic that motivated international relations and global trade must be reevaluated. Zeihan uses a mixture of geographical knowledge, political history, and sharp analysis to predict the shape of the next twenty years on the world stage"--

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Poverty, by America

By Desmond, Matthew

Publishing Date: [2023]

Classification: 300

Call Number: 362.5097 DES

"The Pulitzer Prize-winning, bestselling author of Evicted reimagines the debate on poverty, making a new and bracing argument about why it persists in America: because the rest of us benefit from it. The United States, the richest country on earth, has more poverty than any other advanced democracy. Why? Why does this land of plenty allow one in every eight of its children to go without basic necessities, permit scores of its citizens to live and die on the streets, and authorize its corporations to pay poverty wages? In this landmark book, acclaimed sociologist Matthew Desmond draws on history, research, and original reporting to show how affluent Americans knowingly and unknowingly keep poor people poor. Those of us who are financially secure exploit the poor, driving down their wages while forcing them to overpay for housing and access to cash and credit. We prioritize the subsidization of our wealth over the alleviation of poverty, designing a welfare state that gives the most to those who need the least. And we stockpile opportunity in exclusive communities, creating zones of concentrated riches alongside those of concentrated despair. Some lives are made small so that others may grow. Elegantly written and fiercely argued, this compassionate book gives us new ways of thinking about a morally urgent problem. It also helps us imagine solutions. Desmond builds a startlingly original and ambitious case for ending poverty. He calls on us all to become poverty abolitionists, engaged in a politics of collective belonging to usher in a new age of shared prosperity and, at last, true freedom."--

How to avoid a climate disaster: the solutions we have and the breakthroughs we need

By Gates, Bill

Publishing Date: [2021]

Classification: 300

Call Number: 363.738 GAT LARGE PRINT

"Bill Gates shares what he's learned in more than a decade of studying climate change and investing in innovations to address the problems, and sets out a vision for how the world can build the tools it needs to get to zero greenhouse gas emissions. Bill Gates explains why he cares so deeply about climate change and what makes him optimistic that the world can avoid the most dire effects of the climate crisis. Gates says, "We can work on a local, national, and global level to build the technologies, businesses, and industries to avoid the worst impacts of climate change." His interest in climate change is a natural outgrowth of the efforts by his foundation to reduce poverty and disease. Climate change, according to Gates, will have the biggest impact on the people who have done the least to cause it. As a technologist, he has seen firsthand how innovation can change the world. By investing in research, inventing new technologies, and by deploying them quickly at large scale, Gates believes climate change can be addressed in meaningful ways. According to Gates, "to prevent the worst effects of climate change, we have to get to net-zero emissions of greenhouse gases. This problem is urgent, and the debate is complex, but I believe we can come together to invent new carbon-zero technologies, deploy the ones we have, and ultimately avoid a climate catastrophe""--

The new Jim Crow: mass incarceration in the age of colorblindness

By Alexander, Michelle

Publishing Date: 2012

Classification: 300

Call Number: 364.973 ALE

Argues that the War on Drugs and policies that deny convicted felons equal access to employment, housing, education, and public benefits create a permanent under caste based largely on race.

Bishop Theatre: Harry Holland's dream

By Bird, Katie

Publishing Date: 2018

Classification: 300

Call Number: 384 BIR

Ventriloquist, Showman, Philanthropist. Meet Harry Holland, the man at the heart of early Owens Valley theatre culture. Bishop Theatre: Harry Holland’s Dream. This story, told by Harry’s descendants along with never-before-published archival photographs of early 1900’s Bishop, documents the entrepreneurial spirit of a born showman who left the traveling vaudeville shows to call Bishop his home. Harry secured his legacy in local history by managing the stage of Bishop’s Opera House, opening the doors to the community’s fist cinematic Gem Theater, and finally realizing his vision of the iconic Bishop Theatre, recognizable today by the historic marquee. Follow Harry Holland’s journey to create the Bishop Theatre, a bustling center of community enrichment and entertainment.--cover.