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Prosecuting War Crimes: Seeking Justice for the Victims of War

As modern warfare has become more hazardous to soldiers and civilians, nations have worked together to create and enforce rules of war. Prosecuting War Crimes: Seeking Justice for the Victims of War explores how treaties such as the Geneva Conventions have set guidelines to protect noncombatants and govern the treatment of military prisoners. The book also looks at how war criminals can be brought to justice, from the Nuremberg Trials to the Balkans tribunals to evidence of war crimes in RussiaÎ

Protest: A History of Social Movements in America

The First Amendment guarantees the right to peacefully protest and Americans have embraced this right for nearly two centuries. Protest: A History of Social Movements in America focuses on the people who faced adversity while speaking out for women?s suffrage, Black civil rights, the environment, LGBTQ rights, and more.

Psychiatric Disorders: Drugs & Psychology for the Mind & Body

Public Profiles

This epic collection presents biographies of public figures unlike any published before. Covering both historical and contemporary figures, these volumes compile The New York Times' coverage of prominent politicians, artists, and activists, among other figures, reflecting how the public viewed and understood these biographical subjects throughout the course of their time in the spotlight. This unique coverage of each person's life and impact on society is enlightening, demonstrating how greater

Push for Social Change, The

Social change can occur slowly and quietly but it is often the result of large numbers of people mobilizing for the purpose of bringing about change. The Push for Social Change series explores how and why social change occurs and what impact major movements have had on people's lives. All books will examine the events that led to particular social change movements; what those movements did; how and why they did it; and the short-term and long-term impact of those movements. Quotes from people o

Q Reads

These quick reads, just 32-pages each are power-packed with reading enjoyment. Here are 40 exciting hi-lo paperback novels with various themes guaranteed to keep your students turning the pages until the very end!

Quarantine

It was just another ordinary day at McKinley High before a massive explosion devastated the school and a fatal Ebola-like virus was unleashed. Now a year later, the school has descended into chaos. All the students are infected with the virus, making them deadly to adults. The school is under military quarantine. The teachers are gone. Violent gangs have formed based on social cliques. Without a gang, students are as good as dead. David Thorpe is a loner, and now it's him and his little brother

Quick Guide to Anime and Manga

Anime and manga are surging in popularity, creating legions of new fans and bringing in billions of dollars in revenue. This quick guide covers all the essential titles and artists while exploring the reasons why these uniquely Japanese art forms have captured the imagination of so many different types of people throughout the world.

Quick Guide to Evaluating Information Online

Online media is rife with deepfake videos, doctored photographs, and false claims. This book discusses some of the subject areas where disinformation is most common. It provides guidelines for analyzing online information to avoid being duped by scams, hoaxes, and propaganda.

Quicksilver

Back home Tori was the girl who had everything a sixteen-year-old could want—popularity, money, beauty. Everything. Including a secret. That secret made her very valuable. Now she's left everything from her old life behind, including her real name and Alison, the only person who truly understood her. She can't lose the secret. But if she wants to have anything resembling a normal life, she has to blend in and hide her uniqueà talents. Plans change when the enigmatic Sebastian Faraday reappea