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Bee the Change by James Preller
Category: Children's Books | Series: The\Big Idea Gang Ser.
The Big Idea Gang is buzzing with excitement They're going to show Clay Elementary just how important bees can be in this chapter book series about making a case--and making a difference--by the author of Jigsaw Jones.After Kym and Lizzie get the awesome opportunity to visit a bee colony, they realize a ...Show more
Can Globalization Succeed? by Dena Freeman
Category: Non-Fiction | Series: The\Big Idea Ser.
Since the 1980s, the expansion of capitalism and neoliberal ideologies have created international standardization, deregulated free markets, and increased economic integration between countries, making the production of goods increasingly global and interconnected. However, the success of globalization ...Show more
Can We Save the Planet? by Alice Bell; Matthew Taylor
Category: Non-Fiction | Series: The\Big Idea Ser.
The effects of global warming are being felt around the world through climate change, and images of our rivers and oceans choking with plastic have provoked an instinctive, horrified reaction. In response, governments, corporations, and individuals are beginning to change their policies and behaviour--b ...Show more
Do We Have to Work? by Matthew Taylor
Category: Non-Fiction | Series: The\Big Idea Ser.
Work allows us to pay the bills. The practical and conceptual divide between work and leisure profoundly shapes our lives. Work is where many of us derive our status and our sense of purpose. Work is so much part of our lives and our culture that we have internalized beliefs about its value and have bui ...Show more
Does Monogamy Work? by Luke Brunning
Category: Non-Fiction | Series: The\Big Idea Ser.
Even with the current rise in awareness of sexual and intimate diversity, monogamous relationships remain the cultural norm. Most people aspire to it, and the state encourages it, providing legal and financial benefits to married couples; however, statistics show adultery is commonplace, marriage rates ...Show more
Everybody Needs a Buddy by James Preller
Category: Children's Fiction | Series: The\Big Idea Gang Ser.
The Big Idea Gang is back at it in this exciting new chapter book series on how to make a claim and back it up, by the author of Jigsaw Jones It's pirate ship vs. buddy bench When third-graders Deon, Kym, Lizzy, and Connor formed the Big Idea Gang, their mission was simply to oust the old mascot in fa ...Show more
Is Capitalism Working? - A Primer for the 21st Century by Jacob Field
Category: Business | Series: The\Big Idea Ser.
Is Capitalism Working? is a deeply relevant question today, especially to a generation coming of age in a world still experiencing aftershocks from the near-meltdown of the world economy in 2008. Economic theory can be complex, but Jacob Field's well-structured and thought-provoking text lays out the de ...Show more
Is Democracy Failing? - A Primer for the 21st Century by Niheer Dasandi
Category: Politics | Series: The\Big Idea Ser.
Only four countries around the world do not currently define themselves as democracies. However, many more do not fulfill the four basic requirements of democracy: free and fair elections, active participation of citizens in politics, protection of human rights, and the rule of law. Recently, far-right ...Show more
Is Gender Fluid?: A primer for the 21st century by Sally Hines
Category: Non-Fiction | Series: The\Big Idea Ser.
When we are born, we are each assigned a gender based on our physical anatomy. But why is it that some people experience dissonance between their biological sex and their personal identity? Is gender something we are, or something we do? Is our expression of gender a product of biology, or does it devel ...Show more
Is Masculinity Toxic?: A primer for the 21st century by Andrew Smiler
Category: Philosophy | Series: The\Big Idea Ser.
This timely title weighsmasculinity's capacity forgood against its potentialfor destruction in thecontext of contemporarydebates on the topic. In the wake of the MeToo movement and the upsurge in both feminist and men's rights activism, traditional masculinity has become the topic of impassioned debate ...Show more
Is Medicine Still Good for Us? - A Primer for the 21st Century by Julian Sheather
Category: Philosophy | Series: The\Big Idea Ser.
Over the course of human history, medicine has achieved incredible successes--but at what cost? This latest book in The Big Idea series explores the state of modern medicine, examining the ethics of medical and healthcare practices and the impact they have on modern life. This fascinating analysis engag ...Show more
Is Our Food Killing Us? by Joy Manning
Category: Non-Fiction | Series: The\Big Idea Ser.
This thought-provokingvolume from noted food writerJoy Manning dissects how theproduction and consumptionof food have become harmfulto our personal, societal, andenvironmental health--andassesses the possible remedies. In the developed world, small-scale family farms have largely been replaced by factor ...Show more