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John Allen
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Publisher
ReferencePoint Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Description
"In a democracy that prides itself on free and fair elections, it is vital that American citizens not lose faith in the integrity of the election. Experts say federal and state governments must approach the threat of election interference with more urgency. Better communication is needed to warn campaigns and election officials when hacking is detected. Social media companies must take steps to eliminate fake news and deceptive ads. More money must...
Author
Series
Publisher
ReferencePoint Press, Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
As China continues to grow as a world power, its youth find themselves attracted to western culture but still holding on to older Chinese values. Many young people in China live amid increasing wealth and opportunity even while the government continues to restrict most political freedoms. Featured is an overview of the country, as well as insights into how China s youth experience home and family, education and work, social life, and more.
Author
Publisher
ReferencePoint Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
"From the beginning Trump's presidency has been marked by combativeness and chaos. Despite the turmoil and missteps, President Trump has also presided over solid accomplishments. With his boasts, taunts, and impulsive behavior, Trump will always be a divisive president"-- Provided by publisher.
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Series
Publisher
ReferencePoint Press, Inc
Pub. Date
2017
Description
"Emphasis on environmental issues has made high-tech careers related to the environment and energy technology among the fastest growing occupations in the United States. Comments from people in the industry, current statistics and forecasts, and realistic descriptions provide a useful look at high-tech environmental and energy technology jobs ranging from fuel cell engineers to environmental analysts to renewable energy project developers" -- Amazon.com....
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Series
Publisher
ReferencePoint Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
"By 2007, giant tobacco had begun selling their own versions of e-cigarettes. They marketed e-cigarettes as so-called smoking-cessation devices, or aids to help smokers quit their dangerous habit. They claimed e-cigarettes were a more effective version of nicotine patches and nicotine gum, which delivered the addictive substance in a less hazardous form. The federal government pushed back against e-cigarettes and teen vaping due to its health consequences....
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Series
Publisher
ReferencePoint Press, Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
Young people under age twenty-four make up more than 40 percent of Brazil s population, increasing the need for better schools and more jobs. Brazilian youth grow up in a country that values its rich cultural diversity even while it struggles with issues of corruption and poverty. Featured is an overview of the country, as well as insights into how Brazil s youth experience home and family, education and work, social life, and more.
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
2005
Description
The first serious journalistic investigation of the highly secretive, controversial organization Opus Dei provides unique insight about the wild rumors surrounding it and discloses its significant influence in the Vatican and on the politics of the Catholic Church. Opus Dei (literally "the work of God") is an international association of Catholics often labeled as conservative who seek personal Christian perfection and strive to implement Christian...
17) Le divorce
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004], c2003
Description
When Isabel Walker receives word that her pregnant stepsister Roxy has been left by her philandering French husband, artist Charles-Henri de Persand, Isabel travels to Paris to offer her help and moral support. Together, the two young women hit the party scene, living it up with the locals and American expatriates. Eventually, Isabel unexpectedly begins an affair with a septuagenarian Frenchman.
18) Romeo and Juliet
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
2000
Description
Director Franco Zeffirelli's 1968 version of Shakespeare's ROMEO AND JULIET, an iconic box-office record shattering adaptation, stars seventeen-year-old Leonard Whiting as Romeo and fifteen-year-old Olivia Hussey as Juliet. The raw talent of these leads capture the youth and innocence of the legendary characters like never before in what has gone down in history as one of the most profitable film adaptations of Shakespeare ever produced. Winner of...
20) Romeo and Juliet
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Description
Zeffirelli's production of Romeo and Juliet is considered to be one of the great Shakespeare adaptations, and it was the first to cast actual teenagers in the lead roles. Young lovers have an affair which threatens to inflame the tensions between their feuding families during the Renaissance.
