Joshua Horwitz
Author
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Language
English
Formats
Description
Does the gun lobby threaten the democratic institutions safeguarding individual liberty in America?
| "Guns, Democracy, and the Insurrectionist Idea recasts the gun debate by showing its importance to the future of democracy and the modern regulatory state. Until now, gun rights advocates had effectively co-opted the language of liberty and democracy and made it their own. This book is an important first step in demonstrating how reasonable...Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"The tale of a crusading attorney who stumbles on one of the U.S. Navy's best-kept secrets: a submarine detection system that floods entire ocean basins with high-intensity sound--and drives whales onto beaches. As Joel Reynolds launches a legal fight to expose and challenge the Navy program, marine biologist Ken Balcomb witnesses a mysterious mass stranding of whales near his research station in the Bahamas. Investigating this calamity, Balcomb is...
Author
Language
English
Description
This memoir of the renowned astrophysicist tells the story of how he overcame his personal demons, including an impoverished childhood and life of crime as well as an addiction to crack cocaine and entrenched racism.
A bookish nerd is a soft target, and James Plummer faced years of bullying and abuse. He adopted the persona of "gangsta nerd," dealing weed in juke joints while winning state science fairs with computer programs that model Einstein's...
Author
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
Renowned American astrophysicist Hakeem Oluseyi (born James Plummer) pens a gripping, gritty coming-of-age memoir, from young boy to graduate-school student, that will resonate with teenagers, especially those of color, who are facing many choices and obstacles as they navigate their young adult lives.
He was born James Plummer and grew up in poor neighborhoods where gangs were common. What set him apart were his love of the starlit...
He was born James Plummer and grew up in poor neighborhoods where gangs were common. What set him apart were his love of the starlit...