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"Falsehood and Fallacy shows students how to evaluate what they read in a digital age now that old institutional gatekeepers, such as the media or institutions of higher education, no longer hold a monopoly on disseminating knowledge. Short chapters cover the problems that exist as a result of the current flow of unmediated information, Fake News, and bad arguments, and demonstrate how to critically evaluate sources--particularly those that appear...
622) Dark suspicions
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"Everyone's a little nervous after a drive-by in the barrio. But then comes news of another shooting, and it hits very close to home for Ernesto Sandoval. After Naomi's neighbor and fellow senior, Roxie Torres, is shot, a homeless drifter is arrested. But Ernesto thinks Roxie's story doesn't add up."--P. [4] of cover.
623) Lost in Lumby
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Lumby novels volume 6
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"Turning a humorous but insightful lens on the value of truth--within families and within a community--Pam Walker steps off the mayoral campaign trail to return to her childhood home, where she discovers that she is not alone in the world."--
625) Número cero
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Somebody preparing a newspaper intended, rather than to information, to blackmail... An editor, paranoid, wandering around a haunted Milan (or a hallucination of a normal Milan), traces the history of fifty years against the backdrop of a plan built around the sulfurous rotten corpse of a pseudo Mussolini. And in the shadows... the assassination of Pope Luciani, the coup of Junio Valerio Borghese, the CIA, the terrorists caught red handled by private...
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They say every house has its secrets, and the house that Maggie and Nina have shared for so long is no different. Except that these secrets are not buried in the past. Every other night, Maggie and Nina have dinner together. When they are finished, Nina helps Maggie back to her room in the attic, and into the heavy chain that keeps her there. Because Maggie has done things to Nina that can't ever be forgiven, and now she is paying the price. But there...
629) Perfect lies: overcoming nine hidden beliefs that stand between you and a healthy, joy-filled life
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632) Itsuwaribito: 14
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Utsuho's truthfulness as a child resulted in an enormous catastrophe, and he decided to lie from that day forward. Raised in a village of orphans by a monk, Utsuho is an unrepentant troublemaker. The monk eventually inspires him to help people, but there's no way Utsuho's going to lead an honest life! Instead, he's going to use his talents for mischief and deception for good! The raccoon dogs known as tanuki, of which Utsuho's best friend Pochi is...
633) Itsuwaribito: 15
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A man going by the name of Ryubi has been trying to destroy a village inhabited by raccoon dogs called tanuki; Utsuho and his friends, however, have been standing in the way. Utsuho's strategy, aided by the use of infiltration and medicine, seems to be working well enough to give him the upper hand in the conflict. But victory is far from assured, and the cost to achieve it may prove to be too high on both sides!
637) Itsuwaribito: 9
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Itsuwaribito volume 9
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Continuing in his quest to collect the Kokonotsu treasures, Utsuho now has rivals out to get the treasures for themselves. These rivals prove to be both persistent and successful, so Utsuho must redouble his efforts to acquire a treasure located in a village inhabited entirely by women who have no use for men.
639) Toksyczna przyjaźń
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Od lat były nierozłączne, teraz stały się rywalkami Kiedy dziewczyny z przyjaciółek zmieniają się w konkurentki - nic dobrego z tego nie może wyniknąć. Tak jest i w tym przypadku. Izzy i Becca od lat nierozłączne, jako dorosłe kobiety zaczynają ze sobą rywalizować. Niby wciąż się przyjaźnią i wiedzą o sobie wszystko, ale w tej relacji coraz częściej dochodzi do spięć. I coraz bardziej widać, jak bardzo się różnią....
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Fake news may have reached new notoriety since the 2016 US election, but it has been around a long time. In All That's Not Fit to Print, Amy Affelt offers tools and techniques for spotting fake news and discusses best practices for finding high quality sources, information, and data.
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