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Changing Planet, Changing Health: How the Climate Crisis Threatens Our Health and What We Can Do about It 9780520948969

Climate change is now doing far more harm than marooning polar bears on melting chunks of ice—it is damaging the health

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Democracy in America?: What Has Gone Wrong and What We Can Do About It 9780226729947

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Cheating in College: Why Students Do It and What Educators Can Do about It 2012007935

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The Illusion of Control: Why Financial Crises Happen, and What We Can (and Can’t) Do About It 9780300265095

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Can We Have Our Football Back?: How the premier league is ruining football and what we can do about it...

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Cannibal Capitalism: How our System is Devouring Democracy, Care, and the Planetand What We Can Do About It 1839761237, 9781839761232

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