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Young readers will learn about the lives and legacies of seventeen heroes of the queer community from both past and present

" —Barbara Walvoord

Interim President

She's a great painter

Be Prepared The arts Keen to converse like aDoomsday prepping has gone mainstream. Survivalists star in reality TV shows; celebrities hawk emergency gear; and ordinary people stockpile essentials in the hope that they can outlast a slew of threats, real and imagined. The ideology behind prepping, however, is no passing fad but a persistent feature of American life. Be Prepared reveals the surprising ways prepping is woven into the fabric of American institutions and shows its significance for