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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Conspiracy of silence Conspiracy of silence Sandra Butler Using interviews and case studies, a social worker explores the dynamics of and social response to incestuous assault, stressing its widespread and egalitarian nature OL11396414W
Teaching as a subversive activity Teaching as a subversive activity Neil Postman A no-holds-barred assault on outdated teaching methods--with dramatic and practical proposals on how education can be made relevant to today's world.From the Trade Paperback edition. OL137915W
A Prelude to the Welfare State A Prelude to the Welfare State Price V Fishback Workers' compensation was arguably the first widespread social insurance program in the United States and the most successful form of labor legislation to emerge from the early Progressive Movement. … OL15174310W
Worldmark encyclopedia of the States Worldmark encyclopedia of the States Gale Group Now middle school and high school students have an encyclopedia that gives them all the facts and details on every state in the U.S., including the District of Columbia and U.S. dependencies. Alphabe… OL19821946W
Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln Stephen B. Oates Stephen B. Oates discerns the historical truth from the mythical legend that surrounds Lincoln in this original and fascinating portrait of America's 16th president. OL2752521W
De la démocratie en Amérique De la démocratie en Amérique Gustave de Beaumont,Alexis de Tocqueville A contemporary study of the early American nation and its evolving democracy, from a French aristocrat and sociologist. In 1831 Alexis de Tocqueville, a young French aristocrat and ambitious civil… OL278001W
Spectrum language arts and math, grade 2 Spectrum language arts and math, grade 2 Spectrum (Firm) "Spectrum Language Arts and Math: Common Core Edition for Grade 2 helps parents understand Common Core standards and helps students master essential Common Core skills. Engaging practice pages and st… OL29308346W
The making of a psychiatrist The making of a psychiatrist David S. Viscott This book is by a psychiatrist not afraid to reveal himself, to question the shibboleths of his profession while remaining a respected member within it. In his remarkable narrative, David S. Viscott … OL3231428W
More work for mother More work for mother Ruth Schwartz Cowan This edition was finished in 1989 The new material was commissioned and edited by Robert M. Young and produced by Martin Klopstock and Selina O'Grady for Free Association Books OL3240850W
Surviving the breakup Surviving the breakup Judith S. Wallerstein Advice for the professionals who are in contact with divorcing families and to the individuals seeking divorce and their concern for the children involved. OL3244770W
License to rape License to rape David Finkelhor Two psychologists examine the psychological and social implications of sexual abuse within marriage, in a study that explores the motives behind the marital rape, the emotional and legal aspects, and… OL4374863W
The entrepreneurs The entrepreneurs Robert Sobel Thomas Edison -- King Gilette -- Adolph Zukor -- Mary Kay Ash -- Frederick Weyerhaeuser -- Frank Purdue -- John D. Rockefeller -- De Witt Clinton -- J.P. Morgan -- Alfred P. Sloan -- Samuel Colt -- A… OL46559W
Steps in time Steps in time Fred Astaire This account of the celebrated actor-dancer's career from childhood to the present is a story of the theater and the movies, television, and international society. OL4977470W
The tragic era The tragic era Claude Gernade Bowers Claude Bower's history of the Johnson administration, impeachment, Grant administration, and congressional reconstruction is a very entertaining tour through this troubled period of our national hist… OL5913092W