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Vice & Virtue in Everyday Life Vice & Virtue in Everyday Life Robert J. Fogelin,Fred Sommers,Christina Hoff Sommers A comprehensive and provocative collection of both classical and contemporary voices in perennial ethical debates, *Vice and Virtue* has established itself as one of the truly outstanding anthologies… OL15164622W
História da vida privada no Brasil História da vida privada no Brasil Fernando A. Novais "Excellent essays by top scholars (F. Novais, L. de Mello e Souza, L. Mezan Algranti, L. Mott, R. Vainfas, M. del Priore, L. Villalta, and I. Jancso) focus on economic, political, and social issues r… OL16027913W
100 ways America is screwing up the world 100 ways America is screwing up the world John Tirman What do George W. Bush, Wal-Mart, Halliburton, gangsta rap, and SUVs have in common? They're all among the hundred ways in which America is screwing up the world. The country that was responsible for… OL16028830W
Zanān bidūn-i mardan Zanān bidūn-i mardan Shahrnush Parsipur This modern literary masterpiece follows the interwoven destinies of five women — including a wealthy middle-aged housewife, a prostitute, and a school-teacher — as they arrive by different paths to … OL1938676W
Sophies schlimme Briefe Sophies schlimme Briefe Kirsten Boie,Silke Brix-Henker Sophies Grossmutter liegt nach einer Hüftoperation im Spital und hat Aufmunterung nötig. Deshalb schreibt ihr Sophie viele Briefe über alles, was sie bewegt. Sie erzählt von Piesel, ihrer Freundin, v… OL20411571W
Life and death in Hitler's Europe Life and death in Hitler's Europe Jane Shuter An account of what life was like in Europe for both Jews and non-Jews while Adolf Hitler was in power. OL20604077W
I am Algonquin I am Algonquin Rick Revelle Paints a picture of the original peoples of North America before the arrival of Europeans. OL20923481W
Teddy Bears and Doodle-Bugs Teddy Bears and Doodle-Bugs Jacqueline Hollings A London child's view of World War Two. For Jacqueline Hollings and her younger sister and brother growing up in Colindale, a part of Hendon, the war brought changes and hardships they could never ha… OL21026754W
Affective trajectories Affective trajectories Hansjörg Dilger,Marian Burchardt,Matthew Wilhelm-Solomon,Astrid Bochow "This volume is the first of its kind to focus comparatively on the mutual and highly complex entwinements between religion, affect, emotion, and sentiment in urban and global Africa in the early 21s… OL21242408W
Life on the reservations Life on the reservations Tammy Gagne Explores the culture, peoples, and issues of Indian reservations. OL21579586W
Gebrauchsanweisung für Thailand Gebrauchsanweisung für Thailand Martin Schacht Der Reisejournalist und zugleich Kenner des Landes beschreibt auf kurzweilige Weise die touristischen Höhepunkte, die Eigenheiten der Menschen, was ihr Dasein prägt, wie das zeitweilige Regierungscha… OL22073079W
Millennial Problems Millennial Problems Rowan Dobson 173 pages : 20 cm OL22534992W
Wij zijn toch zusjes Wij zijn toch zusjes Anne Gesthuysen Voor drie bejaarde zusters is de viering van de honderdste verjaardag van de oudste de opmaat voor uiteenzettingen en herinneringen. OL24422702W
Inuit Inuit David A. Morrison,Georges-Hébert Germain "In eight chapters and with over 225 photographs and original illustrations, this book provides a fascinating and colourful view of the history and traditional culture of the Inuit."--Jacket. OL24834219W
Paddington Paddington R. W. Alley,Michael Bond,Robert W. Alley,Tatjana Kröll Adopting for their own the lost bear they find in Paddington Station, the Browns have some exciting first moments with him. OL261401W
Morning Girl Morning Girl Michael Dorris Morning Girl, who loves the day, and her younger brother Star Boy, who loves the night, take turns describing their life on an island in pre-Columbian America; in Morning Girl's last narrative, she w… OL2625575W
Silent Music Silent Music James Rumford Like other children living in Baghdad, Ali loves soccer, music and dancing, but most of all, he loves the ancient art of calligraphy. When bombs begin to fall on his city, Ali turns to his pen, writi… OL2645679W
The right mistake The right mistake Mosley,Walter Mosley Living in South Central L. A., Socrates Fortlow is a sixty-year-old ex-convict, still strong enough to kill men with his bare hands. Now freed after serving twenty-seven years in prison, he is filled… OL447714W
Bushwhacked Bushwhacked Molly Ivins From Molly Ivins and Lou Dubose, authors of Shrub, Bushwhacked is a hilarious, no-holds-barred look at George W. Bush and his administration, and an essential book for understanding the full, destruc… OL730726W
Raport o stanie wojennym Raport o stanie wojennym Marek Nowakowski Sciences politiques, économie politique. OL853919W
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