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A Different Vision A Different Vision Thomas D. Boston This work brings together for the first time the ideas, philosophies and interpretations of North America's leading African American economists, demonstrating that racial inequality has had an immens… OL1135437W
A history of modern Russia A history of modern Russia Robert Service A comprehensive overview of twentieth-century Russian history that treats the years from 1917 to 2000 as a single period and analyses the peculiar mixture of political, economic and social ingredient… OL11851996W
The newspapers The newspapers Leonard Everett Fisher Traces the development of newspapers in the United States during the 19th century and discusses their role in bringing information to and shaping the views of a country with a rapidly growing populat… OL14865714W
Pictures and Passions Pictures and Passions James M. Saslow *Pictures and Passions* is a sweeping panorama of art by, for, or about gays and lesbians across the world and across time, from Europe and North America to China and Australia, from the Stone Age to… OL14865936W
The March of the Millennia The March of the Millennia White, Frank,Isaac Asimov An abridged version of "Asimov's Chronology of the World" OL14959658W
American political scandals, past and present American political scandals, past and present Barbara Silberdick Feinberg A survey of American political scandals from the earliest days of the republic to the present. OL15211200W
Slavery Slavery Thomas Streissguth Seventeen primary documents reflect various aspects of slavery, especially concerning the slave trade, foreign perspectives on America's peculiar institution, the slave's experience, slave resistance… OL15839917W
A history of ancient Israel and Judah A history of ancient Israel and Judah J.Maxwell Miller,John Hayes,J. Maxwell Miller Discusses the history of Israel during Old Testament times and examines economic and political factors. OL15843251W
Sailing the wine-dark sea Sailing the wine-dark sea Thomas Cahill "In Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea, his latest bestselling work of popular history, Thomas Cahill escorts the reader on another entertaining-and historically unassailable-journey through the landmarks of … OL15939936W
Das Zentralinstitut für Seelische Gesundheit Das Zentralinstitut für Seelische Gesundheit Heinz Häfner,Hans Martini Die Verbrechen an psychisch Kranken im Nationalsozialismus hatten die deutsche Psychiatrie in eine Vertrauenskrise gestürzt. Eine grundlegende Reform der Krankenversorgung und der Wiederaufbau der Fo… OL16013962W
Where girls come first Where girls come first Ilana DeBare "Twenty years ago, all-girl schools seemed headed for extinction, a minor footnote in the broad story of American education. Today they are experiencing a dramatic revival. In this book, Ilana DeBare… OL16027175W
Magical Mystery Tours Magical Mystery Tours Rosemary Kingsland,Tony Bramwell Conversational, direct, and honest, the ultimate Beatles insider finally shares his own version of the frantic and glorious ascent of four boys from Liverpool lads to rock and roll kings. OL16068360W
The Vietnam War The Vietnam War John Stewart Bowman A chronological arrangement of the conflict beginning with prehistory to the present. Includes sixty brief biographies of major political and military figures. OL17021955W
The Salvation Army farm colonies The Salvation Army farm colonies Clark C. Spence Around the turn of the century, the Salvation Army founded three intentional communities in Colorado, Ohio, and California in an effort to relieve urban poverty that followed in the wake of rapid ind… OL1839685W
Archaeologies of Sexuality Archaeologies of Sexuality Barbara L. Voss,Robert A. Schmidt Status, age and gender have long been accepted aspects of archaeological enquiry, yet it is only recently that archaeologists have started seriously to consider the role of sex and sexuality in their… OL19131298W
Decolonizing methodologies Decolonizing methodologies Linda Tuhiwai Smith To the colonized, the term 'research' is conflated with European colonialism; the ways in which academic research has been implicated in the throes of imperialism remains a painful memory. This essen… OL1927585W
Film (Eyewitness Companions) Film (Eyewitness Companions) Ronald Bergan A comprehensive, one-stop guide to every aspect of film, including movie history, genres and styles, the great moviemakers and their films, and world cinema. OL1933205W
The Philosophy of (Erotic) Love The Philosophy of (Erotic) Love Robert C. Solomon,Kathleen M. Higgins What does philosophy know of love? From Plato on, philosophers have struggled to pin love to the dissecting table and view it in the cold light of logic. Yet, as Arthur Danto writes in the foreword t… OL19367596W
Homosexualities (Worlds of Desire Homosexualities (Worlds of Desire Stephen O. Murray Breathtaking in its historical and geographical scope, this book provides a sweeping examination of the construction of male and female homosexualities, stressing both the variability of the forms sa… OL1944209W
The history of Japan The history of Japan Louis G. Perez From the Publisher: Louis G. Perez revisits Japan's turbulent past and recent events in the past decade and 21st Century in this revised and fully expanded second edition of The History of Japan, a m… OL1983888W
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