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A People's History of the World A People's History of the World Chris Harman,Napoleon Ryan xv, 728 pages ; 21 cm OL113611W
Die Bauern im Kampf um Gerechtigkeit, 1300-1525 Die Bauern im Kampf um Gerechtigkeit, 1300-1525 Adolf Waas 298 p. : 23 cm OL11846192W
The lady & the Virgin The lady & the Virgin Penny Schine Gold Penny Schine Gold provides a bold analysis of key literary and artistic images of women in the Middle Ages and the relationship between these images and the actual experience of women. She argues tha… OL120458W
A tender age A tender age William F. MacLehose "Beginning in the early thirteenth century, the burial of a child became an event of dramatic consequence. Child death took on a symbolic power, with great concern expressed over the fate of the body… OL13609183W
Documenting slavery and civil rights Documenting slavery and civil rights Philip Steele Each book in this series focuses on an aspect of history through exploration of a wealth of primary source material. A factual presentation of each topic is given alongside personal accounts and docu… OL15031055W
Uses of a Whirlwind Uses of a Whirlwind Team Colors Collective "In the midst of a moment defined by international crises, community devastation, increasing injustice, and ruptures in the fabric of everyday life, winds of resistance continue to emerge and to circ… OL15673628W
Strukturwandel der Öffentlichkeit Strukturwandel der Öffentlichkeit Jürgen Habermas **The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere: An Inquiry into a Category of Bourgeois Society* (German: *Strukturwandel der Öffentlichkeit. Untersuchungen zu einer Kategorie der bürgerlichen … OL15682223W
Japan and the Shackles of the Past Japan and the Shackles of the Past R. Taggart Murphy Japan is one of the world's wealthiest and most technologically advanced nations, and its rapid ascent to global power status after 1853 remains one of the most remarkable stories in modern world his… OL17194556W
21 Lessons for the 21st Century 21 Lessons for the 21st Century Yuval Noah Harari In a world deluged by irrelevant information, clarity is power. Censorship works not by blocking the flow of information, but rather by flooding people with disinformation and distractions. 21 Lesson… OL17917961W
The medieval marriage scene The medieval marriage scene Sherry Roush,Cristelle Louise Baskins "Discusses the latest research on medieval marriage, family, and related topics from the perspectives of literature, history, art history, law, religious studies, and economics, in multiple contexts … OL18275935W
Bullies and gangs Bullies and gangs Johnson, Julie.,Julie Johnson Discusses why people bully others, who they pick, and how to cope with the problems of being bullied. OL1870138W
Northerners Northerners Dunn, John M. Provides excerpts from letters, books, newspaper articles, speeches, and diary entries which express various views of northern Americans toward slavery and the Civil War. OL19032324W
Fortress America Fortress America Elaine Tyler May "Fear has seeped into every area of American life: Americans own more guns than citizens of any other country, sequester themselves in barricaded houses and gated communities, and retreat from public… OL19733558W
The baby boom The baby boom P. J. O'Rourke With his typical wit and keen analysis, O'Rourke looks at the way the post-war generation somehow came of age by never quite growing up and somehow created a better society by turning society upside … OL19974561W
Our Lady of the Nile Our Lady of the Nile Scholastique Mukasonga For her most recent work and first novel - Notre-Dame du Nil, originally published in March 2012 with Gallimard in French - Mukasonga immerses us in a school for young girls, called "Notre-Dame du Ni… OL19990204W
Canadian working-class history Canadian working-class history Laurel Sefton MacDowell,Ian Walter Radforth "Canadian Working-Class History: Selected Readings, Third Edition, is an updated version of the bestselling reader that brings together recent and classic scholarship on the history, politics, and so… OL21181770W
Dreaming of Cockaigne Dreaming of Cockaigne Herman Pleij "Imagine a dreamland on earth where roasted pigs toddle about with knives in their backs to make carving easy; where grilled geese fly directly into one's open mouth; where cooked fish jump out of th… OL2128367W
Ouidah Ouidah Robin C. Law "Between the seventeenth and the nineteenth centuries Ouidah was the most important embarkation point for slaves in the region of West Africa known to outsiders as the 'Slave Coast'. This book deals … OL2165718W
Good Ancestor Good Ancestor Roman Krznaric,Efrén del Valle Peñamil 'This is the book our children's children will thank us for reading' – The Edge, U2 How can we be good ancestors? From the first seeds sown thousands of years ago, to the construction of the cities w… OL21663854W
Selected Writings on Race and Difference Selected Writings on Race and Difference STUART HALL >In *Selected Writings on Race and Difference*, editors Paul Gilroy and Ruth Wilson Gilmore gather more than twenty essays by Stuart Hall that highlight his extensive and groundbreaking engagement wi… OL21694346W
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