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The Warmth of Other Suns The Warmth of Other Suns Robin Miles,Isabel Wilkerson In this epic, beautifully written masterwork, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Isabel Wilkerson chronicles one of the great untold stories of American history: the decades-long migration of black citize… OL15380640W
Spellbinder Spellbinder Harold Robbins **From the author of The New York Times #1 best-selling novel The Carpetbaggers comes a hard-edged look at the seductive, high-stakes and often hypocritical world of religious revivalism and televang… OL16040506W
The Anthropology of experience The Anthropology of experience Edward M. Bruner "Fourteen authors, including many of the best-known scholars in the field, explore how people actually experience their culture and how those experiences are expressed in forms as varied as narrative… OL16667323W
La política en el ocaso de la clase media La política en el ocaso de la clase media Emmanuel Rodríguez López ¿Qué significado tiene el 15M en la historia reciente del país? ¿Qué tipo de partido es Podemos y a qué tipo de política puede aspirar? ¿Qué se puede aprender de las experiencias partidarias, de movi… OL17718024W
Annihilation of caste Annihilation of caste Arundhati Roy,Bhimrao Ambedkar,B. R. Ambedkar,S. Anand,B. R. Ambedkar,Bhimrao R. Ambedkar "A new annotated critical edition of B.R. Ambedkar's speech "Annihilation of Caste.""-- OL19988447W
Twitter and tear gas Twitter and tear gas Zeynep Tufekci A firsthand account and incisive analysis of modern protest, revealing internet-fueled social movements' greatest strengths and frequent challenges. To understand a thwarted Turkish coup, an anti-Wal… OL20057658W
The Equality Effect The Equality Effect Danny Dorling 280 pages : 22 cm OL20498319W
Business ethics Business ethics O. C. Ferrell,Peterson, Robert A. This volume sets the agenda for business ethics and corporate responsibility in the future. It brings together ideas, challenges, and proposed solutions for thinking about--and implementing--effectiv… OL20545648W
Investigating Gender Investigating Gender Martha E. Thompson Gender analysis remains central to understanding social life, yet focusing on gender alone is inadequate. Recent feminist sociological scholarship highlights how gender intersects with other systems … OL20547635W
Deeds Not Words Deeds Not Words Helen Pankhurst Summary:Despite huge progress since the original suffragette campaigns and wave after wave of new feminism, women are still not equal. On the centenary of one of the greatest steps forward for women … OL20583558W
The Mother's Day book The Mother's Day book Rita Storey Find out how the first Mother's Day came about and how it is celebrated around the world. Then get creative and have a go at one of the many craft activities and recipes in this bumper book. Follow t… OL21179561W
State and metropolitan area data book 2013 State and metropolitan area data book 2013 Deirdre Gaquin,Gwenavere W. Dunn This edition includes: a complete listing and data for all states, metropolitan areas, including micropolitan areas, and their component counties; 2010 census counts and more recent population estima… OL21182702W
The Unbroken Thread The Unbroken Thread Sohrab Ahmari As a young father and a self-proclaimed “radically assimilated immigrant,” opinion editor Sohrab Ahmari realized that when it comes to shaping his young son’s moral fiber, today’s America comes up sh… OL21967948W
Associational life in African cities Associational life in African cities Arne Tostensen,Inge Tvedten,Mariken Vaa The 17 essays in this volume focus on the multitude of voluntary associations to have emerged in African cities in recent years. Recurrent themes include the contexts in which people have organised t… OL24441602W
El Narco El Narco Ioan Grillo The gripping account of the out-of-control drug wars that have brought chaos to Mexico. This is the story of the ultraviolent criminal organisations that have turned huge areas of Mexico into a comba… OL24712726W
Evaluation Evaluation Jackie Green,Jane South What is evaluation? Why is it important in public health? How can evaluation lead to improved health outcomes? Evaluation and evidence-based practice are core to professional practice within the wide… OL26172564W
The lost key The lost key Robert Lomas This book contains revelations that only an initiate of the highest orders of esoteric Freemasonry is in a position to make. OL26201693W
Global Ethics and the Environment Global Ethics and the Environment Nicholas Low As global capitalism expands and reaches ever-further corners of the world, practical problems continue to escalate and repercussions become increasingly serious and irreversible. These practical pro… OL2676381W
Burning issues Burning issues Alan Krell "From the Greek myth of Prometheus to the counter-cultural Burning Man Festival in the Black Rock Desert, Nevada, fire has always sparked our imagination. Like knowledge in the Garden of Eden, fire i… OL28597961W
Technology vs. humanity Technology vs. humanity Gerd Leonhard Futurist Gerd Leonhard breaks new ground again by bringing together mankind's urge to upgrade and automate everything-down to human biology itself-with our timeless quest for freedom and happiness. B… OL29230209W
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