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The end of empire The end of empire Christopher Kelly Christopher Kelly's bold account of Attila the Hun as empire builder and political threat to Rome. Conjuring up images of savagery and ferocity, Attila the Hun has become a byword for barbarianism… OL15108909W
Pandora's Seed Pandora's Seed Spencer Wells In The Journey of Man, renowned geneticist and anthropologist Spencer Wells traced human evolution back to our earliest ancestors, creating a remarkable and readable map of our distant past. Now, in … OL15172548W
The Fiction of Narrative The Fiction of Narrative Hayden White Hayden White is celebrated as one of the great minds in the humanities. Since the publication of his groundbreaking monograph, Metahistory, in 1973, White's work has been crucial to disciplines where… OL15296274W
Pilgrim on the great bird continent Pilgrim on the great bird continent Lyanda Lynn Haupt A narrative account of Charles Darwin's five-year voyage along the coastline of South America that describes his encounters with the region's rain forest, cliffs, and wildlife. OL15792964W
Shutting out the sky Shutting out the sky Deborah Hopkinson Photographs and text document the experiences of five individuals who came to live in the Lower East Side of New York City as children or young adults from Belarus, Italy, Lithuania, and Romania at t… OL15856727W
The unnatural history of the sea The unnatural history of the sea Callum Roberts "Drawing on firsthand accounts of early explorers, pirates, merchants, fishers, and travelers, the book recreates the oceans of the past: waters teeming with whales, sea lions, sea otters, turtles, a… OL15861561W
World Chamber of Commerce Directory, 2012 World Chamber of Commerce Directory, 2012 World Chamber of Commerce Directory, Inc. Lists U.S. and foreign chambers of commerce, American chambers of commerce abroad, foreign chambers of commerce in the U.S., foreign and U.S. state boards of tourism, convention and visitors bureaus,… OL17308848W
Mussolini's Italy Mussolini's Italy R. J. B. Bosworth With Mussolini 's Italy, R.J.B. Bosworth—the foremost scholar on the subject writing in English—vividly brings to life the period in which Italians participated in one of the twentieth century's most… OL1860640W
The new accountability The new accountability Martin Carnoy,Richard F. Elmore,Leslie Santee Siskin When it comes to the issue of US education reform, hopeful politicians, liberal and conservative alike, have long touted the promises of 'standards-based accountability'. But do accountability-based … OL19890531W
The World Is Flat The World Is Flat Thomas L. Friedman When scholars write the history of the world twenty years from now, what will they say was the most crucial development at the dawn of the 21st century--the attacks of 9/11, or the convergence of tec… OL3740423W
Fannie in the Kitchen Fannie in the Kitchen Deborah Hopkinson Fannie Farmer is a mother's helper in the Shaw house, where the daughter gives her the idea of writing down precise instructions for measuring and cooking, which eventually became one of the first mo… OL42627W
Introductory econometrics Introductory econometrics Humberto Barreto This highly accessible and innovative text and accompanying CD-ROM use Excel (R) workbooks powered by Visual Basic macros to teach the core concepts of econometrics without advanced mathematics. It e… OL4643970W
Lincoln legends Lincoln legends Edward Steers The folklore surrounding history's towering figures often overshadows actual scholarship, both in terms of quantity and in terms of prevalence in the public consciousness. As one might expect with a … OL5037565W
Us and Them Us and Them David Berreby Perceptions, memories, fears, hopes and wants are all blended by your mind to create a map of reality. One of the most important parts of that map is identity: your sense of who belongs where, in a… OL7916356W
Creating a Mentoring Culture Creating a Mentoring Culture Lois J. Zachary In order to succeed in today's competitive environment, corporate and nonprofit institutions must create a workplace climate that encourages employees to continue to learn and grow. From the author o… OL8574456W