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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
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
The empathic civilization The empathic civilization Jeremy Rifkin Bestselling social critic Jeremy Rifkin shows that the disconnection between our vision for the world and our ability to realize that vision lies in the current state of human consciousness. OL15626415W
The better angels of our nature The better angels of our nature Steven Pinker From Goodreads: Selected by *The New York Times Book Review* as a Notable Book of the Year The author of *The New York Times* bestseller *The Stuff* of Thought offers a controversial history of viole… OL16239379W
A machine that would go of itself A machine that would go of itself Michael G. Kammen xvi, 550 p. : 23 cm OL1858090W
Water Water Steven Solomon "A narrative account of how water has shaped human society from the ancient past to the present"--Provided by publisher. OL18649828W
The lesbian menace The lesbian menace Sherrie A. Inness Electroshock. Hysterectomy. Lobotomy. These are only three of the many "cures" to which lesbians have been subjected in this century. How does a society develop such a profound aversion to a particul… OL1885581W
Reinventing the American People Reinventing the American People Robert Royal Many of our old public expectations - our shared assumptions and experiences, respect for the rule of law and limited government, and, ultimately, a common morality and basic religious outlook - seem… OL1985803W
Collapse Collapse Jared Diamond,Ricardo García Pérez "In his Pulitzer Prize-winning bestseller Guns, Germs, and Steel, Jared Diamond examined how and why Western civilizations developed the technologies and immunities that allowed them to dominate much… OL276557W
Medieval culture and the Mexican American borderlands Medieval culture and the Mexican American borderlands Milo Kearney "The land along the U.S.-Mexican border is often portrayed as the place where two separate cultures meet - or indeed collide. Yet this is not the first meeting of the two cultures, not their first co… OL2920742W
The mythic West in twentieth-century America The mythic West in twentieth-century America Robert G. Athearn Just what and where is the West? Why have so many been so obsessed with finding and saving that mythic time and place? What has the West meant to those who have lived there and to the millions more w… OL3753163W
The ivory leg in the ebony cabinet The ivory leg in the ebony cabinet Thomas Cooley "From Samuel Morton's collection of Native American skulls to William James's writings on the consciousness of lost limbs, this book examines a startling array of artifacts that reflect nineteenth-ce… OL4082614W
The Theming of America The Theming of America Mark Gottdiener "The second edition of The Theming of America explores the nature of social change in America since the 1960s - from Graceland to Dollywood, from Las Vegas to Disneyworld, from the Mall of America to… OL61342W
The morning after The morning after George F. Will A collection of essays originally written for Newsweek magazine containing insights on the foreign affairs, home front skirmishes, and the heroes, villains, and goats of the Reagan years. OL719406W