Books

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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
The Golden Phoenix	Marius Barbeau	Her they come! The clever prince who tricks the Sultan... the mysterious Sir Goldenhair...the enchanted princess...the sly thief and the foolish woodcutter. Meet them all in these [8] merry tales of …	OL1137909W
Herfsttij der Middeleeuwen	Johan Huizinga	Herfsttij der Middeleeuwen is het bekendste werk van de historicus Johan Huizinga uit 1919. In het werk presenteert Huizinga het idee dat de overdreven formaliteit en romantiek van het laatmiddele…	OL1141875W
Economic and social history of medieval Europe	Pirenne, Henri	"In this book, Henri Pirenne, the great Belgian economic historian, traces the character and general movement of the economic and social evolution of Western Europe from the end of the Roman Empire t…	OL1433144W
Poems	Percy Bysshe Shelley	A brief introduction to the life of Shelley, called the poet of "uncompromising spirit," and his most praised works, some extracted from the whole, others presented in full.	OL14853463W
Novels (Great Expectations / Oliver Twist / Tale of Two Cities)	Charles Dickens	Contains: - [Great Expectations](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL8721462W) - [Oliver Twist](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL8193478W) - [Tale of Two Cities](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL87…	OL14869391W
Complicated Lives	William Nelson	Complicated Lives examines the greatest conundrum of the modern world: why, despite being richer, healthier and more empowered than ever before, do we continue to feel threatened, under pressure and …	OL14906146W
Aftershock	Robert B. Reich	When the nation’s economy foundered in 2008, blame was directed almost universally at Wall Street. But Robert B. Reich suggests a different reason for the meltdown, and for a perilous road ahead. He …	OL15091463W
Upside	Bradley R. Entner Wright	"A research sociologist uses statistics to reveal the state of the world in terms of health, education, violence, etc, showing that in many ways we are in much better shape than the secular and Chris…	OL15917204W
Alexandria of Africa	Eric Walters	When Alexandria Hyatt is arrested for shoplifting a judge orders her to work for an international charity in Kenya where she must face a reality she could never have imagined.	OL17021168W
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
Pro/con	Sally McFall	A series of essays analyzing questions or dilemmas relating to social issues	OL17305392W
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
Generations and change	Ralph J. Crandall	This book discusses the history of genealogy in the United States, and tries to not only bring genealogy into the main stream of historical sources, but also demonstrate the serviceability of genealo…	OL18360659W
Amanecer en el desierto	Waris Dirie,D'Haem, Jeanne/ Dirie, Waris	Waris Dirie se convirtió en modelo internacional, y rostro habitual de los productos Revlon. Pero esta supermodelo no ha olvidado sus duros orígenes, la circuncisión a la que fue sometida a los cinco…	OL1872812W
The Medieval nobility	Timothy Reuter	x, 376 p. ; 23 cm	OL19022029W
Artists under Hitler	Jonathan Petropoulos	""What are we to make of those cultural figures, many with significant international reputations, who tried to find accommodation with the Nazi regime?" Jonathan Petropoulos asks in this exploration …	OL19662205W
Gaza	Jean-Pierre Filiu	"Through its millennium-long existence, Gaza has often been bitterly disputed while simultaneously and paradoxically enduring prolonged neglect. Squeezed between the Negev and Sinai desert on the one…	OL19664541W
Dance of the Reptiles	Diane Stevenson,Carl Hiaasen	"A collection of Carl Hiaasen's best columns from the past twelve years, covering topics, like hurricanes, off-shore drilling, voting rights, and political corruption, that have become national issue…	OL19706804W
Homintern	Gregory Woods	"In a hugely ambitious study which crosses continents, languages, and almost a century, Gregory Woods identifies the ways in which homosexuality has helped shape Western culture. Extending from the t…	OL20030132W
How did we get into this mess?	George Monbiot	"Leading political and environmental commentator on where we have gone wrong, and what to do about it. "Here are some of the things I try to fight: undemocratic power, corruption, deception of the pu…	OL20049731W