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An Introduction to Catholic Social Thought
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Michael P Hornsby-Smith |
Michael Hornsby-Smith offers an overview of Catholic social thought particularly in recent decades. While drawing on official teaching such as papal encyclicals and the pastoral letters of bishops' c… |
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The hard kind of promise
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Gina Willner-Pardo |
California seventh-graders Sarah and Marjorie made a promise in kindergarten to always be friends, but Marjorie is weird and Sarah, wanting to be at least somewhat popular, makes friends with a fello… |
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Nobel genes
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Rune Michaels |
A boy whose manic-depressive mother has always told him that his father won a Nobel Prize, spends his time taking care of her and searching for clues to the identity of the Nobel Prize-winning sperm … |
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Godly seed
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Allan C. Carlson |
In an ironic twist, American evangelical leaders are joining mainstream acceptance of contraception. Godly Seed: American Evangelicals Confront Birth Control, 1873-1973, examines how mid-twentieth-ce… |
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The pharmaceutical industry
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Roman Espejo |
"The Pharmaceutical Industry: Is Pharmaceutical Research Safe and Unbiased?; Are Prescription Drugs Appropriately Regulated?; Are Pharmaceutical Marketing Practices Ethical?; Is the Cost of Prescript… |
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Genetic engineering
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Lauri S. Friedman |
"Genetic Engineering: Is Genetic Engineering Ethical?; Should Society Embrace Genetically Engineered Food?; How Should Genetic Engineering Be Regulated?"-- |
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Alcohol abuse
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Christine Watkins |
"Alcohol Abuse: Excessive Alcohol Consumption Creates Numerous Health Risks; Moderate Alcohol Consumption Provides Health Benefits; Underage Drinking Leads to Risky Behavior and Alcohol Abuse; Loweri… |
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Cordially uninvited
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Jennifer Rozines Roy |
When eleven-year-old Claire is invited to serve as a junior bridesmaid at the wedding of her cousin, a commoner, to the Prince of England, she learns that another, social-climbing junior bridesmaid i… |
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Quaranteen
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Lex Thomas |
When a virus deadly to adults infects their high school, brothers David and Will and the other students soon break into gangs that fight each other for survival and the hope of escaping their quarant… |
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The one that I want
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Jennifer Echols |
"Gemma can't believe her luck when the star football player starts flirting with her. Max is totally swoon-worthy, and even gets her quirky sense of humor. So when he asks out her so-called best frie… |
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Partials
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Dan Wells |
"In a post-apocalyptic eastern seaboard ravaged by disease and war with a manmade race of people called Partials, the chance at a future rests in the hands of Kira Walker, a sixteen-year-old medic in… |
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Pearl Buck, Jewel of the East (The Treasure Chest #3)
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Ann Hood |
When Felix Robbins gets a crush on Lily Goldstein, a classmate who is adopted from China, he decides to try to take her back in time so that she can see the country where she was born. Maisie discove… |
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The Ship of Lost Souls
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Rachelle Delaney |
Twelve-year-old Captain Scarlet McCray rescues Jem Fitzgerald and offers to help find his Uncle Finn's treasure in hopes of entertaining her crew, the infamous Lost Souls, and possibly persuading Jem… |
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Genocide
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Margaret Haerens |
"Genocide: Global Viewpoints examines current, often controversial, topics of worldwide interest and importance from a variety of international perspectives"-- |
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Student drug testing
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Lauri S. Friedman |
"Student Drug Testing: Should Students Be Drug Tested?; Who Should Be Drug Tested?; How Does Drug Testing Affect the School Community?"-- |
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I Swear
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Lane Davis |
**Who's to blame when bullying leads to suicide? A gripping exploration of crucial importance seeks answers in and out of the courtroom.**
After years of abuse from her classmates, Leslie Gatlin d… |
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New beginnings
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Laurie Halse Anderson |
"Meet Jules and Josh, the new twins in town! While Josh adapts quickly to Ambler, Jules accidentally makes an enemy of Maggie. Hoping a pet will help her feel better, Jules adopts the class rabbit, C… |
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The brides of Rollrock Island
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Margo Lanagan |
"On remote Rollrock Island, men go to sea to make their livings--and to catch their wives. The witch Misskaella knows the way of drawing a girl from the heart of a seal, of luring the beauty out of… |
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Cheer up, Mouse!
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Jed Henry |
Mouse's friends try everything to keep their friend from feeling low--flapping and fluttering in the sky, splashing and paddling in the water, leaping and loping in the grass--but nothing seems to ch… |
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Don't You Wish
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Roxanne St. Claire |
What if your mom had married someone else?
Would you still be you?
When plain and unpopular Annie Nutter gets zapped by one of her dad's whacked-out inventions, she lands in a parallel universe… |
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