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The Patricians of Nishapur: A Study in Medieval Islamic Social History - Paperback

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by Richard W. Bulliet (Author) Number of Pages: 312 Dimensions: 0.65 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: November 07, 2008

Economic Rights of Women in Ancient Greece - Paperback

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by David M. Schaps (Author) Number of Pages: 176 Dimensions: 0.38 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: August 29, 2008

Slave Women in Caribbean Society, 1650-1838 - Paperback

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by Barbara Bush (Author) Number of Pages: 208 Dimensions: 0.44 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: August 29, 2008

Dealing with Disasters: GIS for Emergency Management - Paperback

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by Ryan Lanclos (Editor), Matt Artz (Editor)Discover a modern approach to understanding threats and hazards that are more complex, costly, and devastating than ever before. Agencies around the world rely on geographic information systems (GIS) every day to plan for and mitigate complicated threats and hazards and coordinate emergency response and recovery efforts. Location intelligence provides the kind of deep, real-time data insights needed for managers, directors, and other decision-maker...

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by Allison Kelley (Author), Danielle Kraese (Author), Kate Herzlin (Author)A modern, feminist take on the classic joke book to amuse and empower readers who are tired of being the punchline. A man walks into a bar. It's a low one, so he gets a promotion within his first six months on the job. Four comedy writers transform classic joke setups into sharp commentary about the everyday and structural sexism that pervades all facets of life. Jokes to Offend Men arms readers with humorous quips to...

Women Who Fly: Goddesses, Witches, Mystics, and Other Airborne Females - Hardcover

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by Serinity Young (Author)From the beautiful apsaras of Hindu myth to the swan maidens of European fairy tales, stories of flying women-some carried by wings, others by clouds, rainbows, floating scarves, and flying horses-reveal the perennial fascination with and ambivalence about female power and sexuality. In Women Who Fly, Serinity Young examines the motif of the flying woman as it appears in a wide variety of cultures and historical periods, in legends, myths, rituals, sacred narratives,...

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by James Q. Wilson (Editor), Joan Petersilia (Editor)Crime in the United States has fluctuated considerably over the past thirty years, as have the policy approaches to deal with it. During this time criminologists and other scholars have helped to shed light on the role of incarceration, prevention, drugs, guns, policing, and numerous other aspects to crime control. Yet the latest research is rarely heard in public discussions and is often missing from the desks of policymakers. This book ac...

The Puritan Way of Death: A Study in Religion, Culture, and Social Change - Paperback

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by David E. Stannard (Author)The Puritan Way of Death is more than a book about Puritans or about death. It is also about family, community, and identity in the modern world. Even before publication, eminent historians, sociologists, and religious scholars in the United States and Europea-among them, Gordon Wood, Philippe Ariès, William Clebsch, and Robert Nisbet-hailed it as a "pathbreaking, provocative, and exciting" work, a "terse, urbane, learned, clear, humane" volume. Number of...

Espionage Black Book Four: Open-Source Intelligence Explained - Paperback

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by Henry Prunckun (Author)If intelligence is information that has undergone an analytic process, then open-source intelligence (OSINT) is publicly accessible data subjected to the same secret research processes. But, if you have been under the misapprehension that intelligence information came from covert operatives and hidden listening devices, then this book is a must-read because it will clarify the fallacy. In this fourth in the "Espionage Black Book" series of technical monographs on int...

We Are Each Other's Harvest: Celebrating African American Farmers, Land, and Legacy - Hardcover

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by Natalie Baszile (Author)A WALL STREET JOURNAL FAVORITE FOOD BOOK OF THE EARFrom the author of Queen Sugar--now a critically acclaimed series on OWN directed by Ava Duvernay--comes a beautiful exploration and celebration of black farming in America. In this impressive anthology, Natalie Baszile brings together essays, poems, photographs, quotes, conversations, and first-person stories to examine black people's connection to the American land from Emancipation to today. In the 1920s, there w...

Our History Has Always Been Contraband: In Defense of Black Studies - Paperback

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by Colin Kaepernick (Editor), Robin D. G. Kelley (Editor), Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor (Editor)"The centuries-long attack on Black history represents a strike against our very worth, brilliance, and value. We're ready to fight back. And when we fight, we win." -Colin KaepernickSince its founding as a discipline, Black Studies has been under relentless attack by social and political forces seeking to discredit and neutralize it. Our History Has Always Been Contraband was born out of an urgent need...

Why?: Explaining the Holocaust - Paperback

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by Peter Hayes (Author) Why? explores one of the most tragic events in human history by addressing eight of the most commonly asked questions about the Holocaust: Why the Jews? Why the Germans? Why murder? Why this swift and sweeping? Why didn't more Jews fight back more often? Why did survival rates diverge? Why such limited help from outside? What legacies, what lessons?An internationally acclaimed scholar, Peter Hayes brings a wealth of research and experience to bear on conventional views...

Women Who Run with the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype - Hardcover

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by Clarissa Pinkola Est駸 (Author)NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - More than 2.7 million copies sold! - "A deeply spiritual book [that] honors what is tough, smart and untamed in women."--The Washington Post Book World Book club pick for Emma Watson's Our Shared Shelf Within every woman there lives a powerful force, filled with good instincts, passionate creativity, and ageless knowing. She is the Wild Woman, who represents the instinctual nature of women. But she is an endangered species. For thou...

Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good - Paperback

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by Adrienne Maree Brown (Editor)How do we make social justice the most pleasurable human experience? How can we awaken within ourselves desires that make it impossible to settle for anything less than a fulfilling life? Author and editor adrienne maree brown finds the answer in something she calls "pleasure activism," a politics of healing and happiness that explodes the dour myth that changing the world is just another form of work. Drawing on the black feminist tradition, she challenges us ...

The Flaming Ship of Ocracoke and Other Tales of the Outer Banks - Hardcover

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by Charles Harry Whedbee (Author)Every September, on the first night of the new moon, there are those who vow they see a flaming ship sail three times past the coast of Ocracoke. No matter the direction or velocity of the wind, this fiery vessel moves swiftly toward the northeast, they say, always accompanied by an eerie wailing sound. The story of this ship is but one of the colorful legends intrinsic to the charm of North Carolina's historic coastland. From the northern tip of the Outer Ban...

The Color of the Land: Race, Nation, and the Politics of Landownership in Oklahoma, 1832-1929 - Paperback

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by David A. Chang (Author)The Color of the Land brings the histories of Creek Indians, African Americans, and whites in Oklahoma together into one story that explores the way races and nations were made and remade in conflicts over who would own land, who would farm it, and who would rule it. This story disrupts expected narratives of the American past, revealing how identities--race, nation, and class--took new forms in struggles over the creation of different systems of property.Conflicts w...

Social Change Now: A Guide for Reflection and Connection - Spiral

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by Deepa Iyer (Author)To engage in social change at this moment in time requires consistent attention, deep reflection, and committed collective action. Social Change Now is a powerful roadmap for individuals and organizations who are ready to deepen their commitment to social justice from racial justice advocate Deepa Iyer. We are living in a period of overlapping social, economic, and environmental crises, accompanied by failures in public systems and institutions. It's not surprising, then...

The Bars Are Ours: Histories and Cultures of Gay Bars in America,1960 and After - Paperback

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by Lucas Hilderbrand (Author)Gay bars have operated as the most visible institutions of the LGBTQ+ community in the United States for the better part of a century, from before gay liberation until after their assumed obsolescence. In The Bars Are Ours Lucas Hilderbrand offers a panoramic history of gay bars, showing how they served as the medium for queer communities, politics, and cultures. Hilderbrand cruises from leather in Chicago and drag in Kansas City to activism against gentrification...

Everything You Need to Ace U.S. History in One Big Fat Notebook, 2nd Edition: The Complete Middle School Study Guide - Paperback

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by Workman Publishing (Author), Lily Rothman (Text by (Art/Photo Books)), Editors of Brain Quest (Concept by)From the brains behind Brain Quest comes the 2nd edition of the revolutionary U.S. history study guide. Updated to include recent history and revised to reflect a more complete, balanced recounting of historical events. Big Fat Notebooks offer the support of a knowledgeable teacher in the form of an approachable peer--the notes of smartest kid in class. Everything You Need to Ace U.S....

One Day Stronger: How One Union Local Saved a Mill and Changed an Industry--and What It Means for American Manufacturing - Hardcover

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by Thomas M. Nelson (Author) In August, 2017, the death knell sounded for yet another troubled American manufacturer: Appleton Coated, a historic paper mill in Wisconsin's Fox River Valley. The mill and its parts were set to be sold for scrap, devastating a community. But then the unlikely happened. Dedicated union workers teamed with a lone local official to leverage an obscure legal strategy proposed by a community-minded attorney to stop the sale, enable a profitable new business plan, an...

Forensic Science: A Very Short Introduction - Paperback

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by Jim Fraser (Author)Forensic science is a subject of wide fascination. What happens at a crime scene? How does DNA profiling work? How can it help solve crimes that happened 20 years ago? In forensic science, a criminal case can often hinge on a piece of evidence such as a hair, a blood trace, half a footprint, or a tyre mark. Complex scientific findings must be considered carefully and dispassionately, and communicated with clarity, simplicity, and precision. High profile cases such as the...

The Lost City of the Monkey God: A True Story - Paperback

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by Douglas Preston (Author)The #1 New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller, named one of the best books of the year by The Boston Globe and National Geographic: acclaimed journalist Douglas Preston takes readers on a true adventure deep into the Honduran rainforest in this riveting narrative about the discovery of a lost civilization -- culminating in a stunning medical mystery.Since the days of conquistador Hern n Cort s, rumors have circulated about a lost city of immense wealth hi...

Been in the Storm So Long: The Aftermath of Slavery - Paperback

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by Leon F. Litwack (Author)Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book AwardBased on hitherto unexamined sources: interviews with ex-slaves, diaries and accounts by former slaveholders, this "rich and admirably written book" (Eugene Genovese, The New York Times Book Review) aims to show how, during the Civil War and after Emancipation, blacks and whites interacted in ways that dramatized not only their mutual dependency, but the ambiguities and tensions that had always been latent in "...

The Gloomy Girl Variety Show: A Memoir - Paperback

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by Freda Epum (Author)Merging memoir, poetry, and criticism, this radical literary revue traces a first-generation Nigerian American's search for home and belonging on her own terms.In The Gloomy Girl Variety Show, Freda Epum explores the opposing forces of her "no-place, no-where" identity as a Nigerian American daughter, diasporically displaced, who spent years in and out of institutions seeking treatment for life-threatening mental illness. Epum examines her journey through healthcare and ...

Science, Order, and Creativity - Paperback

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by David Bohm (Author)In Science, Order and Creativity the authors call for a new creative urge in science and, in doing so, explore how creativity itself can be fostered, not only in science but in society and in the life of each individual. Number of Pages: 288 Dimensions: 0.87 x 9.03 x 6.04 IN Publication Date: October 01, 1987

Worn: A People's History of Clothing - Paperback

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by Sofi Thanhauser (Author)A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR - A sweeping and captivatingly told history of clothing and the stuff it is made of--an unparalleled deep-dive into how everyday garments have transformed our lives, our societies, and our planet. "We learn that, if we were a bit more curious about our clothes, they would offer us rich, interesting and often surprising insights into human history...a deep and sustained inquiry into the origins of what we wear, and what we have worn...

Police Officer Exam Study Guide - Police Entrance Prep Book Secrets, Full-Length Practice Test, Detailed Answer Explanations: [2nd Edition] - Paperback

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by Matthew Bowling (Editor)Mometrix Test Preparation's Police Officer Exam Study Guide is the ideal prep solution for anyone who wants to pass their Police Entrance Exam. The exam is extremely challenging, and thorough test preparation is essential for success. Our study guide includes: * Practice test questions with detailed answer explanations* Tips and strategies to help you get your best test performance* A complete review of all police officer test sectionsMometrix Test Preparation is no...

The Great Mother: An Analysis of the Archetype - Paperback

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by Erich Neumann (Author), Ralph Manheim (Translator), Martin Liebscher (Foreword by)This landmark book explores the Great Mother as a primordial image of the human psyche. Here the renowned analytical psychologist Erich Neumann draws on ritual, mythology, art, and records of dreams and fantasies to examine how this archetype has been outwardly expressed in many cultures and periods since prehistory. He shows how the feminine has been represented as goddess, monster, gate, pillar, tree, moon,...

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by Lillian D. Wald (Author) Number of Pages: 380 Dimensions: 0.78 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN Publication Date: September 13, 2006

Wifedom: Mrs. Orwell's Invisible Life - Paperback

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by Anna Funder (Author)A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR - WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION FINALIST - This is the story of the marriage behind some of the most famous literary works of the 20th century --and a probing consideration of what it means to be a wife and a writer in the modern world "Simply, a masterpiece...Funder not only re-makes the art of biography, she resurrects a woman in full." --Geraldine Brooks, winner of the Pulitzer Prize, author of Horse At the end of summer 2017...

Illustrations of Masonry, by One of the Fraternity, Who Has Devoted Thirty Years to the Subject: With An Appendix, Containing A Key to the Higher Degr - Paperback

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by William Morgan (Author) Number of Pages: 148 Dimensions: 0.32 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN Publication Date: September 13, 2006

Racism: A Very Short Introduction - Paperback

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by Ali Rattansi (Author)There is often a demand for a short, sharp definition of racism, for example as captured in the popular formula Power ] Prejudice= Racism. But in reality, racism is a complex, multidimensional phenomenon that cannot be captured by such definitions. In our world today there are a variety of racisms at play, and it is necessary to distinguish between issues such as individual prejudice, and systemic racisms which entrench racialiazed inequalities over time. This Very Sho...