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Societies Of The Kiowa (1916) - Paperback

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by Robert Harry Lowie (Author)This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work. Number of Pages: 24 Dimensions: 0.06 x 11 x 8....

Historical Sketch Of The Omaha Tribe Of Indians In Nebraska (1885) - Paperback

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by Alice Cunningham Fletcher (Author)This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work. Number of Pages: 28 Dimensions: 0.07 x ...

A Few Thoughts On The Abolition Of Colonial Slavery (1826) - Paperback

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by Thomas Chalmers (Author)This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work. Number of Pages: 20 Dimensions: 0.05 x 11 x 8.5 I...

A Study Of The Mutarotation Of Glucose And Fructose (1918) - Paperback

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by Frank Moore Beegle (Author)This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work. Number of Pages: 24 Dimensions: 0.06 x 11 x 8....

The British Commonwealth Of Nations: A Speech Made By General Smuts (1917) - Paperback

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by Jan Christiaan Smuts (Author)This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work. Number of Pages: 20 Dimensions: 0.05 x 11 x ...

A Study Of Stenostoma Leucops O. Schm (1892) - Paperback

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by Harvey N. Ott (Author)This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work. Number of Pages: 48 Dimensions: 0.12 x 11 x 8.5 IN ...

Material World: A Global Family Portrait - Paperback

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by Peter Menzel (Author)Called "Fascinating! An incredible book" by Oprah Winfrey, this beloved photography collection vividly portrays the look and feel of the human condition everywhere on Earth. In an unprecedented effort, sixteen of the world's foremost photographers traveled to thirty nations around the globe to live for a week with families that were statistically average for that nation. At the end of each visit, photographer and family collaborated on a remarkable portrait of the fami...

All the Real Indians Died Off: And 20 Other Myths about Native Americans - Paperback

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by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz (Author), Dina Gilio-Whitaker (Author)Unpacks the twenty-one most common myths and misconceptions about Native Americans In this enlightening book, scholars and activists Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz and Dina Gilio-Whitaker tackle a wide range of myths about Native American culture and history that have misinformed generations. Tracing how these ideas evolved, and drawing from history, the authors disrupt long-held and enduring myths such as: "Columbus Discovered America""Than...

Counterculture: The Story of America from Bohemia to Hip-Hop - Hardcover

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by Alex Zamalin (Author)A political and intellectual history of American counterculture and the historical figures who redefined mainstream understandings of freedom, culture, art, and politics--from The Beat Generation to Basquiat This entertaining, intellectual history fulfills the growing appetite for marginalized narratives. Counterculture brilliantly interrogates the diversity of counterculture and the interwoven relationship between each individual legacy. From Anarchism to the Harlem R...

Conjuring the Calabash: Empowering Women with Hoodoo Spells & Magick - Paperback

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by Mawiyah Kai El-Jamah Bomani (Author), Sherry Shone (Foreword by)"This book is about Black girl magick, queer girl magick, straight girl magick, trans magick, bisexual magick. It's about giving yourself the power to be fierce...Black women are Hierophants, Magicians, Empresses, and High Priestesses."--Mawiyah Kai El-Jamah Bomani Authentic and unapologetic, this guide to magical spirituality empowers you to take back the power to heal and shine under your own strength. Written by an accompli...

The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions - Paperback

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by Larry Mitchell (Author), Ned Asta (Illustrator)The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions is a beloved queer utopian text written by Larry Mitchell with lush illustrations by Ned Asta, published by Calamus Press in 1977. Part-fable, part-manifesto, the book takes place in Ramrod, an empire in decline, and introduces us to the communities of the faggots, the women, the queens, the queer men, and the women who love women who are surviving the ways and world of men. Cherished by many o...

The Declaration of Independence (a True Book: American History) - Paperback

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by Elaine Landau (Author)Learn how the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence.A True Book: American History series allows readers to experience the earliest moments in American history and to discover how these moments helped shape the country that it is today. This series includes an age appropriate (grades 3-5) introduction to curriculum-relevant subjects and a robust resource section that encourages independent study.This book recounts the origins of the desire for in...

The Death of Expertise: The Campaign Against Established Knowledge and Why It Matters - Paperback

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by Tom Nichols (Author)Building on his enormously successful first edition, Tom Nichols confirms his thesis that events, such as the COVID pandemic, prove that the assault on expertise has only intensified. Fully updated chapters continue to address how technology and increasing levels of education have exposed people to more information than ever before. These societal gains, however, have also helped fuel a surge in narcissistic and misguided intellectual egalitarianism that has crippled in...

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by Mindy Seu (Editor), Julianne Pierce (Foreword by), Legacy Russell (Afterword by)Hackers, scholars, artists and activists of all regions, races and sexual orientations consider how humans might reconstruct themselves by way of technologyWhen learning about internet history, we are taught to focus on engineering, the military-industrial complex and the grandfathers who created the architecture and protocol, but the internet is not only a network of cables, servers and computers. It is an env...

How to Understand Your Sexuality: A Practical Guide for Exploring Who You Are - Paperback

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by Meg-John Barker (Author), Alex Iantaffi (Author), Jules Scheele (Illustrator)'A goldmine of wisdom' CYNDI DARNELL'Gentle, kind and embracing' JUNO ROCHE'Interesting and engaging' JUSTIN HANCOCK Gay, straight, queer, pansexual, demisexual, ace...? Sexuality is complex and diverse, but it doesn't have to be confusing. This down-to-earth guide is the ultimate companion for understanding, accepting and celebrating your sexuality. Written by two internationally renowned authors and therapists, ...

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by Tressie McMillan Cottom (Author)Enviable Sales Track: nearly 20,000 copies sold in hardcover and over 4,200 e-books. Expanding media profile: author has 88,000 Twitter followers; she co-hosts a popular podcast, Hear to Slay, with bestselling author Roxane Gay featuring celebrity interviews with Gabrielle Union, Stacey Abrams, and others; All In with Chris Hayes guest expert on college admissions scandal; author's guest-host interview of Trevor Noah on WNYC's Death, Sex, and Money was wid...

Not in My Neighborhood: How Bigotry Shaped a Great American City - Hardcover

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by Antero Pietila (Author)Eugenics, racial thinking, and white supremacist attitudes influenced even the federal government's actions toward housing in the 20th century, dooming American cities to ghettoization. The Federal Housing Administration continued discriminatory housing policies even into the 1960s, long after civil rights legislation. This all-American tale is told through the prism of Baltimore, from its early suburbanization in the 1880s to the consequences of white flight after W...

Black Pearls: Daily Meditations, Affirmations, and Inspirations for African-Americans - Paperback

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by Eric V. Copage (Author)Eric V. Copage's Black Pearls is an extraordinary book of inspirational thoughts and practical advice for African-Americans. The 365 quotes that begin each day's entry range from African proverbs to wisdom from Oprah Winfrey, Malcolm X, Terry McMillan, Bill Cosby, Rosa Parks, Spike Lee, Marian Wright Edelman, Alice Walker, and Martin Luther King, Jr., among hundreds of other diverse and accomplished people of African descent. And each day's entry covers a new topic: ...

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by Snorri Sturluson (Author)But the king's heart swells, bulging with courage in battle, where heroes sink down... Over a period of twenty years Snorri Sturluson, scholar, courtier and poet, compiled the prose Edda as a textbook for young poets who wished to praise kings. His work surveys the content, style and metres of traditional Viking poetry and includes a lengthy poem of Snorrie's own, honoring the king of Norway. Ironically, Snorri was killed in his cellar in Iceland in 1241 on the in...

Researching Theories of Crime and Deviance - Paperback

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by Charis E. Kubrin (Author), Thomas D. Stucky (Author), Marvin D. Krohn (Author)Many textbooks provide summaries and critiques of criminological theories, which are often supported by empirical evidence. However, this evidence is only as good as the research methods that were used to generate it. Where do these "facts" come from, and how reliable are they? Researching Theories of Crime and Deviance offers a critical evaluation of the research methods that generate data, bridging the gap betw...

What Became Of The Slaves On A Georgia Plantation: Great Auction Sale Of Slaves, At Savannah, Georgia, March 2nd And 3rd, 1859 (1863) - Paperback

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by Q. K. Philander Doesticks (Author)""What Became Of The Slaves On A Georgia Plantation"" is a historical account of the Great Auction Sale of Slaves that took place in Savannah, Georgia on March 2nd and 3rd, 1859. The book is written by Q.K. Philander Doesticks, a pseudonym for American humorist and journalist Mortimer Thomson. The book provides a detailed description of the auction and the slaves who were sold, including their names, ages, and physical descriptions. Doesticks also provides...

The Cost of Living: A Working Autobiography - Paperback

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by Deborah Levy (Author)The bestselling exploration of the dimensions of love, marriage, mourning, and kinship from two-time Booker Prize finalist Deborah Levy. A New York Times Notable BookA New York Public Library Best Nonfiction Book of 2018 What does it cost a woman to unsettle old boundaries and collapse the social hierarchies that make her a minor character in a world not arranged to her advantage? This vibrant memoir, a portrait of contemporary womanhood in flux, is an urgent quest to ...

The Village Community And Modern Progress (1908) - Paperback

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by Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy (Author)This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work. Number of Pages: 20 Dimensions: 0.05 ...

Memorial Sketch Of William Eaton (1893) - Paperback

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by Arthur Wentworth Hamilton Eaton (Author)This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work. Number of Pages: 20 Dimensions: 0...

Societies Of The Arikara Indians (1913) - Paperback

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The Knights Of The Red Shield (1874) - Paperback

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by Harper and Brother Publisher (Author)This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work. Number of Pages: 20 Dimensions: 0.05...

The Royal Secret: The Mystery of the Burning Bush Explained - Paperback

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by I. Edward Clark (Author)THIS 7 PAGE ARTICLE WAS EXTRACTED FROM THE BOOK: Royal Secret, by I. Edward Clark. To purchase the entire book, please order ISBN 1564594947. Number of Pages: 20 Dimensions: 0.05 x 11 x 8.5 IN Publication Date: September 10, 2010

The Modern Law Of Charities As Derived From The Statute Of Charitable Uses (1904) - Paperback

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by Rupert Sargent Holland (Author)This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work. Number of Pages: 20 Dimensions: 0.05 x 11 ...

Dreams And Primitive Culture: A Lecture (1918) - Paperback

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by William Halse Rivers Rivers (Author)This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work. Number of Pages: 32 Dimensions: 0.08 ...

The Expedition Against The Sauk And Fox Indians 1832

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Report copyright infringementby An Officer in General Atkinson's Brigade (Author)This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original w...

The Case of the Mission Indians in Southern California: And the Action of the Indian Rights Association in Supporting the Defense of Their Legal Right - Paperback

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by Rights Associ Indian Rights Association (Author)This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work. Number of Pages: 24 Dimen...

Topics For The Study Of Greek Mythology: Based On Bulfinch's Age Of Fable (1894) - Paperback

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by Anna Gooding Dodge (Author)This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work. Number of Pages: 24 Dimensions: 0.06 x 11 x 8....