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The Long March: How the Cultural Revolution of the 1960s Changed America
by Roger Kimball Book News Annotation Managing editor of the and art critic, Kimball continues his tirade against the cultural revolution of the 1950s and 1960s. He argues that the upheaval caused by the war in Vietnam allowed the ideology of the counterculture to escape from its...
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Growing Up Poor: A Literary Anthology
by Robert Coles Publisher Comments Hailed by "Booklist" as "valuable" and "eloquent, " "Growing Up Poor" is a unique anthology of stories, poems, and essays about growing up "without" in the land of plenty. Edited and with an introduction by Pulitzer Prize-winning child psychiatrist...
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Passing: When People Can't Be Who They Are
by Brooke Kroeger Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. 252-271) and index....
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Time Happens: You Couldn't Have Picked a Better Time to Be Fiftysomething
by H Samm Coombs Publisher Comments It's about aging and ageism; how to walk tall across that great divide separating middle-age from old-age and find something to live for on the other side....
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Max Weber's Sociology of Intellectuals
by Ahmad Sadri Publisher Comments The social role of intellectuals was a pervasive motif in Weber's thought, particularly in his works on religion and politics. Comprehensively examining and extending Weber's work on the subject, Sadri provides a new perspective on the intelligentsia and...
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Decretos de Salud
by Luz E. Rozo Publisher Comments It is about affirmations and some relaxing exercises to improve your...
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Pennsylvania Fairs and Country Festivals
by Craig Kennedy Synopsis The sights, sounds, tastes, and aromas of 74 community celebrations -- from the traditional to the exotic -- held throughout the state, with 100 blue-ribbon recipes....
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Autobiography of a Kiowa Apache Indian (69 Edition)
by Jim Whitewolf Publisher Comments Exciting autobiography of Jim Whitewolf, a Kiowa Apache born in the second half of the 19th-century, offers excellent inside-look at Indian culture. Ethnological classic details childhood, tribal customs, contact with whites, government attitudes toward...
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Reshaping the World for the 21st Century: Society and Growth
by Virginia Smith Publisher Comments Reshaping the World for the 21st Century evaluates post-World War II economic development efforts in the United States, in Canada, and, in Brazil, and in Mexico. It argues that the proposal that the more fortunate countries should bring prosperity to the...
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Washington
by Meg Greenfield Publisher Comments The national bestseller is now in paperback. Written by the illustrious longtime editorial page editor of "The Washington Post" before her death in 1999, this book provides a portrait of the U.S. capital at the end of the American century....
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Politics of Force: Media & Construction Police Brutality
by Regina G Lawrence Publisher Comments This is a study of incidents of police violence as they were reported in the New York Times and Los Angeles Times over a ten year period (1981-1991) and how the media's portrayal of these incidents impacted and shaped public policy discourse....
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The Corrosion of Character: The Personal Consequences of Work in the New Capitalism
by Richard Sennett Publisher Comments A bestselling author draws on interviews with dismissed IBM executives bakers, a bartender turned-ad executive, and many others to call into question the terms of a new economy....
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Applied Social Research #18: Standardized Survey Interviewing: Minimizing Interviewer-Related Error
by Floyd J Fowler Synopsis Accuracy, reliability, verifiable and error-free results - these are the goals that anyone involved in survey interviewing desires. A practical guide to producing standardized - and reliable - interviews, this volume represents a blending of social...
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What Was Hot!: Five Decades of Pop Culture in America
by Julian Biddle Publisher Comments This up-to-the-minute compendium is a trivia lover's guide to the greatest hits and hit-makers since the dawn of television, exploring the fascinating world of pop-culture heroes, villains, and also-rans and offering a nostalgic glimpse at five decades...
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Oxford Book of Work
by Keith Thomas Publisher Comments Primal curse or sacred duty? Painful drudgery or the only sure route to human happiness? Work has always evoked conflicting reactions. Yet whether we view it as a tedious necessity or embrace it as a compulsive addiction, it remains an inescapable and...
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Bloodsworth (Shannon Ravenel Books)
by Tim Junkin Publisher Comments Convicted in 1984 of the murder of a young girl, Kirk Bloodsworth was sentenced to death. Proclaiming his innocence from the beginning, Bloodsworth spent nine years on Maryland's death row before being vindicated by then-innovative DNA evidence....
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Mini Kits #6: The Birthday Fun Box
by Ariel Publisher Comments This gift will make every birthday an uncommon experience, with trick candles, a bottle of blow bubbles and a booklet of fun birthday traditions, activities and games. Consumable....
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Community Service and Social Responsibility in Youth
by James Youniss Publisher Comments Preface Ch. 1: Service for Today's Youth and for the Right Reasons Ch. 2: Social-Historical Identity: A Theoretical Framework for Service Ch. 3: Community Service at St. Francis High School Ch. 4: Getting to Know Homelessness Ch. 5: Forming a Political...
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The Secrets of Mariko: A Year in the Life of a Japanese Woman and Her Family
by Elisabeth Bumiller Publisher Comments As it follows a Japanese housewife named Mariko Tanaka over the course of a year, The Secrets of Mariko transcends reportage to yield the kind of human insights we expect from literature. Meet Mariko, a cheerful, overscheduled woman who cares for three...
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The Starter Marriage and the Future of Matrimony
by Pamela Paul Publisher Comments Why are today's twenty-and thirtysomethings -- the first children-of-divorce generation -- so eager to get married, and so prone to failure? In today's matrimania culture, at a time when marriage at age twenty-five can mean a sixty-year active commitment,...
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