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The Geography of the Canadian North: Issues and Challenges
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The Geography of the Canadian North: Issues and Challenges
by Robert M. Bone

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As arctic and Subarctic of the Canadian North take their place in the global economy, the interplay of resource development, the environment, and the peoples of the North has caused dramatic change. This book examines the dominant images of the North and...
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The Human Predator: A Historical Chronicle of Serial Murder and Forensic Investigation
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The Human Predator: A Historical Chronicle of Serial Murder and Forensic Investigation
by Katherine M Ramsland

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From the author of "The Forensic Science of C.S.I.," a chronological analysis of serial killing is offered in the context of specific historical periods....
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Globalization and Education: Proceedings of the Joint Working Group, the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences,
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Globalization and Education: Proceedings of the Joint Working Group, the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences,
by Marcelo Sanchez (edt) Sorondo

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This book presents the results of a joint meeting organized by the Pontifical Academy of Sciences and the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences where renowned international scholars discussed the importance of education in an increasingly globalized...
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Economic Apartheid in America-updated (Rev 05 Edition)
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Economic Apartheid in America-updated (Rev 05 Edition)
by Chuck Collins

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This updated edition of the widely touted Economic Apartheid in America looks at the causes and manifestations of wealth disparities in the United States, including tax policy in light of the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts and recent corporate scandals...
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Three Ecologies (Athlone Contemporary European Thinkers)
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Three Ecologies (Athlone Contemporary European Thinkers)
by Felix Guattari

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Just as rare species are disappearing at an alarming rate, so whole areas of human thought, feeling and sensibility are becoming extinct through the power of an infantalizing mass media and the social exclusion of the old, the young and the unemployed...
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At the Root of This Longing: Reconciling a Spiritual Hunger and a Feminist Thirst
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At the Root of This Longing: Reconciling a Spiritual Hunger and a Feminist Thirst
by Carol Flinders

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In At the Root of This Longing, Flinders identifies the four key points at which the paths of spirituality and feminism seem to collide – vowing silence vs. finding voice, relinquishing ego vs. establishing ‘ self’ , resisting desire vs...
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The Origins of Postmodernity
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The Origins of Postmodernity
by Perry Anderson

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A panoramic study of the genesis, consolidation, and consequences of the notion of the postmodern....
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Practice of Everyday Life (84 Edition)
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Practice of Everyday Life (84 Edition)
by Michel Decerteau

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Who Really Cares: The Surprising Truth about Compassionate Conservatism
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Who Really Cares: The Surprising Truth about Compassionate Conservatism
by Arthur C Brooks

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We all know we should give to charity, but who really does? Approximately three-quarters of Americans give their time and money to various charities, churches, and causes; the other quarter of the population does not. Why has America split into two...
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Indegenous American Women : Decolonization, Empowerment, Activism (03 Edition)
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Indegenous American Women : Decolonization, Empowerment, Activism (03 Edition)
by Devon Abbott Mihesuah

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Tastes of Paradise : a Social History of Spices, Stimulants, and Intoxicants (92 Edition)
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Tastes of Paradise : a Social History of Spices, Stimulants, and Intoxicants (92 Edition)
by Wolfgang Schivelbusch

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From the extravagant use of pepper in the Middle Ages to the Protestant bourgeoisie's love of coffee to the reason why fashionable Europeans stopped sniffing tobacco and starting smoking it, Schivelbusch looks at how the appetite for pleasure transformed...
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Lost Sisterhood : Prostitution in America, 1900-1918 (82 Edition)
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Lost Sisterhood : Prostitution in America, 1900-1918 (82 Edition)
by Ruth C. Rosen

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"Rosen has broken entirely new ground in what will surely remain the definitive study of urban prostitution in America for many years to come." -- Times Literary...
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Why Marijuana Should Be Legal ((Rev)03 Edition)
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Why Marijuana Should Be Legal ((Rev)03 Edition)
by Ed Rosenthal

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Marijuana hit mainstream America over 30 years ago and has been accepted by a large segment of society ever since. Despite government efforts to isolate and eliminate its use, it is more popular now than ever. Why Marijuana Should Be Legal analyzes the...
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Our Runaway and Homeless Youth: A Guide to Understanding
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Our Runaway and Homeless Youth: A Guide to Understanding
by Natasha Slesnick

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Provides a summary of the information known about runaway and homeless youth, with guidance for parents who might have a child who has run away from home, or threatens to do so....
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Wiley Series in Survey Methodology #542: Envisioning the Survey Interview of the Future
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Wiley Series in Survey Methodology #542: Envisioning the Survey Interview of the Future
by Frederick G. Conrad And Michael F. Schober

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This book brings together leading researchers in survey methodology and communication technology in order to (1) develop theories of technology-meditated survey response, (2) contribute to a better understanding of the survey response task and how it...
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Youth in Revolt: The Journals of Nick Twisp
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Youth in Revolt: The Journals of Nick Twisp
by C. D. Payne

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He didn't intend to burn half of Berkeley to the ground, or create a media frenzy by faking his best friend's suicide, or enroll in high school dressed as an elderly Italian woman. However, he did. Nick Twisp started out an honor student and ended up a...
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Arming America: The Origins of a National Gun Culture
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Arming America: The Origins of a National Gun Culture
by Michael Bellesiles

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Bellesiles, in a meticulous study, traces "gun fever" to its European origins, documents the rarity of firearms in early America, covers technological advances, and details the strange series of developments during the Civil War that helped make the gun...
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The Future and Its Enemies: The Growing Conflict Over Creativity, Enterprise, and Progress
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The Future and Its Enemies: The Growing Conflict Over Creativity, Enterprise, and Progress
by Virginia Postrel

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Today we have greater wealth, health, opportunity, and choice than at any time in history. Yet a chorus of intellectuals and politicians laments our current condition -- as slaves to technology, coarsened by popular culture, and insecure in the face of...
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Why the Wealthy Give: The Culture of Elite Philanthropy
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Why the Wealthy Give: The Culture of Elite Philanthropy
by Francie Ostrower

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"I have found "Why the Wealthy Give" fascinating reading. Anyone involved in philanthropic foundations should read this book."--Brooke Astor<P>"A milestone in the study of giving. . .Casts fresh light on aspects of donors' philanthropic careers and...
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Closing Balances: Business Obituaries from the Daily Telegraph
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Closing Balances: Business Obituaries from the Daily Telegraph
by Martin Vander Weyer

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The "Daily Telegraph"'s trademark obituary style, created by Hugh Massingberd, is distinguished by the quality of the writing, the humour and the focus on the individuality and character of the subjects. This new collection, the first to be devoted to...
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