Georgetown University Law Library - Open Libraries Collection

In exchange for a bad debt, an Anglo-Dutch trader takes on Florens, a young slave girl, who feels abandoned by her slave mother and who searches for love--first from an older servant woman at her master's new home, and then from a handsome free blacksmith
Topics: African American girls, Interracial adoption, Racism

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4,943 4.9K

American Earth : environmental writing since Thoreau

2008 2008

by McKibben, Bill; Gore, Albert, 1948-

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Includes bibliographical references and index
Topics: American Prose, Ecology, Nature, Nature/Ecology, Essays, Reference, Nature / Essays, Ecocriticism,...

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6,044 6.0K

How to win friends and influence people

2009 2009

by Dale Carnegie

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Topic: Success

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224 224

Room : a novel

2010 2010

by Donoghue, Emma, 1969- author

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321 pages ; 21 cm
Topics: Boys -- Fiction, Mother and child -- Fiction, Kidnapping -- Fiction, Psychopaths -- Fiction,...

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443 443

Ethics and world religions : cross-cultural case studies

1999 1999

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ix, 419 pages ; 24 cm
Topics: Aufsatzsammlung, Ethical problems, Religious ethics -- Case studies, Problèmes moraux, Morale...

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2,466 2.5K

Genghis Khan and the making of the modern world

2004 2004

by Weatherford, J. McIver

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-300) and index
Topics: Genghis Khan, 1162-1227, Mongols

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2,205 2.2K

To kill a nation : the attack on Yugoslavia

2000 2000

by Parenti, Michael, 1933-

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-238) and index
Topics: North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Kosovo War, 1998-1999

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5,883 5.9K

Creating Black Americans

2005 2005

by Nell Irvin Painter

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( 1 reviews )
Topics: African Americans -- History, African Americans -- History -- Pictorial works, African American...

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683 683

The long loneliness : the autobiography of Dorothy Day

1981 1981

by Day, Dorothy, 1897-1980

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xxiii, 288 pages ; 21 cm
Topics: Day, Dorothy, 1897-1980, Catholic converts -- United States -- Biography, Catholic converts,...

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4,887 4.9K

A brief history of time : from the big bang to black holes

1988 1988

by Hawking, Stephen, 1942-2018, author

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x, 198 pages : 24 cm
( 1 reviews )
Topics: Relativité (physique), Sciences de l'espace, Trous noirs (astronomie), Einführung, Cosmologia,...

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3,022 3.0K

The handmaid's tale

1986 1986

by Atwood, Margaret, 1939-

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311 pages ; 24 cm
Topics: Theocracy -- Fiction, Misogyny -- Fiction, Dystopias -- Fiction, Pregnancy -- Social aspects --...

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961 961

Homegoing

2016 2016

by Gyasi, Yaa, author

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305 pages ; 25 cm
Topics: Women -- Ghana -- Fiction, Slavery -- Fiction, African Americans -- History -- Fiction, FICTION --...

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2,483 2.5K

Policy paradox : the art of political decision making

2012 2012

by Stone, Deborah

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viii, 408 p. : 24 cm
Topics: Policy sciences -- Economic aspects, Political planning -- Economic aspects

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9,440 9.4K

The very hungry caterpillar

1969 1969

by Carle, Eric

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comment 0

Book board edition

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3,851 3.9K

Antifragile : things that gain from disorder

2012 2012

by Taleb, Nassim

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favorite 129

comment 0

Includes bibliographical references
Topics: Resilience (Personality trait), PSYCHOLOGY / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / General

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2,365 2.4K

Bone Black

1996 1996

by bell hooks

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( 1 reviews )
Topics: Hooks, Bell -- Childhood and youth, African Americans -- Biography, African American women --...

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550 550

The last stand : Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of the Little Bighorn

2010 2010

by Philbrick, Nathaniel

eye 550

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Includes bibliographical references and index
Topics: Custer, George A. (George Armstrong), 1839-1876, Sitting Bull, 1831-1890, Little Bighorn, Battle of...

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2,996 3.0K

Harvest of empire

2000 2000

by González, Juan; Juan González

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Topics: Hispanic Americans -- History, Immigrants -- United States -- History, United States -- Emigration...

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2,653 2.7K

The city shaped : urban patterns and meanings through history

1991 1991

by Kostof, Spiro

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352 pages : 26 cm
Topics: Cities and towns -- History, Cities and towns -- Growth, Villes -- Croissance, Villes -- Histoire,...

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3,992 4.0K

The God delusion

2006 2006

by Dawkins, Richard, 1941-

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [380]-399) and index
( 2 reviews )
Topics: Atheism, Religion

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1,360 1.4K

Unequal childhoods : class, race, and family life

2003 2003

by Lareau, Annette

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-323) and index
Topics: Children, Families, Enfants, Famille, Kinderen, Sociale ongelijkheid, Sociale klassen, Crianças...
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2,052 2.1K

Neuromancer

1994 1994

by Gibson, William, 1948-

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278 p. ; 22 cm
Topics: Hackers -- Fiction, Business intelligence -- Fiction, Information superhighway -- Fiction, Nervous...

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7,949 7.9K

About law : an introduction

1995 1995

by Honoré, Tony, 1921-

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( 1 reviews )
Topic: Law

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3,231 3.2K

Just mercy : a story of justice and redemption

2014 2014

by Stevenson, Bryan, author

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x, 336 pages ; 25 cm
Topics: Equal Justice Initiative, Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer Bitterfeld, Social...

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1,434 1.4K

Discipline and punish : the birth of the prison

1977 1977

by Foucault, Michel, 1926-1984

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333 pages, 3 unnumbered leaves of plates : 25 cm
Topics: Prisons, Prison discipline, Punishment

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2,446 2.4K

Ficciones

1962 1962

by Borges, Jorge Luis, 1899-1986, author; Contains (expression): Borges, Jorge Luis, 1899-1986. Ficciones. English (Kerrigan, Reid, Bonner, Temple, and Todd); Kerrigan, Anthony, editor, translator; Reid, Alastair, 1926-2014, translator; Bonner, Anthony, translator; Temple, Helen, 1914- translator; Todd, Ruthven, 1914-1978, translator

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"Translated from the Spanish, ©1956 by Emecé Editores, S.A., Buenos Aires"--Title page verso
Topics: Novels, other prose & writers, Fiction - General, Spanish, Fantasy, Short Stories (single...
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830 830

The quest for environmental justice : human rights and the politics of pollution

2005 2005

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xx, 393 p. : 24 cm
Topics: Environmental justice, Environmental justice -- Political aspects, Human rights

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146 146

A lynching in the heartland : race and memory in America

2001 2001

by Madison, James H

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xii, 204 pages, 16 pages of plates : 25 cm
Topics: Race relations, Lynching, Lynchen, Racism, Ethnische Beziehungen, Rassismus, Marion (Ind.) -- Race...

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The witchcraft reader

2008 2008

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xiii, 408 p. ; 26 cm
Topic: Witchcraft -- History

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9,464 9.5K

Don't let the pigeon drive the bus

2003 2003

by Mo Willems

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( 3 reviews )
Topics: Pigeons -- Juvenile fiction, Bus drivers -- Juvenile fiction

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2,356 2.4K

11/22/63 : a novel

2011 2011

by King, Stephen, 1947-

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ix, 849 pages : 25 cm
Topics: Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination -- Fiction, Kennedy, John F. (John...

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73 73

The silent world of doctor and patient

1984 1984

by Katz, Jay, 1922-2008

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xxi, 263 p. ; 25 cm
Topics: Physician and patient, Medicine -- Decision making, Trust, Paternalism, Decision making, Informed...

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2,025 2.0K

Fundamentals of ecology

1971 1971

by Odum, Eugene Pleasants, 1913-

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xiv, 574 p. : 27 cm
Topic: Ecology

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2,662 2.7K

Ender's game

1986 1986

by Card, Orson Scott; Harris, John, 1948 July 29- illustrator

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"A TOR book."
( 1 reviews )
Topics: Science Fiction - General, Fiction - Science Fiction, Wiggin, Ender (Fictitious character), Wiggin,...

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3,461 3.5K

The politics of reality : essays in feminist theory

1983 1983

by Frye, Marilyn

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Includes bibliographical references
Topics: Feminism, Feminist theory, Féminisme, Feminisme

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1,970 2.0K

Critical race theory : the key writings that formed the movement

1995 1995

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xxxii, 494 pages ; 26 cm
( 2 reviews )
Topics: Race discrimination -- Law and legislation -- United States, Race discrimination -- Law and...

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1,721 1.7K

Changing fortunes : the world's money and the threat to American leadership

1992 1992

by Volcker, Paul A; Gyohten, Toyoo

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 373-377) and index
Topics: Finance, Non-Classifiable, Money, History, International economic relatio, International economic...

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1,553 1.6K

Giraffes can't dance

2001 2001

by Andreae, Giles, 1966- author

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1 volume (unpaged) : 31 cm
Topics: Children's stories, English, Giraffe -- Fiction, Dance -- Fiction, Individuality -- Fiction, Dance,...

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388 388

Whose justice? Which rationality?

1988 1988

by MacIntyre, Alasdair C

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xi, 410 pages ; 23 cm
Topics: Justice (Philosophy) -- History, Reason -- History, Ethics -- History, Social Justice -- history,...

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709 709

Ethics : the essential writings

2010 2010

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xiv, 611 p. ; 21 cm
Topic: Ethics

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2,268 2.3K

Alexander and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day

1987 1987

by Viorst, Judith; Cruz, Ray, ill

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On a day when everything goes wrong for him, Alexander is consoled by the thought that other people have bad days too. Alexander wakes up to a bad day & things get progressively worse as the hours wear on, until he thinks he may escape it all & go to Australia. On a day when everything goes wrong for him, Alexander is consoled by the thought that other people have bad days too. Alexander knew it was going to be a terrible day when he woke up with gum in this hair. And it got worse......
Topic: Humorous stories

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1,112 1.1K

The golden chance

1990 1990

by Krentz, Jayne Ann

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Stunning, stubborn, and independent, Philadelphia Fox lost her best friend because of the fabulously rich and powerful Lightfoot family of Washington state. Now she's got her friend's controlling shares in Lightfoot Industries - an inheritance that brings Nick, the family's prodigal and supremely attractive son, knocking at her door
Topics: Romance, Romance - General, Fiction, Fiction - Romance, Romance: Regency, Romance - Contemporary,...
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1,610 1.6K

At the dark end of the street : black women, rape, and resistance- a new history of the civil rights movement from Rosa Parks to the rise of black power

2010 2010

by McGuire, Danielle L

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xxii, 324 pages : 25 cm
Topics: Medborgarrätt -- Förenta staterna, Sexualitet -- kropp -- kvinnobilden, Afro-amerikanska...

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1,297 1.3K

All God's children : the Bosket family and the American tradition of violence

1995 1995

by Butterfield, Fox

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Uncorrected proof
Topics: Bosket family, African Americans, African American prisoners, Violence, Racism

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1,042 1.0K

In search of respect : selling crack in El Barrio

1995 1995

by Bourgois, Philippe I., 1956- author

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-378) and index
Topics: Drug addiction & substance abuse, Ethnic studies, Sociology, Sociology - Urban, Crack...
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193 193

Making race and nation : a comparison of South Africa, the United States, and Brazil

1998 1998

by Marx, Anthony W

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xviii, 390 p. ; 23 cm
Topics: Race discrimination -- Case studies, Race relations -- Case studies, Brazil -- Race relations,...

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1,778 1.8K

Implementing public policy

1980 1980

by Edwards, George C

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xiv, 181 p. ; 23 cm. --
Topics: Policy sciences, Public administration -- Decision making

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271 271

Medical apartheid : the dark history of medical experimentation on Black Americans from colonial times to the present

2006 2006

by Washington, Harriet A

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x, 501 p. : 25 cm
Topics: Human experimentation in medicine -- United States -- History, African Americans -- Medical care --...

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667 667

The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano

2007 2007

by Equiano, Olaudah, 1745-1797

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xi, 244 pages : 21 cm
Topics: Equiano, Olaudah, né 1745, Equiano, Olaudah, 1745-1797, Slaves -- Great Britain -- Biography,...

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2,367 2.4K

Steve Jobs

2011 2011

by Isaacson, Walter, author

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xxi, 630 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : 25 cm
Topics: Jobs, Steve, 1955-2011, Jobs, Steve 1955-2011, Apple Computer, Inc -- History, Apple Computer, Inc,...

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2,162 2.2K

The history of doing : an illustrated account of movements for women's rights and feminism in India, 1800-1990

1993 1993

by Kumar, Radha

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Includes bibliographical references and index
Topics: Feminism, Women's rights, Women

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2,361 2.4K

Embracing defeat : Japan in the wake of World War II

1999 1999

by Dower, John W

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Includes bibliographical references and index
Source: removedNEL

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3,506 3.5K

Trauma and recovery

1997 1997

by Judith Lewis Herman

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Topics: Post-traumatic stress disorder, Post-traumatic stress disorder -- Treatment

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764 764

The witchcraft sourcebook

2004 2004

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xiii, 348 p. : 25 cm
Topics: Witchcraft -- History -- Sources, Magic -- History -- Sources

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701 701

Poetic justice : the literary imagination and public life

1995 1995

by Nussbaum, Martha C. (Martha Craven), 1947-

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xix, 143 pages ; 23 cm
Topics: Politics and literature, Literature and society, Ethik, Imagination, Literatur, Letterkunde,...

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2,373 2.4K

A testament of hope

1994 1994

by Martin Luther King, Jr.

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favorite 29

comment 0

Topic: index

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626 626

Crucial conversations : tools for talking when stakes are high

2012 2012

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xviii, 244 pages ; 24 cm
Topics: Interpersonal communication, Interpersonal relations, Communication, Interpersonal Relations,...

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242 242

"They say/I say" : the moves that matter in academic writing : with readings

2009 2009

by Graff, Gerald

eye 242

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xx, 507 p. : 19 cm
Topics: English language -- Rhetoric -- Handbooks, manuals, etc, Persuasion (Rhetoric) -- Handbooks,...

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601 601

Getting to yes : negotiating agreement without giving in

2011 2011

by Fisher, Roger, 1922-2012, author

eye 601

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xxix, 204 pages ; 20 cm
Topics: Negotiation, Negotiating, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Conflict Resolution & Mediation, BUSINESS...

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1,082 1.1K

The great Gatsby

1996 1996

by Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott), 1896-1940, author

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172 pages ; 25 cm
Topics: Gatsby, Jay (Fictitious character) -- Fiction, Buchanan, Daisy (Fictitious character) -- Fiction,...

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1,945 1.9K

The goldfinch

2013 2013

by Tartt, Donna

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771 pages ; 25 cm
Topics: Young men -- Fiction, Loss (Psychology) -- Fiction, Artists -- Fiction, Self-realization --...

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1,028 1.0K

The night manager : a novel

1993 1993

by Le Carré, John, 1931-

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429 pages ; 25 cm
Topics: Spy stories, English, Spies -- Fiction, Spies -- Great Britain -- Fiction

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3,010 3.0K

Imagined communities : reflections on the origin and spread of nationalism

1991 1991

by Anderson, Benedict R. O'G. (Benedict Richard O'Gorman), 1936-2015

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xv, 224 pages ; 24 cm
Topics: Nationalism -- History, Nationalisme -- Histoire, Nationalism, Nationalisme, Nacionalismo

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275 275

Dead man walking : an eyewitness account of the death penalty in the United States

1993 1993

by Prejean, Helen

eye 275

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xiii, 278 p. ; 24 cm
Topics: Capital punishment -- United States, Capital punishment -- Religious aspects

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3,599 3.6K

Our common future

1987 1987

by World Commission on Environment and Development

eye 3,599

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Includes bibliographies
Topics: Economic development, Nature, Environmental policy, Human ecology

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587 587

Groundwork of the metaphysics of morals

2012 2012

by Kant, Immanuel, 1724-1804

eye 587

favorite 27

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xliv, 87 pages ; 24 cm
Topics: Ethics -- Early works to 1800, PHILOSOPHY / Reference

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3,088 3.1K

The true story of the 3 little pigs

1989 1989

by Scieszka, Jon; Smith, Lane, ill

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The wolf gives his own outlandish version of what really happened when he tangled with the three little pigs
Topics: Wolves, Pigs

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