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The Map of Bones
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Subject(s): Regression (Civilization) -- Fiction | Social stratification -- Fiction | Psychic ability -- Fiction | Twins -- Fiction Summary: "Book Two in the critically acclaimed The Fire Sermon trilogy--The Hunger Games meets Cormac McCarthy's The Road in this richly imagined post-apocalyptic series by award-winning poet Francesca Haig

Essentials of Visual Communication
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Subject(s): Visual communication | Graphic arts Summary: From the Publisher: Essentials of Visual Communication is an inspiring and uniquely accessible guide to visual communication. The book presents the major disciplines in today's media, and puts theory into practice, explaining how to achieve a strong communication chain from strategy

The Second Girl
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Subject(s): Private investigators -- Fiction | Kidnapping victims -- Fiction | Drug addicts -- Fiction Summary: Frank Marr knows crime in Washington, DC. A decorated former police detective, he retired early and now ekes a living as a private eye for a defense attorney. Frank Marr may be the best investigator the city has ever known, but the ci

Corruption : a Short History
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Subject(s): Political corruption -- History Summary: "From ancient times to modern, corruption has been ingrained in human society and is still a powerful issue in the contemporary world. In Corruption: A Short History, Carlo Brioschi provides a thorough and entertaining look at how corruption was born and has evolved over time, without ev

The Death of Money : the Coming Collapse of the International Monetary System
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Subject(s): Money -- History | International finance | Currency crises | Financial crises Summary: " "The next financial collapse will resemble nothing in history. Deciding upon the best course to follow will require comprehending a minefield of risks, while poised at a crossroads, pondering the death of the dollar." The int

Russia's Own Orient : the Politics of Identity and Oriental Studies in the Late Imperial and Early Soviet Periods
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Subject(s): Orientalism -- History -- 20th century -- Russia | Asia -- Study and teaching -- Russia | Asia -- Civilization | Russia -- Civilization | Russia -- Intellectual life -- 1801-1917 Summary: "Russia's own Orient examines how intellectuals in early twentieth-century Russia offered a new and radical critique of the ways in which

Studying Modern Arabic Literature : Mustafa Badawi, Scholar and Critic
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Subject(s): Badawi, Muhammad Mustafa | Arabic literature -- History and criticism Summary: Prior to the 1960s the study of Arabic literature, both Classical and Modern, had barely been emancipated from the academic approaches of Orientalism. The appointment of Mustafa Badawi as Oxford University's first Lecturer in Modern Arabic Literature

The Radium Girls : They Paid with their Lives, their Final Fight Was for Justice
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Subject(s): Watch dial painters -- Diseases History -- United States | Radium paint -- Toxicology | Consumers' leagues -- History -- United States | Industrial hygiene -- History -- 20th century -- United States | World War, 1914-1918 -- Women -- United States | World War, 1914-1918 -- War work -- United States Summary: Ordinary women in 19

Rebirth : a Fable of Love, Forgiveness, and Following your Heart
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Subject(s): Spiritual life -- Fiction | Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages -- Fiction | Camino de Santiago de Compostela -- Fiction Summary: "From the author of the bestsellers Love Yourself Like Your Life Depends on It and Live Your Truth comes Rebirth, an inspiring novel about the magic that happens when you learn to follow your heart. A

Anatomy of Authoritarianism in the Arab Republics
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Subject(s): Authoritarianism -- History -- 20th century -- Arab countries | Authoritarianism -- History -- 21st century -- Arab countries | Arab countries -- Politics and government -- 1945- Summary: "By examining the system of authoritarianism in eight Arab republics, Joseph Sassoon portrays life under these regimes and explores the mechan

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