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An Uncommon History of Common Courtesy : How Manners Shaped the World
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Subject(s): Etiquette -- History | Manners and customs | United States -- Miscellanea -- Civilization Summary: With engaging and artfully presented text, including sidebars on media mavens throughout history, social gaffes, and archaic manners, this book is as entertaining as it is informative. Readers delve into cultural similarities and diffe

The Ocean Inside
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Subject(s): Families -- Fiction | Pawleys Island (S.C.) -- Fiction Summary: Emmett and Lauren Sullivan have always been a team, working together to raise their daughters on tranquil Pawley's Island, South Carolina. Now, with all their attention focused on nine-year-old Ainslie, they barely notice as their older daughter Sloan drifts further

Civil Religion : a Dialogue in the History of Political Philosophy
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Subject(s): Political science -- History | Political science -- Philosophy History Summary: "Civil Religion offers philosophical commentaries on more than twenty thinkers stretching from the sixteenth to the twentieth century. The book examines four important traditions within the history of modern political philosophy and delves into how e

If you Leave Us Here, We Will Die : How Genocide Was Stopped in East Timor
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Subject(s): Genocide -- Timor-Leste | Political violence -- Timor-Leste | Genocide intervention -- Timor-Leste | Humanitarian intervention -- Timor-Leste Summary: "Tells the story of East Timor, a half-island that suffered genocide after Indonesia invaded in 1975, and which was again laid to waste after the population voted for independence

Roger Federer : the Greatest
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Subject(s): Federer, Roger, 1981- | Tennis players -- Biography -- Switzerland Summary: "For several years, tennis aficionados wondered whether they could really call Roger Federer the greatest ever tennis player. In 2009, Federer ended that debate by completing his collection of career Grand Slams and overtaking Pete Sampras' all-time

The Last Man on the Mountain : the Death of an American Adventurer on K2
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Subject(s): Wolfe, Dudley | Mountaineering -- Pakistan K2 (Mountain) | Mountaineering accidents -- Pakistan K2 (Mountain) | Mountaineers -- Biography -- United States | K2 (Pakistan : Mountain) Summary: In 1939 the Savage Mountain claimed its first victim. Born into vast wealth yet uneasy with a life of leisure, Dudley Wolfe, of Boston and Rock

Calculus Demystified
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Subject(s): Calculus Summary: "Calculate this: learning calculus just got a whole lot easier! Stumped trying to understand calculus? Calculus demystified, second edition, will help you master this essential mathematical subject. Written in a step-by-step format, this practical guide begins by covering the basics--number systems, coordinates

Drugs
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Subject(s): Drug abuse -- Juvenile literature | Drugs -- Juvenile literature. -- Social aspects | Drug abuse | Drugs -- Social aspects Summary: Explores the issues surrounding drugs. Presents diversity of opinion on the topic, including both conservative and liberal points of view in an even balance Contents: Richard S. Sandor -- Sally

Wild Child
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Subject(s): United States -- Fiction -- Social life and customs -- 21st century Summary: With trademark imagination, T.C. Boyle presents a collection of fourteen short stories. In the volume's title story, Victor, a feral boy in Napoleonic France, is captured and is introduced to civilization for the first time. However it is the child'

The Muslim Revolt : a Journey Through Political Islam
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Subject(s): Islam and politics -- History | Nationalism -- Islamic countries | Political culture -- Islamic countries | Islamic fundamentalism | Islam -- Relations | Islamic countries -- Relations -- Western countries Summary: This book offers the reader a subtler grasp of today's Islamic societies and their discontents, explaining how the

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