Fessler, Diane Burke.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Michigan State University Press 1996

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Duane, Diane.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Pocket Books 1983

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Hessler, Peter

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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2006

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Eissler, Trevor.

Summary: "We know we need to improve our traditional school system, both public and private. But how? More homework? Better-qualified teachers? Longer school days or school years? More testing? More funding? No, no, no, no, and no. Montessori Madness! explains why the incremental steps politicians and administrators continue to propose are incremental steps politicians and administrators continue to...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Sevenoff 2009

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Duane, Daniel

Summary: The author recounts how he assumed his family's culinary duties upon becoming a father, describing how he learned to prepare classic dishes by working his way through the cookbooks of Alice Waters, Thomas Keller, and Fergus Henderson.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2012

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Tessler, Bari

Summary: Is one of the most challenging relationships in your life the one you have with your money? Do you talk about everything, except finances? Do you make shopping decisions based on your emotions, rather than your budget or big-picture goals? Bari Tessler is here to help! The Art of Money brings mindfulness and radical self-love to this often-challenging topic. Bari Tessler's integrative approach...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Parallax Press 2016

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Fossey, Dian.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 2000

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Fessler, Ann.

Summary: This book brings to light the lives of 1.5 million single American women in the years following World War II who, under enormous social and family pressure, were coerced to give up their newborn children. It tells not of wild and carefree sexual liberation, but rather of a devastating double standard that has had punishing long-term effects on these women and on the children they gave up....

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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2006

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Fessler, Pam

Summary: "The unknown story of the only leprosy colony in the continental United States, and the thousands of Americans who were exiled--hidden away with their "shameful" disease. Between Baton Rouge and New Orleans, the Mississippi River curls around an old plantation thick with trees, with a stately white manor house at its heart. Locals knew it as Carville--the site of the only leprosarium in the...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company 2020

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Doane, Gilbert Harry

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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Minnesota Press 1992

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Eisler, Riane Tennenhaus.

Summary: Social scientist Eisler shows that the great problems of our time--such as poverty, inequality, war, terrorism, and environmental degradation--are due largely to flawed economic systems that set the wrong priorities and misallocate resources. Conventional economic models fail to value and support the most essential human work--caring and caregiving--so basic human needs are increasingly...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc. 2008

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Biale, David

Summary: This is the first comprehensive history of the pietistic movement that shaped modern Judaism. The book's unique blend of intellectual, religious, and social history offers perspectives on the movement's leaders as well as its followers, and demonstrates that, far from being a throwback to the Middle Ages, Hasidism is a product of modernity that forged its identity as a radical alternative to...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press 2018

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Blanton, DeAnne

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Publisher / Publication Date: Louisiana State University Press 2002

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McMahon, Dinny

Summary: A stunning inside look at how and why the Chinese economy is barreling towards disaster and the impact its collapse would have on the rest of the world.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2018

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Donne, John

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Publisher / Publication Date: J.M. Dent 1990

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Fieseler, Robert W.

Summary: A reconstruction of the 1973 fire that devastated New Orleans' subterranean gay community describes how the Up Stairs Lounge and dozens of innocent patrons were targeted in what became a catalyzing event in the gay liberation movement.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company 2018

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Feldman, Elane.

Summary: Explores, through text and illustrations, how fashions and clothes reflect the social, political, and cultural climate of their time.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Facts on File 1992

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Krissoff, Liana.

Summary: This hip, modern handbook is filled with fresh and new ways to preserve nature's bounty throughout the year. It features full-color photographs, recipes, and detachable canning labels.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Stewart, Tabori & Chang 2010

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Diener, Ed.

Summary: "In this book the authors present scientific evidence revealing that happiness is not overrated, and is good for people's health, social relationships, job success, longevity, and altruism. They advocate an optimal level of happiness in which people do not seek euphoria, but pursue life satisfaction, meaning, and frequent positive emotions, with recognition that some negative emotions are an...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Blackwell Pub. 2008

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Dunne, Pete

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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 1988

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Onstad, Dianne

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Publisher / Publication Date: Chelsea Green Pub. 2004

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