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Latin America experienced an unprecedented wave of left-leaning governments between 1998 and 2010. This title examines the…

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Written in an accessible narrative style, The Afterlife of Little Women speaks to scholars, librarians, and devoted Alcott…

The inaugural book in the Johns Hopkins Studies in American Public Policy and Management series, Governors, Grants, and…

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In the end, this volume addresses not only the role of women's colleges in their own countries but what these institutions…

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This edition of Ducks, Geese, and Swans consists of two volumes, printed in full color, and packaged in a slipcase, along…

Combining the colorful intrigue of courtroom drama and the keen insights of social history, Unconscious Crime depicts…

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This faithful English-language translation includes an introduction that places Saladinin his geographic, political, and…

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Lumpkin and Seidensticker talk about conservation, because while rabbits may breed like, well, rabbits, several species are…

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Rees shows that how we obtain and preserve perishable food is related to our changing relationship with the natural world.…