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American Government 2009-2010 (Custom Edition for Palomar College)
by Terry Christensen Larry N. Gerston Steffen W. Schmidt Mack C. Shelley II Barbara A. BardesAMERICAN GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS TODAY: THE ESSENTIALS 2009-2010 EDITION inspires readers to join the exciting process of being active, informed citizens.
Slow Trains Overhead: Chicago Poems and Stories
by Reginald GibbonsFew people writing today could successfully combine an intimate knowledge of Chicago with a poet's eye, and capture what it's really like to live in this remarkable city.
The Shadows (Vampire Huntress Legends, #11)
by L. A. BanksIn the next scintillating Vampire Huntress Legend tale, the Huntress team sets off to save the world from Armageddon.
The Forbidden (Vampire Huntress Legends, #5)
by L. A. BanksThe Body of a Goddess with the Heart of Hell itself. The devil is a dead-beat dad and his consort Lilith couldn't care less. A stolen embryo stirs in Lilith's womb and a plan pulses through her veins: To unleash her child from the gates of hell as soon as she destroys the only two vampire hunters who can possibly stop her.
The Darkness (Vampire Huntress Legends, #10)
by L. A. BanksAfter the battle at Masada, the Neteru team returns to San Diego believing forty-thousand demons had been eradicated and that Lilith's spawn has been killed.
The Thirteenth (Vampire Huntress Legends, #12)
by L. A. BanksThe Thirteenth is the final story in the cult favorite Vampire Huntress series. The nation is under martial law, and if things weren't bad enough, the Dark Realm breaks the sixth biblical seal, plunging the world into perpetual darkness--and irrevocably into the Armageddon.
Twelve Angry Men and Other Plays
by Reginald Rose Budd Schulberg Carroll Howe Paddy ChayefskyThis Scope Play Series book has four plays: The Big Deal by Paddy Chayefsky, The Long Fall by Carroll Howe, On the Waterfront by Budd Schulberg, and Twelve Angry Men by Reginald Rose.
Prentice Hall Science Explorer: Human Biology and Health
by Martha Cyr Ioannis Miaoulis Michael J. PadillaThis book is an introduction to human anatomy and physiology. It goes in to great detail about what each body part does.
Prentice Hall Earth Science
by Elaine G. Murray Kenneth J. Walla Dale Rice Charles R. CobleEarth scientists study the earth and its characteristics. They investigate the far reaches of space, the depths of the oceans, and the interior of the earth.
Sibelius: A Composer's Life and the Awakening of Finland
by Glenda Dawn GossRecasting his undeniably influential life against the backdrop of Finland's national awakening, Sibelius will be the definitive biography of this creative legend for many years to come.
Moving Politics: Emotion and ACT UP's Fight Against AIDS
by Deborah B. GouldIn the late 1980s, after a decade spent engaged in more routine interest-group politics, thousands of lesbians and gay men responded to the AIDS crisis by defiantly and dramatically taking to the streets.
Gay Shame
by Valerie Traub David M. HalperinEver since the 1969 Stonewall Riots, "gay pride" has been the rallying cry of the gay rights movement and the political force behind the emergence of the field of lesbian and gay studies.
No Caption Needed: Iconic Photographs, Public Culture, and Liberal Democracy
by John Louis Lucaites Robert HarimanThe gaunt woman, her face lined with care, stares past the camera while three children cling to her amidst the Great Depression. A soldier catches a nurse in a powerful embrace on VJ Day in Times Square as onlookers smile approvingly.
The Italian Way: Food and Social Life
by Patrizia Faccioli Douglas A. HarperOutside of Italy, the country's culture and its food appear to be essentially synonymous. And indeed, as The Italian Way makes clear, preparing, cooking, and eating food play a central role in the daily activities of Italians from all walks of life.
The Dawn of Green: Manchester, Thirlmere, and Modern Environmentalism
by Harriet RitvoLocated in the heart of England's Lake District, Thirlmere, with its placid sheen, surrounding evergreens, and apparent lack of pollution or development, seems to epitomize the unadulterated bucolic ideal.
The Scientific Revolution
by Steven ShapinA historical exploration of the origins of the modern scientific worldview.
Villa Victoria: The Transformation of Social Capital in a Boston Barrio
by Mario Luis SmallFor decades now, scholars and politicians alike have argued that the concentration of poverty in city housing projects would produce distrust, alienation, apathy, and social isolation--the disappearance of what sociologists call social capital.
What Is Contemporary Art?
by Terry SmithWho gets to say what counts as contemporary art? Artists, critics, curators, gallerists, auctioneers, collectors, or the public?
The Discomfort Zone: A Personal History
by Jonathan FranzenJonathan Franzen arrived late, and last, in a family of boys in Webster Groves, Missouri. This is his intimate memoir of his growth from a "small and fundamentally ridiculous person," through an adolescence both excruciating and strangely happy, into an adult with embarrassing and unexpected passions.
The Conference on Beautiful Moments
by Richard BurginBurgin's sixth collection of stories, continues his daringly dark yet often humorous exploration of the war of the sexes, as well as our mysterious quest for truth, success, and identity.
The Book of Words
by Susan Bernofsky Jenny ErpenbeckWhat are my eyes for if they can see but see nothing? What are my ears for if they can hear but hear nothing? Why all this strangeness inside my head?
Swim to Me
by Betsy CarterIt's a fresh start for Delores Walker when she boards a Greyhound bus bound for Florida.
The Penguin History of the Church, Volume One: The Early Church
by Henry ChadwickHistory of the Eastern, Western, and Donatist churches from A.D. 60-800.
Reason: Why Liberals Will Win the Battle for America
by Robert B. ReichReason is a passionate and urgent statement about liberalism: what it is, the measure of its importance for America, and how it can return to the forefront of American politics.
A Stone of the Heart
by Tom GrimesThe day my father was arrested, Roger Maris hit his sixty-first home run. At the time, I was fourteen. My father had just come home from work. He was wearing what he wore to the office every day--a shabby raincoat, a fedora, and a suit so shiny with wear that I could nearly see my reflection in it. Under his arm he carried the afternoon edition of the Journal American.