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| Early Royko |
A collection of early columns from the "Chicago Daily News" that ranges from witty social commentary to politically astute satire.
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| Broadcasting the Civil War in El Salvador |
During the 1980s war in El Salvador, Radio Venceremos was the main news outlet for the Frente Farabundo Marti para la Liberacion Nacional, the guerrilla organization that challenged the government. This title tells the story of the early years of tha
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| Separate Societies |
Examines the damaging divisions that isolate poor city minority residents from the middle-class suburban majority. This title focuses on how the needs of the permanently poor have been unmet through the alternating years of promises and neglect.
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| Fictions of Well-being |
In late medieval and early modern Spain, physicians began to translate and refashion medical information for lay readers. This book explores the concept of the sickly reader, a highly motivated individual whom medical writers encouraged to seek out u
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| Nostalgia for the Future |
Since the end of the cold war, Africa has seen a rise in political and religious phenomena, including an eviscerated privatized state, neoliberal NGOs, Pentecostalism, a resurgence in accusations of witchcraft, and a culture of scamming and fraud. Th
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| The Chora of Croton: v. 1 |
From 1974 to the present, the Institute of Classical Archaeology (ICA) at the University of Texas at Austin has carried out archaeological excavations and surveys in ancient territories (chorae) in southern Italy. This title reports the excavation re
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| P. S. O'Hegarty (1879-1955) |
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| Asymmetric Autonomy and the Settlement of Ethnic Conflicts |
This collection of new case studies assesses the ability of asymmetrical autonomy agreements to resolve violent struggles between central governments and separatist groups within their borders.
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| Escaping the Fire |
During the height of the Guatemalan civil war, Tomas Guzaro, a Mayan evangelical pastor, led more than two hundred fellow Mayas out of guerrilla-controlled Ixil territory and into the relative safety of the government army's hands. This title relates
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| The Middle East as a Us Predicament: The Bush II Years (2000-2008) |
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| The Mother of Mohammed |
Investigative journalist Sally Neighbour investigates how an Australian-born woman migrated to Bali and Indonesia, converted to Islam and Jihad, and became a trusted insider to the Jemaah Islamiyah, Taliban and Al Qaeda leaderships, and Osama bin Lad
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| Nonsense on Stilts |
An exploration of the nature of science, the borderlands of fringe science, and the nonsense on stilts. Presenting case studies on many controversial topics, it cuts through the ambiguity surrounding science to look at how science is conducted, how i
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| Quixote's Soldiers |
In the mid-1960s, San Antonio, Texas, was a segregated city governed by an entrenched Anglo social and business elite. The Mexican American barrios of the west and south sides were characterized by substandard housing and experienced seasonal floodin
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| The Transformation of the Organization of American States |
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| Through the History of the Cold War |
Presented with an introduction by John Lukacs, the letters in this volume reveal new dimensions in George Kennan's thinking about America and its future and illuminate the political-and spiritual-philosophies that both authors shared as they wrote ab
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| An Ethics of Interrogation |
Turn on your television and you're bound to run across the concept of interrogation, whether it's on CNN or CSI. But despite daily mentions of the practice in the media, you're unlikely to find informed commentary on its moral implications. This book
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| In Search of the Blues |
The rich, complex lives of African Americans in Texas were often neglected by the mainstream media. This collection gathers some of the best of Minutaglio's writing about the soul of black Texas.
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| The Museum of Bioprospecting, Intellectual Property, and the Public Domain |
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| What is a Person? |
What is a person? This fundamental question is a perennial concern of philosophers and theologians. This book argues that it lies at the center of the social scientist's quest to interpret and explain social life. It presents a different model for so
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| The Educator's Guide to Texas School Law |
A work on various dimensions of Texas school law that explains what the law is and what the implications are for effective school operations. It helps professional educators avoid expensive and time-consuming lawsuits by taking effective preventive a
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