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In the course of his wanderings from a Southern Negro college to New York's Harlem, an American black man becomes involved in a series of adventures. Introduction explains circumstances under which the book was written. Ellison won the National Book Award for this searing record of a black man's journey through contemporary America. Unquestionably, Ellison's book is a work of extraordinary intensity -- powerfully imagined and written with a savage,...
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Publisher
Nation Books
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
xiii, 258 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
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"The Invisible Arab is a brilliant analysis from Marwan Bishara, one of the Arab world's leading public intellectuals, on how the Arabs broke their own psychological barrier of fear to kindle one of the first significant revolutionary transformations of the twenty-first century."--Jacket.
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Publisher
Ballantine Books
Language
English
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The narrow street where Harry Bernstein grew up, in a small English mill town, was identical to countless other streets in countless other working-class neighborhoods of the early 1900s, except for the "invisible wall" that ran down its center, dividing Jewish families on one side from Christian families on the other. On the eve of World War I, Harry's family struggles to make ends meet. His father earns little money at the Jewish tailoring shop and...
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Publisher
Tim Duggan Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
291 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
A critical assessment of America's reliance on traditional economic policies, written by the Africa editor of The Financial Times, makes strategic recommendations for alternative practices that meet the needs of real-world people.
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Wesleyan University Press
Pub. Date
[2004]
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xiv, 356 pages ; 22 cm
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English
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Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand is a science fiction masterpiece, an essay on the inexplicability of sexual attractiveness, and an examination of interstellar politics among far-flung worlds. First published in 1984, the novel's central issues -- technology, globalization, gender, sexuality, and multiculturalism -- have only become more pressing with the passage of time. The novel's topic is information itself: What are the repercussions, once...
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Beacon Press
Pub. Date
2020.
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viii, 228 pages ; 22 cm.
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English
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An accessible guide for activists, educators, and all who are interested in understanding how the prison system oppresses communities and harms individuals. The United States incarcerates more of its residents than any other nation. Though home to 5% of the global population, the United States has nearly 25% of the world's prisoners--a total of over 2 million people. This number continues to steadily rise. Over the past 40 years, the number of people...
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Publisher
Peter Owen
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
405 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
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"When H.G. Wells left school in 1880 at the age of thirteen he looked destined for obscurity. Defying expectations, he went on to become one of the most famous writers in the world, remaining active into the era of the atomic bomb, which he had predicted thirty years earlier. Along the way he created classic science-fiction tales such as The Time Machine, The Invisible Man and The War of the Worlds, reinvented the Dickensian novel in Kipps and The...
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Philomel Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
262 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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English
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Perry Wallace was born at an historic crossroads in U.S. history. He entered kindergarten the year that the Brown v. Board of Education decision led to integrated schools, allowing blacks and whites to learn side by side. A week after Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech, Wallace enrolled in high school and his sensational jumping, dunking, and rebounding abilities quickly earned him the attention of college basketball recruiters from...
Publisher
Library of America
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
xix, 471 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In this anthology of memoirs, poems, novels, comedy routines, letters, essays, and song lyrics, O'Brien provides a kaleidoscopic guided tour through the subterranean scenes and tribes that gave birth to cool: the worlds of jazz, of disaffected postwar youth, of the racially and sexually excluded, of outlaws and drug users creating their own dissident networks.
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Publisher
CRC Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (lxvi, 247 pages) : illustrations
Language
English
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PROLOGUE: Unlearning What's Untrue. SECTION I SystemsInvention: An Attempt to Improve the World Understanding Inventions: A Brief Introduction to the System ModelUnderstanding Patents: An Application of the System ModelSystem Interfaces: How the Elements Work TogetherSystem Control Points: Where to Aim the Silver BulletsSECTION II Outside the BoxOutside the Box: Developing Skills for Creative ThinkingSeeing the Outlines of the Box: Discovering the...
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Publisher
W.W. Norton & Co
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
380 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Learn the science behind the headlines in this work that outlines the tools of terrorists, the dangers of nuclear power, and the reality of global warming.
15) The way of the Wall Street warrior: conquer the corporate game using tips, tricks, and smartcuts
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Publisher
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 online resource : color illustrations
Language
English
Description
"The Wall Street Way is an insider?s irreverent, acerbic guide on how to use gamesmanship to get hired, get ahead, and survive on Wall Street, on Main Street, any other highly competitive environment. The tactics described for getting in the door and rising to the top of the food chain apply whether you spend 18 hours a day in a dog-eat-dog office sitting two steps from your nearest colleague, or if you?re working from home because of the pandemic....
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New York University Press
Pub. Date
©2000
Physical Desc
xiv, 550 pages ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"This unique anthology is the first to provide a multicultural perspective on witchcraft from the 15th to 18th century. Featuring primary documents as well as scholarly interpretations, Witches of the Atlantic World builds upon information regarding both Christian and non-Christian beliefs about possession and the demonic. Elaine G. Breslaw draws on Native American, African, South American, and African-American sources, as well as the European and...
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