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Roy Scheider: A Film Biography
Diane C. Kachmar
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• Author(s): Diane C. Kachmar • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Film - Guides & Reviews Over his 30-plus-year acting career, Roy Scheider has redefined America's idea of a leading man, ...
View full detailsWatching Communism Fail: A Memoir of Life in the Soviet Union
Gary Berkovich
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• Author(s): Gary Berkovich • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Artists, Architects, Photographers In this memoir, architect Gary Berkovich describes life growing up Jewish in the Soviet Unio...
View full detailsTwain and Freud on the Human Race: Parallels on Personality, Politics and Religion
Abraham Kupersmith
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• Author(s): Abraham Kupersmith • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: American - General This work explores the psychological insights and theories of Mark Twain and Sigmund Freud. Though at fi...
View full detailsGlut: Mastering Information Through the Ages
Alex Wright
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• Author(s): Alex Wright • Publisher: Cornell University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cornell University Press • BISAC: World - GeneralSpanning disciplines from evolutionary theory and cultural anthropology to the history of books, libraries, and c...
View full detailsGothic Kings of Britain: The Lives of 31 Medieval Rulers, 1016-1399
Philip J. Potter
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• Author(s): Philip J. Potter • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Historical - General This biographical history tells the story of 31 Gothic monarchs who fought in the crusades, enforced the...
View full detailsBaldness: A Social History
Kerry Segrave
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• Author(s): Kerry Segrave • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Dermatology Each year, men spend an enormous amount of time and money searching for a cure to male pattern baldness. Numerous ps...
View full detailsThe Silent Cinema in Song, 1896-1929: An Illustrated History and Catalog of Songs Inspired by the Movies and Stars, with a List of Recordings
Ken Wlaschin
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• Author(s): Ken Wlaschin • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Film - General Musical accompaniment was an important feature of the early moviegoing experience. The quality of a musical score ...
View full detailsMarines Dodging Death: Sixty-Two Accounts of Close Calls in World War II, Korea, Vietnam, Lebanon, Iraq and Afghanistan
Robert A. Simonsen
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• Author(s): Robert A. Simonsen • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Military - General Most Marine and Navy Corpsmen who have seen active combat have, at one time or another, experienced a cl...
View full detailsCities and Water: A Handbook for Planning
Roger L. Kemp
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• Author(s): Roger L. Kemp • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: General Droughts, global warming and rising infrastructure costs have brought new attention to water as both an urban planning a...
View full detailsFitz-John Porter, Scapegoat of Second Manassas: The Rise, Fall and Rise of the General Accused of Disobedience
Donald R. Jermann
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• Author(s): Donald R. Jermann • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Military - General One of the darkest days in United States history since Valley Forge was August 30, 1862. On this date the...
View full detailsThe Billy Goat Curse: Losing and Superstition in Cubs Baseball Since World War II
Gil Bogen
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• Author(s): Gil Bogen • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Baseball - History In 1945 the most famous curse in sports was placed on the Chicago Cubs when Bill Sianis and his goat were ejected...
View full detailsMongrel Nation: The America Begotten by Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings
Clarence E. Walker
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• Author(s): Clarence E. Walker • Publisher: University of Virginia Press • Publisher Imprint: University of Virginia Press • BISAC: United States - Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)The debate over the affair between Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hem...
View full detailsEquilibrium, Trade, and Growth: Selected Papers of Lionel W. McKenzie
Lionel W. McKenzie, Tapan Mitra, Kazuo Nishimura
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• Author(s): Lionel W. McKenzie | Tapan Mitra | Kazuo Nishimura • Publisher: MIT Press • Publisher Imprint: MIT Press • BISAC: Economics - TheoryInfluential neoclassical economist Lionel McKenzie has made major contributions to postwar economic t...
View full detailsDoctoral Education and the Faculty of the Future
Ronald G. Ehrenberg, Charlotte V. Kuh
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• Author(s): Ronald G. Ehrenberg | Charlotte V. Kuh • Publisher: Cornell University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cornell University Press • BISAC: HigherAmerican colleges and universities simultaneously face large numbers of faculty retirements and...
View full detailsJames Still in Interviews, Oral Histories and Memoirs
Ted Olson
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• Author(s): Ted Olson • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: General One of the most admired and influential authors to work in and write about Appalachia, James Still excelled in every genre o...
View full detailsMusical Groups in the Movies, 1929-1970
Roy Liebman
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• Author(s): Roy Liebman • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Film - General Hundreds of musical groups have appeared in at least one film from 1929 through 1970. This is a reference book devo...
View full detailsPaul Bern: The Life and Famous Death of the MGM Director and Husband of Harlow
E. J. Fleming
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• Author(s): E. J. Fleming • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: General Paul Bern, known throughout the movie business as "Hollywood's Father Confessor," earned a reputation for being a loyal ...
View full detailsEngaging the Community in Decision Making: Case Studies Tracking Participation, Voice and Influence
Roz Diane Lasker, John A. Guidry
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• Author(s): Roz Diane Lasker | John A. Guidry • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Sociology - Urban In recent years, the rapidly growing field of community participation has promised to give...
View full detailsThe History of Television, 1880 to 1941
Albert Abramson
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• Author(s): Albert Abramson • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Television & Video No other technological innovation can be cited whose impact on the fabric of daily living has been as p...
View full detailsBiographical Dictionary of Anthropologists
William Stewart
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• Author(s): William Stewart • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: General This biographical dictionary provides information on 322 men and women who have made or are making significant contrib...
View full detailsNine College Nines: A Closeup View of Campus Baseball Programs Today
Gregory J. Tully
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• Author(s): Gregory J. Tully • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Baseball - General Covering nine teams from Divisions I, II and III, NAIA, and junior college, this book provides a view of c...
View full detailsFrank Borzage: The Life and Films of a Hollywood Romantic
Hervé Dumont
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• Author(s): Hervé Dumont • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Film - General This work brings to readers of English a comprehensive and engaging treatment of one of America's greatest, if lar...
View full detailsWilliam Scott Ament and the Boxer Rebellion: Heroism, Hubris and the Ideal Missionary
Larry Clinton Thompson
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• Author(s): Larry Clinton Thompson • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: World - General In 1900 in China a peasant movement known as the Boxers rose up and tried to destroy its Western oppres...
View full detailsForced to Be Good: Why Trade Agreements Boost Human Rights
Emilie M. Hafner-Burton
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• Author(s): Emilie M. Hafner-Burton • Publisher: Cornell University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cornell University Press • BISAC: Human RightsPreferential trade agreements have become common ways to protect or restrict access to national markets ...
View full detailsThe Library Student Advisory Board: Why Your Academic Library Needs It and How to Make It Work
Amy L. Deuink, Marianne Seiler
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• Author(s): Amy L. Deuink | Marianne Seiler • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: General This is a practical guide written by two professionals with real-world experience establishing a libra...
View full detailsSports and Their Fans: The History, Economics and Culture of the Relationship Between Spectator and Sport
Kevin G. Quinn
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• Author(s): Kevin G. Quinn • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: General Though Americans spend more than $25 billion a year on sports and sporting events, this book argues that the influence ...
View full detailsThe Art and Craft of Screenwriting: Fundamentals, Methods and Advice from Insiders
Shelly Frome
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• Author(s): Shelly Frome • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Film - Screenwriting This guide for screenwriters and those interested in the screenwriting process has important information on ...
View full detailsFrom Silents to Sound: A Biographical Encyclopedia of Performers Who Made the Transition to Talking Pictures
Roy Liebman
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• Author(s): Roy Liebman • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Film - Reference Garbo talked, Gilbert self-destructed and Chaplin refused--that's about all many people know about silent film ac...
View full detailsThe Wampas Baby Stars: A Biographical Dictionary, 1922-1934
Roy Liebman
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• Author(s): Roy Liebman • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Entertainment & Performing Arts - General In 1922, an early association of film publicists known as the Western Associated Mot...
View full detailsPalestine and International Law: Essays on Politics and Economics
Sanford R. Silverburg
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• Author(s): Sanford R. Silverburg • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Essays This collection of thirteen essays explains and analyzes the conflict between the Government of Israel and the Pa...
View full detailsEthics, Information and Technology: Readings
Richard N. Stichler, Robert Hauptman
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• Author(s): Richard N. Stichler | Robert Hauptman • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Ethics & Moral Philosophy Leaders in the emerging field of information ethics discuss five topics: f...
View full detailsAircraft of the Luftwaffe, 1935-1945: An Illustrated Guide
Jean-Denis G. G. Lepage
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• Author(s): Jean-Denis G. G. Lepage • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Wars & Conflicts - World War II - General One of the most significant innovations in modern warfare has been the a...
View full detailsFederations
Chad Rector
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• Author(s): Chad Rector • Publisher: Cornell University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cornell University Press • BISAC: Civics & CitizenshipWhy would states ever give up their independence to join federations? While federation can provide more ...
View full detailsFederations: The Political Dynamics of Cooperation
Chad Rector
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• Author(s): Chad Rector • Publisher: Cornell University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cornell University Press • BISAC: Civics & CitizenshipWhy would states ever give up their independence to join federations? While federation can provide more ...
View full detailsDependent Communities: Aid and Politics in Cambodia and East Timor
Caroline Hughes
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• Author(s): Caroline Hughes • Publisher: Southeast Asia Program Publications • Publisher Imprint: Southeast Asia Program Publications • BISAC: International Relations - GeneralDependent Communities investigates the political situations in contem...
View full detailsThe Landscape of Reform: Civic Pragmatism and Environmental Thought in America
Ben A. Minteer
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• Author(s): Ben A. Minteer • Publisher: MIT Press • Publisher Imprint: MIT Press • BISAC: Environmental Conservation & Protection - GeneralA study of the pragmatic roots of American environmentalism--as seen in the work of Liberty Hyde Baile...
View full detailsInterdisciplinary Views on Abortion: Essays from Philosophical, Sociological, Anthropological, Political, Health and Other Perspectives
Susan A. Martinelli-Fernandez, Lori Baker-Sperry, Heather McIlvaine-Newsad
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• Author(s): Susan A. Martinelli-Fernandez | Lori Baker-Sperry | Heather McIlvaine-Newsad • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Abortion & Birth Control This book examines issues surroundin...
View full detailsSaluki: The Desert Hound and the English Travelers Who Brought It to the West
Brian Patrick Duggan
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• Author(s): Brian Patrick Duggan • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Dogs - Breeds One of the oldest known breeds of domesticated dogs, the Saluki traveled throughout the Middle East with de...
View full detailsChannels of Power: The Un Security Council and U.S. Statecraft in Iraq
Alexander Thompson
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• Author(s): Alexander Thompson • Publisher: Cornell University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cornell University Press • BISAC: History & Theory - GeneralWhen President George W. Bush launched an invasion of Iraq in March of 2003, he did so with...
View full detailsMaking Milwaukee Mightier
John McCarthy
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• Author(s): John McCarthy • Publisher: Northern Illinois University Press • Publisher Imprint: Northern Illinois University Press • BISAC: Public Policy - City Planning & Urban DevelopmentProgressive Era city planners are best known for gran...
View full detailsThe Deep End of South Park: Critical Essays on Television's Shocking Cartoon Series
Leslie Stratyner, James R. Keller
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• Author(s): Leslie Stratyner | James R. Keller • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Television - History & Criticism No American television show of the past decade has been vilified as ha...
View full detailsFarmers on Welfare: The Making of Europe's Common Agricultural Policy
Ann-Christina L. Knudsen
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• Author(s): Ann-Christina L. Knudsen • Publisher: Cornell University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cornell University Press • BISAC: Industries - GeneralIn 2007 the farm subsidies of the European Union's Common Agricultural Policy took over 40 perc...
View full detailsCondensed Capitalism
Daniel Sidorick
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• Author(s): Daniel Sidorick • Publisher: ILR Press • Publisher Imprint: ILR Press • BISAC: Labor & Industrial Relations - GeneralCorporations often move factories to areas where production costs, notably labor, taxes, and regulations, are sh...
View full detailsAmerican POWs in World War II: Twelve Personal Accounts of Captivity by Germany and Japan
Harry Spiller
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• Author(s): Harry Spiller • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Wars & Conflicts - World War II - General These accounts describe the battle and POW experiences of twelve American military...
View full detailsThe Fabric of American Literary Realism: Readymade Clothing, Social Mobility and Assimilation
Babak Elahi
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• Author(s): Babak Elahi • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: General This critical study traces the connections between the rising economic importance of the garment industry and the advent o...
View full detailsCaptain America and the Struggle of the Superhero: Critical Essays
Robert G. Weiner
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• Author(s): Robert G. Weiner • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: General For more than 60 years, Captain America was one of Marvel Comics' flagship characters, representing truth, strength, ...
View full detailsOrville's Aviators: Outstanding Alumni of the Wright Flying School, 1910-1916
John Carver Edwards
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• Author(s): John Carver Edwards • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: General The six pioneers profiled here were promising graduates of the Wright Brothers' School of Aviation, which flourish...
View full detailsWhere Does Binding Theory Apply?
David Lebeaux
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• Author(s): David Lebeaux • Publisher: MIT Press • Publisher Imprint: MIT Press • BISAC: Linguistics - GeneralAn exploration of the architecture of the grammar, where conditions apply, and the nature of the lexical/functional split.This concise ...
View full detailsWomen in the Civil War: Extraordinary Stories of Soldiers, Spies, Nurses, Doctors, Crusaders, and Others
Larry G. Eggleston
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• Author(s): Larry G. Eggleston • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: United States - Civil War When the Civil War broke out, women answered the call for help. They broke away from their tradit...
View full detailsFlamenco: Conflicting Histories of the Dance
Michelle Heffner Hayes
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• Author(s): Michelle Heffner Hayes • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Dance - Folk This analytical history traces representations of flamenco dance in Spain and abroad from the twentieth ce...
View full detailsGlamour in Six Dimensions: Modernism and the Radiance of Form
Judith Brown
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• Author(s): Judith Brown • Publisher: Cornell University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cornell University Press • BISAC: English, Irish, Scottish, WelshGlamour is an alluring but elusive concept. We most readily associate it with fashion, industria...
View full detailsPatents Handbook: A Guide for Inventors and Researchers to Searching Patent Documents and Preparing and Making an Application
Fred K. Carr
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• Author(s): Fred K. Carr • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Intellectual Property - Patent This work first provides a general overview of the U.S. patent system, covering such issues as the...
View full detailsTipping: An American Social History of Gratuities
Kerry Segrave
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• Author(s): Kerry Segrave • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: United States - General Though the history of tipping can be traced to the Middle Ages, the practice did not become widespread u...
View full detailsCharles Chesnutt Reappraised: Essays on the First Major African American Fiction Writer
David Garrett Izzo, Maria Orban
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• Author(s): David Garrett Izzo | Maria Orban • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: General One of the best known and most widely read of early African American writers, Charles W. Chesnutt pub...
View full detailsCities and Sports Stadiums: A Planning Handbook
Roger L. Kemp
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• Author(s): Roger L. Kemp • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Public Policy - City Planning & Urban Development Throughout the United States, community development is increasingly focuse...
View full detailsManual of Leaf Architecture
Beth Ellis, Douglas C. Daly, Leo J. Hickey
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• Author(s): Beth Ellis | Douglas C. Daly | Leo J. Hickey • Publisher: Comstock Publishing • Publisher Imprint: Comstock Publishing • BISAC: Life Sciences - BotanyPublished in Association with the New York Botanical GardenThe Manual of Leaf Archi...
View full detailsSoup Through the Ages: A Culinary History with Period Recipes
Victoria R. Rumble
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• Author(s): Victoria R. Rumble • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: History As cooking advanced from simply placing wild grains, seeds, or meat in or near a fire to following some vague notio...
View full detailsEnd of Days: Essays on the Apocalypse from Antiquity to Modernity
Karolyn Kinane, Michael A. Ryan
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• Author(s): Karolyn Kinane | Michael A. Ryan • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Folklore & Mythology The idea of the complete annihilation of all life is a powerful and culturally unive...
View full detailsReading Edith Wharton Through a Darwinian Lens: Evolutionary Biological Issues in Her Fiction
Judith P. Saunders
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• Author(s): Judith P. Saunders • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: General Beneath the polished surface of the genteel environments delineated in Wharton's fiction, characters are competing ...
View full detailsHealing Together
Thomas A. Kochan, Adrienne E. Eaton, Robert B. McKersie
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• Author(s): Thomas A. Kochan | Adrienne E. Eaton | Robert B. McKersie • Publisher: ILR Press • Publisher Imprint: ILR Press • BISAC: Hospital Administration & CareKaiser Permanente is the largest managed care organization in the country. It ...
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