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Dizziness: Why You Feel Dizzy and What Will Help You Feel Better
30 Jan 2025
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This Book is a detailed guide to diagnosing and treating various types of dizziness and balance disorders. The book systematically explores different ...
Doctor Sleep: A Novel
30 Jan 2025
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Stephen King's Doctor Sleep is a horror novel excerpt focusing on Dan Torrance, now an adult, grappling with his psychic abilities and alcoholism. The...
Downward Mobility: The Form of Capital and the Sentimental Novel
30 Jan 2025
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This excerpt from "Downward Mobility: The Form of Capital and the Sentimental Novel" examines the relationship between narrative structures in 18th-ce...
Happiness Is the Way: How to Reframe Your Thinking and Work with What You Already Have to Live the Life of Your Dreams
30 Jan 2025
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This excerpt from Dr. Wayne W. Dyer's Happiness Is the Way presents his philosophy on achieving a fulfilling life. Dyer emphasizes the importance of r...
Drawing Cartoons and Comics For Dummies
30 Jan 2025
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This Book is an excerpt from Drawing Cartoons & Comics for Dummies, a how-to guide for aspiring cartoonists. It comprehensively covers various car...
Dressing Modern Frenchwomen: Marketing Haute Couture, 1919–1939
27 Jan 2025
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This Book explores the evolution of French haute couture and its marketing strategies from 1919-1939. The study analyzes fashion magazines and catalog...
Driving Women: Fiction and Automobile Culture in Twentieth-Century America
27 Jan 2025
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The provided Book exploring the multifaceted relationship between women and automobiles in 20th-century American culture. It analyzes how literature a...
Eating Smoke: Fire in Urban America, 1800–1950
27 Jan 2025
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This excerpt from Eating Smoke examines the history of firefighting and fire insurance in American cities from 1800–1950. It explores the evolution ...
Elizabeth Barrett Browning: Selected Poems
27 Jan 2025
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This Book compiles selected poems by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, arranged thematically rather than chronologically. The collection includes shorter wo...
Ecology and Conservation of the Diamond-backed Terrapin
25 Jan 2025
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This excerpt from Ecology and Conservation of the Diamond-backed Terrapin details the biology, ecology, and conservation status of the diamond-backed ...
Edge of Crisis: War and Trade in the Spanish Atlantic, 1789–1808
25 Jan 2025
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This Book is examining the interplay of war and trade in the Spanish Atlantic between 1789 and 1808. The authors analyze Spain's colonial trade polici...
Ecology of Fragmented Landscapes
25 Jan 2025
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Sharon Collinge's Ecology of Fragmented Landscapes examines the ecological impacts of habitat fragmentation. The book synthesizes existing research on...
Edison's Electric Light: The Art of Invention
25 Jan 2025
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This excerpt from Edison's Electric Light—The Art of Invention meticulously chronicles Thomas Edison's development of the incandescent light bulb an...
Educated: A Memoir
24 Jan 2025
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Tara Westover's memoir, Educated, recounts her unconventional upbringing in rural Idaho, detailing her isolated childhood within a survivalist, fundam...
Education and Empowered Citizenship in Mali
24 Jan 2025
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This Book, Education and Empowered Citizenship in Mali, examines the relationship between education and political participation in Mali. The author us...
Eighteenth-Century Women Poets and Their Poetry: Inventing Agency, Inventing Genre
24 Jan 2025
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This Book from Eighteenth-Century Women Poets and Their Poetry: Inventing Agency explores the lives and works of women poets during the 18th century. ...
Dual Transitions from Authoritarian Rule: Institutionalized Regimes in Chile and Mexico, 1970–2000
22 Jan 2025
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This excerpt from Dual Transitions from Authoritarian Rule: Institutionalized Regimes in Chile and Mexico, 1970–2000 examines the intertwined politi...
Early FM Radio: Incremental Technology in Twentieth-Century America
22 Jan 2025
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This excerpt from Early FM Radio examines the history of frequency modulation (FM) radio in 20th-century America, challenging the conventional narrati...
East Asia and the Global Economy: Japan’s Ascent, with Implications for China’s Future
22 Jan 2025
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The provided Book excerpts analyze the economic ascent and subsequent stagnation of Japan, focusing on its strategic exploitation of global raw materi...
Eat My Dust: Early Women Motorists
22 Jan 2025
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This Book explores the largely forgotten history of women's involvement with automobiles in the early 20th century, examining their experiences across...
Doctors Without Borders: Humanitarian Quests, Impossible Dreams of Médecins Sans Frontières
21 Jan 2025
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Renée C. Fox's book, Doctors Without Borders: Humanitarian Quests, Impossible Dreams of Médecins Sans Frontières, is a sociological study of the or...
The Doctrine and Ritual of High Magic: A New Translation
21 Jan 2025
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Eliphas Lévi's Doctrine and Ritual of High Magic is a newly translated occult text exploring high magic's theoretical and practical aspects. The book...
Dodging Energy Vampires: An Empath's Guide to Evading Relationships That Drain You and Restoring Your Health and Power
21 Jan 2025
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Christiane Northrup, M.D.'s Dodging Energy Vampires offers guidance on identifying and disengaging from toxic relationships. The book details the char...
Does Measurement Measure Up?: How Numbers Reveal and Conceal the Truth
21 Jan 2025
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John M. Henshaw's Does Measurement Measure Up? explores the multifaceted role of measurement in various fields. The book examines how numbers reveal a...
Domestic Affairs: Intimacy, Eroticism, and Violence between Servants and Masters in Eighteenth-Century Britain
20 Jan 2025
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This academic book chapter analyzes 18th-century British literature concerning domestic servants, exploring how these texts shaped perceptions of clas...
Don't Think
20 Jan 2025
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The provided Book offers excerpts from Richard Burgin's short story collection, Don't Think. The excerpts showcase a narrative voice reflecting on mem...
The Picture of Dorian Gray
20 Jan 2025
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Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray is excerpted, showcasing the novel's opening social interactions. Lord Henry Wotton's cynical worldview and m...
AN Abundance of Katherines
17 Jan 2025
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Excerpts from John Green's An Abundance of Katherines are presented, showcasing a Q&A with the author and selections from the novel. The novel fol...
Animal Frequency: Identify, Attune, and Connect to the Energy of Animals
17 Jan 2025
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Melissa Alvarez's Animal Frequency is a guide to understanding the spiritual messages of various animals. The book features numerous animal profiles, ...
Sisterhood Everlasting (The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, #5)
17 Jan 2025
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This excerpt from Ann Brashares' Sisterhood Everlasting focuses on the four friends—Lena, Carmen, Bee, and Tibby—reuniting in Santorini after Tibb...
Anne of Green Gables
17 Jan 2025
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This Book is a selection of chapters from Anne of Green Gables, a novel by L.M. Montgomery. The story follows the arrival of Anne Shirley, an imaginat...
Apparitions: Tulpas, Ghosts, Fairies, and even Stranger Things
15 Jan 2025
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Malcolm Smith's Apparitions explores various paranormal phenomena, categorizing them into the undead (ghosts), the little people (fairies), and the tw...
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret
15 Jan 2025
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This Book is a series of excerpts from Judy Blume's novel, Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret. The passages chronicle Margaret Simon's experiences ...
Army of Evil: A History of the SS
15 Jan 2025
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Adrian Weale's Army of Evil is a history of the SS, focusing on its origins, ideology, and key roles within the Third Reich. The book explores the SS'...
Curse Painter
15 Jan 2025
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The provided Book is an excerpt from a fantasy novel, "Art Mages Of Lure 1 - Curse Painter," by Jordan Rivet. The excerpt follows Briar, an unlicens...
Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes
15 Jan 2025
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The provided Book comprises excerpts from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories. It showcases Holmes's sharp intellect and deductive abilit...
THE RETURN OF SHERLOCK HOLMES
15 Jan 2025
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Return of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of short stories featuring the famous detective. The excerpts provided showcase...
Contested Conventions: The Struggle to Establish the Constitution and Save the Union, 1787–1789
15 Jan 2025
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Melvin Yazawa's Contested Conventions examines the creation and ratification of the U.S. Constitution, arguing that the framers' primary concern was o...
Controversial Bodies: Thoughts on the Public Display of Plastinated Corpses
15 Jan 2025
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Controversial Bodies: Thoughts on the Public Display of Plastinated Corpses is a collection of essays exploring the ethical, aesthetic, and historical...
Convergent Teaching: Tools to Spark Deeper Learning in College
15 Jan 2025
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This Book arguing that improving American higher education requires a focus on effective college teaching. The authors present research demonstratin...
Coolies and Cane: Race, Labor, and Sugar in the Age of Emancipation
15 Jan 2025
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Moon-Ho Jung's Coolies and Cane examines the history of Chinese coolie labor in Louisiana's sugar industry during and after the American Civil War. Th...
Defending Privilege: Rights, Status, and Legal Peril in the British Novel
15 Jan 2025
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Nicole Wright's Defending Privilege examines how British novels from the late 18th and 19th centuries shaped perceptions of legal agency, focusing on ...
Deleuze, The Dark Precursor: Dialectic, Structure, Being
13 Jan 2025
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This excerpt from Deleuze, The Dark Precursor—Dialectic, Structure, Being explores the complex philosophical relationship between Gilles Deleuze's w...
Deliver Me from Pain: Anesthesia and Birth in America
13 Jan 2025
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This Book exploring the history of anesthesia use during childbirth in the United States. The author examines shifting cultural perceptions of labor p...
Democracy and Elections in Africa
13 Jan 2025
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This study examines the relationship between elections and the development of democracy in sub-Saharan Africa. Utilizing a unique dataset of 232 Afr...
Democracy Delayed: The Case of Castro's Cuba
13 Jan 2025
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This Book analyzes why Cuba has not transitioned to democracy, comparing it to Eastern European countries that did. The author examines various hypo...
Democracy in Decline?
13 Jan 2025
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Multiple authors in Democracy in Decline? debate the state of global democracy. Some argue that democracy is experiencing a decline, citing factors li...
Democracy in East Asia: A New Century
12 Jan 2025
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The provided Book comprises excerpts from Democracy in East Asia: A New Century, a collection of essays analyzing the state of democracy across East a...
Democracy and Administration: Woodrow Wilson's Ideas and the Challenges of Public Management
12 Jan 2025
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This excerpt from a book examines Woodrow Wilson's ideas on democracy and administration, analyzing his theoretical framework and comparing it to his ...
Democracy and the Rise of Women's Movements in Sub-Saharan Africa
12 Jan 2025
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This research explores the impact of democratization on women's movements in sub-Saharan Africa, focusing on Ghana. It examines how pre-existing gen...
Democracy's Double-Edged Sword: How Internet Use Changes Citizens' Views of Their Government
12 Jan 2025
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This academic book explores how internet use affects citizens' political evaluations and satisfaction with democracy. The author presents a theory s...
Democratic Transitions: Conversations with World Leaders
11 Jan 2025
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"Democratic Transitions: Conversations with World Leaders" is a book compiling interviews with thirteen political leaders from diverse countries who o...
Democratization and Authoritarianism in the Arab World
11 Jan 2025
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This excerpt from Democratization and Authoritarianism in the Arab World examines the Arab Spring uprisings and their aftermath. Multiple essays analy...
Democratization in America: A Comparative-Historical Analysis
11 Jan 2025
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This is a collection of excerpts from Democratization in America: A Comparative-Historical Analysis, a scholarly book examining the development of dem...
Demographics and the Demand for Higher Education
11 Jan 2025
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Nathan Grawe's "Demographics and the Demand for Higher Education" models future higher education demand in the US, considering demographic shifts like...
Designing the New American University
11 Jan 2025
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This excerpt from Designing the New American University examines the challenges facing American higher education, particularly research universities. ...
Designing a Better Day: Guidelines for Adult and Dementia Day Services Centers
10 Jan 2025
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This guidebook offers design guidelines for adult and dementia day services centers (ADCs). It examines the current fragmented state of ADC literature...
Designing Our Descendants: The Promises and Perils of Genetic Modifications
10 Jan 2025
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This Book compiles essays exploring the ethical, scientific, religious, and policy implications of inheritable genetic modifications (IGM). The auth...
DeWitt Clinton and Amos Eaton: Geology and Power in Early New York
10 Jan 2025
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This Book excerpt explores the intersection of geology and politics in early 19th-century New York. It examines how prominent figures like DeWitt Clin...
Diagnosing Literary Genius: A Cultural History of Psychiatry in Russia, 1880-1930
10 Jan 2025
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This Book excerpt examines the complex interplay between Russian literature and psychiatry from the 19th and early 20th centuries. It explores how psy...
Diploma Mills: How For-Profit Colleges Stiffed Students, Taxpayers, and the American Dream
10 Jan 2025
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"Diploma Mills" is a historical analysis of for-profit colleges and universities (FPCUs) in the United States, examining their evolution from early co...
Couldn't Prove, Had to Promise
09 Jan 2025
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This Book Couldn't Prove, Had to Promise, published by Johns Hopkins University Press. The book includes a selection of Prunty's poems, spanning vario...
Tears of Salt: A Doctor's Story
09 Jan 2025
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Tears of Salt, a memoir by Lampedusa doctor Pietro Bartolo with Lidia Tilotta, recounts Bartolo's experiences providing medical care to migrants arriv...
Become a Genius (2nd Edition): Secrets to Increase Your Brain Power, Speed Reading, Learning Efficiency, and Advanced Memory: Speed Reading
09 Jan 2025
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Marco Guerrero's Become a Genius is a self-help book offering techniques to improve reading speed, memory, and brainpower. The book details various sp...
Eat That Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time
09 Jan 2025
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The provided Book consists of excerpts from Brian Tracy's book, Eat That Frog!, along with numerous positive reviews praising its effectiveness in com...
Brida: A Novel
09 Jan 2025
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Paulo Coelho's novel, Brida, follows the journey of a young Irish woman seeking to understand her magical gifts. The narrative explores the traditions...
Rurik: A Royal Dragon Romance
08 Jan 2025
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This Book excerpts a paranormal romance novel featuring a Russian dragon shifter, Rurik Barinov, and a human biochemist, Charlotte MacQueen, who is se...
Captive 3 - Hells Hilltop - J.A. Dennam
08 Jan 2025
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The Book excerpts from J.A. Dennam's "Captive 3 - Hells Hilltop" detail the complex relationship between Rena, a woman with a history of mental illnes...
Caraval
08 Jan 2025
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Stephanie Garber's debut novel, Caraval, is a fantasy adventure following sisters Scarlett and Tella as they participate in a magical game on the myst...
Carnacki the ghost-finder
08 Jan 2025
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This Book comprises excerpts from William Hope Hodgson's Carnacki, the Ghost-Finder, a collection of supernatural detective stories. Each excerpt deta...
City of Bones
08 Jan 2025
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Excerpts from Cassandra Clare's City of Bones provide a glimpse into the novel's plot and characters. The text features scenes of action and suspense,...
The Last Outlaws: The Lives and Legends of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
07 Jan 2025
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This Book details the lives of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, tracing their origins in Utah within the Mormon community and their subsequent outl...
Caste Matters
07 Jan 2025
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Caste Matters by Suraj Yengde is a memoir exploring the author's experiences as a Dalit, a member of the lowest caste in India. The book details the p...
Post Office
07 Jan 2025
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Charles Bukowski's Post Office is a novel excerpt detailing his experiences as a postal worker. The narrative follows Bukowski's cynical and darkly hu...
Chinese Alchemy: Taoism, the Power of Gold, and the Quest for Immortality
07 Jan 2025
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J.C. Cooper's Chinese Alchemy is a book exploring the history and philosophy of Chinese alchemy. The text provides excerpts, focusing on the alchemist...
The Eyes of The Sun
07 Jan 2025
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Lucy Soriano, a young woman recently orphaned, discovers she is a genetically modified vampire with unique abilities. She becomes entangled in a world...
CIRCE
06 Jan 2025
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The provided Book is a collection of excerpts from Madeline Miller's novel, Circe. These excerpts showcase Circe's life story, highlighting her family...
Selected Poetry
06 Jan 2025
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The provided Book is a table of contents and excerpts from Samuel Taylor Coleridge's Selected Poems. The excerpts showcase a variety of poetic styles ...
Creating the American Junkie: Addiction Research in the Classic Era of Narcotic Control
06 Jan 2025
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This excerpt from Creating the American Junkie examines the historical development of heroin addiction in the United States, tracing its evolution fro...
Creationism in Europe (Medicine, Science, and Religion in Historical Context)
06 Jan 2025
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This Book chapter compilation examines the history and impact of creationism across Europe and beyond. Different national contexts are explored, highl...
Creative Destruction?: Economic Crises and Democracy in Latin America
06 Jan 2025
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This academic book examines the impact of financial shocks and economic crises on democracy in Latin America, focusing on Argentina, Chile, and Urugua...
Creatures Born of Mud and Slime: The Wonder and Complexity of Spontaneous Generation
06 Jan 2025
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Daryn Lehoux's Creatures Born of Mud and Slime examines historical understandings of spontaneous generation, focusing on Aristotle's influential theor...
Crisis in an Atlantic Empire: Spain and New Spain, 1808-1810
06 Jan 2025
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This Book examines the political and economic crises in Spain and its American colonies (particularly New Spain) during the Napoleonic era. It focuses...
Critical Approaches to the Study of Higher Education: A Practical Introduction
06 Jan 2025
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This compilation of excerpts focuses on critical approaches to higher education research and policy. Critical discourse analysis and critical race the...
Crooked Kingdom: A Sequel to Six of Crows
05 Jan 2025
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This Book comprises excerpts from Leigh Bardugo's Crooked Kingdom, focusing on multiple characters' perspectives and their involvement in a complex he...
Cross-Cultural Scientific Exchanges in the Eastern Mediterranean
05 Jan 2025
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This Book explores cross-cultural scientific exchanges in the Eastern Mediterranean between 1560 and 1660, focusing on the interactions between Europe...
Cultivation and Catastrophe: The Lyric Ecology of Modern Black Literature
05 Jan 2025
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Sonya Posmentier's Cultivation and Catastrophe examines the interplay between agricultural imagery and catastrophic events in modern Black literature....
Cults and Conspiracies: A Literary History
05 Jan 2025
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This excerpt from Cults and Conspiracies—A Literary History examines the recurring theme of secret societies in literature across various historical...
Days of Slaughter: Inside the Fall of Freddie Mac and Why It Could Happen Again
05 Jan 2025
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Days of Slaughter, an insider account by a former Freddie Mac vice president, examines the company's role in the 2008 financial crisis. The book explo...
Dead Tree Media: Manufacturing the Newspaper in Twentieth-Century North America
04 Jan 2025
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This Book examines the history of the twentieth-century American newspaper industry, focusing on its complex relationship with Canadian newsprint prod...
Dead Women Talking: Figures of Injustice in American Literature
04 Jan 2025
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This collection of excerpts examines the recurring motif of "dead women talking" in American literature and its connection to social justice. The an...
Dealing with Darwin: Place, Politics, and Rhetoric in Religious Engagements with Evolution
04 Jan 2025
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This Book excerpt examines the varied responses of Scots Presbyterian communities to Darwin's theory of evolution across different geographical locati...
Dean's List: Eleven Habits of Highly Successful College Students
04 Jan 2025
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This excerpt is from a book titled Dean's List: Eleven Habits of Highly Successful College Students. It offers advice to college students on various a...
Dear Nobody: The True Diary of Mary Rose
04 Jan 2025
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"Dear Nobody" is a collection of journal entries by Mary Rose, a teenager battling cystic fibrosis and the emotional fallout from abuse and neglect. T...
Dear Aaron
03 Jan 2025
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The provided Book comprises a collection of emails between Aaron, a soldier deployed overseas, and Ruby, a woman connected to a foundation supporting ...
Death Rode the Rails: American Railroad Accidents and Safety
03 Jan 2025
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This excerpt from Death Rode the Rails examines the history of American railroad safety from 1828 to 1965. The author uses economic and historical ana...
The Snow Bride
03 Jan 2025
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The provided Book consists of excerpts from two romance novels. The first, The Snow Bride by Debbie Macomber, features a woman who travels to Alaska t...
DEBT
03 Jan 2025
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Nina G. Jones's novel, Debt, recounts the complex relationship between Mia, a successful businesswoman, and Tax, her enigmatic employer who blackmails...
Decadence in the Age of Modernism
03 Jan 2025
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Decadence in the Age of Modernism is a collection of essays exploring the complex relationship between decadence and modernism in early 20th-century l...
Decadent Subjects: The Idea of Decadence in Art, Literature, Philosophy, and Culture of the Fin de Siècle in Europe
03 Jan 2025
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This excerpt from Decadent Subjects: The Idea of Decadence in Art, Literature, Philosophy examines the concept of decadence in late 19th-century art a...