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Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies: A Comprehensive Introduction
27 Dec 2024
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This Book is an excerpt from the book "Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies," a comprehensive introduction to the technology behind Bitcoin. The ex...
Black Box Thinking: Why Most People Never Learn from Their Mistakes--But Some Do
27 Dec 2024
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Matthew Syed's Black Box Thinking explores how various organizations and individuals respond to failure. Syed contrasts fields like aviation, which sy...
Black Ice: A Thriller
27 Dec 2024
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Brad Thor's Black Ice is a spy thriller following Harvath, a former US operative, as he investigates a Chinese plot to gain influence in the Arctic. T...
Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman (Vintage International)
25 Dec 2024
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Haruki Murakami's Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman is a collection of short stories, some previously published and significantly revised, others newly com...
Blood Oil: Tyrants, Violence, and the Rules that Run the World
25 Dec 2024
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Leif Wenar's Blood Oil examines the global consequences of resource-rich countries' dependence on natural resource exports. The book argues that the c...
Book of Numbers: A Novel
25 Dec 2024
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Joshua Cohen's novel, excerpted here, follows a narrator's experiences as he grapples with identity, memory, and the nature of writing. The narrative ...
Born Trump
25 Dec 2024
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Emily Jane Fox's Born Trump is a biography exploring the lives of Donald Trump's children, focusing on their upbringing, relationships, and roles with...
Break Through the Limits of the Brain: Experience Superconscious Awareness, Intuition, Vitality, Creativity, and Fulfilling Divine Joy
25 Dec 2024
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This excerpt from Joseph Selbie's Break Through the Limits of the Brain explores the intersection of science and spirituality, arguing that human pote...
Courtrooms and Classrooms: A Legal History of College Access, 1860-1960
24 Dec 2024
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Scott M. Gelber's Courtrooms and Classrooms examines the legal history of college access in the United States from 1860 to 1960. The book analyzes cou...
Covariant Electrodynamics: A Concise Guide
24 Dec 2024
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This Book is an excerpt from a textbook on classical electromagnetism, suitable for advanced undergraduates or beginning graduate students in theoreti...
Coxey's Army: Popular Protest in the Gilded Age
24 Dec 2024
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Benjamin F. Alexander's Coxey's Army: Popular Protest in the Gilded Age is a historical account of Jacob Coxey's 1894 march on Washington, D.C. The bo...
Coxsackie: The Life and Death of Prison Reform
24 Dec 2024
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The provided Book is an excerpt from a book examining the history of Coxsackie, a New York State Vocational Institution for young male offenders. Th...
Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
24 Dec 2024
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John Carreyrou's Bad Blood is a non-fiction book exploring the rise and fall of Theranos, a Silicon Valley blood-testing startup. The book is based on...
Barracoon: The Story of the Last Black Cargo
24 Dec 2024
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This Book comprises excerpts from Zora Neale Hurston's Barracoon, focusing on the 1860 illegal voyage of the Clotilda, the last ship to bring enslaved...
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
23 Dec 2024
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This Book is an excerpt from the book Atomic Habits, which explores the science of habit formation and change. The author details a four-step framewor...
The Autumn of the Patriarch
23 Dec 2024
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This Book is an excerpt from Gabriel García Márquez's novel, Autumn of the Patriarch. It portrays the aging, tyrannical dictator's life, exploring h...
Aware: The Science and Practice of Presence - The Groundbreaking Meditation Practice
23 Dec 2024
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Dr. Daniel Siegel's Aware: The Science and Practice of Presence is a guide to the Wheel of Awareness, a meditation practice. The book blends neuroscie...
Constituting Federal Sovereignty: The European Union in Comparative Context
23 Dec 2024
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This study compares state resistance to federal authority in four voluntary unions: the early United States, the 17th-century Dutch Republic, the 19th...
Constitutional Calculus: The Math of Justice and the Myth of Common Sense
23 Dec 2024
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This excerpt from Constitutional Calculus explores the intersection of mathematics and law, specifically examining how mathematical principles can inf...
Constitutional Context: Women and Rights Discourse in Nineteenth-Century America
22 Dec 2024
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This excerpt from Kathleen Sullivan's Constitutional Context: Women and Rights Discourse in Nineteenth-Century America examines how legal and politica...
Containing Contagion: The Politics of Disease Outbreaks in Southeast Asia
22 Dec 2024
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This book analyzes Southeast Asia's response to infectious disease outbreaks, focusing on the implementation of the revised International Health Regul...
Contemporary Literary and Cultural Theory: The Johns Hopkins Guide
22 Dec 2024
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This Book offers an encyclopedic overview of literary and cultural theory, alphabetically profiling key figures, schools, and movements. It explores...
Contested Paternity: Constructing Families in Modern France
22 Dec 2024
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Rachel G. Fuchs's Contested Paternity: Constructing Families in Modern France examines the legal and social history of paternity in France from the Ol...
As Mulheres do Castelo
21 Dec 2024
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The Book is a series of excerpts from Jessica Shattuck's novel, As mulheres do castelo, exploring the interconnected lives of several women in post-Wo...
The Bodhisattva Path to Unsurpassed Enlightenment: A Complete Translation of the Bodhisattvabhumi
21 Dec 2024
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This Book is a selection from a book on the Bodhisattva path, specifically Ārya Asanga’s Bodhisattvabhūmi. The excerpts explore the Yogācāra sch...
A Storm of Swords
21 Dec 2024
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Several interwoven storylines from A Storm of Swords are presented, focusing on the ongoing War of the Five Kings. Characters' perspectives are explor...
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
21 Dec 2024
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This excerpt from Neil deGrasse Tyson's Astrophysics for People in a Hurry provides a concise overview of astrophysics, beginning with the Big Bang an...
A Tale of two Cities
21 Dec 2024
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A Tale of Two Cities is a historical novel set during the French Revolution. The excerpts provided focus on several interwoven storylines: the reunion...
Cesarean Section: An American History of Risk, Technology, and Consequence
20 Dec 2024
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This excerpt from Cesarean Section: An American History of Risk, Technology, and Consequence examines the dramatic rise in cesarean section rates in...
Changing the Face of Engineering: The African American Experience
20 Dec 2024
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This Book, Changing the Face of Engineering, examines the historical and contemporary experiences of African Americans in engineering. It explores cha...
Charles Darwin: The Concise Story of an Extraordinary Man
20 Dec 2024
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Tim Berra's Charles Darwin: The Concise Story of an Extraordinary Man is a biography synthesizing existing information on Darwin's life. The book d...
American Gods: A Novel
20 Dec 2024
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American Gods, by Neil Gaiman, follows Shadow, a recently released convict, who becomes entangled in a world of ancient and modern gods battling for r...
American Royals
20 Dec 2024
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American Royals is a novel exploring the lives of a fictional American royal family. The excerpt focuses on the perspectives of several characters: Pr...
Ancestral Grimoire: Connect with the Wisdom of the Ancestors through Tarot, Oracles, and Magic
20 Dec 2024
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Nancy Hendrickson's Ancestral Grimoire is a guide to connecting with one's magical ancestors using tarot and other divination methods. The book provid...
Clio and the Crown: The Politics of History in Medieval and Early Modern Spain
19 Dec 2024
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Richard L. Kagan's Clio and the Crown examines the political use of history in Spain from the medieval period through the early modern era. The boo...
Closed Captioning: Subtitling, Stenography, and the Digital Convergence of Text with Television
19 Dec 2024
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Gregory J. Downey's Closed Captioning: Subtitling, Stenography, and the Digital Convergence of Text with Television examines the history and geograp...
Coal and Empire: The Birth of Energy Security in Industrial America
19 Dec 2024
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Peter Shulman's Coal and Empire examines the crucial role of coal in shaping 19th-century American foreign policy, national security, and economic e...
Collecting as Modernist Practice
19 Dec 2024
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This excerpt from "Collecting as Modernist Practice.pdf" examines the intersection of art collecting and the modernist movement in the United States d...
Collecting Shakespeare: The Story of Henry and Emily Folger
19 Dec 2024
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This biography details the lives of Henry and Emily Folger, a childless couple whose shared passion for Shakespeare led them to amass an unparalleled ...
College Made Whole: Integrative Learning for a Divided World
19 Dec 2024
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This excerpt from Chris Gallagher's College Made Whole argues that higher education needs integration, not unbundling or rebundling. Gallagher c...
Admiring Silence: By the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature
17 Dec 2024
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Abdulrazak Gurnah's Admiring Silence is a novel exploring themes of identity, colonialism, and immigration. The narrator recounts his experiences a...
Advancing the Witches' Craft
17 Dec 2024
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Marcus F. Griffin's "Advancing the Witches' Craft" is a guide to advanced, eclectic witchcraft, focusing on inner strength development and achieving m...
Afterlives: A Novel
17 Dec 2024
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The provided Book is an excerpt from Abdulrazak Gurnah's novel, Afterlives, showcasing the narrative's opening chapters. The story follows multiple ch...
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 1)
17 Dec 2024
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A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin is presented through numerous excerpts showcasing various plotlines and character interactions. The text fea...
The Mysterious Affair at Styles: The First Hercule Poirot Mystery
16 Dec 2024
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Agatha Christie's The Mysterious Affair at Styles is a mystery novel, featuring the early adventures of the detective Hercule Poirot. The provided Boo...
The Assault on Reason: Our Information Ecosystem, from the Age of Print to the Era of Trump
16 Dec 2024
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Al Gore's The Assault on Reason critiques the Bush administration's policies and the decline of reasoned discourse in American politics. Gore argue...
After the Quake
16 Dec 2024
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The provided Book is a table of contents and excerpts from Haruki Murakami's short story collection, After the Quake. The excerpts showcase Murakami's...
Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life
16 Dec 2024
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This Book presents excerpts from a book showcasing Roald Dahl's short stories, highlighting his prolific career and popularity. The excerpt includes s...
Prof: Alan Turing Decoded
16 Dec 2024
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This biography of Alan Turing explores his life from his ancestry and upbringing through his groundbreaking work in mathematics, codebreaking during W...
Alan Turing: The Enigma, The Centenary Edition
16 Dec 2024
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This Book is a collection of excerpts from Andrew Hodges' biography of Alan Turing, focusing on Turing's life and work. The excerpts explore Turing's ...
After Dark
16 Dec 2024
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Haruki Murakami's After Dark is a novel centered around a night in Tokyo, following the interconnected lives of various characters. The story unfol...
Activate Your Brain: How Understanding Your Brain Can Improve Your Work - and Your Life
16 Dec 2024
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This Book comprises excerpts from Scott Halford's book, "Activate Your Brain," along with endorsements from various authors and experts. The book focu...
Alchemical Psychology: Old Recipes for Living in a New World
16 Dec 2024
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This Book is an excerpt from Thom F. Cavalli's Alchemical Psychology, exploring the parallels between alchemical processes and the psychological journ...
Aleph
16 Dec 2024
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Paulo Coelho's Aleph is a novel exploring the protagonist Paulo's spiritual journey and his encounters with the Aleph, a mystical point containing a...
All We Ever Wanted: A Novel
15 Dec 2024
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The provided Book is an excerpt from Emily Giffin's novel, All We Ever Wanted. It features snippets of the narrative, showcasing the characters' lives...
All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel
15 Dec 2024
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All Quiet on the Western Front is a novel by Erich Maria Remarque based on his experiences as a German soldier during World War I. The excerpts prov...
All That Is Solid Melts into Air
15 Dec 2024
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Marshall Berman's All That Is Solid Melts Into Air explores the multifaceted experience of modernity across various historical periods and geographi...
Allah Loves
15 Dec 2024
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This Book is a collection of excerpts from Omar Suleiman's book, "Allah Loves," which explores various qualities and actions that are beloved to God i...
Combating Proliferation: Strategic Intelligence and Security Policy
15 Dec 2024
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The provided Book "Combating Proliferation: Strategic Intelligence and Security Policy" authored by Jason D. Ellis and Geoffrey D. Kiefer. The book an...
Comic Democracies: From Ancient Athens to the American Republic
15 Dec 2024
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This excerpt from "Comic Democracies" explores the historical relationship between comedy and democracy, arguing that ancient comedic techniques offer...
Committed: The Battle over Involuntary Psychiatric Care
15 Dec 2024
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This Book explores the complex and often contentious issue of involuntary psychiatric care in the United States. It examines the perspectives of patie...
Common Core: National Education Standards and the Threat to Democracy
15 Dec 2024
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This Book excerpts a book arguing against the Common Core State Standards and similar national education standards in the United States. The author co...
Communities of Learned Experience: Epistolary Medicine in the Renaissance
15 Dec 2024
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This Book, based on a Johns Hopkins University lecture series, examines Renaissance medical correspondence networks. It analyzes the published letter ...
Comparison: Theories, Approaches, Uses
15 Dec 2024
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This Book of essays examines the complexities of comparison, particularly in the humanities and social sciences. The authors explore the inherent bias...
Conceptions of Chinese Democracy: Reading Sun Yat-sen, Chiang Kai-shek, and Chiang Ching-kuo
15 Dec 2024
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This Book examines the conceptions of democracy held by Sun Yat-sen, Chiang Kai-shek, and Chiang Ching-kuo, comparing their ideas to contemporary demo...
Catch, Release
13 Dec 2024
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Catch, Release is a collection of short stories exploring themes of family relationships, loss, and the search for meaning. The narratives interweav...
Concepts of Alzheimer Disease: Biological, Clinical, and Cultural Perspectives
13 Dec 2024
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This Book exploring Alzheimer's Disease from biological, clinical, and cultural perspectives. It examines the historical context of Alzheimer's diagno...
Concepts of Simultaneity: From Antiquity to Einstein and Beyond
13 Dec 2024
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Max Jammer's Concepts of Simultaneity: From Antiquity to Einstein and Beyond comprehensively examines the evolution of the concept of simultaneity. ...
Condom Nation: The U.S. Government's Sex Education Campaign from World War I to the Internet
13 Dec 2024
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This Book excerpt chronicles the history of the U.S. government's involvement in sex education, from the early 20th century to the late 20th century. ...
Confronting Chronic Pain: A Pain Doctor's Guide to Relief
13 Dec 2024
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Confronting Chronic Pain is a Johns Hopkins Press health book co-authored by a pain medicine specialist and a writer. The book offers a comprehensive...
Confronting Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer: Identify Your Risk, Understand Your Options, Change Your Destiny
13 Dec 2024
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Confronting Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer: Identify Your Risk, Understand Your Options, Change Your Destiny is a book offering guidance for in...
Consolidating Colleges and Merging Universities: New Strategies for Higher Education Leaders
13 Dec 2024
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This Book examines the consolidation of American higher education, focusing on mergers, closures, and strategic alliances among colleges and universit...
Chasing Shadows: Mathematics, Astronomy, and the Early History of Eclipse Reckoning
12 Dec 2024
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This Book chapter examines the history of eclipse prediction across various ancient cultures, starting with Mesopotamian methods detailed in texts lik...
Caring for Children Who Have Severe Neurological Impairment: A Life with Grace
12 Dec 2024
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This excerpt from Caring for Children Who Have Severe Neurological Impairment: A Life with Grace by Julie M. Hauer, M.D., offers guidance on the med...
Chasing Sound: Technology, Culture, and the Art of Studio Recording from Edison to the LP
12 Dec 2024
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Chasing Sound: Technology, Culture, and the Art of Studio Recording is a book exploring the history of sound recording from the acoustic era to the a...
Cheating in College: Why Students Do It and What Educators Can Do about It
12 Dec 2024
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McCabe, Butterfield, and Treviño's Cheating in College examines the prevalence and causes of academic dishonesty in higher education. Their resear...
Brides, Mourners, Bacchae: Women's Rituals in Roman Literature
12 Dec 2024
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This book analyzes how Roman literature portrays women's roles in various rituals, arguing that these depictions, while reflecting some aspects of act...
Chickenizing Farms and Food: How Industrial Meat Production Endangers Workers, Animals, and Consumers
12 Dec 2024
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This Book explores the industrialization of animal agriculture, focusing on poultry production's transformation from small-scale farming to large-scal...
Child Health in America: Making a Difference through Advocacy
11 Dec 2024
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A Book on child health advocacy in America, exploring its history and various approaches. It examines advocacy strategies at the clinical, group, legi...
Children and Childhood in Classical Athens
11 Dec 2024
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Mark Golden's Children and Childhood in Classical Athens is a scholarly book examining ancient Athenian views on children and their place in society. ...
Children's Medicines: What Every Parent, Grandparent, and Teacher Needs to Know
11 Dec 2024
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This Book titled "Children's Medicines," written by a pediatric pharmacist. It provides comprehensive guidance for parents and caregivers on the safe ...
China's Rising Research Universities: A New Era of Global Ambition
11 Dec 2024
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This book uses case studies of four leading Chinese universities—Tsinghua, Peking, Renmin, and Minzu—to examine the impact of globalization and na...
Christian Clergy in American Politics
11 Dec 2024
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This Book examines the political activities of American clergy across various denominations. It explores the factors influencing clergy involvement in...
A Storm of Swords
10 Dec 2024
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A Storm of Swords excerpt offers a multifaceted narrative, weaving together several plotlines. One strand follows a group of Night's Watch deserter...
Chronic Disease in the Twentieth Century: A History
10 Dec 2024
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This Book examines the historical development of the concept of "chronic disease" in the 20th century, exploring its evolution from a vaguely defined ...
City Building on the Eastern Frontier: Sorting the New Nineteenth-Century City (Creating the North American Landscape
10 Dec 2024
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Diane Shaw's book, City Building on the Eastern Frontier: Sorting the New Nineteenth-Century City, examines the development of Rochester and Syracus...
Civil-Military Relations and Shared Responsibility: A Four-Nation Study
10 Dec 2024
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This is an excerpt from a book examining civil-military relations and shared responsibility across four nations—the United States, Russia, Germany, ...
Civil War Ironclads: The U.S. Navy and Industrial Mobilization
10 Dec 2024
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This Book analyzes the Union Navy's ironclad shipbuilding program during the Civil War, focusing on the challenges of rapid production and technologic...
A History of Witches and Sorcerers
08 Dec 2024
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Arkon Daraul's A History of Witches and Sorcerers explores the history of magic and witchcraft across 2,500 years. The book examines various figur...
101 Amazing Michael Jackson Facts
08 Dec 2024
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Jack Goldstein's 2012 eBook, 101 Amazing Michael Jackson Facts, presents a collection of trivia about the singer's life. The book is organized into ...
The Lovely Bones
08 Dec 2024
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The provided Book is an excerpt from Alice Sebold's novel, The Lovely Bones, focusing on the aftermath of Susie Salmon's murder. The narrative shifts ...
Hamlet
08 Dec 2024
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This excerpt from Sylvan Barnet's work on Hamlet examines various aspects of the play, including its textual history with analyses of the First Quart...
Bats in Forests: Conservation and Management
08 Dec 2024
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This book chapter on the conservation and management of bats inhabiting North American forests. It synthesizes existing research on bat ecology, focus...
Walkout: (novella) (Hawks MC: Caroline Springs Charter)
08 Dec 2024
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This Book is an excerpt from a romance novel, focusing on the relationship between Dallas, a member of a motorcycle club, and Melissa, a woman entangl...
12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos
08 Dec 2024
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The provided Book excerpts come from the book "12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos" by Jordan Peterson. The text explores Peterson’s worldview a...
Clandestine Marriage: Botany and Romantic Culture
08 Dec 2024
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This excerpt from "Clandestine Marriage—Botany and Romantic Culture" examines the intersection of botany, taxonomy, and romantic-era culture. The au...
And Then There Were None
08 Dec 2024
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The Book is an excerpt from Agatha Christie's novel And Then There Were None, specifically from the first two chapters and several later chapters. The...
7 Secrets from Hindu Calendar Art
08 Dec 2024
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The book, "7 Secrets from Hindu Calendar Art," explores the symbolism in traditional Hindu calendar art and how it relates to various Hindu beliefs an...
Clientelism, Social Policy, and the Quality of Democracy
08 Dec 2024
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This collection of excerpts examines the persistence of political clientelism in various developing democracies, exploring its impact on social policy...
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
08 Dec 2024
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The Book is an excerpt from Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, detailing events that unfold in the aftermath of Dumbledore's death. We see the af...