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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...

Decoding Maori Cosmology: The Ancient Origins of New Zealand's Indigenous Culture

03 Jan 2025

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Laird Scranton's Decoding Maori Cosmology explores the links between Maori cosmology and other ancient traditions worldwide. Scranton argues that a ma...

Decomposing Figures: Rhetorical Readings in the Romantic Tradition

03 Jan 2025

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This excerpt from Decomposing Figures: Rhetorical Readings in the Romantic Tradition examines how Romantic writers, including Wordsworth, Rousseau, an...

Deep Gossip: New and Selected Poems

02 Jan 2025

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Sidney Wade's Deep Gossip is a collection of new and selected poems, published by Johns Hopkins University Press. The book includes poems from several...

Deep Value Investing: Finding Bargain Shares With Big Potential

02 Jan 2025

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Jeroen Bos's "Deep Value Investing" is a guide to a specific value investing strategy focused on identifying undervalued companies with strong balance...

Deer: The Animal Answer Guide

02 Jan 2025

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"Deer: The Animal Answer Guide" is a comprehensive guide to deer biology, ecology, and human interactions. The book covers various deer species worldw...

Defect or Defend: Military Responses to Popular Protests in Authoritarian Asia

02 Jan 2025

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This dissertation examines the role of the military in authoritarian regimes' responses to popular protests, focusing on cases in Asia.  It develops ...

Defending the Community College Equity Agenda

02 Jan 2025

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This Book, Defending the Community College Equity Agenda, examines challenges facing community colleges in promoting student success and equity in hig...

Defending Democracy: Reactions to Extremism in Interwar Europe

02 Jan 2025

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This excerpt from Defending Democracy: Reactions to Extremism in Interwar Europe examines how democratic governments in Czechoslovakia, Finland, and B...

Curriculum Development for Medical Education: A Six-Step Approach

01 Jan 2025

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This Book is the third edition of a text book on curriculum development in medical education.  It presents a six-step model for creating and maintain...

Curt Richter: A Life in the Laboratory

01 Jan 2025

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This book excerpt details the life and scientific contributions of Curt Richter, a prominent psychobiologist at Johns Hopkins University. Richter's re...

Cut These Words into My Stone: Ancient Greek Epitaphs

01 Jan 2025

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Cut These Words Into My Stone: Ancient Greek Epitaphs is a book of newly translated ancient Greek epitaphs, chronologically arranged from 500 BCE to 6...

Cyberformalism: Histories of Linguistic Forms in the Digital Archive

01 Jan 2025

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Daniel Shore's Cyberformalism: Histories of Linguistic Forms in the Digital Archive examines how linguistic forms—patterns of language beyond indivi...

Daily Demonstrators: The Civil Rights Movement in Mennonite Homes and Sanctuaries

31 Dec 2024

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Tobin Miller Shearer's Daily Demonstrators examines the complex relationship between Mennonite communities and the American Civil Rights Movement. The...

Dance Dance Dance

31 Dec 2024

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An assault on the senses, part murder mystery, part metaphysical speculation; a fable for our times as catchy as a rock song blasting from the window ...

Parenting from the Inside Out: How a Deeper Self-Understanding Can Help You Raise Children Who Thrive

31 Dec 2024

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This Book excerpts a book on parenting, focusing on how parents' past experiences and emotional regulation impact their children's development. Interp...

Accident: A Novel

31 Dec 2024

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The provided Book is an excerpt from Danielle Steel's novel, Accident, focusing on a tragic car accident involving two teenage girls, Allyson and Chlo...

Dante's Epic Journeys

31 Dec 2024

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This is an excerpt from David Thompson's book Dante's Epic Journeys, which explores the relationship between Dante's Commedia and classical epic poetr...

Dark Archives: A Librarian's Investigation into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human

31 Dec 2024

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Megan Rosenbloom's Dark Archives explores the history of anthropodermic bibliopegy, the practice of binding books in human skin. The book investigates...

Dark Witch: Book One of The Cousins O'Dwyer Trilogy

31 Dec 2024

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Nora Roberts's Dark Witch is a novel excerpt showcasing the protagonist Sorcha, a powerful Irish witch, and her family. The excerpt details Sorcha's m...

Day Of Deceit Publisher: Free Press; Touchstone ed edition

31 Dec 2024

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This Book is an excerpt from a book arguing that President Franklin D. Roosevelt deliberately provoked Japan into attacking Pearl Harbor to bring the ...

Complete English Grammar Rules: Examples, Exceptions, Exercises, and Everything You Need to Master Proper Grammar

30 Dec 2024

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This Book excerpt comprehensively covers English grammar rules, from the basics of parts of speech and sentence structure to more advanced concepts li...

Congo Diary: The Story of Che Guevara's "Lost" Year in Africa

30 Dec 2024

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Che Guevara's diary entries from his time in the Congo are presented, offering a firsthand account of his experiences supporting Congolese revolutiona...

Crafting State-Nations: India and Other Multinational Democracies

30 Dec 2024

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This book examines the viability of "state-nations"—democracies accommodating multiple cultural identities—versus "nation-states" prioritizing a s...

Crash!: How the Economic Boom and Bust of the 1920s Worked

30 Dec 2024

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Phillip G. Payne's Crash! explores the economic boom and bust of the 1920s, examining the factors that led to the 1929 stock market crash and the subs...

Crazy Rich Asians

30 Dec 2024

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Kevin Kwan's Crazy Rich Asians is a novel excerpt showcasing the opulent lifestyles and complex relationships of ultra-wealthy Chinese families in Sin...

Grigori: Brothers of Ash and Fire series, Book 1

29 Dec 2024

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The Book is an excerpt from a fantasy romance novel, "Brothers of Ash and Fire," featuring a centuries-old dragon shifter, Grigori Barinov.  The stor...

Brownings Shorter Poems

29 Dec 2024

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This Book comprises excerpts from an 1899 edition of Robert Browning's shorter poems.  The introduction provides biographical information and comment...

Bulls, Bears and Other Beasts: A Story of the Indian Stock Market

29 Dec 2024

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Santosh Nair's Bulls, Bears and Other Beasts is a memoir detailing his career as a jobber and broker on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE). The book chro...

Calculus II For Dummies

29 Dec 2024

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This Book is a table of contents and excerpts from Calculus II For Dummies. The book aims to teach calculus II concepts, starting with a review of pre...

Calm Breath, Calm Mind: A Guide to the Healing Power of Breath

29 Dec 2024

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Geshe YongDong Losar's Calm Breath, Calm Mind is a guide to ancient Tibetan breathing practices, exploring the concept of lung (vital energy). The boo...

Calypso

29 Dec 2024

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David Sedaris's Calypso is a collection of essays exploring family dynamics, aging, and mortality. Sedaris recounts anecdotes about his eccentric fami...

The Collected Works of Spinoza, Volumes I and II

28 Dec 2024

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This Book is a collection of excerpts from a critical edition of Baruch Spinoza's works, focusing on textual issues and interpretations. The editors m...

Beowulf: A Translation and Commentary

28 Dec 2024

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This Book comprises excerpts from J.R.R. Tolkien's commentary and translation of Beowulf, offering insights into the poem's composition and textual hi...

Better Than the Movies

28 Dec 2024

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This Book is an excerpt from a young adult novel, Better Than the Movies, focusing on the narrator's senior year of high school. The narrative centers...

Between the Living and the Dead

28 Dec 2024

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This scholarly work examines the historical and cultural context of witchcraft and shamanism in early modern Europe, focusing on Hungarian witch trial...

Between the World and Me

27 Dec 2024

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Ta-Nehisi Coates's Between the World and Me is a letter to his adolescent son exploring the realities of being Black in America. The book uses persona...

Beyond The Galaxy: How Humanity Looked Beyond Our Milky Way And Discovered The Entire Universe

27 Dec 2024

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Ethan Siegel's Beyond the Galaxy is a non-technical book explaining the history of humanity's understanding of the Universe. The book traces the evolu...

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...