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Mien Relations
Mountain People and State Control in Thailand
Hjorleifur Jonsson

Thailand's hill tribes have been the object of anthropological research, cultural tourism and government intervention for a century, in ...


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Engaged Anthropology
Research Essays on North American Archaeology, Ethnobotany and Museology
Edited by Michelle Hegmon, B. Sunday Eiselt

A collection of essays based on the 2005 Society for American Archaeology symposium, presenting research that epitomizes Richard I. Ford's ...


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An Enthusiasm for Orchids
Sex and Deception in Plant Evolution
John Alcock

John Alcock takes the reader orchid-hunting in Australia and delves into the bizarre, unusual ...


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Ideas for Librarians Who Teach
With Suggestions for Teachers and Business Presenters
Naomi Lederer

Containing nearly one thousand individual ideas and bits of advice for teaching, "Ideas for Librarians Who Teach" is tailored ...


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The Sleep of Four Cities
Jen Currin

Powered by lush imagery and lyricism, the poems in "The Sleep of Four Cities" use the city as a metaphor for the complexity of ...


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Encyclopedia of the Harlem Literary Renaissance
Lois Brown

A broad artistic movement of the 1920s and early '30s that involved literature, the visual arts and music, the Harlem Renaissance was one of the ...




The Legalization of Drugs
(For and Against)
Peter de Marneffe

The use or possession of many drugs is currently a criminal offense in the U.S. Can these criminal laws be justified? What are the best ...


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A Book Called Rats
Poems
Miguel Murphy

"A Book Called Rats" is "scrappy, outrageous, inventive collection that should leap off the shelf and keep inviting itself into the hands of ...

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