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Your Next Government?: From the Nation State to Stateless Nations

Tom W. Bell · Cambridge University Press
Pages: 258
Format: Hardcover

Governments across the globe have begun evolving from lumbering bureaucracies into smaller, more agile special jurisdictions - common-interest developments, special economic zones, and proprietary cites. Private providers increasingly deliver services that political authorities formerly...
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Wouldn't Be Fittin': A Memoir of Custom and Costume in the Changing South

Douglas Haas-Bennett · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Pages: 375
Format: Paperback

This book is about Douglas Haas-Bennett, also known as "Miss Doug," owner of Raleigh Creative Costumes, wife of novelist Ben Haas and inventor Willard Bennett, mother, stepmother, and grandmother, humorous, generous, and strong-willed. If you know her, there's a very good...
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Wonderland: Poems

Matthew Dickman · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 96
Format: Hardcover

Luminous and hypnotic, this dynamic collection explores the dark edges of childhood, violence, race, class, and masculinity, by one of the most fearless poets of his generation."Known for poems of universality of feeling, expressive lyricism of reflection, and heartrending allure"...
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How to Get a Green Card

Ilona Bray · NOLO
Pages: 416
Format: Paperback

Immigration is often in the news, but few people understand who is actually able to apply for a U.S. green card. Many who do apply are denied. This book offers a helpful, step-by-step guide to discovering whether you match one of the green card categories available for people with no U.S....
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Storey's Guide to Keeping Honey Bees, 2nd Edition: Honey Production, Pollination, Health

Malcolm T Sanford · Storey Publishing, LLC
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback

This trusted handbook is a must-have for novice and seasoned beekeepers alike. Now totally redesigned and featuring color photos and graphics, the second edition also includes up-to-date information on honey bee health. The go-to reference presents comprehensive yet accessible information...
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Losing the Nobel Prize: A Story of Cosmology, Ambition, and the Perils of Science's Highest Honor

Brian Keating · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

The inside story of a quest to unlock one of cosmology's biggest mysteries, derailed by the lure of the Nobel Prize.What would it have been like to be an eyewitness to the Big Bang? In 2014, astronomers wielding BICEP2, the most powerful cosmology telescope ever made, revealed that...
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Novel & Short Story Writer's Market 2019: The Most Trusted Guide to Getting Published

ROBERT LEE BREWER · Writer's Digest Books
Pages: 512
Format: Paperback

THE BEST RESOURCE FOR GETTING YOUR FICTION PUBLISHEDNovel & Short Story Writer's Market 2019 is the only resource you need to get your short stories, novellas, and novels published. The 38th edition of NSSWM features hundreds of updated listings for book publishers, literary agents,...
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MCAT Prep 2018-2019: Test Prep & Practice Test Questions for the Medical College Admission Test

MCAT Prep 2018 2019 Team · Test Prep Books
Pages: 295
Format: Paperback

MCAT Prep 2018-2019: Test Prep & Practice Test Questions for the Medical College Admission Test Developed for test takers trying to achieve passing MCAT scores on the MCAT Test, this comprehensive MCAT study guide includes: * Quick Overview * Test-Taking Strategies * Introduction...
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A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, Ninth Edition: Chicago Style for Students and Researchers

Kate L. Turabian · University Of Chicago Press
Pages: 464
Format: Hardcover

When Kate L. Turabian first put her famous guidelines to paper, she could hardly have imagined the world in which today's students would be conducting research. Yet while the ways in which we research and compose papers may have changed, the fundamentals remain the same: writers need...
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Human Errors: A Panorama of Our Glitches, from Pointless Bones to Broken Genes

Nathan H. Lents · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

An illuminating, entertaining tour of the physical imperfections that make us human We humans like to think of ourselves as highly evolved creatures. But if we are supposedly evolution's greatest creation, why do we have such bad knees? Why do we catch head colds so often - two hundred...
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