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Anthropology For Dummies

Cameron M. Smith
Format: Paperback

Anthropology is the organized study of what makes humans human. It takes an objective step back to view homo sapiens as a species and ask questions like: Given our common characteristics, why aren't all of us exactly the same? Why do people across the world have variable skin and hair...
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Change Here Now: Permaculture Solutions for Personal and Community Transformation

Adam Brock · North Atlantic Books
Pages: 376
Format: Paperback

Award-winning social entrepreneur and permaculturalist Adam Brock draws from ecology, sociology, community economics, social justice, and indigenous practices the world over to present more than eighty proven solutions for building healthy communities. Using the "pattern language"...
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LSAT For Dummies: Book 5 Practice Tests Online

Scott A. Hatch · For Dummies; 3rd edition
Format: 3rd Edition

LSAT For Dummies prepares readers for the exam by giving them proven test-taking strategies, detailed content review, and plenty of practice questions. Features of this edition include: * 3 full-length practice tests -- two in the book plus a bonus exam online * Review of foundational...
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Information Doesn't Want to Be Free: Laws for the Internet Age

Cory Doctorow · McSweeney's
Format: Hardcover

In sharply argued, fast-moving chapters, Cory Doctorow's Information Doesn't Want to Be Free takes on the state of copyright and creative success in the digital age. Can small artists still thrive in the Internet era? Can giant record labels avoid alienating their audiences? This...
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The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future

Kevin Kelly · Viking
Pages: 328
Format: Print book

A New York Times Bestseller

From one of our leading technology thinkers and writers, a guide through the twelve technological imperatives that will shape the next thirty years and transform our lives

Much of what will happen in the next thirty years is inevitable, driven...
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Justice, Justice Thou Shalt Pursue: A Life's Work Fighting for a More Perfect Union

Ruth Bader Ginsburg · University of California Press; First edition
Format: Hardcover

In the fall of 2019, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg visited the University of California, Berkeley School of Law to deliver the first annual Herma Hill Kay Memorial Lecture in honor of her friend, the late Herma Hill Kay, with whom Ginsburg had coauthored the very first casebook on sex-based...
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The Smartphone: Anatomy of an Industry

Elizabeth Woyke · The New Press
Format: Print book

We think we know everything about our smartphones. We use them constantly. We depend on them for every conceivable purpose. We are familiar with every inch of their compact frames. But there is more to the smartphone than meets the eye. How have smartphones shaped the way we socialize and interact?...
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GRE Prep Plus 2021: 6 Practice Tests Proven Strategies Online Video Mobile

Kaplan Test Prep · Kaplan Publishing
Pages: 708
Format: Paperback

Kaplan's GRE Prep Plus 2021 guides you through the GRE step-by-step, with expert strategies, essential content review, and five online practice tests. Get an advantage on test day with our proven test-taking strategies, math skills review, and one-year access to online practice and lessons.We're...
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Painless Reading Comprehension

Darolyn "Lyn" Jones Ed.D. · Barrons Educational Series; Fourth edition
Format: Paperback

Virtual LearningHomeschoolLearning podsClear examples for all topics, including reading patterns, mastering multiple-choice questions, context clues, strategies, and much moreSample reading passages throughoutPainless tips, common pitfalls, and informative sidebarsBrain Tickler quizzes...
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Legal Guide for Starting & Running a Small Business

Fred S. Steingold Attorney · NOLO
Pages: 456
Format: Paperback

The all-in-one business law book When you run a small business, legal questions crop up almost on a daily basis. Ignoring them can threaten your enterprise - but hiring a lawyer to help with routine issues can devastate the bottom line. Fortunately, you have a better alternative. Legal...
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