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Separate: The Story of Plessy v. Ferguson, and America's Journey from Slavery to Segregation

Steve Luxenberg - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover

A myth-shattering narrative of how a nation embraced "separation" and its pernicious consequences.Plessy v. Ferguson, the Supreme Court case synonymous with "separate but equal," created remarkably little stir when the justices announced their near-unanimous decision...
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Luxury: Poems

Philip Schultz - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover

"Philip Schultz's poems have long since earned their own place in American poetry. His stylistic trademarks are his great emotional directness and his intelligent haranguing -- of god, the reader, and himself. He is one of the least affected of American poets, and one of the fiercest."...
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2018 / 2019 ASVAB For Dummies

ANGIE PAPPLE JOHNSTON - For Dummies
Format: Paperback

The bestselling ASVAB study guide - now updated for 2018/2019! The ASVAB (Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery) is a timed multi-aptitude test developed and maintained by the Department of Defense. The test is given at more than 13,000 schools and Military Entrance Processing...
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The Oxford Illustrated History of World War II

Richard Overy - Oxford University Press; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

World War Two was the most devastating conflict in recorded human history. It was both global in extent and total in character. It has understandably left a long and dark shadow across the decades. Yet it is three generations since hostilities formally ended in 1945 and the conflict is now a lived...
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Two-Year Colleges 2016

Peterson's - Peterson Nelnet Co
Format: Paperback

Peterson's Two-Year Colleges 2016 includes information on nearly 1,900 accredited two-year undergraduate institutions in the United States and Canada, as well as some international schools. It also includes detailed two-page descriptions written by admissions personnel. College-bound...
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Famous First Facts

Steven Anzovin - H.W. Wilson; 7 edition
Format: Hardcover

For more than half a century, Famous First Facts has earned the accolades of reviewers and a place on library reference shelves nationwide. This new edition of the reference classic is updated and expanded with new entries reflecting the latest developments and discoveries, and newly organized...
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Cracking the GED Test with 2 Practice Tests, 2020 Edition

Princeton Review - Princeton Review
Format: Paperback

Everything students need to know to succeed on the GED, the most commonly taken high school equivalency exam.The GED (General Educational Development) tests provide hundreds of thousands of people each year with...
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There's a Woman in the Pulpit: Christian Clergywomen Share Their Hard Days, Holy Moments and the Healing Power of Humor

Rev. Martha Spong - SkyLight Paths Publishing; 1 edition
Format: Print book

Be informed and inspired, delighted and supported, encouraged and entertained by stories and prayers from the unique perspectives of clergywomen."In ministry, we constantly balance the sacred and the ordinary, juggling the two as expertly as we manage a chalice and a [baby] bottle....
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2016 Standard Catalog of World Coins 2001-Date

George S. Cuhaj - Krause Publications; Tenth Edition edition
Format: Print book

Twenty-First Century MarvelsIn concert with 100 international experts, World Mints and Central Banks, the Standard Catalog of World Coins 2001-Date, 10th Edition, provides an exhaustive and thorough catalog rich with new issue coinage and values from the Twenty-First Century.For the first...
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Old Sparky: The Electric Chair and the History of the Death Penalty

Anthony Galvin - Carrel Books
Format: Hardcover

In early 2013, Robert Gleason became the latest victim of the electric chair, a peculiarly American execution method. Shouting Pog mo thin ("Kiss my ass" in Gaelic) he grinned electricity shot through his system. When the current was switched off his body slumped against the leather...
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