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Adolescent medicine pharmacotherapeutics in medical disorders /

Table of Contents: “…Dermatology -- Disorders of endocrinology -- Neurologic disorders -- Gastrointestinal disorders -- Adolescent hematology -- Pharmacotherapeutics of cancer in adolescents -- Sleep disorders in adolescents -- Concepts of hypertension -- Pediatric cardiology -- Pulmonary disorders -- Musculoskeletal disorders and sports injuries -- Concepts of rheumatoid disorders -- Concepts of metabolic disorders -- The kidney -- About the editors -- About Pediatric and Human Development, Michigan -- About Division of Adolescent Medicine, University of Kentucky -- About the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development in Israel.…”
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Lithuanians in Michigan by Grazulis, Marius K.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Lithuanian history as a background to immigration -- First and second waves of Lithuanians in Michigan -- Religion and culture in the first and second waves -- Lithuanians and sports -- Third and fourth waves Lithuanian immigration to Michigan -- Politics -- Fourth wave -- Fifth wave of immigration and today -- Union pier experience -- Future of Lithuanians in Michigan -- Conclusion -- Sidebars -- Bishop Salatka of Marquette -- Old country farmer's cheese -- Lithuanian Jews -- Louis Getz -- Milda's corner store.…”
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Body panic gender, health, and the selling of fitness / by Dworkin, Shari L.

Table of Contents: “…Gender, consumer culture, and convergence -- Size matters : male body panic and the third wave "crisis of masculinity" -- "Getting your body back" : postindustrial fit motherhood and the merger of the second (household labor/child care) and third (fitness) shifts -- From Women's sports & fitness to Self : third wave feminism and the consumption conundrum -- Emancipatory potential, social justice, and the consumptive imperative.…”
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Door County's emerald treasure a history of Peninsula State Park / by Tishler, William H.

Table of Contents: “…Patterns of the park's landscape -- The Native Americans -- Early residents : the park's pioneers -- Weborg Point -- Eagle Bluff Lighthouse : guardian of the Green Bay Passage -- Thomas Reynolds, John Nolen, and legislation to establish the park -- Naming the park and purchasing the land -- The Doolittle years -- Camp Meenahga -- The golf course : one of Wisconsin's finest -- Potawatomi : Peninsula's sister park -- Camp Peninsular and the CCC -- The CCC controversy -- Winter sports -- World War II and beyond at the park.…”
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Doing time in the Depression everyday life in Texas and California prisons / by Blue, Ethan

Table of Contents: “…Of bodies and borders : the demography of incarceration -- Work in the walled city : labor and discipline in California's prisons -- From can see to can't : agricultural labor and industrial reform on Texas penal plantations -- Shifting markets of power : building tenders, con bosses, queens, and guards -- Thirty minutes behind the walls : prison radio and the popular culture of punishment -- Sport and celebration in the popular culture of punishment -- A dark cloud would go over : death and dying -- Going home.…”
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Sidney J. Furie : life and films / by Kremer, Daniel, 1984-

Table of Contents: “…Prologue -- The boy in his own company -- Colonizing a wilderness -- Making a name in London -- Man's favorite sport -- Through a glass refracted: the wild angles picture show -- Professional winners and professional losers -- Idol worship in jazz: Lady sings the blues and Hit! …”
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Door County's emerald treasure a history of Peninsula State Park / by Tishler, William H.

Table of Contents: “…Patterns of the park's landscape -- The Native Americans -- Early residents : the park's pioneers -- Weborg Point -- Eagle Bluff Lighthouse : guardian of the Green Bay Passage -- Thomas Reynolds, John Nolen, and legislation to establish the park -- Naming the park and purchasing the land -- The Doolittle years -- Camp Meenahga -- The golf course : one of Wisconsin's finest -- Potawatomi : Peninsula's sister park -- Camp Peninsular and the CCC -- The CCC controversy -- Winter sports -- World War II and beyond at the park.…”
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Doing time in the Depression everyday life in Texas and California prisons / by Blue, Ethan

Table of Contents: “…Of bodies and borders : the demography of incarceration -- Work in the walled city : labor and discipline in California's prisons -- From can see to can't : agricultural labor and industrial reform on Texas penal plantations -- Shifting markets of power : building tenders, con bosses, queens, and guards -- Thirty minutes behind the walls : prison radio and the popular culture of punishment -- Sport and celebration in the popular culture of punishment -- A dark cloud would go over : death and dying -- Going home.…”
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Sidney J. Furie : life and films / by Kremer, Daniel, 1984-

Table of Contents: “…Prologue -- The boy in his own company -- Colonizing a wilderness -- Making a name in London -- Man's favorite sport -- Through a glass refracted: the wild angles picture show -- Professional winners and professional losers -- Idol worship in jazz: Lady sings the blues and Hit! …”
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The games black girls play learning the ropes from Double-dutch to Hip-hop / by Gaunt, Kyra Danielle

Table of Contents: “…: women, hip-hop, and the power of language -- Double forces has got the beat : reclaiming girls' music in the sport of double-dutch -- Let a woman jump : dancing with the Double Dutch Divas.…”
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A short history of Wisconsin by Janik, Erika

Table of Contents: “…Geography of place -- Fortunes made of fur -- From territory to statehood -- Calling Wisconsin home -- Lead and lumber -- Social and moral improvement -- Civil War Wisconsin -- Becoming America's dairyland -- Manufacturing the future -- The sporting life -- Progressive politics -- World War I -- Changing habits of consumption -- Depression -- World War II -- Culture of fear -- Migration and civil rights -- Vietnam -- Greening Wisconsin -- The changing face of immigration -- Indian treaty rights -- Postwar politics and the conservative revolution -- Conclusion: Creating Wisconsin.…”
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A short history of Wisconsin by Janik, Erika

Table of Contents: “…Geography of place -- Fortunes made of fur -- From territory to statehood -- Calling Wisconsin home -- Lead and lumber -- Social and moral improvement -- Civil War Wisconsin -- Becoming America's dairyland -- Manufacturing the future -- The sporting life -- Progressive politics -- World War I -- Changing habits of consumption -- Depression -- World War II -- Culture of fear -- Migration and civil rights -- Vietnam -- Greening Wisconsin -- The changing face of immigration -- Indian treaty rights -- Postwar politics and the conservative revolution -- Conclusion: Creating Wisconsin.…”
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The games black girls play learning the ropes from Double-dutch to Hip-hop / by Gaunt, Kyra Danielle

Table of Contents: “…: women, hip-hop, and the power of language -- Double forces has got the beat : reclaiming girls' music in the sport of double-dutch -- Let a woman jump : dancing with the Double Dutch Divas.…”
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Adolescent medicine : a handbook for primary care /

Table of Contents: “…Adolescent growth and development -- The office visit -- Headache -- Seizures -- Syncope -- Common respiratory infections -- Asthma -- Acne -- Infectious mononucleosis -- Chronic fatigue -- Hepatitis -- Abdominal pain -- Musculoskeletal problems -- Urinary tract infections -- Diabetes mellitus -- Thyroid disease -- Hypertension -- Obesity -- Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder -- Substance abuse -- Adolescent tobacco use -- Eating disorders -- Mood and anxiety disorders -- Psychosomatic problems in adolescence -- Adolescent violence and suicide -- Adolescent sexuality and reproductive health -- Sexually transmitted infections -- Sports medicine -- Legal issues.…”
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Disability and popular culture : focusing passion, creating community and expressing defiance / by Ellis, Katie, 1978-

Table of Contents: “…List of figures and tables -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: producerly disability -- Our moment in time : the transitory and concrete value of disability toys -- Contemporary beauty-ism -- Spaces of cultural mediation : the science fiction cinema of the third stage of disability -- Among the leading characters on television -- Enfreaking popular music : making us think by making us feel -- Controlling the body : sport, disability and the construction of ability -- Disability and spreadable media : access, representation and inspiration porn -- Conclusion : focusing passion, creating community, expressing defiance -- References -- Filmography.…”
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Adolescent medicine : a handbook for primary care /

Table of Contents: “…Adolescent growth and development -- The office visit -- Headache -- Seizures -- Syncope -- Common respiratory infections -- Asthma -- Acne -- Infectious mononucleosis -- Chronic fatigue -- Hepatitis -- Abdominal pain -- Musculoskeletal problems -- Urinary tract infections -- Diabetes mellitus -- Thyroid disease -- Hypertension -- Obesity -- Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder -- Substance abuse -- Adolescent tobacco use -- Eating disorders -- Mood and anxiety disorders -- Psychosomatic problems in adolescence -- Adolescent violence and suicide -- Adolescent sexuality and reproductive health -- Sexually transmitted infections -- Sports medicine -- Legal issues.…”
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Disability and popular culture : focusing passion, creating community and expressing defiance / by Ellis, Katie, 1978-

Table of Contents: “…List of figures and tables -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: producerly disability -- Our moment in time : the transitory and concrete value of disability toys -- Contemporary beauty-ism -- Spaces of cultural mediation : the science fiction cinema of the third stage of disability -- Among the leading characters on television -- Enfreaking popular music : making us think by making us feel -- Controlling the body : sport, disability and the construction of ability -- Disability and spreadable media : access, representation and inspiration porn -- Conclusion : focusing passion, creating community, expressing defiance -- References -- Filmography.…”
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Where the Southern cross the Yellow Dog on writers and writing / by Rubin, Louis Decimus, 1923-

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Where the Southern cross the Yellow Dog on writers and writing / by Rubin, Louis Decimus, 1923-

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Chicago's new Negroes modernity, the great migration, & Black urban life / by Baldwin, Davarian L.

Table of Contents: “…: consumer culture and intellectual life reconsidered -- Mapping the Black metropolis: a cultural geography of the stroll -- Making do: beauty, enterprise, and the "makeover" of race womanhood -- Theaters of war: spectacles, amusements, and the emergence of urban film culture -- The birth of two nations: White fears, Black jeers, and the rise of a "race film" consciousness -- Sacred tastes: the migrant aesthetics and authority of gospel music -- The sporting life: recreation, self-reliance, and competing visions of race manhood -- Epilogue. …”
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