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Semites, Iranians, Greeks, and Romans: Studies in their Interactions / by Goldstein, Jonathan A., 1929-

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Insult to injury libel, slander, and invasions of privacy / by Jones, William K.

Table of Contents: “…The man who had to leave town -- "Heed their rising voices" -- An uncommon common law -- The First Amendment -- Anything that touches on fitness for office -- The tale of the furtive night watchman -- Into the vortex of public controversy -- The big football fix -- The frame-up of officer nuccio -- The golden fleece of the month award -- The reluctant Soviet agent -- Special cases : unlimited, irrelevant and involuntary public figures -- Strictly business -- Purely private libels -- Group libels -- Looking for love? …”
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To save the land and people a history of opposition to surface coal mining in Appalachia / by Montrie, Chad

Table of Contents: “…Machine generated contents note: Acknowledgments xi --Abbreviations xiii --Introduction. -- Common People and Private Property 1 --1 Making, Taking, and Stripping the Land 7 --2 Our Country Would BeBetter Fit for Farming: Opposition to Surface Coal Mining in Ohio 25 --3 Selfish Interests: -- Opposition to Surface Coal Mining in Pennsylvania 43 --4 We Feel We Have Been Forsaken: Opposition to Surface Coal Mining in Kentucky, 1954-1967 61 --5 We Will Stop the Bulldozers: Opposition to Surface Coal Mining in Kentucky, 1967-1972 85 -- 6 The Dilemma Is a Classic One: Opposition to Surface Coal Mining in West Virginia 107 --7 Liberty in a Wasteland Is Meaningless: Strip Mining Opposition at the Federal Level, 1968-1972 127 --8 Getting More and More Cynical: Decline of the Opposition, 1973-1977 155 --9 Against the Little Man Like Me: Legalized Destruction in the SMCRA Era 181 --Conclusion. -- Having to Fight the Whole System 201 --Notes 207 -- Selected Bibliography 235 -- Index 241.…”
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From the Athenian tetradrachm to the euro studies in European monetary integration /

Table of Contents: “…Preface : from the Athenian tetradrachm to the euro / Theodoros B. Karatzas -- Common currency from antiquity : plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose / Ioannis Touratsoglou -- Monetary integration in the Roman Empire / Juan Carlos Martinez Oliva -- 'One money for an empire' : achievements and limitations of Byzantium's currency from Constantine the Great to the fall of Constantinople / Cécile Morrisson -- On the history of German monetary union / Richard H. …”
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Self-taught African American education in slavery and freedom / by Williams, Heather Andrea

Table of Contents: “…In secret places : acquiring literacy in slave communities -- A coveted possession : literacy in the first days of freedom -- The men are actually clamoring for books : African American soldiers and the educational mission -- We must get education for ourselves and our children : advocacy for education -- We are striving to do business on our own hook : organizing schools on the ground -- We are laboring under many difficulties : African American teachers in freedpeople's schools -- A long and tedious road to travel for knowledge : textbooks and freedpeople's schools -- If anybody wants an education, it is me : students in freedpeople's schools -- First movings of the waters : the creation of common school systems for Black and White students -- Epilogue -- Appendix : African Americans, literacy, and the law in the antebellum South.…”
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Reflections on constitutional law by Anastaplo, George, 1925-

Table of Contents: “…-- Realism and the study of constitutional law -- The challenges of skepticism for the constitutionalist -- Constitutionalism and the common law : the Erie problem reconsidered -- The Confederate Constitution (1861-1865) -- The Japanese relocation cases (1943,1944) -- Calder v. …”
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Smart stewardship for nonprofits making the right decision in good times and bad / by Brinckerhoff, Peter C., 1952-

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Medicine, health care, & ethics Catholic voices /

Table of Contents: “…Morris -- Health care reform : justice and the common good / Clarke E. Cochran -- Healthcare reform and the "consistent ethic"? …”
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Law, governance, and justice new views on medieval constitutionalism /

Table of Contents: “…Mark Ormrod -- The altered perspective of Thomas Walsingham's symbol of Normandy / Christopher Guyol -- Centre and locality: perceptions of the assize justices in late medieval England / Anthony Musson -- The common voice in theory and practice in late fourteenth century England / Andrew Galloway -- Landscape and the identity of the realm / Lynn Staley -- The people, politics and the constitution in the fifteenth century / Anthony Pollard -- Law, justice, and governance : new views on medieval constitutionalism / G.W. …”
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A poet's revolution the life of Denise Levertov / by Hollenberg, Donna Krolik

Table of Contents: “…"The walls of the garden, the first light": beginnings (1923-1933); "When Anna screamed": Levertov's response to Nazi oppression (1933-1939); The double image: apprenticeship during World War Two (1939-1946); "Recoveries": abortion, adventure, and marriage (1947- 48) -- A common ground (1949-1966). "Dancing edgeways": coming of age as a poet in the new world (1949-1955); "The true artist": Levertov's engagement with tradition (1954-1960) -- "The poem ascends": taking a position (1960-1963) -- "To speak of sorrow": Levertov's emergence as a social poet (1963?…”
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Molecular polymorphism of man structural and functional individual multiformity of biomacromolecules /

Table of Contents: “…Khusnutdinova and I. Kutuev -- Common and special features of the human ribosomal DNA / Natalia S. …”
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Experimentation and interpretation the use of experimental archaeology in the study of the past /

Table of Contents: “…Millson -- Cache or carry : food storage in prehistoric Europe / Penny Cunningham -- Creating a history of experimental archaeology / Jodi Reeves Flores -- Breaking the sound barrier : new directions for complexity, transformation, and reconstructive practice in experimental Neolithic archaeoacousitics / Claire Marshall -- Experimental archaeology after simplicity : implications for reflexivity of insights that a "common world" is not a "given" / Stephanie Koerner -- Experiment or demonstration? …”
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The first-year teacher's survival guide ready-to-use strategies, tools & activities for meeting the challenges of each school day / by Thompson, Julia G.

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The whole spectrum of social, motor, and sensory games using every child's natural love of play to enhance key skills and promote inclusion / by Sher, Barbara

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The ultimate echo guide /

Table of Contents: “…Roldan -- Prosthetic valve dysfunction / Michael H. Crawford -- Common adult congenital heart diseases / Carlos A. …”
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International construction contract law / by Klee, Lukas

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The American short story handbook / by Nagel, James

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National security law /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Providing for the "common defence" : the original understanding -- The gloss of history : an introduction to the separation of national security powers -- The president's national security powers -- Congress's national security powers -- The courts' national security powers -- The domestic effect of international law -- The right to wage war (jus ad bellum) -- International humanitarian law (jus in bello) -- How we go to war : lessons from Vietnam -- The war powers resolution -- Collective self-defense -- Unilateral self-defense and rescue -- Targeting terrorists -- Humanitarian and peace operations -- Organization and auhtority of the intelligence community -- Covert actions in principle and practice -- Defying oversight? …”

Self-taught African American education in slavery and freedom / by Williams, Heather Andrea

Table of Contents: “…In secret places : acquiring literacy in slave communities -- A coveted possession : literacy in the first days of freedom -- The men are actually clamoring for books : African American soldiers and the educational mission -- We must get education for ourselves and our children : advocacy for education -- We are striving to do business on our own hook : organizing schools on the ground -- We are laboring under many difficulties : African American teachers in freedpeople's schools -- A long and tedious road to travel for knowledge : textbooks and freedpeople's schools -- If anybody wants an education, it is me : students in freedpeople's schools -- First movings of the waters : the creation of common school systems for Black and White students -- Epilogue -- Appendix : African Americans, literacy, and the law in the antebellum South.…”
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Reflections on constitutional law by Anastaplo, George, 1925-

Table of Contents: “…-- Realism and the study of constitutional law -- The challenges of skepticism for the constitutionalist -- Constitutionalism and the common law : the Erie problem reconsidered -- The Confederate Constitution (1861-1865) -- The Japanese relocation cases (1943,1944) -- Calder v. …”
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