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Psychology | Natural Sciences | Theater and Dance | World Languages


New Materials in Support of the Art Curriculum

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New Materials in Support of the Athletics Curriculum

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Coaching basketball technical and tactical skills
796.323 AM34
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Women's tennis tactics
Antoun, Rob, 1968-
796.342 AN66WO
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Complete conditioning for golf
Draovitch, Pete, 1961-
796.352 D75CO
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100 classic golf tips
Obetz, Christopher Robin.
796.352 ON35OB
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Jews and baseball . Entering the American mainstream, 1871-1948
Boxerman, Burton Alan, 1933-
796.357 B69JE
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52-week baseball training
Coleman, A. Eugene.
796.357 C71FI
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Run strong
796.42 R871
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Hitler's Olympics : the story of the 1936 Nazi Games
Rippon, Anton.
796.48 R57HI
Includes sections on Propaganda and Politics, The Boycott Threat, and TheWinter Games. .
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New Materials in Support of the Economics Curriculum

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Good capitalism, bad capitalism, and the economics of growth and prosperity
Baumol, William J.
330.12 B26GO
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Capitalism
Bowles, Paul.
330.12 B73CA
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Prophet of innovation : Joseph Schumpeter and creative destruction
McCraw, Thomas K.
330.12 M18PR
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The industrial revolution : a history in documents
Frader, Laura Levine, 1945-
330.9 F73IN
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The European economy since 1945 : coordinated capitalism and beyond
Eichengreen, Barry J.
330.94 EI34EU
In 1945, many Europeans still heated with coal, cooled their food with ice, and lacked indoor plumbing. Today, things could hardly be more different. Over the second half of the twentieth century, the average European's buying power tripled, while working hours fell by a third. The European Economy since 1945 is a broad, accessible, forthright account of the extraordinary development of Europe's economy since the end of World War II. Barry Eichengreen argues that the continent's history has been critical to its economic performance, and that it will continue to be so going forward. Challenging standard views that basic economic forces were behind postwar Europe's success, Eichengreen shows how Western Europe in particular inherited a set of institutions singularly well suited to the economic circumstances that reigned for almost three decades. Economic growth was facilitated by solidarity-centered trade unions, cohesive employers' associations, and growth-minded governments--all legacies of Europe's earlier history. For example, these institutions worked together to mobilize savings, finance investment, and stabilize wages. However, this inheritance of economic and social institutions that was the solution until around 1973--when Europe had to switch from growth based on brute-force investment and the acquisition of known technologies to growth based on increased efficiency and innovation--then became the problem. Thus, the key questions for the future are whether Europe and its constituent nations can now adapt their institutions to the needs of a globalized knowledge economy, and whether in doing so, the continent's distinctive history will be an obstacle or an asset.
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The wages of destruction : the making and breaking of the Nazi economy
Tooze, Adam.
330.943 T66WA
In this groundbreaking history, Tooze provides the clearest picture to date of the Nazi war machine and its undoing. There was no aspect of Nazi power untouched by economics--it was Hitler's obsession and the reason the Nazis came to power in the first place. The Second World War was fought, in Hitler's view, to create a European empire strong enough to take on the United States. But as this book makes clear, Hitler's armies were never powerful enough to beat either Britain or the Soviet Union--and Hitler never had a serious plan as to how he might defeat the United States. An eye-opening and controversial account that will challenge conventional interpretations of the period.
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The cigarette century : the rise, fall, and deadly persistence of the product that defined America
Brandt, Allan M.
338.4 B72CI
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An East Asian renaissance : ideas for economic growth
Gill, Indermit Singh, 1961-
338.95 G45EA
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The persistence of poverty : why the economics of the well-off can't help the poor
Karelis, Charles.
339.4 K37P
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New Materials in Support of the English Curriculum

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Writing in an age of silence
Paretsky, Sara.
813 P21WR
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Pulp writer : twenty years in the American Grub Street
Powers, Paul S. (Paul Sylvester), 1905-1971.
813 P88ZPO
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New Materials in Support of the History and Social Sciences Curriculum

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Violent video game effects on children and adolescents : theory, research, and public policy
Anderson, Craig Alan, 1952-
302.23 AN31VI
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Women in the Middle East : past and present
Keddie, Nikki R.
305.43 K43WO
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ReMembering Cuba : legacy of a diaspora
305.86 R34H
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The essential writings of Machiavelli
Machiavelli, Niccolo, 1469-1527.
321 M18C
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Inventing human rights : a history
Hunt, Lynn Avery.
323.09 H95IN
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Imperialism : a history in documents
Smith, Bonnie.
325.32 SM44IM
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Child soldiers : from violence to protection
Wessells, Michael G., 1948-
355.3 W47CH
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Sick : the untold story of America's health care crisis, and the people who pay the price
Cohn, Jonathan.
362.1 C69SI
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The Oxford history of the crusades
909.07 R45CR
Includes sections on Art in the Latin East, 1098-1291, Architecture in the Latin East, 1098-1571, The Military Orders, 1120-1312, Islam and the Crusades, 1096-1699, The Crusading Movement, 1274-1700, The Latin East, 1291- 1669, The Military Orders, 1312-1798, Images of the Crusades in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries.
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The Silk Road and beyond : travel, trade, and transformation
909.09 SI49
The Silk Road was an ancient network of trade routes that extended from Asia to the Mediterranean Sea, linking powerful civilizations such as Rome and China. Featuring over forty intriguing objects both ancient and modern, from the Art Institutes collection, this volume explores the Silk Roads fascinating historical and contemporary significance. Ranging from ancient Chinese tomb figures to works by such contemporary artists as Lalla Essaydi, the selections reflect an intense exchange between cultures and provide new ways of looking at and thinking about Eastern and Western art. With an essay that explores how the Silk Road fostered an exchange of goods, styles, and ideas between East and West, the book also includes a conversation between James Cuno, the museums director, and world renowned cellist YoYo Ma. They discuss the Silk Road as a metaphor for the continuous circulation of visual and musical motifs and ideas between cultures today.
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The Cold War : a history in documents
Winkler, Allan M., 1945-
909.82 W56CO
Uses contemporary documents to explore the development of the Cold War struggle, the consequences in the 1950s and 1960s, and the lasting effects on American social and cultural patterns.
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The republic of pirates : being the true and surprising story of the Caribbean pirates and the man who brought them down
Woodard, Colin, 1968-
910.4 W72RE
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An atlas and survey of Latin American history
LaRosa, Michael (Michael J.).
911.8 L34AT
Includes sections on The four voyages of Columbus, The Aztec Empire and its dominion, The Inca Empire and its dominion, Slave centers during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, Haiti: the forgotten revolution, War among Creoles and against Spaniards: The Andean phase, Latin American economies in the twentieth century, Mining and petroleum, Latin American trade blocs, North American trade blocs, Migration patterns from Latin America to the United States, Revolutionary movements, The Mexican Revolution, Bolivia and Guatemala: the early 1950s, Cuba, 1959, Guerrilla movements: Che and Colombia, The Sandinista Revolution and Central America, New indigenous movements: Peru's Sendero Luminoso, Mexico's EZLN, and Brazil's MST.
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Fodor's Shanghai
915.1 F684
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World War I : a history in documents
Coetzee, Frans, 1955-
940.3 C65W
Includes primary source material as well as a section on what is a primary source document and how to read a document.
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Posters of World Wars I & II
940.3 P62
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June 1941 : Hitler and Stalin
Lukacs, John, 1924-
940.54 L95J
This new portrait of two great leaders confronting each other in June 1941 describes Hitler and Stalin's strange, calculating, and miscalculating relationship before the German invasion of Soviet Russia, with its gigantic (and unintended) consequences. Lukas questions many long-held beliefs. He suggests, for example, that among other things Hitler's first purpose involved England: if Stalin's Communist Russia were to be defeated, Hitler's Third Reich would be well-nigh invincible, and the British and American peoples would be forced to rethink the war against Hitler. Lukas presents evidence that Hitler (rather than his generals) had moments of dark foreboding before the invasion. Stalin could not, because he wished not, believe that Hitler would choose the risk of a two- front war by attacking him; he was stunned and shocked and came close to a breakdown. But he recovered, grew into a statesman, and eventually became a prime victor of the Second World War.--From publisher description.
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Ireland : a reference guide from the Renaissance to the present
McCarthy, John P. (John Patrick), 1938-
REF 941.5 M19IR
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What was revolutionary about the French Revolution?
Darnton, Robert.
944.04 D26W
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The early Chinese empires : Qin and Han
Lewis, Mark Edward, 1954-
951 L58EA
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Twentieth century China : a history in documents
Schoppa, R. Keith, 1943-
951 SCH6T
In its period of slow decline from the late 18th into the early 20th century and throughout its 20th century revolution, one of the most important problems facing individual Chinese and China as a nation was choosing appropriate political, social, cultural, and economic identities as contexts and situations changed. This documentary history of 20th century China begins with the turn-of-the-century Boxer uprising to set the stage for understanding the choices at stake for 20th century Chinese. It then focuses on the always- dramatic choices of identity that have continually confronted the Chinese. In many cases these choices have meant life or death. Above all, this is a story of the people whose choices propelled modern Chinese history. It is a dramatic tale, often bloody and violent, alternately soaring with hope and plunging into bleak despair. It compels our interest because of its importance for the world today; because it is one of world history's greatest revolutions; and because it provides an extraordinarily interesting study of the processes that an ancient culture undergoes in transforming itself into that which we call "modern."Twentieth-Century China: A History in Documents uses an exceptional range of primary sources, including government edicts, political cartoons, poetry, political manifestos, essays, fiction, magazine covers and advertisements, wills, trial transcripts, speeches, statistics, press releases, and even Chinese rock lyrics. The entire book is profusely illustrated with graphics that themselves serve as documents, and there is also a picture essay. Back matter will include a chronology, further reading, and index.
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The high road to China : George Bogle, the Panchen Lama, and the first British expedition to Tibet
Teltscher, Kate.
951.5 T29HI
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Modern Japan : a history in documents
Huffman, James L., 1941-
952 H91MO
James L. Huffman combines primary sources, including newspapers, diaries,cartoons, literature, wood block prints, maps, memoirs, photographs, and political essays, to present a narrative of Japan's history from 1600 through the twentieth century, focusing on cultural and economic, as well as political and intellectual, developments. Chapter One The Shogun's Realm Closing the Country A Feudal Regime Life Under the Tokugawa The Shogunate Under Challenge Chapter Two The Old Order Topples: 1853-1868 Japan's Sense of the World Perry's Arrival A Land in Transition Tumultuous Times Chapter Three Confronting the Modern World: 1868-1889 Envisioning a New World Creating a New System A New Society Chapter Four Turning Outward: 1890-1910 Rising Nationalism An Expansionist Turn A Modern, Urban Society Chapter Five Imperial Democracy: 1912- 1930 The Energy of Modernity Reigning in Diversity Chapter Six The Dark Era: 1930-1945 The Militarist Turn War Chapter Seven The Reemergence: 1945-1970 An Occupied Land The Return to Normal Life The Reemergence Chapter Eight Japan As a World Power Surmounting Crises Awash in Capital As the Century Ended.
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Pakistan : a global studies handbook
Mohiuddin, Yasmeen Niaz.
954.9 M64PA
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Encounters in the New World : a history in documents
970 L57EN
A collection of documents illustrating encounters between Native Americanpeoples and a variety of European newcomers from the fifteenth to the eighteenth centuries. Includes maps, journals, advertisements, and letters.
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Dreams from my father : a story of race and inheritance
Obama, Barack.
973.04 OB24DR
In this lyrical, unsentimental, and compelling memoir, the son of a blackAfrican father and a white American mother searches for a workable meaning to his life as a black American. It begins in New York, where Barack Obama learns that his father, a figure he knows more as a myth than as a man, has been killed in a car accident. This sudden death inspires an emotional odyssey, first to a small town in Kansas, from which he retraces the migration of his mother's family to Hawaii, and then to Kenya, where he meets the African side of his family, confronts the bitter truth of his father's life, and at last reconciles his divided inheritance.
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The American Revolution : a history in documents
Bullock, Steven C.
973.3 B88AM
Uses contemporary documents to explore the American Revolution, from the colonists' break with Great Britain through the struggle to create a successful government for the new United States.
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A glorious defeat : Mexico and its war with the United States
Henderson, Timothy J.
973.6 H38GL
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The road to disunion
Freehling, William W., 1935-
973.7 F86RO
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Age of betrayal : the triumph of money in America, 1865-1900
Beatty, Jack.
973.8 B387AG
A fresh look at the Gilded Age, when an oligarchy of wealth triumphed over democracy. At the end of the Civil War, with the rebellion put down and slavery ended, America belonged to Lincoln's "plain people." But "government of the people" and economic democracy were betrayed by political parties that fanned memories of the war to distract Americans from government of the corporation. Jay Gould, the "Mephisto of Wall Street," never runs for office, but he rules. A depression brought on by railroad speculation throws millions out of work, the hungry riot for bread in Buffalo, the homeless sleep on Chicago's streets, strikers are shot, and the nation's presidents avert their eyes. God instructs President McKinley to invade Cuba and seize the Philippines from Spain; turning from liberators to occupiers, U.S. troops slaughter and starve the (Roman Catholic) Filipinos in the name of "Christianizing" them.-- From publisher description.
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The Gilded Age : a history in documents
973.8 G856
Uses a wide variety of documents to show how Americans dealt with an age of extremes from 1887 to 1900, including rapid industrialization, unemployment, unprecedented wealth, and immigration. Contains information on muckraking, the Knights of Labor, the Haymarket Affair, child labor, the Homestead Lockout, Social Darwinism, Prohibition, Jacob Riis and photography, sharecroppers, cotton mill workers, the rise of Jim Crow, Indian issues, Exodusters, Farmers' Alliances, the Populist Party, the election of 1896, The Spanish-American War, the Philippines, sports, and women.
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The day the world ended at Little Bighorn : a Lakota history
Marshall, Joseph, 1945-
973.8 M31DA
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The Depression and New Deal : a history in documents
McElvaine, Robert S., 1947-
973.91 M15D
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Reclaiming history : the assassination of President John F. Kennedy
Bugliosi, Vincent.
973.922 B94RE
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Dark at the roots : a memoir
Thyre, Sarah.
976.3 T45DA
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The last days of the Incas
MacQuarrie, Kim.
985 M16LA
In 1532, the fiftyfour year old Spanish conquistador,Francisco Pizarro,led a force of 167 men, including his four brothers, to the shores of Peru. Unbeknownst to the Spaniards, the Inca rulers of Peru had just fought a bloody civil war in which the emperor Atahualpa had defeated his brother Huascar. Pizarro and his men soon clashed with Atahualpa and a huge force of Inca warriors at the Battle of Cajamarca. Despite being outnumbered by more than two hundred to one, the Spaniards prevailed -- due largely to their horses, their steel armor and swords, and their tactic of surprise. They captured and imprisoned Atahualpa. Although the Inca emperor paid an enormous ransom in gold, the Spaniards executed him anyway. The following year, the Spaniards seized the Inca capital of Cuzco, completing their conquest of the largest native empire the New World has ever known. Peru was now a Spanish colony, and the conquistadors were wealthy beyond their wildest dreams. But the Incas did not submit willingly. A young Inca emperor, the brother of Atahualpa, soon led a massive rebellion against the Spaniards, inflicting heavy casualties and nearly wiping out the conquerors. Eventually, however, Pizarro and his men forced the emperor to abandon the Andes and flee to the Amazon. There, he established a hidden capital, called Vilcabamba. Although the Incas fought a deadly, thirtysix year long guerrilla war, the Spanish ultimately captured the last Inca emperor and vanquished the native resistance. Kim MacQuarrie lived in Peru for five years and became fascinated by the Incas and the history of the Spanish conquest. Drawing on both native and Spanish chronicles, he vividly describes the dramatic story of the conquest, with all its savagery and suspense. MacQuarrie also relates the story of the modern search for Vilcabamba, of how Machu Picchu was discovered, and of how a trio of colorful American explorers only recently discovered the lost Inca capital of Vilcabamba, hidden for centuries in the Amazon.This authoritative, exciting history is among the most powerful and important accounts of the culture of the South American Indians and the Spanish Conquest. -- From publisher description.
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New Materials in Support of the Math Curriculum

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New Materials in Support of the Philosophy and Religious Studies Curriculum

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Creative problem-solving in ethics
Weston, Anthony, 1954-
170.2 W47CR
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Hooked : how medicine's dependence on the pharmaceutical industry undermines professional ethics
Brody, Howard.
174.2 B76HO
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Buddhism in China
Ling, Haicheng.
294.3 L65BU
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Islam in China
Zhang, Guanglin.
297 Z46IS
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New Materials in Support of the Psychology Curriculum

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Dream interpretation as a psychotherapeutic technique
Coolidge, Frederick L. (Frederick Lawrence), 1948-
154.6 C66DR
This inspiring new book covers the practical side of dream interpretationduring the therapeutic consultation. It aids the understanding of sleep and dreams in a scientific context and provides an introduction to the biological and evolutionary foundations of sleep, dreams and dream interpretation, supporting its use in professional counseling. Dream Interpretation as a Psychotherapeutic Technique covers cultural, historical and religious foundations of dreams and dream interpretation and gives an overview of the various dream interpretation theories.
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How children develop social understanding
Carpendale, Jeremy I. M., 1957-
155.4 C27HO
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Play=learning : how play motivates and enhances children's cognitive and social-emotional growth
155.4 P68SI
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New Materials in Support of the Natural Sciences Curriculum

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The wild trees : a story of passion and daring
Preston, Richard, 1954-
585 P
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The last normal child : essays on the intersection of kids, culture, and psychiatric drugs
Diller, Lawrence H.
615.78 D44LA
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Better : a surgeon's notes on performance
Gawande, Atul.
616 G
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The Great Meadow : farmers and the land in colonial Concord
Donahue, Brian, 1955-
630.9 D58GR
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