Growing Up in New Guinea

Growing Up in New GuineaBy:"Margaret Mead"Published on 2001-02-20 by Harper CollinsFollowing the sensational success of her first book, Coming of Age in Samoa, Margaret Mead continued her brilliant work in Growing Up in New Guinea, detailing her study of the Manus, a New Guinea people still untouched by the outside world when she visited them in 1928. She lived in their noisy...

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Hobbies

HobbiesBy:"Steven M. Gelber"Published on 2013-08-13 by Columbia University PressWhy do we fill our leisure time with the activities we do? And what do our hobbies say about our culture? Gelber traces the history of hobbies from the mid-nineteenth century through the 1950s, demonstrating that, although they are touted as a break from work, hobbies actually reflect the values...

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Comic Book Culture

Comic Book CultureBy:"Ron Goulart"Published on 2000 by Collectors Press, Inc.Provides a concise history of the comic book business from its shaky beginnings in the early 1930s to its multimillion-dollar success during World War II, and includes cover illustrations from the middle 1930s to the late 1940s.This Book was ranked 29 by Google Books for keyword comic.a...

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Governmental Illegitimacy in International Law

Governmental Illegitimacy in International LawBy:"Brad R. Roth"Published on 2000 by Oxford University Press on DemandWhen is a de facto authority not entitled to be considered a 'government' for the purposes of International Law? In this book, Brad Roth offers a detailed examination of collective non-recognition of governments.This Book was ranked 17 by Google Books for keyword...

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Writing Women's Literary History

Writing Women's Literary HistoryBy:"Margaret J. M. Ezell"Published on 1996-10-16 by JHU PressBy championing the recovery of \This Book was ranked 30 by Google Books for keyword history.a...

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The Law Book

The Law BookBy:"Michael H. Roffer"Published on 2015-10-06 by SterlingJustice may be blind, but this comprehensive collection of 250 fundamental and far-reaching cases, statutes, and trials brings the law to light. From the code of Babylonian king Hammurabi to civil rights, censorship, and the fight for marriage equality, \This Book was ranked 2 by Google Books for keyword...

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Bonus-Malus Systems in Automobile Insurance

Bonus-Malus Systems in Automobile InsuranceBy:"Jean Lemaire"Published on 1995-04-30 by Springer Science & Business MediaMost insurers around the world have introduced some form of merit-rating in automobile third party liability insurance. Such systems, penalizing at-fault accidents by premium surcharges and rewarding claim-free years by discounts, are called bonus-malus...

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