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Tourism and the less developed countries - David Harrison

Tourism and the less developed countries

David Harrison

Many less developed countries are expanding their tourism industries and these are seen to be crucial to their economic development.

Upon the head of the goat - Aranka Siegal

Upon the head of the goat

Aranka Siegal

Nine-year-old piri describes the bewilderment of being a jewish child during the 1939-1944 german occupation of her hometown (then in hungary and now in the ukraine) and relates the ordeal of trying to survive in the ghetto..

Winds of culture - Angela Fernando

Winds of culture

Angela Fernando

Precarious Lease - Jacqueline Feldman

Precarious Lease

Jacqueline Feldman

An account of a parisian squat in the journalistic tradition of joan didion and joseph mitchell, and an examination of the city of lights and its ideas.

My Korean Deli - Ben Ryder Howe

My Korean Deli

Ben Ryder Howe

Selected by amazon as a 2011 best book of the year!

Re-framing education politics for social justice - Catherine Marshall

Re-framing education politics for social justice

Catherine Marshall

This book challenges leaders, educators and researchers to grapple with the realities of education politics and to act as positive advocates for social justice.

Yoga Made Easy - Jane Smith

Yoga Made Easy

Jane Smith

From asteroids to zodiac constellations?

Yoga Made Easy - Jane Smith

Yoga Made Easy

Jane Smith

From asteroids to zodiac constellations?

Yoga Made Easy - Jane Smith

Yoga Made Easy

Jane Smith

From asteroids to zodiac constellations?

MediaMaking - Lawrence Grossberg

MediaMaking

Lawrence Grossberg

Snapping and Wrapping - Richard Chalfen

Snapping and Wrapping

Richard Chalfen

Don't Bring Home a White Boy - Karyn Langhorne Folan

Don't Bring Home a White Boy

Karyn Langhorne Folan

Mission - Deborah Abela

Mission

Deborah Abela

When max remy's mother announces plans to marry creepy aidan, max needs to escape.

Irish Nationalism 1798-1922 - Boyce

Irish Nationalism 1798-1922

Boyce

Based on extensive research into existing historical literature, source material, folk culture, private papers and official reports, this volume provides a survey of the rise of irish nationalism in all its forms.

The Faithful Friend (Stories to Go!) - Robert D. San Souci

The Faithful Friend (Stories to Go!)

Robert D. San Souci

"sometime in the last centuary, on the lush caribbean island of martinique, two young men embarked on a fateful journey crossed by zombies, ghosts, and curses....

The Pain and the Great One - Judy Blume

The Pain and the Great One

Judy Blume

"the pain" and "the great one" are not their real names.

Weasel - Cynthia Defelice

Weasel

Cynthia Defelice

Alone in the frontier wilderness in the winter of 1839 while his father is recovering from an injury, eleven-year-old nathan runs afoul of the renegade killer known as weasel and makes a surprising discovery about the concept of revenge..

Bringing Down the House - Ben Mezrich

Bringing Down the House

Ben Mezrich

The #1 national bestseller -- now the major motion picture 21 the long-running "new york times" bestseller that has become a cultural phenomenon, "bringing down the house" is an action-filled caper carried out by the unlikeliest of cons -- supersmart geek.

My Scrumptious Scottish Dumplings - Cherry Whytock

My Scrumptious Scottish Dumplings

Cherry Whytock

"almost forgot, cherub, i got something yesterday to cheer you up.

The Strip (Angels on Sunset Boulevard) - Melissa De La Cruz

The Strip (Angels on Sunset Boulevard)

Melissa de la Cruz

Angel's lie by melissa de la cruz is a peek into a world where people will trade anything for wealth and power..

Chasing Orion - Kathryn Lasky

Chasing Orion

Kathryn Lasky

When a beautiful teen with polio enters their lives, a girl and her older brother find themselves drawn into a web of lies in this compelling novel by a best-selling author.

Essex Christmas - Humphrey Phelps

Essex Christmas

Humphrey Phelps

Suffolk Christmas - Humphrey Phelps

Suffolk Christmas

Humphrey Phelps

Hispanic / Latino Identity - Jorge J. E. Gracia

Hispanic / Latino Identity

Jorge J. E. Gracia

Teenagers - Pollard Nick

Teenagers

Pollard Nick

Equateur - Frederic Hunter

Equateur

Frederic Hunter

Social and Religious Analysis of New Kingdom Votive Stelae - Eric Wells

Social and Religious Analysis of New Kingdom Votive Stelae

Eric Wells

Religious practice in ancient egypt is often studied from two distinct and separate perspectives: temple-based religious practice, and so-called personal piety, or popular religion.

31 Days - Reginald D. Jarrell

31 Days

Reginald D. Jarrell

All Else Failed - Dana Sachs

All Else Failed

Dana Sachs

Human-Animal Farm - Samantha Hurn

Human-Animal Farm

Samantha Hurn

Portraying Power - Regina G. Lawrence

Portraying Power

Regina G. Lawrence

Portraying power follows the recent trend toward using popular culture and entertainment as a vehicle for explaining politics by pushing the line of inquiry into the study of film, the form of entertainment least explored by scholars of political communic.

Modern South Asia - Sugata Bose

Modern South Asia

Sugata Bose

This is a social, economic, political and cultural history of modern south asia from 1700 to the present.