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The prison school: educational inequality and school discipline in the age of mass incarcerationGet This Now!
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Melania: Early Christianity through the Life of One FamilyGet This Now!
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International water scarcity and variability: managing resource use across political boundariesGet This Now!"International Water Scarcity and Variability considers international water management challenges created by water scarcity and environmental change. Although media coverage a…more
Flame and Fortune in the American West: Urban Development, Environmental Change, and the Great Oakland Hills FireGet This Now!
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Finding women in the state: a socialist feminist revolution in the People's Republic of China, 1949-1964Get This Now!
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A Geography of Digestion: Biotechnology and the Kellogg Cereal EnterpriseGet This Now!
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Living faithfully in an unjust world: compassionate care in RussiaGet This Now!
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The Ideal BishopGet This Now!
