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Leukemia

Leukemia

Sue Vander Hook

Describes the nature, symptoms, and causes of leukemia, gives a history of its study, and discusses various ways of treating it.
Democracy

Democracy

Sue Vander Hook

Introduces democratic governments, discussing the social, political, economic, religious, and cultural effects, and examining various contemporary democracies from around the world.
The Dust Bowl

The Dust Bowl

Sue Vander Hook

An introduction to the causes, events, and consequences of the extreme drought and dust storms that affected the Great Plains during the 1930s.
Frederick Douglass: Fugitive Slave and Abolitionist

Frederick Douglass: Fugitive Slave and Abolitionist

Sue Vander Hook

Presents the life and accomplishments of the abolitionist, from his birth and childhood in slavery to his escape to freedom, his success as a lecturer, and his appointment as the minister to Haiti.
Mahatma Gandhi: Proponent of Peace

Mahatma Gandhi: Proponent of Peace

Sue Vander Hook

Presents the life and accomplishments of the Indian statesman and peacemaker, from his early life in British-controlled India to his nonviolent actions to achieve the nation's independence.
Scuba Diving

Scuba Diving

Sue Vander Hook

Surveys the history, equipment, techniques, risks, and safety factors of scuba diving. Suggested level: primary, intermediate, junior secondary.
Deep Diving Adventures

Deep Diving Adventures

Sue Vander Hook

Describes deep sea diving, its history, dangers, and some divers' underwater adventures.
How to Analyze the Roles of Paul Newman

How to Analyze the Roles of Paul Newman

Sue Vander Hook

This title explores the movie roles of famous actor Paul Newman.
Johannes Gutenberg: Printing Press Innovator

Johannes Gutenberg: Printing Press Innovator

Sue Vander Hook

This title examines the remarkable life of Johannes Gutenberg and his innovation of the printing press.
Communism

Communism

Sue Vander Hook

This title examines communism in world history from the Russian Revolution of 1917 to creation of the Soviet Union after World War I, through World War II and the Cold War to its apex in the 1960s.
Louis Pasteur: Groundbreaking Chemist & Biologist

Louis Pasteur: Groundbreaking Chemist & Biologist

Sue Vander Hook

Source Notes Chapter I. One of the Greatest 1. Gerald L. Geison. The Private Science of Louis Pasteur. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1995. Print. 215. 2. Axel Munthe. The Story of San Michele . New York: E.P. Dutton, 1929. Web.
A Commentary on Cicero, De Legibus

A Commentary on Cicero, De Legibus

Andrew Roy Dyck

Vander Waerdt, 1994a Vander Waerdt, 1994b Vasaly Versnel Vicaire ad Pl. La. Ville Vine de Visscher Wachter Wackernagel Walt Wankel^Dem. 18 Watkins Watson, Property Watson, Law Making Watt, 1986 Vander Waerdt, Paul A. Zeno's  ...
Marcus Hook

Marcus Hook

Patricia Ann Miller

Jordan, John W., LL.D. A History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, and Its People. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1914. Marcus Hook Republican Club. Our Hometown. Marcus Hook, PA: October 17, 1964. Palmer, Charles ...
Unknown Pleasures: Inside Joy Division

Unknown Pleasures: Inside Joy Division

Peter Hook

This is the story of Joy Division told by the band's legendary bassist, Peter Hook. 'Hook has restored a flesh-and-blood rawness to what was becoming a standard tale.
SOUL CHAMBERS

SOUL CHAMBERS

Paul Vander

In the new juvenile fiction book by authors Dominic Dames and Paul Vander, Soul Chambers: Life is in the Blood, Collin has to learn more about his transformation while also trying to find his brother Drake.
Southwest Art

Southwest Art

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... '57 Harry Jackson Studio 107 Hoel's Indian Shop 190 Hole in the Wall Gallery/ Antler Designs 177 HO///S, Sue 171 Honyouti, Brian 45 Honyumptewa, Stetson 45 Hood, Ranee '57 Hook, William 2 Houser. ... Monika '6 Stewart's Fine Art 42.
Hook's Daughter:

Hook's Daughter:

Heidi Schulz

Twelve-year-old Jocelyn Hook longs to become a pirate like her father - but her grandfather has other ideas. When her father comes off worse against a crocodile, she runs away to sea to avenge his death ...
The People beside Paul: The Philippian Assembly and History ...

The People beside Paul: The Philippian Assembly and History ...

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“like dogs barking: Cynic Parrêsia and shameless asceticism.” Semeia 57 (1992): 25–39. Vander Waerdt, Paul a. “Zeno's republic and the origins of Natural law.” Pages 300–301 in The Socratic Movement. edited by Vander Waerdt. ithaca, ...
Law, Reason, and the Cosmic City: Political Philosophy in ...

Law, Reason, and the Cosmic City: Political Philosophy in ...

Katja Maria Vogt

9The prescriptive reason-interpretation is most forcefully presented by Paul Vander Waerdt. As he argues, appropriate action and the perfect action of the sage diVer with respect to the disposition of the agent. According to Vander Waerdt, the ...
Hook's Daughter

Hook's Daughter

Heidi Schulz

It's not easy being the daughter of Captain Hook.
Hierocles the Stoic: Elements of Ethics, Fragments and Excerpts

Hierocles the Stoic: Elements of Ethics, Fragments and Excerpts

Ilaria Ramelli

Vander Waerdt, Paul A. “Zeno's Republic and the Origins of Natural Law.” Pages 272–308 in The Socratic Movement. Edited by Paul A. Vander Waerdt. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 1994. Verboven, Koenraad. The Economy of ...
Law and Ethics in Greek and Roman Declamation

Law and Ethics in Greek and Roman Declamation

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Vander Waerdt, Paul A., “Philosophical Influence on Roman Jurisprudence? The Case of Stoicism and Natural Law” in Aufstieg und Niedergang der Römischen Welt, II.36.7 (Berlin–New York: De Gruyter, 1994), 4851–4900. Vander Waerdt ...
Hook's Revenge, Book 1 Hook's Revenge

Hook's Revenge, Book 1 Hook's Revenge

Heidi Schulz

" -School Library Journal, starred review * "Readers will delight both the story and the storytelling.
Estella, Her Expectations: A Novel

Estella, Her Expectations: A Novel

Sue Roe

A Novel Sue Roe. as A Harvester h{ovcl THE HARVESTER PRESS LIMITED Publisher: John Spiers 16 Ship Street, Brighton, Sussex First published in 1982 © Sue Roe, 1982 British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Roe, Sue Estella,  ...
Aufstieg und Niedergang der römischen Welt: Geschichte und ...

Aufstieg und Niedergang der römischen Welt: Geschichte und ...

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Essays in Honor of Paul Oskar Kristeller, New York, 1987, pp. 1-22 PAUL A. VANDER WAERDT, Hermarchus and the Epicurean Genealogy of Morals, TAPA 118 (1988) 87-106 PAUL A. VANDER WAERDT, Politics and Philosophy in Stoicism, ...
Corinthian Democracy: Democratic Discourse in 1 Corinthians

Corinthian Democracy: Democratic Discourse in 1 Corinthians

Anna C. Miller

Stichele, Caroline Vander, and Todd C. Penner. “Paul and the Rhetoric of Gender.” In Her Master's Tools? Feminist and Postcolonial Engagements of HistoricalCritical Discourse, edited by Caroline Vander Stichele and Todd C. Penner, ...
The Invisible Hook: The Hidden Economics of Pirates

The Invisible Hook: The Hidden Economics of Pirates

Peter T. Leeson

Pack your cutlass and blunderbuss--it's time to go a-pirating! The Invisible Hook takes readers inside the wily world of late seventeenth- and early eighteenth-century pirates.
Animal Minds and Human Morals: The Origins of the Western Debate

Animal Minds and Human Morals: The Origins of the Western Debate

Richard Sorabji

Paul Vander Waerdt, 'Philosophical influence on Roman jurisprudence? The case of Stoicism and natural law', Aufstieg und Niedergang der römischen Welt 2.36.6, 1992. Paul Vander Waerdt, The Theory of Natural Law in Antiquity, Ithaca,  ...
The Invisible Hook: The Hidden Economics of Pirates

The Invisible Hook: The Hidden Economics of Pirates

Peter T. Leeson

This is a fun book, but also a volume rich with insights and analysis."--Edward Glaeser, Harvard University "Light of touch and truly eloquent, The Invisible Hook is a terrific read on a fascinating topic.
Red Hook

Red Hook

Reggie Nadelson

Watching the sun rising over the East River, he's content. A message comes in from an old friend, Sid McKay, asking Artie to come out to Red Hook in Brooklyn. It's his wedding day, but Artie owes Sid, so he goes.

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