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Thinking in Systems
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Thinking in Systems

By Donella Meadows ,

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Two Old Women: An Alaska Legend of Betrayal, Courage and Survival
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Two Old Women

By Velma Wallis ,

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Who Really Cares: The Surprising Truth about Compassionate Conservatism
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Who Really Cares

By Arthur C. Brooks ,

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On Bullshit
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On Bullshit

By Harry G. Frankfurt ,

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Critical Mass: How One Thing Leads to Another
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Critical Mass

By Philip Ball ,

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Rethinking Normalcy: A Disability Studies Reader
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Rethinking Normalcy

By Tanya Titchkosky (editor) , Rod Michalko (editor) ,

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Not by Genes Alone: How Culture Transformed Human Evolution
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Not by Genes Alone

By Peter J. Richerson , Robert Boyd ,

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"There She Is, Miss America": The Politics of Sex, Beauty, and Race in America's Most Famous Pageant
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"There She Is, Miss America"

By Elwood Watson (editor) , Darcy Martin (editor) ,

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Alternatives Beyond Psychiatry
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Alternatives Beyond Psychiatry

By Peter Stastny , Peter Lehmann ,

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History and Memory
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History and Memory

By Geoffrey Cubitt ,

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Telling Stories: The Use of Personal Narratives in the Social Sciences and History
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Telling Stories

By Mary Jo Maynes , Jennifer L. Pierce , Barbara Laslett

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Why Do Men Barbecue? Recipes for Cultural Psychology
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Why Do Men Barbecue? Recipes for Cultural Psychology

By Richard A. Shweder ,

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Cumulative Social Inquiry: Transforming Novelty into Innovation
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Cumulative Social Inquiry

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Vilfredo Pareto: Beyond Disciplinary Boundaries
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Vilfredo Pareto

By Joseph V. Femia (editor) , Alasdair J. Marshall (editor) ,

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Discover Your Inner Economist: Use Incentives to Fall in Love, Survive Your Next Meeting, and Motivate Your Dentist
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Discover Your Inner Economist

By Tyler Cowen ,

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Adventures in the Bone Trade: The Race to Discover Human Ancestors in Ethiopia's Afar Depression
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Adventures in the Bone Trade

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