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Terror in the Name of God: Why Religious Militants Kill
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Terror in the Name of God

By Jessica Stern ,

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Shadowed Ground: America's Landscapes of Violence and Tragedy
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Shadowed Ground

By Kenneth E. Foote ,

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Acts of Faith
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Acts of Faith

By Philip Caputo ,

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Violence and Social Orders: A Conceptual Framework for Interpreting Recorded Human History
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Violence and Social Orders

By Douglass C. North , John Joseph Wallis , Barry R. Weingast

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Violence in War and Peace: An Anthology
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Violence in War and Peace

By Nancy Scheper-Hughes (editor) , Philippe I. Bourgois (editor) ,

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Hands Are Not for Hitting
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Hands Are Not for Hitting

By Martine Agassi , Marieka Heinlen (illustrator) ,

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Columbus and Other Cannibals: The Wetiko Disease of Exploitation, Imperialism, and Terrorism
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Columbus and Other Cannibals

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Human Rights and Gender Violence: Translating International Law Into Local Justice
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Human Rights and Gender Violence

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Once a King, Always a King: The Unmaking of a Latin King
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Once a King, Always a King

By Reymundo Sanchez ,

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The Year We Disappeared: A Father-Daughter Memoir
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The Year We Disappeared

By Cylin Busby , John Busby ,

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The Women Who Lived for Danger: Behind Enemy Lines During WWII
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The Women Who Lived for Danger

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Laughter Out of Place: Race, Class, Violence, and Sexuality in a Rio Shantytown
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Laughter Out of Place

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Drugs and Democracy in Rio de Janeiro: Trafficking, Social Networks, and Public Security
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Drugs and Democracy in Rio de Janeiro

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Collision of Wills: How Ambiguity about Social Rank Breeds Conflict
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Collision of Wills

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Frames of War: When Is Life Grievable?
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Frames of War

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The World Made Straight
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The World Made Straight

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