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9780199276851 | Oxford Univ Pr, November 15, 2011, cover price $34.95 | About this edition: This is the story of the search for humanity's origins--from the Middle Ages, when questions of the earth's antiquity first began to arise, through to the latest genetic discoveries that show the interrelatedness of all living creatures.
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9780300141092 | Yale Univ Pr, March 17, 2009, cover price $28.00 | About this edition: The potato—humble, lumpy, bland, familiar—is a decidedly unglamorous staple of the dinner table.
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9780300171457 | Yale Univ Pr, March 29, 2011, cover price $18.00 | About this edition: The potato—humble, lumpy, bland, familiar—is a decidedly unglamorous staple of the dinner table.
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9780754663393 | Ashgate Pub Co, May 7, 2009, cover price $114.95 | About this edition: This book presents theological reflections on the changing nature of church mission and Christian identity within a theology of 'Blurred Encounter' - a physical, social, political and spiritual space where once solid hierarchies and patterns are giving way to more fluid and in many ways unsettling exchanges.
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9780754662242 | Ashgate Pub Co, August 1, 2008, cover price $99.95 | About this edition: This book argues that the discipline of practical theology needs to be re-shaped in the light of the impact of various influences created through the encounter with globalization.
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9780754666608 | Ashgate Pub Co, November 15, 2008, cover price $39.95 | About this edition: This book argues that the discipline of practical theology needs to be re-shaped in the light of the impact of various influences created through the encounter with globalization.
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9781598291520 | Morgan & Claypool, December 1, 2006, cover price $35.00 | About this edition: The text addresses the impact of globalization within engineering, particularly on working practices and prospects for creativity.
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9780871138989 | Atlantic Monthly Pr, September 9, 2005, cover price $26.00 | About this edition: In a sweeping treatment that covers a span from ancient Sumeria to the present, the author plumbs the mysteries of the city, explaining how they work and why they sometimes fail, discussing agriculture, engineering, public works, religion, and much more.
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9780802142733 | Reprint edition (Grove Pr, October 28, 2006), cover price $16.00 | About this edition: In a sweeping treatment that covers a span from ancient Sumeria to the present, the author plumbs the mysteries of the city, explaining how they work and why they sometimes fail, discussing agriculture, engineering, public works, religion, and much more.
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Combines photography and text to capture the diverse landscapes, wildlife, and peoples of Africa, from the Sahara of northern Africa to the Southern Veld, from Kilimanjaro to the Niger River.
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9780792264408 | Natl Geographic Society, July 1, 2001, cover price $55.01 | About this edition: Combines photography and text to capture the diverse landscapes, wildlife, and peoples of Africa, from the Sahara of northern Africa to the Southern Veld, from Kilimanjaro to the Niger River.
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9781860466137 | Harvill Pr, September 1, 2000, cover price $32.00
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9780679409793 | Alfred a Knopf Inc, April 1, 1998, cover price $45.00 | About this edition: A history of Africa from the dawn of human history to the end of apartheid charts the rise and fall of its civilizations, its complex history of slavery, its struggle with colonialism, and its great diversity
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9780679738695 | Vintage Books, September 1, 1999, cover price $20.00 | About this edition: A history of Africa from the dawn of human history to the end of apartheid charts the rise and fall of its civilizations, its complex history of slavery, its struggle with colonialism, and its great diversity.
9789990035964 | Random House Inc, September 1, 1999, cover price $0.02
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9780687868728 | Society for Promoting Christian, February 1, 1995, cover price $15.95
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9780316735902 | Little Brown & Co, May 1, 1981, cover price $22.50 | About this edition: From diaries, newspaper stories, and interviews, Reader introduces the people who have studied the evolution of man and examines their theories about man's origins
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9780140139730 | Reissue edition (Penguin USA, November 1, 1994), cover price $11.95
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Traces the history of paleontology, looks at the age of dinosaurs, explains the theory of evolution, and suggests where human beings fit into nature's scheme
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9780517051733, titled "The Rise of Life: The First 3.5 Billion Years" | Crescent Books, February 1, 1991, cover price $3.99 | About this edition: Traces the history of paleontology, looks at the age of dinosaurs, explains the theory of evolution, and suggests where human beings fit into nature's scheme
9780788160943, titled "The Rise of Life: The First 3.5 Billion Years" | Diane Pub Co, June 1, 1986, cover price $27.00 | About this edition: What was the Earth really like hundreds of millions of years ago?
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9780394740515, titled "The Rise of Life: The First 3.5 Billion Years" | Alfred a Knopf Inc, September 1, 1986, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Traces the history of paleontology, looks at the age of dinosaurs, explains the theory of evolution, and suggests where human beings fit into nature's scheme
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9780292751019 | Univ of Texas Pr, July 1, 1988, cover price $29.95 | About this edition: Explores the adaptation of different cultures to the environmental and geographical conditions they live with, to find the best means of food production and subsistence
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9780060972769 | Reprint edition (Harpercollins, January 1, 1990), cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Explores the adaptation of different cultures to the environmental and geographical conditions they live with, to find the best means of food production and subsistence
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Describes the history of the explorations of Mount Kilimanjaro and discusses the mountain's volcanic crater, glaciers, and wildlife
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9780876633977 | Universe Pub, October 1, 1982, cover price $25.00 | About this edition: Describes the history of the explorations of Mount Kilimanjaro and discusses the mountain's volcanic crater, glaciers, and wildlife
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