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Product Description: W. E. B. Du Bois was a public intellectual, sociologist, and activist on behalf of the African American community. He profoundly shaped black political culture in the United States through his founding role in the NAACP, as well as internationally through the Pan-African movement...read more

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9780195325850 | Oxford Univ Pr on Demand, March 15, 2007, cover price $50.00 | About this edition: W.
9780527252656 | Kraus Intl Pubns, June 1, 1952, cover price $13.00

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Three classics of African-American literature come to life in a timeless anthology that includes Up from Slavery by Booker T. Washington, W. E. B. Dubois's The Souls of Black Folk, and James Weldon Johnson's An Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man. Reissue.

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9780380015818 | Reissue edition (Avon Books, February 1, 1965), cover price $6.99 | About this edition: Three classics of African-American literature come to life in a timeless anthology that includes Up from Slavery by Booker T.

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Product Description: This unique psychobiographical study integrates a wide and subtle view of the history of white racism and the black liberation movement with a deep and sensitive understanding of the inner world of Malcolm X. Eugene Victor Wolfenstein is a critical social theorist and a practicing psychoanalyst who argues that racism must be analyzed within a personal as well as a political context...read more

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9780520039032 | Univ of California Pr, April 1, 1981, cover price $32.50 | About this edition: Uses Malcolm X's life to illustrate Marxist psychoanalytic theories about racism, class structure, and racial liberation in the U.

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9780898621334 | Reprint edition (Guilford Pubn, February 1, 1993), cover price $45.00 | About this edition: This unique psychobiographical study integrates a wide and subtle view of the history of white racism and the black liberation movement with a deep and sensitive understanding of the inner world of Malcolm X.

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Traces the life of the nineteenth-century Black American historian, writer, orator, journalist, lawyer, politician, and traveler, and examines the impact of racism on his life (view table of contents)

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9780226260839 | Univ of Chicago Pr, November 1, 1985, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Traces the life of the nineteenth-century Black American historian, writer, orator, journalist, lawyer, politician, and traveler, and examines the impact of racism on his life

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9780822321644 | Reprint edition (Duke Univ Pr, September 1, 1998), cover price $26.95
9780226260846 | Univ of Chicago Pr, October 1, 1987, cover price $16.00 | About this edition: Nine-year-old Abigail tries to come to terms with her grandmother's illness and death.

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By S. R. Hilfer and Seffield (editor)

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9780387962641 | Springer Verlag, January 1, 1986, cover price $99.00 | also contains Pharrell Williams

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9780070505933 | 2 sub edition (Gregg/Community College Div, September 1, 1986), cover price $32.96 | also contains White: The Biography of Walter White, Mr. Naacp

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9780318124551 | Amer Classical League, December 1, 1987, cover price $5.50 | also contains Black Prophetic Fire

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By A. Boden (editor)

Hardcover:

9780387189963 | Springer Verlag, August 1, 1988, cover price $102.00 | also contains Kevin Durant: Nba Mvp

Biography describes Fortune's capture in Africa, his forty years of slavery after which he bought his own freedom and then worked to free many others

Hardcover:

9780757548291, titled "Amos Fortune: Free Man" | Kendall Hunt Pub Co, August 28, 2010, cover price $12.74

Paperback:

9780140341584, titled "Amos Fortune: Free Man" | Reprint edition (Puffin, April 1, 1989), cover price $6.99 | About this edition: Biography describes Fortune's capture in Africa, his forty years of slavery after which he bought his own freedom and then worked to free many others

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9780394769264 | Amer School Pub, June 1, 1988, cover price $22.75

School and Library:

9780525255703 | Dutton Childrens Books, June 1, 1972, cover price $16.99 | About this edition: Biography describes Fortune's capture in Africa, his forty years of slavery after which he bought his own freedom and then worked to free many others.

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9780606041553, titled "Amos Fortune: Free Man" | Demco Media, April 1, 1989, cover price $14.55 | also contains Amos Fortune, Free Man | About this edition: Biography describes Fortune's capture in Africa, his forty years of slavery after which he bought his own freedom and then worked to free many others

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9780833529770 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $17.20 | About this edition: Biography describes Fortune's capture in Africa, his forty years of slavery after which he bought his own freedom and then worked to free many others

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Product Description: Pauli Murray (1910-1985)is regarded as "one of the least discussed figures in the history of twentieth-century African American women's activism." She was a highly regarded Feminist, who called attention to the plight of women, especially the colored and working poor. Roy Wilson

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9780870495960 | Univ of Tennessee Pr, June 1, 1989, cover price $29.95 | About this edition: Pauli Murray (1910-1985)is regarded as "one of the least discussed figures in the history of twentieth-century African American women's activism.
9780026716703, titled "Gas and A. C. Arc Welding and Cutting" | McKnight Pub Co, June 1, 1956, cover price $12.95 | also contains Gas and A. C. Arc Welding and Cutting

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Product Description: The concept of attitude has long been a central part of social psychological theories. The authors of this new text set out to show how attitudes and motives are crucial in human-decision making, and explore the relationship between them...read more

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9780415011129 | Routledge, September 1, 1989, cover price $18.95 | also contains Calvin Johnson | About this edition: The concept of attitude has long been a central part of social psychological theories.

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This accessible, clearly written text approaches child psychopathology as “normal development gone awry” and encourages students to “think developmentally” about psychopathology, from childhood through adolescence. The fifth edition includes cutting-edge research, improved organization, and new coverage of problems that arise in late adolescence/early adulthood.

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9780073274980, titled "Developmental Psychopathology: From Infancy Through Adolescence" | 5th edition (McGraw-Hill Humanities Social, October 25, 2005), cover price $131.35
9780072820195, titled "Developmental Psychopathology: From Infancy Through Adolescence" | 5th edition (McGraw-Hill Humanities Social, August 12, 2005), cover price $213.40 | About this edition: This accessible, clearly written text approaches child psychopathology as “normal development gone awry” and encourages students to “think developmentally” about psychopathology, from childhood through adolescence.
9780070696174, titled "Developmental Psychopathology: From Infancy Through Adolescence" | 4 sub edition (McGraw-Hill Humanities Social, July 1, 1999), cover price $139.90 | About this edition: Accessible and clearly written, Developmental Psychopathology, 4/e, is designed to be challenging to students rather than being “dumbed down” for them.
9780070692862, titled "Developmental Psychopathology: From Infancy Through Adolescence" | 3rd edition (McGraw-Hill College, February 1, 1994), cover price $86.65 | also contains Elevating the Race: Theophilus G. Steward, Black Theology, and the Making of an African American Civil Religion, 1865-1924 | About this edition: Employs a developmental approach in examining child psychopathology.
9780070692695 | 2nd edition (McGraw-Hill College, January 1, 1990), cover price $78.80 | also contains Thief: Deadly Shadows : Prima Official Game Guide | About this edition: A text designed for courses in child psychopathology, abnormal child psychology and the troubled child in departments of psychology.

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Product Description: Cover worn. Shipped from the U.K. All orders received before 3pm sent that weekday.

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9780080377445 | Pergamon Pr, June 1, 1990, cover price $17.75 | also contains Huey P. Newton: The Radical Theorist | About this edition: Cover worn.

Product Description: In the middle atmosphere and lower ionosphere there are many stratified layers including layers of turbulence, the sodium layer and sporadic-E layers. Workshop VI on Observation and Production of Stratified Layers in the Middle Atmosphere and Lower Ionosphere, established a forum for communication and interaction between researchers and scientists who work in different fields of atmospheric and ionospheric studies...read more
By W. K. Hocking (editor)

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9780080407678, titled "The Earth's Middle Atmosphere" | Pergamon Pr, June 1, 1990, cover price $95.75 | also contains Muhammad Ali | About this edition: In the middle atmosphere and lower ionosphere there are many stratified layers including layers of turbulence, the sodium layer and sporadic-E layers.

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Describes the life of the sharecroppers' son who became an Olympic legend (view table of contents)

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9780894903120 | Enslow Pub Inc, September 1, 1992, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Describes the life of the sharecroppers' son who became an Olympic legend

Product Description: Examines the life and basketball career of the high-scoring player with the Chicago Bulls, who made a brief attempt to play minor league baseball in 1994. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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9780822598466 | Rev upd edition (Lerner Pub Group, June 1, 1998), cover price $5.95 | About this edition: Examines the life and basketball career of the high-scoring player with the Chicago Bulls, who made a brief attempt to play minor league baseball in 1994.
9780822597698 | Revised edition (Lerner Pub Group, February 1, 1997), cover price $5.95 | About this edition: Examines the life and basketball career of the high-scoring player with the Chicago Bulls, who made a brief attempt to play minor league baseball in 1994.
9780822596257 | Reprint edition (First Avenue Editions, January 1, 1993), cover price $4.95 | About this edition: Examines the life and basketball career of the high-scoring player with the Chicago Bulls, who made a brief attempt to play minor league baseball in 1994.

School and Library:

9780822505495 | Lerner Pub Group, November 1, 1992, cover price $17.50 | About this edition: Discusses the childhood, education, basketball career, and personal life of the Chicago Bulls star Michael Jordan.

Library:

9780822536543 | Revised edition (Lerner Pub Group, May 1, 1997), cover price $22.60 | About this edition: Examines the life and basketball career of the high-scoring player with the Chicago Bulls, who made a brief attempt to play minor league baseball in 1994.

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Product Description: A beginning workbook for new spiritual formation groups featuring guidelines for starting up, study plans for the first eight sessions, and a questionnaire that helps map the way ahead.

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9780060669652 | Harper San Francisco, March 1, 1993, cover price $10.00 | also contains Moving Mountains: The Principles and Purposes of Leon Sullivan | About this edition: A beginning workbook for new spiritual formation groups featuring guidelines for starting up, study plans for the first eight sessions, and a questionnaire that helps map the way ahead.

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A history of African-Americans in the space program recounts NASA's campaign to recruit minority trainees, the flight of the first Black crew member, and the achievements of all six African-American astronauts

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9780152002763, titled "Black Stars in Orbit: Nasa's African American Astronauts" | Gulliver Books, January 1, 1995, cover price $10.00 | About this edition: A history of African-American participation in the space program recounts NASA's campaign to recruit minority trainees, the space mission that included the first black crew member, and the achievements of all six African-American astronauts.

School and Library:

9780152004323, titled "Black Stars in Orbit: Nasa's African American Astronauts" | Houghton Mifflin, January 1, 1995, cover price $20.00 | About this edition: A history of African-American participation in the space program recounts NASA's campaign to recruit minority trainees, the space mission that included the first black crew member, and the achievements of all six African-American astronauts.

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9780606090841, titled "Black Stars in Orbit: Nasa's African-American Astronauts" | Demco Media, January 1, 1995, cover price $18.00 | About this edition: A history of African-American participation in the space program recounts NASA's campaign to recruit minority trainees, the space mission that included the first black crew member, and the achievements of all six African-American astronauts.

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9780785753278, titled "Black Stars in Orbit: Nasa's African-American Astronauts" | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $18.80 | About this edition: A history of African-American participation in the space program recounts NASA's campaign to recruit minority trainees, the space mission that included the first black crew member, and the achievements of all six African-American astronauts.

Chronicles the achievements of over twenty-one thousand African Americans.

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9780810357280, titled "Who's Who Among African Americans 1996/97" | Gale Group, October 1, 1995, cover price $140.00 | About this edition: Chronicles the achievements of over twenty-one thousand African Americans.

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Offers brief biographical profiles of five African American inventors

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9780516201061, titled "African-American Inventors: Lonnie Johnson, Frederick McKinley Jones, Marjorie Stewart Joyner, Elijah McCoy, Garrett Augustus Morgan" | Capstone Pr Inc, January 1, 1996, cover price $18.40 | also contains Thirty Seven: Essays on Life, Wisdom, and Masculinity | About this edition: Brief biographical profiles of five African American inventors.

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Product Description: George Washington Carver-a unique and gifted scientist who made some of the most unusual discoveries. He saw things others overlooked, and now youll discover how Doctor Carver, born as a slave and rejected as a student, triumphed over incredible obstacles in his quest to become educated...read more
By Janet Benge and Kennon James (illustrator)

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9781575375427 | Har/com edition (Advance Pub, June 1, 2001), cover price $16.95 | About this edition: The Another Great Achiever series features junior biographies of great men and women of inspiring accomplishment.
9780030311420, titled "Essentials of Writing" | 3 edition (Holt Rinehart & Winston, July 1, 1999), cover price $109.95 | also contains Essentials of Writing
9781575371016 | Advance Pub, June 1, 1997, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: A biography of the Black scientist who overcame tremendous hardship to make unusual and important discoveries in the field of agriculture

School and Library:

9781575371023 | Advance Pub, June 1, 1997, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: A biography of the Black scientist who overcame tremendous hardship to make unusual and important discoveries in the field of agriculture

Library:

9781575371092 | 2 edition (Advance Pub, December 1, 2001), cover price $16.95 | About this edition: George Washington Carver-a unique and gifted scientist who made some of the most unusual discoveries.
9781575377421 | Lib/com edition (Advance Pub, June 1, 2001), cover price $23.95 | About this edition: George Washington Carver-a unique and gifted scientist who made some of the most unusual discoveries.

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