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1) Spirit Woman: The Teachings of the Shields (Flight of the Seventh Moon)
Andrews, Lynn

NY: Penguin Putnam, 2002. Trade Paperback. NEAR FINE. As new except for faint curl and faint yellowing of top edge. Sequel to Medicine Woman. "Through the creation of her own shield, both a physical and a spiritual tool, she learns the nature of her sacred path...fascinating view of the initiation ritual of a warrior woman..." ISBN: 1585421707. (more information)

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2) Ein Lesebuch: Choix de textes; Raccolta di testi: Collecziun de texts
Anthology

Switzerland: Schweizerischen Bundesrat, 1975. Hardbound. VERY GOOD+. Tight, bright, clean except for smudge on front cover, curled. A collection of articles celebrating the 125th anniversary of the Swiss Constitution. Articles in 4 languages. (more information)

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3) Of Scottish Ways
Begley, Eve

NY: Barnes & Noble, 1977. Paperback. NEAR FINE. Tight, bright, clean & square. Faint crease on front cover. Some foxing. Overview of Scotland, yesterday and today. ISBN: 0064640205. (more information)

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4) The Egyptian Book of the Dead: The Papyrus of Ani: Egyptian Test Transliteration & Translation
Budge, E.A. Wallace

NY: Dover, 1967. reprint. Trade paperback. NEAR FINE. Bright, tight, clean and square. Faint bumps to outside cover corners. Otherwise, as new. ISBN: 048621866x. (more information)

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5) Cobblestone: Indians of the Northeast Coast (November 1994- Volume 15, Number 9))
Chorlian Meg (Ed.)

Cobblestone: Indians of the Northeast Coast (November 1994- Volume 15, Number 9))
Peterborough, NH: Cobblestone Publishing, 1994. Paperback. NEAR FINE. As new except for slight bump to bottom edge corner which has left a small crease. 48 page (9"x7"), staple bound with multiple illustrated articles on Northeast Indians. (more information)

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6) The History of Hungary from the conquest up to 1849
Dienes, Mrs. I

Budapest, Hungary: Hungarian National Museum, 1969. Trade paperback. GOOD. Tight & clean. Some dog-eared pages. Markings on 2 pages. Some page curling(may have been damp at some time). Photos and commentary on exhibit. (more information)

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7) Understanding Contemporary China
Gamer, Robert E (ed)

Boulder, CO: Lynne Reimer, 1999. (3rd printing). Trade Paperback. FINE. As new except for highlighting on 1 page. "Introduction to the States and Regions of the Contemporary World" ISBN: 1555876862. (more information)

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8) The Real Book About Indians
Gorham, Michael

Garden City, NY: Garden City Books. VERY GOOD. Tight, bright, not spotless, square. Bumped spine ends. Bumped front corner. 2 previous owners names. Red cloth w/blue & yellow. Illustrated end papers. Comprehensive chapter book of Indians for Middle-School and up. (more information)

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9) Prairy Erth (a deep map)
Heat-Moon, William Least (William Trogdon)

Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 1991. (3rd printing). Trade Paperback. FINE. As new. The Flint Hills...Chase County...Kansas...the geographical center of the US. The author or Blue Highways walks and contemplates. (more information)

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10) Red Cloud's Folk: A History of the Oglala Sioux Indians (The Civilization of the American Indian Series)
Hyde, George E

Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma, 1975 copyright. (9th printing). Trade Paperback. FINE. As new. " The westward drive of the warlike Sioux Indians along a thousand miles of prairie and woodland, from the upper reaches of the Mississippi to the lower Powder River in Montana, is one of the epic migrations of history." ISBN: 0806115203. (more information)

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11) Facts About Israel
Israel Information Center

Facts About Israel
(no location): Israel Information Center, 1995. Trade Paperback. FINE. As new - gift quality! Sections on: History; The State; Land & People; Society; Health & Social Services; Education; Science & Technology; Economy; Culture; & Israel Among Nations. Profusely illustrated with color photos. (more information)

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12) Moscow: a traveler's companion
Kelly, Laurence

London, UK: Constable, 1983. Trade Paperback. FINE. As new except for slightly curled corners. "An anthology that seeks to describe the literary and historical perspectives of the city. Finely illustrated with 23 pieces of art. ISBN: 009465140x. (more information)

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13) The Speaking Tree: A Study of Indian Culture and Society
Lannoy, Richard

Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 1974. (7th printing). Trade Paperback. GOOD+. Tight, slight yellowing, highlighting on 3 pages, slight tilt. Crease on back cover, front cover corner and a few page corners. Light edgewear. "A stimulating and intelligent piece of general reading for anyone interested in India...discusses Indian art, society, values, religion and the family..." ISBN: 0195197542. (more information)

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14) Legacies:A Chinese Mosaic
Lord, Bette Bao 

NY: Knopf, 1990. (1st Edition). Hardbound. NEAR FINE/Fine. Ex-library. Protected in clear cover. Only adhesive remnants identify library use. Tight, bright, clean & square. ISBN: 0394583256. (more information)

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15) Francophone Sub-Saharan Africa 1880-1985
Manning, Patrick

Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1989. (reprint). Trade Paperback. NEAR FINE. Tight, bright, clean, slight curl. Light edgewear and surface creasing on covers. "introduces the student to the history of these nations during the past century...economic and social history, on government and politics and on culture and religion...Francophone sub-Saharan Africa covers nearly 40% of the African continent. It includes over 100 million people in 17 nations from Senegal in West Africa to Zaire in Central Africa." ISBN: 0521338867. (more information)

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16) Mutant Message
Morgan, Marlo

Lee's Summit, MO: MM Co, 1991 copyright. Trade Paperback. VERY GOOD. Tight, bright, clean interior, light age soil to exterior, slight curl. "the heart and soul of one Australian aboriginal tribe on walkabout with a summoned American woman. Read about indigenous people living their ancient culture." ISBN: 1883473004. (more information)

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17) Aramco Handbook: Oil and the Middle East
N/A

Dhahran, SaudiArabia: Arabian American Oil Company, 1968. (Revised edition). Oversize Hardbound. VERY GOOD/None. 279 pages of information on the oil industry and Saudi Arabia presented by the Arabian American Oil Company to their employees, from their perspective in 1968. Tight, bright, clean & square. Rubbed spine ends. (more information)

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18) Akropolis of Athens:A Supplementary Explanation
Oekonomides, Al. N

Athens, Greece: Gouvoussis, 1968. Paperback. VERY GOOD. Tight, bright & clean. Cover edges battered. Text and map as new. History, photos, beautiful full size, fold-out map -"Bird's Eye View of the Acropolis"- with key for tours. (more information)

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19) A Good Place to Live: America's Last Migration
Pindell, Terry

NY: Holt, 1995. (1st edition). Hardbound. FINE/Fine. "exploration of place and community in a nation where people have never stopped moving in their efforts to discover and create the two." Identifying 16 of the authors favorite places. Tight, bright, clean & square. Ex-library w expected stamps and markings & plastic cover. ISBN: 0805023526. (more information)

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20) Other Council Fires Were Here Before Ours
Sams & Nitsch

Other Council Fires Were Here Before Ours
NY: HarperSanFrancisco, 1991. (1st edition, 1st printing). Oversize Glossy Paperback. VERY GOOD+. As new except for crease on bottom corner of back cover and bookstore stamp. "A classic native American creation story as retold by a Seneca Elder of the Wolf Clan Teaching Lodge, Twylah Nitsch & her grand-daughter, Jamie Sams. "The Medicine Stone Speaks from the Past to Our Future." ISBN: 006250763X. (more information)

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21) Japan, Korea, Taiwan: History, Culture, People (Regional Studies Series)
Schwartz, Hammond & Ruggiero

Japan, Korea, Taiwan: History, Culture, People (Regional Studies Series)
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Globe Book, 1981. Trade Paperback. VERY GOOD+. Clean interior. Beat up exterior with writing on exterior page edges. "a detailed study of the world's major regions - their geography, history, cultures, and their social, political, and economic development." ISBN: 0870656376. (more information)

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22) Il vientre de Napoles
Serao, Matilde

Il vientre de Napoles
Martorano di Cesena, Italy: Arci Solidarieta Cesente, 2002. (1st Spanish translation). Paperback. FINE. As new - gift quality! Coleccion "Un Mar de Suenos #12". Text in Spanish. 59 pages (6.5x4.75") ISBN: 8888405143. (more information)

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23) Alexander Solzhenitsyn: Nobel Lecture
Solyhenitsyn, Alexander

NY: Farrar,Straus, Giroux, 1973. (3rd printing). Trade Paperback. NEAR FINE. Translated by FD Reeve. "As the 1970 Nobel Prize winner in Literature, Alexander Solzhenitsyn was unable to leave Russia to give the customary Noble Lecture in Stockholm. This is his statement. As new except for light age soil to exterior. ISBN: 0374510636. (more information)

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24) The Working Woman's Wedding Planner (Revised for the 90's)
Tatsui-D'Arcy, Susan

Paramus, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1991. (3rd printing). Oversize paperback. FINE. As new-gift quality! "Hundreds of time saving ideas, ready-to-fill-in checklists, and step-by-step guidelines that practically organize the entire wedding for you." ISBN: 0139561528. (more information)

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25) Soviet Union
Tomasevic, Nebojsa-Bato

NY: Mallard Press/BDD, 1989. Oversize Hardbound. VERY GOOD+. Tight, bright, clean interior, some spotting on cover, square. Red cloth with gilt. No DJ. An overview of the USSR, history, culture, and art of it's component republics, with spectacular photographic illustrations. 287 pages (11-7/8x9-1/2") ISBN: 0792451678. (more information)

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26) The Handbook of Papua and New Guinea
Tudor, Judy (Ed.)

Sydney,Australia: Pacific Publications, 1966. (5th Edition). Trade Paperback. VERY GOOD. Tight, yellowed pages and rubbed covers, clean for age, square. Some cover creasing and edgewear. Directory of the Territory of Papua and New Guinea; fold out map attached inside cover; government, geography, people, commerce; agriculture; complete list of non-native residents. (more information)

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27) Revelation and Divination in Ndembu Ritual
Turner, Victor

Ithaca, NY: Cornell University, 1975. (1st thus). Trade Paperback. NEAR FINE. As new except for faint age soil to exterior. Unread. "two thorough ethnographic studies of Ndembe (Zambia/Northern Rhodesia) revelatory ritual and divinatory techniques, with running commentaries on symbolism by a variety of Ndembu informants." ISBN: 0801491517. (more information)

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28) Per I Monumenti d'Arte Danneggiati Dalla Guerra Nella Campania
Various

Napoli: Gallerie e Opere d'Arte della Campania, 1944. (1st edition). Paperback. NEAR FINE. 32 page pamphlet w/8 photos. Text in Italian. Inscription & signature of Paul Gardner "Maj.U.S.A. , Ufficiale Regionale per I Monmumenti e le Belle Arti della Reg. III, A.C.C." (more information)

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29) Brazil (American Geographical Society: Around the World Program)
Wagley, Charles

Garden City, NY: Nelson Doubleday, Inc, 1961 copyright. Paperback. NEAR FINE. Tight, bright, clean and square. Designed to have sticker illustrations pasted in as you read. Stickers are enclosed but not pasted. Illustrated with maps and black and white photos. History and thorough description of modern Brazil. Appropriate for Middle School and up or for travelers. (more information)

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30) Education in Rebhausen: A German Village (Case studies in Education and Culture)
Warren, Richard L

NY: Holt, Rinehart & Wilson, 1967. (1st edition). Trade Paperback. NEAR FINE. As new except for rubbing to edges. "this series of case studies in education and culture is designed to bring to students in professional education and in the social science the results of direct observation and participation in educational process in a variety of cultural settings." (more information)

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