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1) Struggle for Justice A Report on Crime and Punishment in America

NY: Hill & Wang, 1971 Crime and Punishment in America and what can be done about it. Prepared for the American Friends Service Committee. Second Printing. Softcover. Very Good. more information

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2) A Boy at Fifteen Before and After
Barbour, B. M'Call

Saint Paul, Minnesota: Asher Publishing Company, 1900 A 77 page staple bound book with paper covers. Cover has an illustration in black & white of a young man leaning on a wall holding a bat. No date stated, ca 1900.. Not Stated. Softcover. Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. more information

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3) New Horizons in Criminology The American Crime Problem
Barnes, Harry Elmer & Teeters, Negley K

NY: Prentice-Hall, Inc, 1950 LAW. Later Printing. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by With Photographs. more information

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4) Into the Primitive Environment
Brain, Robert, Illustrated by With Drawings & Photographs

Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, Inc. 1972 Hard Cover. Good/Good. First Printing. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Slight musty smell. This book looks at the colonizing process from the side of the many simple societies that were forced to undergo the traumatic experience of contact with European culture.. more information

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5) Language and Society
Bram, Joseph

NY: Random House, 1967 Paperback. Good. Ninth Printing. An "introductory but systematic treatment of the ubiquitous and frequently strategic role of langage in the life of man." If you can get past that sentence, you'll enjoy the book.. more information

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6) Straight/White/Male
Bucher, Glenn R

Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1976 Trade Paperback. Good +. First Paperback Edition. Previous owner's name on inside of front cover, pencil marks erased on title page. The liberationstuggles of blacks, women and homosexuals make it necessary for the straight white male today to respond sensitively and resonsibly to serious concerns.. more information

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7) Diamonds from Brilliant Minds, Gems of Poesy, Quotations and Proverbs, Interspersed with Valuable Information Relating to the Manner and Tone of Good Society
Carroll, George D

NY: Dempsey & Carroll, 1881 Gilt stamped green cloth, all edges gilt, some discoloration to covers otherwise a very nice copy. SOCIOLOGY. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by With Frontis. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. more information

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8) A Six-pack and a Fake I.D. Teens Look at the Drinking Question
Cohen, Susan & Daniel

NY: M. Evans and Company, 1986 SOCIOLOGY. First Edition/First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. more information

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9) Racial Myths
Comas, Juan

Paris: Unesco, 1961 Paperback. Very Good - Good. Fifth Impression. Soe writing on pages and some underlining.. more information

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10) Splendors of the Past: Lost Cities of the Ancient World
Crump, Donald J

Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, 1988 SOCIAL SCIENCE ARCHAEOLOGY. Third Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by With Photographs. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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11) Race and Biology
Dunn, L.C

Paris: Unesco, 1961 Paperback. Very Good - Good. Sixth Impression. Some writing on pages and some underlining.. more information

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12) Word Play What Happens When People Talk
Farb, Peter

NY: Bantam Books, 1983 Later Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Good. more information

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13) No One Will Lissen
Forer, Lois G

John Day Company, 1970 Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. First Edition/First Printing. Small closed tear on top of jacket spine. How Our Legal System Brutalizes the Youthful Poor. This book is an eye-opening book that will go far toward showin the haves why the have-nots of America are no longer able to contain their bitterness.. more information

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14) The Bog People (Iron-Age Man Preserved)
Glob, P.V., Illustrated by Illlustrated with Photographs

New York: Cornell University Press, 1970 Hard Cover. Good/Good. Second Printing. With index, small closed tear on top of jacket cover. The author brings together detailed information about many of the bog finds, in Denmark and elsewhere.. more information

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15) Joined at the Heart
Gore, Al and Tipper

NY: Henry Holt & Company, 2002 Signed by Al and Tipper Gore.. Signed by Author. First Edition/First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by With Photographs. more information

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16) World Without Want
Hoffman, Paul G

NY: Harper & Row, 1962 Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. First Edition. Ex-Library. This book voices the authors concern with the explosive world-wide problems of poverty, hunger, illiteracy, and disease. The word "sociology" is written in red ink on inside front cover. Top right hand corner of dust jacket is stained on outside and inside flap; the stain is triangular in shape with a 5" base. Someone has written the word and number "Chips 314" on top of front dj.. more information

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17) Wasn't the Grass Greener? a Curmudgeon's Fond Memories
Holland, Barbara

NY: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1999 First Edition/First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. more information

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18) Escape from Childhood, The Needs and Rights of Children
Holt, John

NY: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc, 1974 Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. First Edition/First Printing. Holt proposes that the rights, privileges, duties, responsibilities of adult citizens be made available to any young person, of whatever age, who wants to make use of them. The fact of being a "child", of being wholly subservient and dependent, of being seen by older people as a mixture of expensive nuisance, slave, and super-pet, does most young people more harm than good.. more information

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19) The Right to Die: Understanding Euthanasia
Humphry, Derek; Wickett, Ann

NY: Perennial Library/Harper & Row Publishers, 1987 First Printing. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. more information

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20) God's Lost Children
McGeady, Mary Rose

NY: Covenant House, 1991 NY 1991, 1st paperback edition, Covenant House, VG in wraps. The Shocking Story Of America's Homeless Kids. SOCIOLOGY TEENAGER COUNSELING. more information

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21) God's Lost Children
McGeady, Mary Rose

NY: Covenant House, 1991. NY 1991, 1st paperback edition, Covenant House, VG in wraps. The Shocking Story Of America's Homeless Kids. SOCIOLOGY TEENAGER COUNSELING. more information

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22) Intimate Behaviour
Morris, Desmond

NY: Random House, 1971 Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Book Club (BCE/BOMC).. more information

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23) The Human Zoo
Morris, Desmond

Toronto, Canada: Clarke, Irwin & Company Limited, 1969 Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. First Edition. The comparison we must make is not between the city-dweller and the wild animal, but between the city-dweller and the captive animal.. more information

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24) Introductory Sociology
Murray, Raymond W

NY: F.S. Crofts & Co., Inc, 1946 Notes in pencil on front endpaper.. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. more information

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25) Megatrends
Naisbittt, John

NY: Warner Books, 1984 Later Printing. Softcover. Good. Ex-Library. more information

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26) Good Manners Reliable Advice on Etiquette Simply Told
Not Stated

Not Stated: L.M. Garrity & Co., Inc., 1930 Very slight stain on cover. SOCIOLOGY. Not Stated. Hard Cover. Very Good-/No Jacket. more information

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27) Open Marriage A New Life Style for Couples
O'Neill, Nena, O'Neill, George

New York: M. Evans and Company, 1972 Hard Cover. Very Good - Good/No Jacket. First Edition. Ex-Library. Dust jacket flap present. Open Marriage, A New Life Style for Couples offers an original and innovative look at the important elements of marriage.. more information

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28) The Wasp Mystique
Robertiello, Richard C and Hoguet, Diana

NY: Donald I. Fine, Inc., 1987 Stamp at bottom fore edge of pages.. First Printing. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. more information

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29) Room for One More
Rose, Anna Perrott

Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1950 Not Stated. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Illus. by John V. Morris. more information

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30) City Life, Urban Expectations in a New World
Rybczynski, Witold

New York: HarperCollinsPublishersLtd, 1995 Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. The author looks at what we want from cities, how they have evolved, and what accounts for their unique identities.. more information

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31) What a Young Man Ought to Know
Stall, Sylvanus

Philadelphia: Vir Publishing Company, 1928 New Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. more information

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32) For Whites Only
Terry, Robert W

Michigan: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1970 First Printing. Softcover. Good. Ex-Library. more information

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33) Robopaths People as Machines
Yablonsky, Lewis

Baltimore: Penguin Books Inc., 1972 First Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Good. more information

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34) The Unknown Mayhew
Yeo, Eileen & Thompson, E.P

NY: Schoken Books, 1972 How the London poor kept themselves alive in the 1840's. SOCIOLOGY. First Paperback Edition. Paperback. Very Good-. Illus. by With Black & Whites Illustrations. more information

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