Roe: The History of a National Obsession 0300266103, 9780300266108

Roe: The History of a National Obsession 9780300271874

The leading U.S. expert on abortion law charts the many meanings associated with Roe v. Wade during its fifty-year histo

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Obsession: A History 9780226137797

We live in an age of obsession. Not only are we hopelessly devoted to our work, strangely addicted to our favorite telev

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Character: The History of a Cultural Obsession 9780374709372

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Shutting Down the National Dream: A. V. Roe and the Tragedy of the Avro Arrow [First ed.] 9780075528807

A love story of a nation, a plane, and a dream . . . In fourteen short, precocious years, from 1946 to 1959, A. V. Roe C

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EGYPTOMANIA: a history of fascination, obsession and fantasy 9781789143485, 1789143489

The land of pyramids and sphinxes, pharaohs and goddesses, Egypt has been a source of awe and fascination from the time

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The End of Roe v. Wade 9781632460868

In the past decade, right-wing efforts to end legal abortion in the United States have reached a fever pitch, with anti-

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Snakes in Myth, Magic, and History: The Story of a Human Obsession 0274979586, 9780313352928, 0313352925

The snake is one of humankind's most powerful and ambiguous symbols: it has at various times represented immortalit

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The Power of Gold: The History of an Obsession 111827010X, 9780470091005

"The need for realism in reform of its monetary system is what makes Bernsteins story of the Power of Gold so timel

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The Yale Indian: The Education of Henry Roe Cloud 9780822392392

A biography of Henry Roe Cloud (c. 1884–1950), a Winnebago educator, scholar, and minister who was one of the most renow

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An Obsession with History: Russian Writers Confront the Past 9780804766784

The author traces the role of Russian literature over two hundred years in creating and sustaining the notion of the sin

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