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September 2009

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Philosophy, Psychology & Religion

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Psychology

  • The Heart of Hatred (DVD)
  • Inclusive Masculinity : the Changing Nature of Masculinities Eric Anderson

Ethics

  • Forgiveness : Stories of Our Time (DVD)

World History

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Africa

  • Gacaca : Living Together in Rwanda? (DVD)
  • The Notebooks of Memory (DVD)

Asia

  • Gangs of Iraq (DVD)
  • In Rwanda We Say-- : the Family That Does Not Speak Dies (DVD)
  • Missing, Presumed Dead-- : the Search for Americas POWs (DVD)
  • A Perfect Injustice : Genocide and Theft of Armenian Wealth by Hrayr S. Karagueuzian and Yair Auron
  • The War Tapes (DVD)

History of the Americas

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America

  • Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee : an Indian History of the American West by Dee Brown
  • Incident at Oglala : the Leonard Peltier Story (DVD)

British America

  • City of Ruins : the Halifax Explosion (DVD)

United States

  • Brother Outsider : the Life of Bayard Rustin (DVD)
  • The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry (DVD)
  • The Voyage of La Amistad : a Quest for Freedom (DVD)
  • USA vs. Al-Arian (DVD)

Geography, Anthropology & Recreation

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Anthropology

  • Mrs. Goundo's Daughter (DVD)

Manners & Customs

  • The Order of Myths (DVD)

Social Sciences

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Commerce

  • Accounting and Finance for Lawyers in a Nutshell by Charles H. Meyer
  • Selling in Your Comfort Zone : Safe and Effective Strategies for Developing New Business by Robert N. Kohn and Lawrence M. Kohn

Economic Theory & Demography

  • Das Kapital : a Critique of Political Economy by Karl Marx, edited by Frederich Engels, condensed by Serge L. Levitsky

The Family, Marriage & Women

  • The Child : an Encyclopedic Companion editor in chief, Richard A. Shweder editors, homas R. Bidell ... [et al.]
  • Soldiers in the Army of God (DVD)
  • Unplanned Democracy : America's First Vote on Abortion (DVD)

Finance

  • Business Auto : Commercial Lines Coverage Guide by David D. Thamann
  • F.I.A.S.C.O. : Blood in the Water on Wall Street by Frank Partnoy
  • Homeowners : Personal Lines Coverage Guide by Diane W. Richardson
  • Personal Auto : Personal Lines Coverage Guide by Eric A. Wiening and David D. Thamann
  • Personal Lines Unlocked : the Key to Personal Lines Underwriting by Christine G. Barlow
  • Personal Umbrella : Personal Lines Coverage Guide by Diane W. Richardson

Industries, Land Use & Labor

  • Consultative Brokerage : the Total Cost of Risk Sales Strategy by C.R. Rob Ekern
  • Made in L.A. = Hecho en Los Angeles (DVD)
  • The New Wild West : Documentary Collection (DVD)
  • Reframing Organizations : Artistry, Choice, and Leadership and Lee G. Bolman and Terrence E. Deal
  • Wilderness & Civilization : a High Plains Films Documentary Collection (DVD)

Public Finance

  • The New Fiscal Sociology : Taxation in Comparative and Historical Perspective edited by Isaac William Martin, Ajay K. Mehrotra, Monica Prasad

Social Pathology

  • Breaking the Silence : Journeys of Hope (DVD)
  • Corrections yearbook (2002). Adult Corrections
  • Environmental Crime : a Reader edited by Rob White
  • Knee Deep : a Film (DVD)
  • The Massie Affair (DVD)
  • Our Disappeared = Nuestros desaparecidos (DVD)
  • Sticks and Stones : Disabled People's Stories of Abuse, Defiance and Resilience edited by Marsha Saxton
  • Torturing Democracy (DVD)
  • Witch Hunt (DVD)
  • Writ Writer (DVD)

Political Science

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International Relations

  • Managing a Mediation Process by Amy L. Smith and David R. Smock

Political Institutions & Public Administration in the United States

  • Video Resources on the Constitution (DVD)

Political Theory

  • Civil Rights : Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow (DVD)
  • Common Sense, Rights of Man, and Other Essential Writings of Thomas Paine with an introduction by Sidney Hook and a new foreword by Jack Fruchtman Jr
  • The Death of Conservatism by Sam Tanenhaus

Law

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Administrative Law

  • Administrative Law, the American Public Law System : Cases and Materials by Jerry L. Mashaw, Richard A. Merrill, Peter M. Shane

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Antitrust

  • State Antitrust Practice and Statutes (Fourth) edited by Harvey I. Saferstein

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Appellate Procedure

  • 2006-07 National Appellate Advocacy Competition Championship Round (DVD)

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Attorney & Client

  • Legal Counseling, Negotiating, and Mediating : a Practical Approach by G. Nicholas Herman, Jean M. Cary

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Banking Law

  • Banking and Financial Institutions Law in a Nutshell by by William A. Lovett
  • Consumer Banking and Payments Law : Credit, Debit & Stored Value Cards, Checks, Money Orders, E-sign, Electronic Banking and Benefit Payments by

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Biography

  • Political and Legal Adventurers : from Marx to Moynihan by Jeffrey O'Connell, Thomas E. O'Connell

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Business Law

  • Handling the Business Emergency : Temporary Restraining Orders and Preliminary Injunctions by Thomas E. Patterson

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Children & the Law

  • Child Safety : a Guide for Judges and Attorneys by Therese Roe Lund and Jennifer Renne

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Civil Procedure

  • Civil Procedure : Cases and Materials by Jack H. Friedenthal ... [et al.]
  • Civil Procedure : Doctrine, Practice, and Context by Stephen N. Subrin ... [et al.]
  • A Student's Guide to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure by Steven Baicker-McKee, William M. Janssen, John B. Corr

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Civil Rights

  • Pursuit of Equality : the Unfinished Work of American Freedom (DVD)
  • Queer Mobilizations : LGBT Activists Confront the Law edited by Scott Barclay, Mary Bernstein, and Anna-Maria Marshall
  • Shouting Fire : Stories from the Edge of Free Speech (DVD)

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Commerce

  • The Politics of Global Regulation by edited by Walter Mattli and Ngaire Woods

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Common Law

  • Blackstone in America : Selected Essays of Kathryn Preyer by Mary Sarah Bilder, Maeva Marcus, R. Kent Newmyer
  • The Common Law by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., forward by Stephen L. Carter
  • History of the Common Law : the Development of Anglo-American Legal Institutions by John H. Langbein, Renee Lettow Lerner and Bruce P. Smith

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Comparative Law

  • Engaging with Foreign Law by Basil Markesinis in co-operation with Jorg Fedtke

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Constitutional Law

  • Amendments XVIII and XXI : Prohibition and Repeal edited by Sylvia Engdahl
  • The American Constitutional Order : History, Cases, and Philosophy by Douglas W. Kmiec ... [et al.]
  • Constitutional Law by Steven L. Emanuel
  • Encyclopedia of the United States Constitution by David Schultz
  • Free, Sovereign, and Independent States : the Intended Meaning of the American Constitution by John Remington Graham, foreword by Laura C. Tesh
  • Mastering Constitutional Law by John C. Knechtle and Christopher J. Roederer
  • Rules of Law and Laws of Ruling : on the Governance of Law edited by Franz von Benda-Beckmann, Keebet von Benda-Beckmann and Julia Eckert
  • Ruling the World? : Constitutionalism, International Law, and Global Governance edited by Jeffrey L. Dunoff, Joel P. Trachtman
  • Themes from the 1787 Constitutional Convention (DVD)

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Consumer Credit Law & Legislation

  • Credit Discrimination by Alys Cohen contributing authors, Sandra Mitchell Wilmore ... [et al.]
  • The Cost of Credit : Regulation, Preemption, and Industry Abuses by Elizabeth Renuart, Kathleen E. Keest contributing authors: Carolyn L. Carter ... [et al.]

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Contracts

  • Tribal Contracting : Understanding and Drafting Business Contracts with American Indian Tribes by M. Brent Leonhard

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Corporate Law

  • AILA's Guide to Worksite Enforcement & Corporate Compliance : Featuring a Mini-Primer on I-9s editor-in-chief, Josie Gonzalez associate editors, Richard A. Gump, Jr. ... [et al.]
  • The Anatomy of Corporate Law : a Comparative and Functional Approach by Reinier Kraakman ... [et al.]
  • Understanding Corporate Law by Arthur R. Pinto, Douglas M. Branson

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Criminal Law & Procedure

  • Criminal Law in a Nutshell by Arnold H. Loewy
  • Criminal Procedure by Wayne R. LaFave ... [et al.]
  • Cruel and Unusual Punishment : Comparative Perspective in International Conventions, the United States and Iran by Sanaz Alasti
  • How Criminal Law Works : a Conceptual and Practical Guide by Samuel H. Pillsbury
  • Individual Criminal Responsibility for Core International Crimes : Selected Pertinent Issues by Ciara Damgaard
  • International Criminal Procedure : Towards a Coherent Body of Law edited by Goran Sluiter & Sergey Vasiliev
  • Making Sense of Mass Atrocity by Mark J. Osiel
  • Prosecuting Apartheid-Era Crimes? : a South African Dialogue On Justice by Tyler Giannini ... [et al.] prologue by John Kani
  • Prosecuting Serious Human Rights Violations by Anja Seibert-Fohr
  • Siegel's Criminal Law : Essay and Multiple-Choice Questions and Answers by Brian N. Siegel, Lazar Emanuel and Jason Tannenbaum, revised by Richard G. Singer

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Directors of Corporations

  • The Bbusiness Judgment Rule : Fiduciary Duties of Corporate Directors by Stephen A. Radin
  • Directors' and Officers' (D&O) Liability : Exposures, Risk Management, and Insurance Coverage by Joseph P. Monteleone & Carrie E. Cope

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Employment Law

  • Employment Law in a Nutshell by Robert N. Covington
  • The ERISA Basics Series II [presented by] ABA Joint Committee On Employee Benefits the sections of : Business Law ... [et al.]
  • The Law of Employment Discrimination : Cases and Materials by by Joel Wm. Friedman
  • Workers Compensation : Commercial Lines Coverage Guide by David D. Thamann, Diana B. Reitz

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Energy Law

  • Capturing the Power of Electric Restructuring by James H. McGrew
  • Energy Antitrust Handbook
  • FERC : Federal Energy Regulatory Commission by James H. McGrew
  • A Practitioner's Guide to Wind Farms and Leases by Michelle M. McAtee, Vito M. Pacione, and Robert P. Wright

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Entertainment Law

  • Entertainment Law : Negotiation Competition 2002-2003 Nat'l Finals (DVD)

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Environmental Law

  • Adjudicating Climate Change : State, National, and International Approaches edited by William C.G. Burns, Hari M. Osofsky
  • Green Building and Sustainable Development : the Practical Legal Guide by Jonathan E. Furr... [et al.]
  • Mountain Resorts : Ecology and the Law edited by Janet E. Milne, Julia LeMense, Ross A. Virginia
  • A Substantive Environmental Right : an Examination of the Legal Obligations of Decision-Makers Towards the Environment by Stephen J. Turner

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Ethics

  • A Century of Legal Ethics : Trial Lawyers and the ABA Canons of Professional Ethics edited by Lawrence J. Fox, Susan R. Martyn & Andrew S. Pollis

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Evidence

  • Discovery Problems and Their Solutions by Paul W. Grimm, Charles S. Fax & Paul Mark Sandler
  • A Practical Guide to Federal Evidence : Objections, Responses, Rules, and Practice Commentary by Anthony J. Bocchino & David A. Sonenshein
  • Psychological Expertise In Court : Psychology in the Courtroom, Volume 2 edited by Daniel A. Krauss, Joel D. Lieberman
  • Questions & Answers. Evidence : Multiple Choice and Short Answer Questions and Answers by David P. Leonard

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Family Law

  • 2006-07 Client Counseling Competition Championship Round : Family Law (DVD)
  • The Politics of Adoption : International Perspectives on Law, Policy & Practice by Kerry O'Halloran

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Food Laws

  • Food Security, Biological Diversity, and Intellectual Property Rights by by Muriel Lightbourne

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Human Rights

  • Human Rights and the Alien Tort Statute : Law, History, and Analysis by Peter Henner

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Immigration

  • Essentials of Immigration Law by Richard A. Boswell
  • Representing Clients in Immigration Court contributed to and edited by CLINIC staff
  • Sentenced Home (DVD)

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Incorporation

  • Virtual Incorporation : a Lawyer's Guide to the Formation of Virtual Corporations by Julie Tower-Pierce, Paul Gillies, and Linsey Krolik

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Interviewing in Law Practice

  • 2007-08 Client counseling Competition Championship Round : March 9, 2008, White Plains, NY (DVD)

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Judicial Process

  • On Judicial Opinions Considered as One of the Fine Arts with Irving Younger (DVD)

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Jurisprudence

  • Law as Institutional Normative Order edited by Maksymilian del Mar, Zenon Bankowski

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Law of the United Kingdom and Ireland

  • The Order of Serjeants at Law : a Chronicle of Creations, with Related Texts and a Historical Introduction by J. H. Baker

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Legal Education

  • The Export of Legal Education : Its Promise and Impact in Transition Countries edited by Ronald A. Brand and D. Wes Rist
  • You Can Tell It to the Judge and Other True Tales of Law School Lawyering edited by Frank Askin

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Legal Research

  • Legal Research : How to Find & Understand the Law by Stephen Elias and the editors of Nolo

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Legal Theory

  • The Power of Law in a Transnational World : Anthropological Enquiries edited by Franz von Benda-Beckmann, Keebet von Benda-Beckmann and Anne Griffiths
  • Psychological Science in the Courtroom : Consensus and Controversy edited by Jennifer L. Skeem, Kevin S. Douglas, Scott O. Lilienfeld

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Legal Writing

  • Advanced Legal Writing and Oral Advocacy : Trials, Appeals, and Moot Court Michael D. Murray and Christy Hallam DeSanctis
  • Legal Writing : Ethical and Professional Considerations by Melissa H. Weresh
  • Lega Writing in a Nutshell by Lynn Bahrych

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Liabilty Insurance Policies

  • CGL, Commercial General Liability : Commercial Lines Coverage Guide by Donald S. Malecki, Arthur L. Flitner
  • Problem Issues in CGL by Michael F. Aylward ... [et al.]

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Litigation

  • In the Court of Public Opinion : Winning Strategies for Litigation Communications by James F. Haggerty
  • The Tiral of Alger Hiss, with Irving Younger (DVD)
  • The Trial of Socrates, the Congress of the United States, and Us, with Irving Younger (DVD)
  • In the Court of Public Opinion : Winning Strategies for Litigation Communications by James F. Haggerty

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Malpractice

  • The Malpractice Cure : How to Avoid the Legal Mistakes that Doctors Make by Edward D. McCarthy

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Miscellaneous

  • Building Healthy Communities : a Guide to Community Economic Development for Advocates, Lawyers, and Policymakers edited by Roger A. Clay, Jr. and Susan Jones
  • FJC Directions : a Publication of the Federal Judicial Center
  • Gray Markets : Prevention, Detection and Litigation by David R. Sugden
  • The Lobbying Manual : a Complete Guide to Federal Lobbying Law and Practice edited by William V. Luneberg, Thomas M. Susman and Rebecca H. Gordon
  • Pharmaceutical Industry Antitrust Handbook
  • A State-By-State Guide to Construction & Design Law : Current Statutes and Practice edited by Carl J. Circo & Christopher H Little
  • U.S. Customs : a Practitioner's Guide to Principles, Processes, and Procedures edited by Michael D. Sherman, J. Steven Jarreau & John B. Brew
  • What Happened in Erie? [narrated by] Irving Younger (DVD)

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Negotiation

  • 2003 Negotiation Competition National Finals (DVD)

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Periodicals

  • DePaul Business Law Journal
  • The State and Local Tax Lawyer. Symposium Edition

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Practice of Law

  • How Good Lawyers Survive Bad Times by Sharon D. Nelson, James A. Calloway, and Ross L. Kodner

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Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

  • Confronting Animal Abuse : Law, Criminology, and Human-Animal Relationships by Piers Beirne

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Property Law

  • Property Rights and Natural Resources by Richard Barnes
  • The Unbounded Home : Property Values Beyond Property Lines by Lee Anne Fennell

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Religious Law

  • Shari'a : Theory, Practice, Transformations by Wael B. Hallaq

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Sales

  • Understanding Sales and Leases of Goods by William H. Henning & William H. Lawrence

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Securities

  • The Attribution Rules by Karen B. Brown

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Supreme Court

  • Interpreting the Law : the Role of the Supreme Court (DVD)
  • Packing the Court : the Rise of Judicial Power and the Coming Crisis of the Supreme Court by James MacGregor Burns
  • Supreme Court Decisions that Changed the Nation (DVD)
  • The Supreme Court and the Idea of Constitutionalism edited by Steven Kautz ... [et al.]

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Tax

  • 1998 Tax Legislation, IRS Restructuring and Reform : Law, Explanation, and Analysis
  • Critical Tax Theory : an Introduction edited by Anthony C. Infanti & Bridget J. Crawford
  • Partnerships--Current and Liquidating Distributions : Death or Retirement of a Partner by Elliott Manning
  • Personal Holding Companies by Richard C. Fung
  • Personal Life Insurance Trusts by Georgiana J. Slade
  • Toward Tax Reform : Recommendations for President Obama's Task Force

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Teaching the Law

  • Strategies and Techniques of Law School Teaching : a Primer for New (and Not So New) Professors by Howard E. Katz & Kevin Francis O'Neill

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Torts

  • Duty and Integrity in Tort Law by Alan Calnan
  • Mastering Torts : a Student's Guide to the Law of Torts by Vincent R. Johnson
  • Torts : Cases, Problems, and Exercises by Russell L. Weaver ... [et al.]

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Trial Practice

  • The Art of Cross-Examination by Francis L. Wellman forward by Michael E. Tigar
  • Powerful Deliberations : Putting It All Together for the Jury by G. Christopher Ritter
  • Trial by Jury(DVD)
  • The Trial Lawyer : What It Takes to Win by David Berg
  • Trial Theme As a Story (DVD)

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Nevada Law

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  • In Re Interest of Angelica L. and Daniel L. : Minor Children Under 18 Years of Age
  • What Legal Information Can We Provide? : Court Clerk Personnel & Law Librarian Training CDROM by the Nevada Administrative Office of the Courts

Law of Nations

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  • Cochise County, USA : Cries from the Border (DVD)
  • The End of Reciprocity : Terror, Torture, and the Law of War by Mark Osiel
  • International Criminal Court : Policy, Status and Overview edited by Harry P. Milton
  • The Leasing of Guantanamo Bay by Michael J. Strauss
  • The War on Terror and the Laws of War : a Military Perspective by Geoffrey S. Corn...[et al.]

Education

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History of Education

  • Left Behind : the Story of the New Orleans Public School (DVD)

Special Aspects of Education

  • Crossing the Finish Line : Completing College at America's Public Universities by William G. Bowen, Matthew M. Chingos, and Michael S. McPherson

New Movies

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  • American Made (DVD)
  • Brother to Brother (DVD)
  • Hard Road Home (DVD)
  • Judge Priest (DVD)
  • Mr. and Mrs. Loving (DVD)
  • Pudd'nhead Wilson (DVD)
  • The Young Philadelphians (DVD)

Classic Fiction Books

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  • Black Boy : (American hunger) : a Record of Childhood and Youth by Richard Wright with a forward by Edward P. Jones
  • Forever... by Judy Blume
  • Forever Amber by Kathleen Winsor
  • The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck, introduction and notes by Robert DeMott
  • The Handmaid's Taleby Margaret Atwood
  • Ulysses by James Joyce with a foreword by Morris L. Ernst and the decision of the United States District Court rendered by judge John M. Woolsey
  • Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe

Medicine

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Gynecology & Obstetrics

  • Motherland Afghanistan (DVD)

Agriculture

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  • The Real Dirt on Farmer John (DVD)

Technology

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Environmental Technology

  • Unquenchable : America's Water Crisis and What to Do About It by Robert Glennon

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