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  • Bad Lies

    An African-American golfer and a washed-up St. Paul Saints's pitcher, caught in a dangerous post-World War II mix of racial tension, anxious social change, and anti-Communist paranoia, struggle to find a common ground of trust as they mount a challenge to segregation in professional golf. It's the late 1940s, and the Professional Golf Association's "Caucasian only" rule is in force for almost ... Read more

    $7.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Missing Professor

    An Academic Mystery / Informal Case Studies / Discussion Stories for Faculty Development, New Faculty Orientation and Campus Conversations

    Fresh out of graduate school and desperate to pay off her student loans, Nicole Adams joins the faculty at Higher State U, a small university with a dubious past located in the middle of the Midwest. On her second day of classes as a new assistant professor of philosophy, still flustered and disoriented, Nicole is plunged into a campus-wide mystery. Someone has ransacked the office she shares with ... Read more

    $34.99 USD

  • Deadly Professors

    A Faculty Development Mystery

    Despite flecks of the victim’s blood and what looked like part of an eyebrow, one could make out the letters etched in an artistic, painstaking script that formed the killer’s message:Hippocrite“Great. A perp who can’t spell,” said Jarvis.“So you think it’s a student?”Professor Roland Norris has been murdered in the early morning hours on the grounds of Välkommen University, and the discovery of ... Read more

    $34.99 USD

  • Electromechanics and MEMS

    Offering a consistent, systematic approach to capacitive, piezoelectric and magnetic MEMS, from basic electromechanical transducers to high-level models for sensors and actuators, this comprehensive textbook equips graduate and senior-level undergraduate students with all the resources necessary to design and develop practical, system-level MEMS models. The concise yet thorough treatment of the ... Read more

    $87.79 USD

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    Part manual, part manifesto, a humorous yet incisive guide to navigating subtle sexism at work—a pocketbook Lean In for the Buzzfeed generation that provides real-life career advice and humorous reinforcement for a new generation of professional women.It was a fight club—but without the fighting and without the men. Every month, the women would huddle in a friend’s apartment to share sexist job ... Read more

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  • The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person

    Writing from the perspective of a friend, Frederick Joseph offers candid reflections on his own experiences with racism and conversations with prominent artists and activists about theirs—creating an essential read for white people who are committed anti-racists and those newly come to the cause of racial justice.“We don’t see color.” “I didn’t know Black people liked Star Wars!” “What hood are ... Read more

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  • I See Rude People: One Woman’s Battle to Beat Some Manners into Impolite Society

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  • Crazy U

    One Dad's Crash Course in Getting His Kid Into College

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  • The Shadow Scholar

    How I Made a Living Helping College Kids Cheat

    by Dave Tomar ...
    “[A] stunning tale of academic fraud . . . shocking and compelling.”-The Washington PostDave Tomar wrote term papers for a living. Technically, the papers were “study guides,” and the companies he wrote for-there are quite a few-are completely aboveboard and easily found with a quick web search. For as little as ten dollars a page, these paper mills provide a custom essay, written to the specifics ... Read more

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  • The Social Justice Warrior Handbook

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  • Modern Romance

    **The #1 New York Times Bestseller“An engaging look at the often head-scratching, frequently infuriating mating behaviors that shape our love lives.” —Refinery 29A hilarious, thoughtful, and in-depth exploration of the pleasures and perils of modern romance from Aziz Ansari, the star of Master of None and one of this generation’s sharpest comedic voices**At some point, every one of us embarks on a ... Read more

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  • Braving the Wilderness: Reese's Book Club

    The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone

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