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Black Men Can’t Shoot

Crow Call

On The Make : The Hustle Of Urban Nightlife

Follow Me : A Novel

Out In The Storm : Drug-addicted Women Living As Shoplifters And Sex Workers

  • Out In The Storm : Drug-addicted Women Living As  Shoplifters And Sex Workers
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    Gail A. Caputo
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    Book, Northeastern University Press, 2008
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    Based on interview material and life histories that create a vivid narrative, this remarkable volume is the culmination of three years of ethnographic research examining thirty-eight women with drug addictions in the Philadelphia area who took up criminal occupations of shoplifting and sex work. Out in the Storm reveals similarities and differences in pathways women take to drug addiction and particular crimes and illustrates how women manage both the business and risks of crime in urban drug cultures. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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     (LOWER LEVEL)  HV6046 .C285 2008  NEW BOOK(MAIN)

Washington At Valley Forge

The Whiskey Rebels : A Novel

  • The Whiskey Rebels : A Novel
  • Attribution

    David Liss
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    Book, 1st ed, Random House, 2008
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    With the new states unable to support their ex-soldiers, the Maycotts make a desperate gamble: trade the chance of future payment for the hope of a better life on the western Pennsylvania frontier. As their causes intertwine, Joan and Saunders?both patriots in their own way?find themselves on opposing sides of a daring scheme that will forever change their lives and their new country. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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     (UPPER LEVEL)  PS3562.I7814 W48 2008  DUE 02-03-10

Thomas Eakins : Art, Medicine, And Sexuality In Nineteenth-century Philadelphia

Heirloom : Notes From An Accidental Tomato Farmer

  • Heirloom : Notes From An Accidental Tomato Farmer
  • Attribution

    Tim Stark
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    Book, 1st ed, Broadway Books, 2008
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    Situated beautifully at the intersection of Michael Pollan, Ruth Reichl, and Barbara Kingsolver, Heirloom is an inspiring, elegiac, and gorgeously written memoir about rediscovering an older and still vital way of life. When favorable weather brought in a bumper crop, Tim hauled his unusual tomatoes to New York City?s Union Square Greenmarket, at a time when the tomato was unanimously red. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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     (UPPER LEVEL)  SB349 .S73 2008  AVAILABLE

Sentenced To Science : One Black Man’s Story Of Imprisonment In America

Jimmy’s Stars

Chief Bender’s Burden : The Silent Struggle Of A Baseball Star

The Art And Science Of William Bartram

The Philadelphia Campaign

Remember Valley Forge : Patriots, Tories, And Redcoats Tell Their Stories