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Human Stain
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Philip Roth
During the time of President Clinton's impeachment hearings, Coleman Silk--a classics professor at a small New England college--is undergoing a trial of his own: he has been accused of racism, and his job is in jeopardy. Silk is innocent of the charge, but he is, in fact, guilty of something else--a fact about himself he has kept completely secret ...
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The Plot Against America
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Philip Roth creates a startling premise: Charles Lindbergh beats out Franklin Roosevelt and is elected president of the US in 1940, inaugurating an atmosphere of anti-Semitism and bigotry that turns the country into a nightmare for Jews. Among them are the Roths: Herman, Bess, and the two boys, Philip and Sandy. Philip is undergoing a typically ...
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Dutch: The First of a Trilogy
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Heisey Glass
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Shirley Dunbar
This comprehensive guide to Heisey glassware covers the early years of the A.H. Heisey Company, from 1896 to 1924, the production period of primary interest to contemporary dealers and collectors. It contains more than 300 mainly colour photographs of rare and highly sought after pieces.
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The Boys from New Jersey: How the Mob Beat the Feds
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Robert Rudolph
After two years of testimony on a 75-count indictment, it took the jury only two days to render a verdict in the Lucchese trial: not guilty. How did this happen? Rudolph provides the answer in a book that tells the full story behind what should have been the government's shining hour. Photographs.
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The Devil Riding
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Valerie Wilson Wesley
Private investigator Tamara Hayle takes a job looking for missing Darnella Desmond. She follows the trail to Atlantic City where it seems as if a serial killer is preying on vulnerable runaway girls. She discovers that at the heart of the disappearance lie two generatations' worth of familial perversity.
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Dying in the Dark
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Valerie Wilson Wesley
RSmart, sexy, tough but tenderS ("Houston Chronicle"), P.I. Tamara Hayle tackles her toughest case: finding the killer of a close friend and her son. By a #1 "Blackboard" bestselling author.
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No hiding place
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Valerie Wilson Wesley
Private Investigator and single mom Tamara Hayle struggles against the bureaucracy of Newark, New Jersey to find the killer of Shawn Raymond, a man who was the childhood mentor of her brother.
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Ghetto Schooling: A Political Economy of Urban Educational Reform
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Jean Anyon
In this personal account, Jean Anyon provides evidence that the economic and political devastation of America's inner cities has robbed schools and teachers of the capacity to successfully implement current strategies of educational reform. She argues that without fundamental change in government and business policies and the redirection of major ...
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Dutch II. Angel's Revenge
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Teri Woods
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Devil's Gonna Get Him
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Valerie Wilson Wesley
Tamara Hayle, the female, African-American P.I. who made her "valuable debut" (L.A. Times) in the acclaimed When Death Comes Stealing, finds her sleuthing skills put to the ultimate test when her newest and very well-heeled client turns up dead--only hours after he hires her.
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Where evil sleeps
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Valerie Wilson Wesley
Newark detective Tamara Hayle, finds a mystery wherever she goes. This time it's Kingston, Jamaica where she finds herself stranded in a bar with only two corpses for company.
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Of Blood and Sorrow
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Valerie Wilson Wesley
Number 1 "Blackboard" bestselling author Wesley's sassy private investigator Tamara Hayle--called smart, sexy, tough but tender by the "Houston Chronicle"--is back to confront the one case she never saw coming as a long-forgotten secret turns into a terrifying confrontation with love gone bad and trust turned lethal.
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Swing City: Newark Nightlife, 1925-50
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Barbara J Kukla
An exploration of Newark's role as an entertainment mecca between 1925 and 1950. It is based on interviews with musicians, singers, dancers, comedians, bartenders, waitresses and nightclub owners and their families, and is illustrated with photographs from the author's personal collection.
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Easier to Kill
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Valerie Wilson Wesley
Popular, well-respected radio talk-show host Mandy Magic seems to have it all and then some. Born Starmanda Jackson and raised in the projects of Newark, Magic has literally talked her way out of poverty. But she is stalked by a past that won't let her go.
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Newark's Little Italy: The Vanished First Ward
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Michael Immerso
Using vintage photographs, interviews, and archival material, this text tells the story of a remarkable American neighbourhood, Newark's old First Ward. Boasting the nation's fifth largest Italian population, the First Ward was a quintessential urban community.
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Islam Among Urban Blacks: Muslims in Newark, New Jersey: A Social History
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Michael Nash
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The Lightning Rule
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Brett Ellen Block
The tale of Detective Martin Emmett as he tracks a killer through the underground tunnels of Newark while the city above erupts in race riots. Lightning never strikes the same spot twice. Or so the saying goes. But Detective Martin Emmett has stumbled upon an exception to the rule. The year is 1967 and the city of Newark, New Jersey is in the ...
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Nazis in Newark (Clt)
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Warren Grover
After Hitler came to power in 1933, Nazis established organizations in major American cities to propagate their racial doctrines. Newark, New Jersey, with its considerable ethnic mix of Jews, Germans, Italians, Irish, and African Americans, was a primary target. Throughout the thirties and up to America's entrance into World War II, Newark's Nazis ...
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New Jersey Dreaming: Capital, Culture, and the Class of '58
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Sherry B Ortner
Pioneering anthropologist Sherry B. Ortner is renowned for her work on the Sherpas of Nepal. Now she turns her attention homeward to examine how social class is lived in the United States and, specifically, within her own peer group. In "New Jersey Dreaming", Ortner returns to her Newark roots to present an in-depth look at Weequahic High School's ...
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Newark: A History of Race, Rights, and Riots in America
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Professor Kevin Mumford
Newark's volatile past is infamous. The city has become synonymous with the Black Power movement and urban crisis. Its history reveals a vibrant and contentious political culture punctuated by traditional civic pride and an understudied tradition of protest in the black community. "Newark" charts this important city's place in the nation, from its ...
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Press, Politics, and Perserverance
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Robert C. Barnes, Judith M. Pfeiffer
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From Three Cents a Week ...: The Story of the Prudential Insurance Company of America
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William H A Carr
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The Glitter & the Gold: Fashioning America's Jewelry
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Ulysses G Dietz, Janet A Zapata, Kevin J Smead
An exploration of the jewelry produced in Newark, New Jersey - America's fine jewelry capital - from 1850 to 1950. The four essays that make up the book contain never-before published documents concerning this jewelry mecca.
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Bring Us the Old People
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Marisa Kantor Stark, Marisa Kantor Stark
Alternating between memories of the past and her feelings of abandonment in the present, a 92-year-old woman recalls her life: growing up in a world marked by religious ritual and strong family ties; the survivor of a troubled marriage and the Holocaust; and meeting the daunting challenge of starting life anew in another country.
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