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Memmler’s The Human Body in Health and Disease (book & CD plus online access code pamphlet) $2.00 This widely read classic is an excellent primer on normal anatomy and physiology, basic microbiology, chemistry, and an introduction to the human disease process. New to this edition is a beautifully revised design and art program with new illustrations that include anatomical line drawings and clinical photos and photomicrographs. New content includes “Word Derivations” sections that promote reco… |
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Code of the Street: Decency, Violence, and the Moral Life of the Inner City $10.00 As sociologist Elijah Anderson shows in the detailed and devastating Code of the Street, the senseless crime in the inner city represents a complex, though ultimately self-defeating, set of social mores. These mores, called “codes,” stress a hyperinflated sense of manhood through verbal boasts, drug selling, sexual prowess, and–ultimately–violence and death. “At the heart of the code is the issu… |
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The Da Vinci Code $0.99 With The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown masterfully concocts an intelligent and lucid thriller that marries the gusto of an international murder mystery with a collection of fascinating esoteria culled from 2,000 years of Western history. A murder in the silent after-hour halls of the Louvre museum reveals a sinister plot to uncover a secret that has been protected by a clandestine society sinc… |