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  • A New Goddess

    Eva Pohler

    eBook (Green Press, April 30, 2013)
    Death is not the worst fate for a goddess.The Olympians don't tolerate oath-breakers.Therese may have finally succeeded in becoming a goddess, but if she wants to remain one, she'll have to discover her unique purpose and make some allies among the gods. Artemis sends her on a seemingly impossible quest across the world, while Than searches for a way to appease Ares. To make matters worse, Therese's unborn baby sister's life depends on the outcome of her quest.Can Than and Therese finally live the life they've dreamed of? Or do the gods have other plans for them?*Formerly The Gatekeeper's Daughter

  • The Revolutionary Period: 1750-1783

    Bruce Thompson

    Paperback (Greenhaven Press, Feb. 7, 2003)
    The period of American history from 1750 to 1783 was revolutionary in more than one sense. Authors in this anthology examine the political and military events that led to American independence from Britain, as well as the many social and cultural changes that shaped early America.

  • Mass Incarceration

    Rebecca Aldridge

    Library Binding (Greenhaven Pr, Aug. 15, 2017)
    "The number of Americans who live behind bars has increased by 550 percent over the last 40 years. This has been the result of aggressive tough-on-crime legislation that had more harmful effects than lawmakers could have foreseen. Experts now see the problem but disagree on the solutions. Does incarceration limit crime, or does it simply feed into a cycle of problems that harm society and create a criminal class? Are sentences and rehabilitation programs that avoid prison time effective? This compelling volume tackles tough questions from many different angles."--Publisher's description.

  • American History by Era - Antebellum America: 1784-1850, Volume 4

    William Dudley

    Paperback (Greenhaven Press, Feb. 7, 2003)
    The time between America's independence in 1784 and the year 1850 was an era of remarkable growth in territory and power for the new nation, as well as a time of social ferment and change. Americans created a constitutional government, expanded westward, and grappled with the problem of slavery.

  • History Firsthand - The Holocaust: Death Camps

    Tamara L. Roleff

    Paperback (Greenhaven Press, Oct. 4, 2001)
    Approximately six million Jews were killed during the Holocaust in World War II. The authors in this anthology offer personal accounts of the death camps in which many of them lived for years. The essays discuss the inmates' arrival in the camps, their daily struggle for survival, the work they were forced to perform, how they managed to continue living among so much death, their feelings upon liberation, and how the Germans felt About the Hitler's Final Solution to the Jewish Problem.

  • Drug Legalization

    Noel Merino

    Paperback (Greenhaven Press, March 10, 2015)
    A look at the controversies surrounding drug legalization.

  • Opposing Viewpoints in American History - Volume 2: From Reconstruction to the Present

    William Dudley, Bruno Leone

    Paperback (Greenhaven Press, Jan. 1, 1996)
    The debates in Volume II shed understanding on American history since the Civil War, as the United States expanded to its present dimensions and became an industrial and world power, yet faced many challenges to its claims of freedom and equality for all.

  • Opposing Viewpoints in American History: From Colonial Time to Reconstruction

    William Dudley

    Paperback (Greenhaven Press, Dec. 13, 2006)
    Presents a collection of primary and secondary documents offering varying opinions on events in American history.
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  • Opposing Viewpoints in American History Vol II: From Reconstruction to the Present

    William Dudley

    Paperback (Greenhaven Press, Dec. 13, 2006)
    This unique two-volume set combines selected pairs of documents from Greenhaven's Opposing Viewpoints: American History Series with other carefully chosen primary source viewpoints to explore the rich history of disputation that has formed and informed American history. The books thus provide a comprehensive reference tool for exploring America's past.
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  • At Issue in History - United States Entry into World War I

    Donald J. Murphy

    Hardcover (Greenhaven Press, Feb. 20, 2004)
    The United States decision to enter the First World War in April, 1917 marked a step on its path to global power. This book examines how and why Woodrow Wilson's Administration, amid bitter debates between advocates and foes of war, abandoned an initial neutrality in 1914 for military intervention by 1917.

  • The Fall of The Berlin Wall

    Jeff Hay

    Library Binding (Greenhaven Press, Dec. 4, 2009)
    A history of the 103-mile wall between East and West Germany discusses its geopolitical ramifications, its representation of the struggle between Soviet communism and American capitalism, and the internal and external pressures that led to its dismantling.

  • Gray's Domain: Purgatorium Series, Book Two

    Eva Pohler

    eBook (Green Press, May 31, 2014)
    Dr. Gray is the master of her domain, but, for Daphne, it's payback time.After enduring Dr. Hortense Gray’s experimental therapy on an island off the coast of California at a compound known as The Purgatorium, seventeen-year-old Daphne is delighted to learn she will now have a chance to have revenge on her parents and boyfriend by participating in their therapy. It’s payback time, and Daphne can’t wait to begin.Dr. Gray defends her dubious methods by claiming that all treatments come with risks, but when real bullets fly and lives are at stake, Daphne decides she wants no part of it and hatches a plan to save her family.