Social Policy, Welfare State, and Civil Society in Sweden : Volume I: History, Policies, and Institutions 1884-1988. by Hort (birth name Olsson), Sven E. O.

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Faith, food, and family in a Yupik whaling community / Carol Zane Jolles ; with the assistance of Elinor Mikaghaq Oozeva. by Jolles, Carol Zane

Table of Contents: “…Life Passages [death, charms, pregnancy and birth, names & naming, sickness -- illness, health] -- 7. …”
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Under any sky : contemporary readings of George Santayana / edited by Matthew Caleb Flamm and Krzysztof Piotr Skowroñski.

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An Ox of One's Own : Royal Wives and Religion at the Court of the Third Dynasty of Ur / T.M. Sharlach. by Sharlach, T. M.

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Sanaaq : an Inuit novel / Mitiarjuk Nappaaluk. by Nappaaluk, Mitiarjuk, Frost, Peter, 1955-

Table of Contents: “…Gathering dwarf birch -- Irsutualuk and the fishing day that wasn't -- A day in the tent -- Fishing on the foreshore -- Moving day and Sanaaq's remarriage -- A Qajaq for Qalingu -- Jiimialuk loses and eye -- The first Qallunaat arrive -- Qalingu tries out the Qajaq -- A daughter is adopted -- An unsuccessful hunt in the Qajaq -- Sanaaq meets a polar bear -- Arnatuinnaq catches her first gull -- From tent to igloo -- Jiimialuk's fatal accident -- A harsh winter in the igloo -- Sanaaq gives birth to a son -- Trip inland -- Hunters caught in a blizzard -- Spring hunting on the Sinaa -- Mussel fishing under the ice -- Spring hunt -- Scenes of summer life -- The legend of Lumaajuq -- The first Catholic missionaries -- A children's quarrel -- A community feast of boiled meat -- Spring hunting, fishing, and gathering -- Hunters adrift on the ice -- Inuit chewing gum -- Learning how to sew and the collapse of the igloo -- Fishing for Iqaluk -- Qalingu makes a Puurtaq and Qumag her first boots -- Gathering eggs -- Spring hunt on the edge of the ice -- A child's carelessness -- A household quarrel -- Sanaaq's flight -- Conjugal violence -- A sorrowful Qalingu -- Sanaaq's return to hospital -- Ritual feast for the first kill -- Qalingu leaves to work among the Qallunaat -- A successful day fishing for Arctic Char -- The first medical examination -- Birth, naming, and conversion -- A broken heart and possession -- Confession and cure.…”
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Life and Times of Frederick Douglass : His Early Life as a Slave, His Escape from Bondage, and His Complete History to the Present Time. by Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895

Table of Contents: “…s place of birth""; ""Description of country""; ""Its inhabitants""; ""Genealogical trees""; ""Method of counting time in slave districts""; ""Date of authorâ€?s birth""; ""Names of grandparents""; ""Their cabin""; ""Home with them""; ""Slave practice of separating mothers from their children""; ""Authorâ€?…”
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The merciless book of metal lists / Howie Abrams & Sacha Jenkins ; photography by Frank White. by Abrams, Howie

Table of Contents: “…All Hail the Original Man-Metal Bands That Have, or Have Had, Black Members -- 2 Band Names Sepultura Considered Using Before Choosing the Name Sepultura by Max Cavalera -- Birth Names of Metal Heroes -- Top 10 Obscure Metal Blade Records Facts by Metal Blade Records Big Kahuna Brian Slagel -- Top 10 Most-Metal Hockey Players According to Metal Blade Records Honcho Brian Slagel -- Megaforce Records Fun Facts by Jon and Marsha Zazula -- 10 Interesting Moments from the Kill 'Em All for One (Metallica/Raven) U.S. …”
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