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  by awalls37 & 3 users

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Type: fiction

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Status: to read

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Author: Jhumpa Lahiri

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Tags: tragedy identity international contemporary Indian-American

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Description: Author of "The Namesake"

2008-04-08

  by osamabinrobin & 1 users

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Type: fiction

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Status: liked

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Author: Gene Luen Yang

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Tags: comic ya graphic identity 2006 printz racial

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Description: I'm not ... exactly sure ... WHY ... it won the Printz ... only that it did.

2007-09-05

  by isafetybooks

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Type: educational

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Status: I recommend

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Author: Victoria Roddel

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Tags: online computer internet identity child home safety, security, cybercrime, cybercrime prevention, ccmostwanted, fraud, theft, privacy, legislation, piracy, spam, spyware, malware, scamware

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Description: PROTECT ALL THAT IS YOURS - children, data, information, and know how to recognize, deter,PROTECT ALL THAT IS YOURS - children, data, information, and know how to recognize, deter, avoid, and report cybercrime, identity theft, online fraud, child predators, computer infectors. This book is a complete basic explanation of internet safety and cybercrime prevention for the home computer user. This book doesn't care which operating system is in use or the level of computer experience.Topics include: children online, cyberstalking, fraud, home computer security, ID theft, infectors, legislation, piracy, spam, spyware, and reporting cybercrime.

Bookwire Review March 14, 2006 at www.bookwire.com/bookwire/PDF/roddel.pdf:
"The book's language is simple and clear-cut, allowing even first-time computer users to follow its steps toward a secure connection and peace of mind on the internet."...

2007-04-19

  by awalls37

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Type: fiction

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Author: George Eliot

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Tags: friendship identity oppression Zionist Victorian_England idealist

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Description: The story opens memorably at a roulette table, where we first meet the young and idealisticThe story opens memorably at a roulette table, where we first meet the young and idealistic Daniel Deronda and the enchanting Gwendolen Harleth—whom many critics consider to be George Eliot’s finest creation. Although the two are immediately drawn to one another, Gwendolen—outwardly alluring and vivacious, inwardly complex and unsettled—is forced by circumstance into an oppressive marriage with the harsh aristocratic Henleigh Grandcourt.

Deeply unhappy, she turns for friendship to Daniel, only to discover his involvement with Mirah Lapidoth, a talented young Jewish woman. Torn between his devotion to Gwendolen and his passion for Mirah and the plight of her people, Daniel is forced to look at his own mysterious past and find out who he really is—and who he wants to become....

2006-08-28

  by findingmyshoes & 3 users

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Type: fiction

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Status: liked

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Author: Virginia Woolf

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Tags: women modernism favorite identity

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Description: In my opinion, this is Woolf's best book, although Mrs. Dalloway runs a close second. In my opinion, this is Woolf's best book, although Mrs. Dalloway runs a close second. I think the comparison of identity development to waves in teh ocean is truly spiritual and lovely. The only reason I would hesitate in reccomending this book is that it is a little dense, and may be confusing if you can't discuss it with someone...

2006-08-03

  by awalls37 & 23 users

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Type: fiction

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Author: Janet Fitch

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Tags: death identity abuse mother-daughter-relationship foster-care

2006-07-31

  by awalls37 & 2 users

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Type: fiction

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Status: to read

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Author: John Steinbeck

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Tags: american classic historic san_francisco identity road_trip hostility national

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Description: Steinbeck rides around the country for three months with his french poodle, Charley, whileSteinbeck rides around the country for three months with his french poodle, Charley, while living in a camper on the back of his truck. It may not sound very interesting but in this book you can find everything that is good (and a lot that is bad) about this country. It is both inspiring and depressing and something that everyone should read at least once....

2006-07-29

  by ideath & 1 users

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Type: educational

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Status: liked

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Author: Margaret Trawick

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Tags: family anthropology india ethnography identity intertextuality tamil

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Description: Trawick and her children lived with a Tamil family as she learned about intertextual epicTrawick and her children lived with a Tamil family as she learned about intertextual epic poetry; ended up applying everything she learned on many different levels and learning about cultural differences in some of the emotions we like to pretend are the most "natural."...

2006-05-31

  by tebert2458 & 33 users

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Type: fiction

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Status: liked

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Author: Philip K. Dick

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Tags: drugs sci-fi identity

2006-04-13

  by prolurker

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Type: educational

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Status: to read

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Author: Allen S. Weiss

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Tags: identity soundrecording embodiment

2006-01-23