Technicalities


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History Lover's Guide to Houston, A


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Houston earned its international reputation as a hub for space flight and the oil industry. But visitors don't need to search out the secrets of the stars or the depths of the earth to experience the impressive legacy of the nation's fourth-largest city.




Book Review Digest


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Interlibrary Loan Policies Directory


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Updating the fourth edition of 1991, this reference provides current information on the interlibrary loan policies of some 1,425 academic, public, and special libraries in the US, Puerto Rico, and Canada, for librarians who need to know in advance what types of material a particular library loans and what charges will be incurred. The arrangement is alphabetical by state, and within each state, alphabetical by name of library or institution. New to this edition are Ariel addresses, Internet addresses, and a number of new indexes including libraries that loan government documents, periodicals, microforms, computer software, newspapers, and media. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR




Lincoln, the Law, and Presidential Leadership


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"The essays in this book focus on Lincoln's views on the rule of law and the Constitution and expose the difficulty and ambiguity associated with the protection of civil rights during the Civil War"--