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The Color of Opportunity: Pathways to Family, Welfare, and Work
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The Colour of School Reform: Race, Politics, and the Challenge of Urban Education
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The Coming Fin De Siecle: An Application of Durkheim’s Sociology to Modernity and Postmodernism (Routledge Library Editions: Emile Durkheim)
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The Coming Global Superstorm
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The Coming Wave: AI, Power and Our Future
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The Commercialized Crafts of Thailand: Hill Tribes and Lowland Villages (ConsumAsian Series)
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The Common Agricultural Policy (European Union Series)
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The Commons in a Glocal World: Global Connections and Local Responses (Earthscan Studies in Natural Resource Management)
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The Commonwealth and International Affairs: The Round Table Centennial Selection
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The Communication Theory Reader
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The Communicative Competence of Young Children: A Modular Approach
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The Communist Postscript (Pocket Communism)
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