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        Guarding the Golden Gate

        Guarding the Golden Gate

        A History of the U.S. Quarantine Station in San Francisco Bay

        by MD Frierson J. Gordon

        ISBN: 9781647790462

        Pub Date: 24 May 2022

        Format: Paperback

        240 Pages

        Amidst the evolving scientific knowledge of epidemic diseases during the mid-to-late 19th century, Guarding the Golden Gate narrates the development of the Quarantine Station on Angel Island in the San Francisco Bay and illuminates the everyday activities of the station’s personnel as they met both political and public health challenges.
        50 of the Best Snowshoe Trails Around Lake Tahoe

        50 of the Best Snowshoe Trails Around Lake Tahoe

        by Mike White

        ISBN: 9781943859795

        Pub Date: 15 October 2018

        Format: Paperback

        256 Pages

        An accessible and scenic guide to Lake Tahoe’s unparalleled winter treks, summits, and views
        Because I’d Hate to Just Disappear

        Because I'd Hate to Just Disappear

        My Cancer, My Self, Our Story

        by Don Hardy

        With Heather Hardy

        ISBN: 9781943859733

        Pub Date: 16 April 2018

        Format: Paperback

        280 Pages

        An uproariously funny yet deeply introspective exploration of the battle with cancer
        Cries of Crisis

        Cries of Crisis

        Rethinking the Health Care Debate

        by Robert B. Hackey

        ISBN: 9780874179774

        Pub Date: 23 February 2015

        Format: Paperback

        192 Pages

        A provocative analysis of America’s efforts toward health care reform
        The Essential Eldercare Handbook for Nevada

        The Essential Eldercare Handbook for Nevada

        by Kim Boyer and Mary Shapiro

        ISBN: 9780874179415

        Pub Date: 18 March 2014

        Format: Paperback

        200 Pages

        A comprehensive guide for seniors and their families
        Alzheimer’s and Dementia

        Alzheimer’s and Dementia

        A Practical and Legal Guide for Nevada Caregivers

        by Kim Boyer and Mary Shapiro

        ISBN: 9780874178586

        Pub Date: 1 October 2011

        Format: Paperback

        176 Pages

        An essential guide for aging Nevadans and their families.

        The Opium Debate and Chinese Exclusion Laws in the Nineteenth-Century American West

        The Opium Debate and Chinese Exclusion Laws in the Nineteenth-Century American West

        by Diana L. Ahmad

        ISBN: 9780874178449

        Pub Date: 28 March 2011

        Format: Paperback

        152 Pages

        A  meticulously researched study of the nineteenth-century drug-abuse crisis 
        Obesity Surgery

        Obesity Surgery

        Stories Of Altered Lives

        by Marta Meana and Lindsey Ricciardi

        ISBN: 9780874177404

        Pub Date: 28 March 2008

        Format: Paperback

        288 Pages

        The surprising and unpredictable story of the personal and social after-effects of rapid and dramatic weight loss.
        Psychotherapy As Religion

        Psychotherapy As Religion

        The Civil Divine In America

        by William M. Epstein

        ISBN: 9780874176780

        Pub Date: 17 July 2006

        Format: Hardcover

        288 Pages

        Futures At Stake

        Futures At Stake

        Youth, Gambling, And Society

        by Howard J. Shaffer, Matthew N. Hall and Joni Vander Bilt

        Foreword by Thomas N. Cummings

        ISBN: 9780874173680

        Pub Date: 1 July 2003

        Format: Hardcover

        344 Pages

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