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@USC Sol Price School of Public Policy -- shaping the world since 1929. Our mission is to improve the quality of life for people and their communities.

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Book Cover for: First-Time Home Buyers: Success Guide, Richard Phipps

First-Time Home Buyers: Success Guide

Richard Phipps
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.@nytimes quoted @LuskCenter Dir. Richard Green (@keynesianr) on first time home buyers purchasing a second home in more affordable areas. Green explains that purchasing rural or suburban homes allows people in pricey metro areas to become homeowners. https://t.co/J6HamFPZ9X

Paperback, 2018

$43.95$21.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: House of Leaves, Mark Z. Danielewski

House of Leaves

Mark Z. Danielewski
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.@BedrosianBook's most recent podcast discusses House of Leaves by @markdanielewski. The novel is ostensibly about a young man who finds a manuscript in a dead man’s apartment, but at the center of Danielewski’s work is the question, “What is real?” http://ow.ly/u4qC50GwyrV

Paperback, 2000

$29.00$14.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Behind Closed Doors, A. L. Smith

Behind Closed Doors

A. L. Smith
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In the wake of the L.A. City Council scandal, the "Behind Closed Doors" series hosted by @CID_USC, @CABlackFreedom, @LatinoCommFdn and @aapifund explores the entrenchment of racism in our political system. | @MindySRomero @Erika_D_Smith @ERI_USC Watch: https://t.co/4yRdCrGHdJ https://t.co/gAiUG3Twpx

Paperback, 2015

$12.99$6.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Not "A Nation of Immigrants": Settler Colonialism, White Supremacy, and a History of Erasure and Exclusion, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

Not "A Nation of Immigrants": Settler Colonialism, White Supremacy, and a History of Erasure and Exclusion

Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
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In a recent episode, the @BedrosianBook podcast discussed Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz's Not a Nation of Immigrants. In her new book, @rdunbaro strives to uncover the why and how of the mythology that pervades political discourse on American history. @AubreyHi https://t.co/JeOGbBfJ9p

Paperback, 2022

$17.95$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Know Your Price: Valuing Black Lives and Property in America's Black Cities, Andre M. Perry

Know Your Price: Valuing Black Lives and Property in America's Black Cities

Andre M. Perry
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ICYMI: Andre M. Perry (@andreperryedu), a nationally known commentator on race, structural inequality, and education, spoke about his book “Know Your Price: Valuing Black Lives and Property in America’s Black Cities." View the full video: https://t.co/wIcGd0BGhy @BrookingsMetro https://t.co/5SkmKRLFGQ

Hardcover, 2020

$29.00$14.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Complicit: How We Enable the Unethical and How to Stop, Max H. Bazerman

Complicit: How We Enable the Unethical and How to Stop

Max H. Bazerman
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"When we're benefitting from #privilege, we don't notice that the problem even exists," says Max Bazerman (@BazermanMax) in his talk titled "Complicit." Watch the full lecture here: https://t.co/wYpJJBqvRZ @USC | @Harvard https://t.co/euKq1daTvt

Paperback, 2024

$17.95$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Case for Youth Police Initiative: Interdependent Fates and the Power of Peace, Nina Rose Fischer

The Case for Youth Police Initiative: Interdependent Fates and the Power of Peace

Nina Rose Fischer
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ICYMI: Dr. Nina Rose Fischer joins @SCI_USC_Price to discuss her book, The Case for Youth Police Initiative. "...It's a community place-based approach targeted to the needs of specific neighborhoods." Watch: https://t.co/tH9S7PkQsQ @USC https://t.co/wTahpyIcY0

Paperback, 2022

$54.99$29.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
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Book Cover for: Covered with Night: A Story of Murder and Indigenous Justice in Early America, Nicole Eustace

Covered with Night: A Story of Murder and Indigenous Justice in Early America

Nicole Eustace
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ICYMI: @BedrosianBook podcast discusses Covered With Night by Nicole Eustace, which tells the historical tale of how Pennsylvania colony leaders had to learn to restore peace after two White men murdered a Native American. https://t.co/gbDw1JafxT

Paperback, 2022

$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Power Shifts: Congress and Presidential Representation, John A. Dearborn

Power Shifts: Congress and Presidential Representation

John A. Dearborn
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Join us next week, April 10th, at 11 am for a discussion with Professor Dr. William Resh (@billresh) and Dr. John Dearborn (@johnadearborn) of @VanderbiltU on Dearborn's new book, Power Shifts: Congressional and Presidential Representation. RSVP Here: https://t.co/cdYZJYEfWS https://t.co/ulEyC82kC6

Hardcover, 2021

$113.00$88.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
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