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New SJSU Government and Law Materials

Newest titles added to this subject area on Floors 6-8 at King Library.


















The year of the flood : a novel / Margaret Atwood.
cover imageWhen a natural disaster predicted by God's Gardeners leader Adam One obliterates most human life, two survivors trapped inside respective establishments that metaphorically represent paradise and hell wonder if any of their loved ones have survived.



Love and summer / William Trevor.
cover imageLiving an unfulfilling existence at the side of a tragic husband, shy orphan Ellie Dillahan begins an affair that forces her to choose between an uncertain future with the man she loves and the desolate life she has built for herself.














Ruined / Lynn Nottage.
cover imageMama Nadi, the owner of a brothel set in Congo, is a mother figure who keeps watch over her business, serving men from both sides of the conflict, and employing women, "ruined" by rape or torture, who are forced to work as prostitutes.

Justice : what's the right thing to do? / Michael J. Sandel.
cover imagePopular Harvard professor Michael Sandel offers a searching, lyrical exploration of the meaning of justice that considers familiar controversies such as affirmative action, same-sex marriage, physician-assisted suicide, abortion, national service, patriotism and dissent, and the moral limits of markets in fresh and illuminating ways.














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