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The Origin of Species: 150th Anniversary Edition - Paperback

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by Charles Darwin (Author), Julian Huxley (Introduction by)Charles Darwin's classic that exploded into public controversy, revolutionized the course of science, and continues to transform our views of the world. Few other books have created such a lasting storm of controversy as The Origin of Species. Darwin's theory that species derive from other species by a gradual evolutionary process and that the average level of each species is heightened by the "survival of the fittest" stirred up popu...

On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen - Hardcover

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by Harold McGee (Author)A kitchen classic for over 35 years, and hailed by Time magazine as "a minor masterpiece" when it first appeared in 1984, On Food and Cooking is the bible which food lovers and professional chefs worldwide turn to for an understanding of where our foods come from, what exactly they're made of, and how cooking transforms them into something new and delicious. For its 20th anniversary, Harold McGee prepared a new, fully revised and updated edition of On Food and Cooking....

Chamber Divers: The Untold Story of the D-Day Scientists Who Changed Special Operations Forever - Hardcover

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by Rachel Lance (Author)The previously classified story of the eccentric researchers who invented cutting-edge underwater science to lead the Allies to D-Day victory In August 1942, more than 7,000 Allied troops rushed the beaches of Normandy, France, in an all but-forgotten landing. Only a small fraction survived unscathed. It was two summers before D-Day, and the Allies realized that they were in dire need of underwater intelligence if they wanted to stand a chance of launching another beac...

Super Visible: The Story of the Women of Marvel Comics

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Report copyright infringementby Margaret Stohl (Author), Jeanine Schaefer (With), Judith Stephens (With)Inspired by the hit podcast The Women of Marvel and cowritten by the #1 New York Times bestselling coauthor of Beautiful Creatures, this eye-opening and engaging book celebrates the women who have helped make Marvel one of the most successful comics and entertainment companies in the world. What does a hero's journey look like when the hero in question happens to be a girl? #1 New York Time...

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Report copyright infringementby Gerry Adams (Author)Adams has written a lovely volume that is valuable not only for its content and vision but for the glimpse it offers into what makes him--politician and revolutionary--tick.--Kirkus ReviewsRAuthor BiographyGerry Adams is the President of Sinn F é in. Along with John Hume of the SDLP, he is the architect of the Hume-Adams Initiative that is the basis of the current peace process in Northern Ireland. He is the author of several other books inc...

Story of the World, Text Bundle, Paperback Revised Edition: History for the Classical Child: Ancient Times Through the Modern Age - Paperback

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by Susan Wise Bauer (Author), Jeff West (Illustrator), Mike Fretto (Cover Design by)Available in paperback, this four-volume narrative world history tells the story of the entire globe, from the earliest nomadic humans all the way to the Persian Gulf war at the end of the twentieth century. It now includes the Revised Edition of Volume 4. Told in an entertaining, engaging style, The Story of the World uses the stories of women and men, countries and empires, rebels and rulers, peasants and pr...

Prisoner of Lies: Jack Downey's Cold War

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Report copyright infringementby Barry Werth (Author)The remarkable true story of the longest-held prisoner of war in American history, John Downey, Jr., a CIA officer captured in China during the Korean War and imprisoned for twenty-one years. John (Jack) Downey, Jr., was a new Yale graduate in the post-World War II years who, like other Yale grads, was recruited by the young CIA. He joined the Agency and was sent to Japan in 1952, during the Korean War. In a violation of protocol, he took pa...

The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany - Hardcover

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by William L. Shirer (Author), Ron Rosenbaum (Introduction by)The fiftieth anniversary edition of the National Book Award-winning bestseller that is the definitive study of Adolf Hitler, the rise of Nazi Germany, the Holocaust, and World War II. This special edition now features a new introduction by Ron Rosenbaum, author of Explaining Hitler and How the End Begins. No other powerful empire ever bequeathed such mountains of evidence about its birth and destruction as the Third Reich. When the...

Where Is the Mississippi River? - Paperback

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by Dina Anastasio (Author), Who Hq (Author), Ted Hammond (Illustrator)Discover the history and culture of one of the most famous waterways in the world: the mighty Mississippi The most famous river in America runs like a spine between the eastern and western parts of the country, flowing through ten states before it empties into the Gulf of Mexico. The mighty Miss also flows through the history of America, giving rise to great stories about the people who lived on it and used it as a watery h...

Keeping the Faith: God, Democracy, and the Trial That Riveted a Nation

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Report copyright infringementby Brenda Wineapple (Author)NATIONAL BESTSELLER - "Brenda Wineapple's wonderful account of the Scopes trial sheds light not only on the battles of the past but on the struggles of the present."--Jon Meacham "History at its most delicious."--The New York Times Book Review (front page review, Editors' Choice) The dramatic story of the 1925 Scopes trial, which captivated the nation and exposed profound divisions in America that still resonate today--divisions over th...

The Dinosaur Museum: An Unforgettable, Interactive Virtual Tour Through Dinosaur History - Hardcover

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by National Geographic Society (Author)Young, eager paleontologists wanted. Apply within. We need YOUR expertise! So step inside The Dinosaur Museum, the book where kids get to act like paleontologists. This amazing volume gives readers a behind-the-scenes peek at a museum, with an interactive experience that evokes a visit to a natural history museum. Forget about waiting in long lines for hours. This interactive guide takes you on a room-by-room tour of the most fun-packed museum you can i...

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Report copyright infringementby Emilio Balcacre (Author), Gaston Vivanco (Artist)Most of them are historical figures of various nationalities: Russian, American, English, French, German and Japanese, all admirable and some almost unbelievable: Snipers, tankers, pilots, spies, guerrillas, housewives and even pregnant women. All women as tough and brave as men, or even more so, who took up arms and fought tirelessly for their countries, for their rights and also for their freedom. ...

Breadcrumbs: Coming of Age in Post-Soviet Poland

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Report copyright infringementby Kasia Babis (Author)A moving graphic memoir in the vein of Almost All American Girl and Persepolis, Breadcrumbs is a coming-of-age story set in Poland as the country transitions from communism to capitalism. In the late 1980s, Poland faces debilitating food shortages, worker discontent, and astronomical inflation. Seemingly overnight, the country transitions from communism to capitalism. During this period of flux, Kasia Babis is born. In the shadow of national...

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New York. Portrait of a City - Hardcover

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by Reuel Golden (Author)This book presents the epic story of New York on nearly 600 pages of emotional, atmospheric photographs, from the mid-19th century to the present day. Supplementing this treasure trove of images are over a hundred quotations and references from relevant books, movies, shows, and songs. The city's fluctuating fortunes are all represented, from the wild nights of the Jazz Age and the hedonistic disco era, to the grim days of the Depression and the devastation of 9/11 and...

The Last Kings of Shanghai: The Rival Jewish Dynasties That Helped Create Modern China - Paperback

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by Jonathan Kaufman (Author)"In vivid detail... examines the little-known history of two extraordinary dynasties."--The Boston Globe "Not just a brilliant, well-researched, and highly readable book about China's past, it also reveals the contingencies and ironic twists of fate in China's modern history."--LA Review of Books An epic, multigenerational story of two rival dynasties who flourished in Shanghai and Hong Kong as twentieth-century China surged into the modern era, from the Pulitzer P...

Her Name Was Mary Katharine: The Only Woman Whose Name Is on the Declaration of Independence - Hardcover

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by Ella Schwartz (Author), Dow Phumiruk (Illustrator)Pre-publication subtitle: The story of the only woman whose name appears on the Declaration of Independence.Author BiographyElla Schwartz is the award-winning author of Can You Crack the Code?: A Fascinating History of Ciphers and Cryptography, which won the AAAS/Subaru Prize for Excellence in Science Books. In addition to writing books, Ella is a cybersecurity warrior interfacing with the US federal government on strategic technology initi...

The History of Jerusalem: An Illustrated Story of 4,000 Years

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Report copyright infringementby Vincent Lemire (Author), Christophe Gaultier (Illustrator)The 4,000-year history of the city of Jerusalem unfolds in an exceptional graphic narrative that touches on the birth of Islam, Christianity, and Judaism, as well as famous conquerors and mighty empires, and more. This engaging and even-handed 256-page graphic novel, written by renowned historian Vincent Lemire and illustrated by cartoonist and animator Christophe Gaultier, is an excellent choice for th...

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Report copyright infringementby Katarina Thorsen (Artist)The documented experiences of Joseph O'Dwyer, a young man who was institutionalized at one of Canada's most notorious historic psychiatric institutions. On November 21, 1948, Joseph O'Dwyer's suicide attempt was interrupted when a bystander pulled him out of the Kitsilano Pool in Vancouver. This set a series of events in motion that ends with O'Dwyer's institutionalization at British Columbia's first forensic psychiatric facility, Colqu...

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by Marco Pierre White (Author)A 25th anniversary edition of the collection of classic recipes from the 'enfant terrible' of theUK restaurant scene, featuring striking photographs of his kitchen and his cooking. Once in a blue moon a book is published that changes irrevocably the face of things. WhiteHeat is one such book. Since it w as originally produced in 1990, it has gone on to becomeone of the most enduring classic cook books of our time. With its unique blend of outspokenopinion, recipe...

Where's Harry?: Steve Stone Remembers His Years with Harry Caray

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Report copyright infringementby Steve Stone (Author), Barry Rozner (With)Stone pays tribute to Harry Caray, one of baseball's biggest legends never to take the field, remembering the unique baseball commentator who was also the game's biggest fan. Photos. Number of Pages: 256 Dimensions: 1.1 x 9.34 x 6.31 IN Publication Date: April 01, 1999

In Darkness and Secrecy: The Anthropology of Assault Sorcery and Witchcraft in Amazonia

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Report copyright infringementby Neil L. Whitehead (Editor), Robin Wright (Editor)In Darkness and Secrecy brings together ethnographic examinations of Amazonian assault sorcery, witchcraft, and injurious magic, or "dark shamanism." Anthropological reflections on South American shamanism have tended to emphasize shamans' healing powers and positive influence. This collection challenges that assumption by showing that dark shamans are, in many Amazonian cultures, quite different from shamanic he...

Rocket Girl: The Story of Mary Sherman Morgan, America's First Female Rocket Scientist

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Report copyright infringementby George D. Morgan (Author), Ashley Stroupe (Foreword by)LIKE THE FEMALE SCIENTISTS PORTRAYED IN HIDDEN FIGURES, MARY SHERMAN MORGAN WAS ANOTHERUNSUNG HEROINE OF THE SPACE AGE-NOWHER STORY IS FINALLY TOLD. This is the extraordinary true story of America's first female rocket scientist. Told by her son, it describes Mary Sherman Morgan's crucial contribution to launching America's first satellite and the author's labyrinthine journey to uncover his mother's lost l...

The Rebel Yell & the Yankee Hurrah: The Civil War Journal of a Maine Volunteer

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Report copyright infringementby John W. Haley (Author), Ruth L. Silliker (Editor)On an "I will if you will" dare, John Haley enlisted in the 17th Maine Regiment in August 1862 "for three years, unless sooner discharged." ("Discharged, shot, or starved" would have been more accurate, Haley later wryly observed.) Though a reluctant soldier at first, he served steadfastly in the Army of the Potomac for nearly three years, participating in some of the most significant battles of the Civil War. Jo...

Spooky New Jersey: Tales of Hauntings, Strange Happenings, and Other Local Lore

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Report copyright infringementby S. E. Schlosser (Author), Paul G. Hoffman (Illustrator)A collection of 40 folktales highlighting famous and not-so-famous New Jersey ghosts, mysterious happenings, powers of darkness, and wonders of the invisible world. Pull up a chair or gather round the campfire and get ready for creepy tales of ghostly hauntings, eerie happenings, and other strange occurrences from times past. Set deep in the Pinelands and Ramapo Mountains, along the Atlantic coast, and in h...

The Ohio Gang: The World of Warren G. Harding

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Report copyright infringementby Charles L. Mee Jr. (Author)When Warren G. Harding was elected president in 1920, he brought to Washington some of his political chums from Ohio. They played poker; they sold illegal liquor permits, pardons and paroles. They sold fixes in the Justice Department and transported contraband across state lines. They sold naval oil reserves at Teapot Dome and sheets out of Army warehouses. The Ohio Gang, an historical entertainment peopled with the characters of the...

Spooky Southwest: Tales of Hauntings, Strange Happenings, and Other Local Lore

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Report copyright infringementby S. E. Schlosser (Author), Paul G. Hoffman (Illustrator)A collection of folktales highlighting famous and not-so-famous Southwestern ghosts, mysterious happenings, powers of darkness, and wonders of the invisible world. Here we have a collection of unnerving tales of events that happened-and still do happen-in the collective back yard of the Southwestern states. Accompanied by evocative illustrations, these compelling retellings of popular folktales feature supe...

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Report copyright infringementby Docia Schultz Williams (Author)Renowned storyteller Docia Williams gathers a medley of some of the best haunting stories from her four previous books, then she adds a hundred pages of new ghostly tales from Piney Woods of East Texas and from North Central Texas, including the Dallas area.Back JacketRenowned storyteller Docia Williams gathers a medley of some of the best haunting stories from her four previous books Spirits of San Antonio and South Texas, Phanto...

Myths and Legends of Yellowstone: The True Stories behind History's Mysteries

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Report copyright infringementby Ednor Therriault (Author)The world's first designated national park, Yellowstone is famous for its steaming geysers, bubbling mud pots, and wildlife-caused traffic jams. But few people may know about the many Native American tribes that visited the area long before John Colter "discovered" it, how one man nearly decimated the park's bison population, or the strange music that emanates from Yellowstone Lake. Each episode included in this book explores unusual ph...

Spooky Maryland: Tales of Hauntings, Strange Happenings, and Other Local Lore

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Report copyright infringementby S. E. Schlosser (Author), Paul G. Hoffman (Calligrapher)Maryland's folklore is kept alive in these expert retellings by master storyteller S. E. Schlosser, and in artist Paul Hoffman's evocative illustrations.Back JacketReading line: Spooky happenings throughout Maryland Pull up a chair or gather 'round the campfire and get ready for thirty-eight creepy tales of ghostly hauntings, eerie happenings, and other strange occurrences from times past! Maryland folklor...

Myths and Mysteries of Wisconsin: True Stories Of The Unsolved And Unexplained

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Report copyright infringementby Michael Bie (Author)Unearth the mysteries, myths, strange happenings, and haunted places in Wisconsin's history. This intriguing, lively, and easy-to-read collection of eerie stories will leave readers astonished at the secrets it reveals.Back JacketFourteen Mind-Boggling Tales from the Badger State Was Joe Davis, Civil War veteran and Menominee Indian, really the son of Confederate president Jefferson Davis? What really happened the night that banker H. C. Mea...

Modern Art in 1940s Cuba: Havana's Artists, Critics, and Exhibitions

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Report copyright infringementby Alejandro Anreus (Author)The first book to explore the work ofavant-garde artists in Cuba during the nation's years as a democracy Providing the first comprehensive historyof modern Cuban art during the 1940s, this book contextualizes the artisticpractices, values, and contributions of the first and second generations ofavant-garde artists on the island within the framework of the nation's onlydemocratic period. Between 1940 and the 1952 coup byFulgencio Bat...