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Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
216 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"When Tim Flannery was a boy he found a fossilized tooth of the giant shark megalodon at a beach near his home in Australia. This remarkable find-the tooth was large enough to cover his palm-sparked an interest in paleontology that was to inform his life's work and a lifelong quest to uncover the secrets of the great shark Otodus megalodon. Tim passed on his love of the natural world and interest in the fossil record to his daughter, Emma, a scientist...
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Publisher
Hachette Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
xiii, 257 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"What is money anyway, and where and why did it originate? According to Jacob Goldstein, this made-up thing has evolved over centuries and takes different forms based on technological advances, the needs of society, and often the crazy ideas of outliers on the fringes. Told through witty, historical anecdotes, Goldstein demystifies this ever-evolving tool from the invention of the first coins in Mesopotamia, to how China invented paper money centuries...
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Publisher
St. Martin's Essentials
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
xxi, 248 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Based on extensive scholarship, an innovative biography of the central text of Islam Over a billion copies of the Qur`an exist, yet it remains an enigma. Its classical Arabic language resists simple translation, and its non-linear style of abstract musings defies categorization. Moreover, those who champion its sanctity and compete to claim its mantle offer widely diverging interpretations of its core message at times with explosive results. Building...
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
292 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"So many of the words that we use to chronicle women's lives feel awkward or alien. Medical terms are scrupulously accurate but antiseptic. Slang and obscenities have shock value, yet they perpetuate taboos. Where are the plain, honest words for women's daily lives? Mother Tongue is a historical investigation of feminist language and thought, from the dawn of Old English to the present day. Dr. Jenni Nuttall guides readers through the evolution of...
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
xvii, 280 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"In his three previous books-Feathers, The Triumph of Seeds, and Buzz-Thor Hanson has taken his readers on unforgettable journeys into nature, rendered with great storytelling, the soul of a poet, and the insight of a biologist. In this new book, he is doing it again, but exploring one of the most vital scientific and cultural issues of our time: climate change. As a young biologist, Hanson by his own admission watched with some detachment as our...
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English
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-- Called a “special child,” Southern social code for mentally—and physically—challenged children, Richard was crippled by deformed hips and was told he would spend his adult life in a wheelchair. During his early years in charity hospitals, Richard observed the drama of other broken boys’ lives, children from impoverished Appalachia, tobacco country lowlands, and Richmond’s poorest neighborhoods. The son of a solitary alcoholic...
Publisher
Viz Media
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (198 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Ash, Dawn and Brock continue to collect and train new Pokemon on their travels. Along the way they meet up with Pokemon fossils broght back to life and a mercentary Pokemon thief who can out-thieve even Team Rocket. But if those challenges can't bring our heroes down, nothing can.
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Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
322 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Artificial Intelligence helps choose what books you buy, what movies you see, and even who you date. It puts the smart in your smart phone, it has the run of your house, and soon it will drive your car. It makes most of the trades on Wall Street, and controls vital energy, water, and transportation infrastructure. But Artificial Intelligence can also threaten our existence. Though primitive today, 'intelligent' computer systems double in speed and...
49) Klandestine: how a Klan lawyer and a checkbook journalist helped James Earl Ray cover up his crime
Author
Publisher
Chicago Review Press
Pub. Date
[2015?]
Physical Desc
xvi, 320 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
This fast-paced history traces the escalating racial violence that led to the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and then documents how Klan lawyer Arthur J. Hanes and checkbook journalist William Bradford Huie aided the evolution of James Earl Ray's bogus alibi--Provided by publisher.
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Series
Publisher
Arte Público Press
Pub. Date
2001.
Physical Desc
xxxviii, 264 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"One of the most famous leaders of the Chicano civil rights movement, Rodolfo "Corky" Gonzales, was a multifaceted and charismatic, bigger-than-life hero who inspired his followers not only by taking direct political action but also by making eloquent speeches, writing incisive essays, and creating the kind of socially engaged poetry and drama that could be communicated easily throughout the barrios of Aztlan, the communities populated by Chicanos...
Author
Publisher
Theme Park Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
vii, 200 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
The dark rides in Disney theme parks have delighted --and sometimes terrified-- millions of people. The history of these attractions is a fascinating story of creativity, engineering, and pop culture, and it's told here for the first time. From their primitive beginnings in the 1800s, to their perfection by the Disney Imagineers, dark rides are an ingenious way to tell a visually exciting story to guests who travel through the action, scene by scene,...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
x, 292 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
For thousands of years one animal has contributed to human survival more than any other. It has been a source of food, a means of transportation, a provider of physical labor and an instrument of war. This extraordinary creature is the horse. Throughout human history people have loved, owned and ridden horses. Horses fascinate us; they silently speak to our hearts. Young and old, rich or poor we are drawn; whether to books like The Horse Whisperer,...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
viii, 292 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"A richly reported and provocative look at the history of women's sports and the controversy surrounding trans athletes by a leading LGBTQ+ sports journalist. For decades women have been playing competitive sports thanks in large part to the protective cover of Title IX. Since passage of that law, the number of women participating in sports and the level of competition in high school, college, and professionally, has risen dramatically. In Fair Play,...
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