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Author
Publisher
Book View Cafe
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
1 online resource (100 p.)
Language
English
Description
"Is the Magna Carta better than the US Constitution? Was it a power grab by English noblemen, or is it a rights of man declaration penned by Robin Hood? The answers may surprise you as author and historian Irene Radford picks apart the clauses and explains them in context to the history surrounding this amazing document. Magna Carta, a true turning point in the history of democracy. This ebook is about 86 pages long."--
Author
Publisher
Murdoch Books
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (344 pages)
Language
English
Description
"The inspiring exploration stories of natural scientists in the field from the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries The history of natural science is often a case of truth being stranger than fiction, as is evidenced by these 22 rollicking tales of men and women risking life and limb in the name of science and the cause of the broadening of human knowledge. Among the tales are Maria Sibylla Merian, who, with her daughter, traveled to Surinam in 1699 to...
Author
Publisher
Timber Press
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
1 online resource (256 p.)
Language
English
Description
"Marijuana has been illegal in the United States since 1937. Yet, thanks in large part to a loosely connected underground world of breeders, dealers, and smokers, there are currently more than 2000 varieties available. And since 1996, when California first passed legislation allowing for legalized medical marijuana, the underground has slowly surfaced, pushing what was once a decentralized, lawless world closer to the corporate world of business,...
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
ix, 309 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Why cracking the code of human conception took centuries of wild theories, misogynist blunders, and ludicrous mistakes. Throughout most of human history, babies were surprises. People knew the basics: men and women had sex, and sometimes babies followed. But beyond that the origins of life were a colossal mystery. The Seeds of Life is the remarkable and rollicking story of how a series of blundering geniuses and brilliant amateurs struggled for two...
Author
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 8.8 - AR Pts: 16
Physical Desc
viii, 292 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Board games have been with us longer than even the written word. But what is it about this pastime that continues to captivate us well into the age of smartphones and instant gratification? In It's All a Game, British journalist and renowned games expert Tristan Donovan opens the box on the incredible and often surprising history and psychology of board games. He traces the evolution of the game across cultures, time periods, and continents, from...
6) Three women
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"It thrills us and torments us. It controls our thoughts, destroys our lives, and it's all we live for. Yet we almost never speak of it. And as a buried force in our lives, desire remains largely unexplored--until now. Over the past eight years, journalist Lisa Taddeo has driven across the country six times to embed herself with ordinary women from different regions and backgrounds. The result, Three Women, is the deepest nonfiction portrait of desire...
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xiii, 368 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"In October 1958, Pan American World Airways began making regularly scheduled flights between New York and Paris, courtesy of its newly minted wonder jet, the Boeing 707. Almost overnight, the moneyed celebrities of the era made Europe their playground. At the same time, the dream of international travel came true for thousands of ordinary Americans who longed to emulate the "jet set" lifestyle. Bestselling author and Vanity Fair contributor William...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
x, 624 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illlustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"From the creator of and inspired by the seminal documentary of the same name--an Oscar nominee--the definitive history of the successful battle to halt the AIDS epidemic, and the powerful, heroic stories of the gay activists who refused to die without a fight. Intimately reported, this is the story of the men and women who, watching their friends and lovers fall, ignored by public officials, religious leaders, and the nation at large, and confronted...
Author
Publisher
Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
282 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 32 cm
Language
English
Description
"Here is New York, as you've never seen it before. A perfectly charming, sidesplittingly funny, intellectually entertaining illustrated history of the blocks, the buildings, and the guts of New York City, based on Julia Wertz's popular illustrated columns in The New Yorker and Harper's."--Amazon.com.
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