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The definitive biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer, one of the iconic figures of the twentieth century, a brilliant physicist who led the effort to build the atomic bomb for his country in a time of war, and who later found himself confronting the moral consequences of scientific progress.--
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"The award-winning journalist and staff writer for The Atlantic follows up his New York Times bestseller American Carnage with this timely, rigorously reported, and deeply personal examination of the divisions that threaten to destroy the American evangelical movement."--Publisher's description.
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"What is truh? How can I lead an ethical life? Do I have free will? Throughout history, the world's great thinkers have sought to answer the most profound questions about our universe and have created compelling new ways of thinking. In this beautifully illustrated book, Michael Moore introduces you to the fascinating world of philosophy and its greatest practitioners. Ranging from epistemology to existentialism and featuring ideas from philosophersas...
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Through tracing paper's evolution, Mark Kurlansky challenges common assumptions about technology's influence, affirming that paper is here to stay. Paper is one of the simplest and most essential pieces of human technology. For the past two millennia, the ability to produce it in ever more efficient ways has supported the proliferation of literacy, media, religion, education, commerce, and art; it has formed the foundation of civilizations, promoting...
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True accounts of major disasters in Texas history are retold in this engagingly written collection. In this part of the country tornadoes are a frequent threat, but in addition to the many violent twisters, Texas residents have experienced fires, floods, drought, blizzards, shipwrecks, and other devastating events, including a yellow fever epidemic in 1867, which earned that year the grim moniker "The Year of Death." Each story reveals not only the...
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The epic history of three thousand years of faith, fanaticism, bloodshed, and coexistence, from King David to the 21st century, from the birth of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam to the Israel-Palestine conflict, from the bestselling author of The Romanovs • "Impossible to put down…. Vastly enjoyable." —The New York Times Book Review
How did this small, remote town become the...
How did this small, remote town become the...
51) Barbarians!
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"Kroll introduces four notable groups referred to by their enemies as barbarians: the Goths, the Huns, the Vikings, and the Mongols. In each case, he looks at the lives of common people within the group, their religious beliefs, their leaders, their history, and the results of their attacks on other civilizations"--Amazon.com.
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The thirteen-stripe, fifty-star flag is as familiar an American icon as any that has existed in the nation's history. Yet the history of the flag, especially its origins, is cloaked in myth and misinformation. Flag: An American Biography rectifies that situation by presenting a lively, comprehensive, illuminating look at the history of the American flag from its beginnings to today.
Journalist and historian Marc Leepson uncovers scores of little-known,...
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Themes: Adapted Classics, Low Level Classics, Charles Dickens, Fiction, Tween, Teen, Young Adult, Chapter Book, Hi-Lo, Hi-Lo Books, Hi-Lo Solutions, High-Low Books, Hi-Low Books, ELL, EL, ESL, Struggling Learner, Struggling Reader, Special Education, SPED, Newcomers, Reading, Learning, Education, Educational, Educational Books. Timeless Classics-designed for the struggling reader and adapted to retain the integrity of the original classic. These classics...
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"Winner of the 2013 Philip Schaff Prize, American Society of Church History" "Winner of the 2013 Jacques Barzun Prize in Cultural History, American Philosophical Society" "Winner of the 2012 R. R. Hawkins Award, PROSE Awards, Association of American Publishers" "Winner of the 2012 Award for Excellence in Humanities, Association of American Publishers" "Winner of the 2012 Gold Medal Book of the Year Award, History category, ForeWord Reviews" "Winner...
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Los formatos en audio y especialmente el pódcast han abierto nuevas posibilidades comunicativas y creativas. Es un ecosistema en ebullición y evolución constante, que tiene una amplia repercusión en todas las audiencias, pero especialmente en los millennials a través de una nueva manera de contar historias, reales o de ficción. El ascenso es global, pero no puede entenderse sin su relación con algunas tendencias informativas y comunicativas...
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The scientific knowledge of nanoscience and nanotechnology is regarded to be a modern sciencethat evolved after Feynman's concept was formulated in the 1950s. However, Faraday and other scientists in the 19th century showed the science behind the small and its relation to optical properties. And it is now accepted that knowledge of using nanoparticles prevailed during the medieval period as well. This book takes the readers on a fascinating journey...
58) Kidnapped
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After being kidnapped by his villainous uncle, sixteen-year-old David Balfour escapes and becomes involved in the struggle of the Scottish highlanders against English rule.
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A comprehensive, authoritative and readable history of the evolution of the ghost in the west, examining the behavior of the subject in its preferred environment: the stories we tell each other.
"Roger Clarke tells this [the story that inspired Henry James' The Turn of the Screw] and many other gloriously weird stories with real verve, and also a kind of narrative authority that tends to constrain the...
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