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A noted historian explores the development of U.S. State governments from the end of the 19th century to the so-called renaissance of States in the 20th.
It is a common misperception that America's state governments were lethargic backwaters before suddenly stirring to life in the 1980s. In The Rise of the States, Jon C. Teaford presents a very different picture. Teaford shows how state governments were continually adapting and expanding throughout...
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This "carefully argued and well-written study" examines French royal statecraft in the globalizing economy of the early modern Mediterranean (Choice).
This is the story of how the French Crown and local institutions accommodated one another as they sought to forge acceptable political and commercial relationships. Junko Thérèse Takeda tells this tale through the particular experience of Marseille, a port the monarchy saw as key to commercial expansion...
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Drawing on private journals, letters, ships' logs, memoirs, and newspaper accounts, True Yankees traces America's earliest encounters on a global stage through the exhilarating experiences of five Yankee seafarers. Merchant Samuel Shaw spent a decade scouring the marts of China and India for goods that would captivate the imaginations of his countrymen. Mariner Amasa Delano toured much of the Pacific hunting seals. Explorer Edmund Fanning circumnavigated...
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It's summer vacation, but twelve-year-old Raksha isn't doing much relaxing. There is one project left before her Science Squad team earns their last badge (and a trip to Hawai'i on the line!), when she gets an opportunity to attend a highly competitive fashion camp that is too good to pass up. It isn't long before her Science Squad work hunting for zombie bees is taking over her life. She hardly has time to prepare for her fashion camp runway show....
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Persephone loves the free-wheeling lifestyle of an inter-planetary freighter pilot. Like her namesake of Ancient Greece, she lives a two-fold life. Part of the year sequestered in deep space and part in various ports with a good friend and hopefully a willing man. Until her heading converges with fellow pilot Reggie. Shy yet quirky, teasing yet kind. He possesses great depths that only Persephone can cross over. When their orbits suddenly diverge,...
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Today, at the turn of the 21st century, genetic revolution has transformed the nature of our biological research and it is opening a new and unprecedented progress in various disciplines of life sciences. However, while the transformative potential of biotechnology has acquired an unbelievable eminence in biology and medicine, it has, perhaps, more than any other area of scientific and technological research, raised some of the most profound bioethical...
7) Fossils
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Fossils are one of the most important tools we have for learning about long-extinct wildlife.
A True Book: Earth Science series presents fascinating facts and fun activities that will engage the budding earth scientist, while exploring the fields of geology, meteorology, ecology, and more. This series includes an age appropriate (grades 3-5) introduction to curriculum-relevant subjects and a robust resource section that encourages independent study.
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Working from the intersection of material ecocriticism, posthuman theory and environmental political theory, examines the ways emerging postanthropocentric conceptions of subjectivity and agency fundamentally decenter the human political agent, and argues this transformation demands a reimagining of how the environmental actor engages in social movement organizing.
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Discover how paleontologists dig deep to discover these remains, and how they use them to learn more about the plants and animals that once covered the planet.
A True Book: Earth Science series presents fascinating facts and fun activities that will engage the budding earth scientist, while exploring the fields of geology, meteorology, ecology, and more. This series includes an age appropriate (grades 3-5) introduction to curriculum-relevant subjects...
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This brand-new series highlights some of the major contributions women have made in the world of science.
From studying stars and discovering comets to flying into space as pioneering astronauts, women have been central to learning about space. Female astronomers gave us our first understanding of how large the universe really is and how much matter it contains. They were key to designing humans' first rocket-powered flights into space. And as soon...
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This brand-new series highlights some of the major contributions women have made in the world of science.
Women have historically been associated with caring for the sick, but their role in health sciences goes far beyond their traditional role. Women played a leading role in placing hygiene and nursing on a scientific footing. They have also advanced surgical techniques, developed cures for killer diseases, learned about human anatomy, and figured...
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This brand-new series highlights some of the major contributions women have made in the world of science.
Women have led the way in learning about the living things with which we share the planet. They have discovered dinosaur fossils and the tools made by our earliest ancestors, and were among the pioneers of the study of insects. They have spent years living with chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans in order to better understand the connections...
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This brand-new series highlights some of the major contributions women have made in the world of science.
Women have been pioneers of inventions. Some have come up with practical ways to solve problems in their own lives, such as Marie van Brittan Brown, who invented closed-circuit TV because she did not feel safe opening the door in her New York City tenement block in the 1960s. Other women have been trained scientists working in laboratories,...
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This brand-new series highlights some of the major contributions women have made in the world of science.
What shapes our planet? Women have been answering the question for centuries on many levels. Scientists such as Marie Curie have investigated the building blocks of matter, and the physical forces that act upon them. Geologists have studied the rocks beneath our feet by venturing dangerously close to erupting volcanoes, and have figured out what...
15) Geology
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Press Here meets Bill Nye the Science Guy in this interactive STEM picture book about rocks, minerals, and Earth science.
Welcome to the geology lab! In this interactive picture book, young scientists use their imagination to bring experiments to life. They slide tectonic plates together to create earthquakes, blow on a mountain to make a volcano erupt, and press their hands in mud to make a fossil. After predicting what will happen next, eager...
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When was the last time you looked to the night sky and wondered what might be looming in the far reaches of the universe? These are the tales of the planets, aliens, and creatures-of what we call sentient life-among the stars. Some are not for the faint of heart while others are full of passion. Some linger on the horror of the unknown while others offer hope life as we know it has just begun. Discover and experience first-hand as these tales answer...
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5 vivid, compelling, imaginative science fiction short stories from the imagination of Connor Whiteley. An International Bestselling writer, Connor presents 5 exciting, mind-blowing sci-fi short stories in this one volume.Includes:Incoming ProblemMuseum LegionHydra Of DisinformationDeath At Machine DayArtifact RevelationLove great science fiction? Love enthralling fiction? Connor gives you both layered on thick in this amazingly fun collection.
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A Prisoner. A Alien World. Messages Humanity Needs To Hear.When intelligence officer Issac Oldman finds himself imprisoned, he tells a gripping, thrilling story about the dark secrets he uncovered and their dire meaning for humanity.An unputdownable, vivid, imaginative science fiction short story exploring the alien Keres in shocking new light and setting up critical information for future stories. Don't miss it.BUY NOW!Also available in Way Of Odyssey...
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A Burnt World. No Survivors. No Answers.Worlds die in the far future.Doctor Elizabeth Sobeth travels to a dead world. She investigates the catastrophe. Elizabeth meets someone in the ashes.Elizabeth sees the darkness of the future.An enthralling, unputdownable, shocking scifi story about deception, death and power.BUY NOW!Also available in Way Of Odyssey Short Story Collection Volume 4.
20) Body Memory
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He remembers her. Her touch, her scent, the way her glance could make his heart race. His very body remembers her though she is long gone.Until his job began to grind it away, one small memory at a time.
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