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The Chinese Invent the CompassAlthough the compass was first invented by the Chinese about 2,500 years ago, it's gone on to help give direction to the entire world! The introduction of the compass lead to many other advancements in science and navigation, including reliable maps, the system of...
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The Chinese Invent PrintingPrinting changed the world! Because of this innovation, people could more easily share knowledge and preserve it for future generations. More people learned to read, and ideas and learning spread--as did the notions of literature and art. And it all started in ancient China!...
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The Chinese Invent PapermakingWhere would we be without paper? We'd have no books or magazines, no paper money, and no material on which to paint or draw. But fortunately, paper has been around for thousands of years--and we have ancient China to thank for that! This detailed...
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The Chinese Invent GunpowderFew inventions have changed the world as much as gunpowder has. But did you know that its creation may date back nearly 2,000 years? It's one of the so-called Four Great Inventions of China, and it likely all started with an accident. In this...
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The Chinese Computer: A Global History of the Information AgeThe fascinating, untold story of how the Chinese language overcame unparalleled challenges and revolutionized the world of computing. A standard QWERTY keyboard has a few dozen keys. How can Chinese--a language with tens of thousands of characters and no alphabet--be input on such a...
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The Bomb CloudA shimmering memoir defined equally by its lyrical prose and profound historical implications, The Bomb Cloud untangles the intersecting strands of information running through a family mystery shaped by national secrets. From craggy cliffs in New Mexico to the haunting White Sands Missile Range,...
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The Absent Moon: A Memoir of a Short Childhood and a Long Depression"A profoundly emotional book, and a brave one." --The New Yorker A literary sensation in Brazil, Luiz Schwarcz's brave and tender memoir interrogates his ordeal of bipolar disorder in the context of a family story of murder, dispossession, and silence--the long echo of the...
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The 1990s Coloring Book: A Nostalgia-Packed Coloring Book Dedicated to the Most Iconic Parts of the 90s, from the Fresh Prince and Beanie BabieRelive the best decade ever with this most excellent coloring book featuring some of the greatest hits of the '90s, including the Spice Girls, Full House, Beanie Babies, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jerry Springer, Baywatch, and more! Calling all '90s babies! Dust off your scented markers...
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Tennis StrategiesWhether playing singles or doubles, each tennis match presents a fascinating battle on the court between opponents with different strengths and weaknesses. To win a tournament, players must adapt their techniques for each match in order to come out on top. This title introduces...
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Ten Days in a Mad-House: And Other StoriesIn 1887, reporter Nellie Bly went undercover to expose the horrific conditions inside a women's lunatic asylum. Pretending to be mentally ill, Bly was committed to the notorious Blackwell's Island asylum for ten days. Her undercover investigative journalism revealed the neglect, abuse, and violence...
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Surviving War and Crime: From the War in Vietnam to Crime on Our StreetsSurviving War and Crime traces N. Pat Miller's journey from a quiet life in suburban Washington, D.C., to the jungles of South Vietnam, and to the streets of America, where he was a police officer for twenty-eight years. Depicted mostly in short stories and...
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Surviving Stupid: A Comical Look at Growing up in Rural ManitobaWhat doesn't kill you makes you stronger, and as kids we thought we were invulnerable, unbeatable, immortal. We did so many crazy and dangerous things that could have-should have-killed us, all in the name of entertainment. Somehow, we survived.Surviving Stupid strings together a series...
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Sugar in the Blood: A Family's Story of Slavery and EmpireIn the late 1630s, lured by the promise of the New World, Andrea Stuart's earliest known maternal ancestor, George Ashby, set sail from England to settle in Barbados. He fell into the life of a sugar plantation owner by mere chance, but by the...
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Stuttering Through Life With a Stop in Vietnam: A Journey to Becoming MyselfAuthor: Charles SacksPublisher: Sagacity PressPublished: 06/03/2024Pages: 210Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 0.78lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.63dISBN: 9798988341758
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Struggle for Empire: The Battles of General Zuo ZongtangStruggle for Empire provides the first comprehensive modern biography in English of the late Qing dynasty statesman, strategist, and military commander, Zuo Zongtang (1812-1885). A national hero in China, Zuo's remarkable story remains understudied in the West. Author Kenneth Swope traces Zuo's unlikely rise from...
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Strike Up the Band: New York City in the Roaring TwentiesA spirited chronicle of New York's economic and cultural boom during the outstanding decade of the Roaring Twenties. This is the story of the zest for life that gripped New York in the postwar years of the 1920s. The decade ushered in an era...
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Strange BeautyAcclaimed science writer George Johnson brings his formidable reporting skills to the first biography of Nobel Prize-winner Murray Gell-Mann, the brilliant, irascible man who revolutionized modern particle physics with his models of the quark and the Eightfold Way.Beautifully balanced in its portrayal of an...
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Spectrum 14: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic ArtAuthor: Cathy FennerPublisher: Underwood BooksPublished: 10/28/2007Pages: 224Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 3.16lbsSize: 11.98h x 9.04w x 0.85dISBN: 9781599290072Award: Locus Awards - Nominee
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Soldier Secretary: Warnings from the Battlefield & the Pentagon about America's Most Dangerous EnemiesPresident Trump's last secretary of defense shares harrowing stories of missions in Iraq and Afghanistan, gives an "important" insider look at the tumultuous final days of the administration, and issues a stark warning about the readiness of the military under President Biden (Sean Hannity)....
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Social History of German Jews: A Short IntroductionTracing the social history of modern German Jews from the end of the 18th century up to the aftermath of World War II, Miriam Rürup follows their ascent into the middle and upper middle classes through repeated experiences of setbacks but also of self-assertion....
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