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Nine Pints
A Journey Through the Money, Medicine, and Mysteries of Blood
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2018
An eye-opening exploration of blood, the lifegiving substance with the power of taboo, the value of diamonds and the promise of breakthrough science
Blood carries life, yet the sight of it makes people faint. It is a waste product and a commodity pricier than oil. It can save lives and transmit...
Dreams of a Final Theory
The Scientist's Search for the Ultimate Laws of Nature
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2011
The Nobel Prize-winning physicist and bestselling author of The First Three Minutes describes the grand quest for a unifying theory of nature--one that can explain forces as different as the cohesion inside the atom and the gravitational tug between the sun and Earth. Wirting with dazzling elegance...
HedgeWitch: Spells, Crafts & Rituals For Natural Magick
Spells, Crafts & Rituals For Natural Magick
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
From starry night rituals to garden toad totems, discover the enchanting craft of the HedgeWitch.
Transform your life with a little help from nature! Working in harmony with the earth's energy is the heart of the free-spirited, simple garden magick known as HedgeWitchery. This guidebook from...
by Zondervan
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2010
When Your Knowledge of the Original Languages of the Bible Is Limited and You Don't Want to Lose Anything in the Translation If you want to get all the rich nuances and shades of meaning of the original Bible languages, the Amplified Bible is for you. No knowledge of Greek or Hebrew is required-just...
by Thomas Paine
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2017
The author of Rights of Man and Common Sense argues for belief in God without religion.
My own mind is my own church.
In The Age of Reason, political activist and Founding Father Thomas Paine makes a powerful case for a rational approach to theology. In keeping with the intellectual tradition...
The Jewel House
Elizabethan London and the Scientific Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2007
This book explores the streets, shops, back alleys, and gardens of Elizabethan London, where a boisterous and diverse group of men and women shared a keen interest in the study of nature. These assorted merchants, gardeners, barber-surgeons, midwives, instrument makers, mathematics teachers, engineers,...
UFOs
Myths, Conspiracies, and Realities
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2011
Foreword by Jacques F. Vallee
Introduction by Burt Rutan
Commentary by Tom Clancy
A never-before-heard firsthand account of a government insider's experience on the cutting edge of UFO exploration
While still on active duty in the U.S. Army during the 1980s, Colonel John...
How to Fake a Moon Landing
Exposing the Myths of Science Denial
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2013
A collection of “lively, plain-language debunkings of seven cases of quack or fraudulent science and . . . antiscientific bias in general” (Booklist).
Is hydro-fracking safe? Is climate change real? Did the moon landing actually happen? How about evolution: fact or fiction? Author-illustrator...
Beyond Fundamentalism
Confronting Religious Extremism in the Age of Globalization
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2010
“A very persuasive argument for the best way to counter jihadism” (The Washington Post) from the bestselling author of Zealot and host of Believer
The wars in the Middle East have become religious wars in which God is believed to be directly engaged on behalf of one side against the other....
by Ruby El Hult
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2018
In the heyday of its water commerce, Lake Coeur d’Alene in northern Idaho was the scene of more steamboating than any other lake, salt or fresh, west of the Great Lakes. The old steamers brought gold, silver, and lead from the mines; lumber from the forests; mail to lonely homesteaders; and romance...
Abundance
The Future Is Better Than You Think
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2012
Providing abundance is humanity’s grandest challenge—this is a book about how we rise to meet it.
We will soon be able to meet and exceed the basic needs of every man, woman and child on the planet. Abundance for all is within our grasp. This bold, contrarian view, backed up by exhaustive...
My Kingdom for a Horse
The War of the Roses
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2018
From William Shakespeare's series of history dramas to Sir Walter Scott and George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire, not to mention the smash-hit TV show Game of Thrones, the British civil war of 1455 to 1485 has inspired writers more than any other.
Ed West's My Kingdom for a Horse illuminates...
1066 and Before All That
The Battle of Hastings, Anglo-Saxon and Norman England
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2017
A riveting account of the most consequential year in English history—with a touch of classic British humor.
1066 is the most famous date in history, and with good reason, since no battle in medieval history had such a devastating effect on its losers as the Battle of Hastings—which altered...
by Richard Munson
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2018
Tesla’s inventions transformed our world, and his visions have continued to inspire great minds for generations.
Nikola Tesla invented the radio, robots, and remote control. His electric induction motors run our appliances and factories, yet he has been largely overlooked by history. In Tesla,...