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by Samir Amin
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2016
Out of early twentieth-century Russia came the world’s first significant effort to build a modern revolutionary society. According to Marxist economist Samir Amin, the great upheaval that once produced the Soviet Union has also produced a movement away from capitalism – a long transition that...
Theodore Roosevelt for Kids
His Life and Times, 21 Activities
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2010
Hands-on activities and insightful historical information reveal the fascinating life of Theodore Roosevelt, America’s 26th president, who was also well known as a writer, a ranchman, a politician, a solider, an explorer, and a family man. Combining a rich biography, including information about...
The Flying Machine Book
Build and Launch 35 Rockets, Gliders, Helicopters, Boomerangs, and More
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
Calling all future Amelia Earharts and Chuck Yeagers-there’s more than one way to get off the ground. Author and physics teacher Bobby Mercer will show readers 35 easy-to-build and fun-to-fly contraptions that can be used indoors or out. Better still, each of these rockets, gliders, boomerangs,...
Eye of the Hurricane
My Path from Darkness to Freedom
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2011
A spiritual as well as a factual autobiography, this is a self-portrait of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, a 20th-century icon and controversial victim of the U.S. justice system turned spokesperson for the wrongfully convicted. Exploring Carter’s personal philosophy-born of the unimaginable...
Rape Is Rape
How Denial, Distortion, and Victim Blaming Are Fueling a Hidden Acquaintance Rape Crisis
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2013
A call to action to protect the human rights of women and girls, this exposé reveals how interest groups deny the seriousness of rape to further their political agendas. Through firsthand interviews with victims; medical and judicial records; social media; and statistics from police, the FBI, and...
Pandora's DNA
Tracing the Breast Cancer Genes Through History, Science, and One Family Tree
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2014
Would you cut out your healthy breasts and ovaries if you thought it might save your life? That’s not a theoretical question for journalist Lizzie Stark’s relatives, who grapple with the horrific legacy of cancer built into the family DNA. It is a BRCA mutation that has robbed most of her female...
County
Life, Death and Politics at Chicago's Public Hospital
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2012
The amazing tale of County” is the story of one of America’s oldest and most unusual urban hospitals. From its inception as a poor house” dispensing free medical care to indigents, Chicago’s Cook County Hospital has been renowned as a teaching hospital and the healthcare provider of last...
Thurgood Marshall
His Speeches, Writings, Arguments, Opinions, and Reminiscences
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2001
Much has been written about Thurgood Marshall, but this is the first book to collect his own words. Here are briefs he filed as a lawyer, oral arguments for the landmark school desegregation cases, investigative reports on race riots and racism in the Army, speeches and articles outlining the history...
Between XX and XY
Intersexuality and the Myth of Two Sexes
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2009
Providing a fascinating look at the science of sex and what makes people male or female, this book explains dozens of intersex conditions—such as hermaphroditism, Klinefelter syndrome, and androgen insensitivity syndrome—and includes personal interviews with people living with these conditions...
Earthrise
My Adventures as an Apollo 14 Astronaut
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
The inspiring and fascinating biography of the sixth man to ever walk on the Moon Of the nearly seven billion people who live on Earth, only 12 have walked on the Moon and Dr. Edgar Mitchell was one of them. Earthrise is a vibrant memoir for young adults featuring the life story of this internationally...
by Christopher Nyerges
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
An array of abundant wild foods is available to hikers, campers, foragers, or anyone interested in living closer to the earth. Written by a leading expert on wild foods and a well-known teacher of survival skills, Guide to Wild Foods and Useful Plants is more than a listing of plant types—it teaches...
The Astronaut Maker
How One Mysterious Engineer Ran Human Spaceflight for a Generation
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2018
"The real book about the manned space program would be a book about George Abbey." —Richard Truly, former astronaut and Administrator of NASA
One of the most elusive and controversial figures in NASA's history, George W. S. Abbey was called "the Dark Lord," "the Godfather,"...
Women in Space
23 Stories of First Flights, Scientific Missions, and Gravity-Breaking Adventures
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2014
Twenty-three women from 10 different countries whose careers span a half century of human spaceflight are profiled in this educational book for young readers. Women in Space features such figures as Sally Ride, the first American woman to orbit the earth; Peggy Whitson, who logged more than a year...
Mini Weapons of Mass Destruction 3
Build Siege Weapons of the Dark Ages
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2013
Utilizing easy-to-find and inexpensive materials, this handy resource teaches desktop warriors how to build a multitude of medieval siege weapons for the modern era. Novice combatants will learn to build 35 defense weapons, including a marshmallow catapult, a chopstick bow, a bottle cap crossbow,...