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Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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"A New York Times-bestselling historian charts how and why societies from ancient Greece to the modern era chose to utterly destroy their foes, and warns that similar wars of obliteration are possible in our time. War can settle disputes, topple tyrants, and bend the trajectory of civilization--sometimes to the breaking point. From Troy to Hiroshima, moments when war has ended in utter annihilation have reverberated through the centuries, signaling...
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Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
In a kingdom gripped by turmoil, privileged seventeen-year-old Iseul defies danger to rescue her sister Suyeon from the absolute power of tyrannical King Yeonsan, while Prince Daehyun, desperate to overthrow his despotic half-brother, forms an uneasy alliance with Iseul, leading them to join forces in a perilous gamble against the oppressive regime.
Author
Publisher
Avid Reader Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Naturalist Kenn Kaufman examines the scientific discoveries of John James Audubon and his artistic and ornithologist peers to show how what they saw (and what they missed) reflects how we perceive and understand the natural world"--
Author
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"This book tells the story of how information evolved since the mid-nineteenth century by looking at how the volume of facts increase and became organized into disciplines and professions, ranging from how libraries are organized to what scientists discover, economists and political scientists understand, and doctors practice"--
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"In 2017, Lina Khan published a paper that accused Amazon of being a monopoly, having grown so large, and embedded in so many industries, it was akin to a modern-day Standard Oil. Unlike Rockefeller's empire, however, Bezos's company had grown voraciously without much scrutiny. In fact, for over twenty years, Amazon had emerged as a Wall Street darling and its "customer obsession" approach made it indelibly attractive to consumers across the globe....
8) The race to the future: 8,000 miles to Paris--the adventure that accelerated the twentieth century
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Publisher
Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"An Italian prince and his chauffeur, a French racing driver, a conman and various journalists battle over steep mountain ranges and across the arid vastness of the Gobi Desert. The contestants need teams of helpers to drag their primitive cars up narrow gorges, lift them over rough terrain and float them across rivers. Petrol is almost impossible to find, there are barely any roads, armed bandits and wolves lurk in the forests. Updates on their progress,...
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Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"A riveting account of the decades-long effort by reactionary white conservatives to undermine democracy and entrench their power--and the movement to stop them. The mob that stormed the Capitol on January 6, 2021, represented an extreme form of the central danger facing American democracy today: a blatant disregard for the will of the majority. But this crisis didn't begin or end with Donald Trump's attempt to overturn the 2020 election. Through...
Author
Series
National park mystery volume 4
Publisher
Aaron Johnson
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
While camping in Zion National Park, Jake Evans and his friends uncover a new set of cryptic clues hidden in his grandfather's scrapbook. Battling unpredictable weather, unforeseen challenges, and an elusive adversary, the three friends are forced to rely on their problem-solving skills, the power of their growing friendship, and the courage to do the right thing.--Publisher's description.
Author
Publisher
Doubleday, an imprint of Transworld Publishers
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"A fox, grown strong on pepperoni pizza from the dustbins of the East End, dances along a railway track towards Essex, the territory of wild foxes and wilder huntsmen. An orca, mourning the loss of her mother in a valley west of Skye, knows that she must now lead the pod as matriarch. She swims again through her childhood, thinking about the old ways, the old roads, laid down thousands of years ago. But the old roads aren't so easy now. At moonrise...
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Publisher
The MIT Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Stereophonica examines innovations in the realm of sound and space after 1850, tracing key discoveries across science, technology and the arts"--
"The relationship between sound and space has become central to both creative practices in music and sound art and contemporary scholarship on sound. Entire subfields have emerged in connection to the spatial aspects of sound, from spatial audio and sound installation to acoustic ecology and soundscape...
Author
Series
National park mystery volume 2
Publisher
[Aaron Johnson]
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
"After camping in Rocky Mountain National Park, Jake and his friends travel to the Great Sand Dunes in southern Colorado. Exploring the heart of the dunes, they stumble upon something both unexpected and dangerous. Through more twists and turns, Jake's friendships and integrity are tested by choices that will demand smarts and courage. The mystery unfolds as Jake, Amber, and Wes learn about survival skills, natural history, integrity, character, and...
Author
Publisher
The Tuttle Twins Holding Co
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
"Most history books treat the Constitution with unquestioning reverence and respect and discuss how essential it was for the fledgling states that had just secured their independence. True, there is much to admire about this document, but the real story of America is far more interesting than what most people are taught. For example, who struggled economically before the Constitution was ratified, and who benefited once it became law? What role did...
Author
Series
National park mystery volume 3
Publisher
Aaron Johnson
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
"Before Jake?s grandfather died, he was on the trail of a centuries-old mystery. And he has entrusted that mystery to Jake, leaving behind a set of hidden codes, riddles, maps, and other clues that lead Jake and his friends on a scavenger hunt into the most wild and rugged wilderness of the national parks. The scavenger hunt takes Jake and his friends, where few people venture to go, into the depths of the Grand Canyon. Jake, Amber, and Wes encounter...
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Series
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Trapped! The American colonies are gripped by the Revolutionary War, and you have been cornered by the British. From cat-and-mouse battlefield confrontations to crowded prison ships, you'll do anything to stay out of their clutches. Will you help the Continental Army escape from Long Island? Or will you brave icy waters to swim from a floating prison? Every decision can be the difference between life and death! An interactive Revolutionary War adventure...
Author
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"The tools of our information age-from search engines to data mining to smart appliances-grew directly out of conflicts from World War I to the present day. Explore how today's Information Society reflects a worldview shaped by a century of war"--
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Publisher
White Lion Publishing
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Imagine what the world once looked like as you discover places that have disappeared from modern atlases. Have you ever wondered about cities that lie forgotten under the dust of newly settled land? Rivers and seas whose changing shape has shifted the landscape around them? Or, even, places that have seemingly vanished , without a trace? Following the international bestselling success of Atlas of Improbable Places and Atlas of the Unexpected, Travis...
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