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My Inventions_ The Autobiography of Nikola Tesla - Nikola Tesla
Nikola Tesla has been called the most important man of the twentieth century. Certainly, he contributed more to the field of electricity, radio, and television than any other perso... -
Jeffry A. Frieden - Global Capitalism_ Its Fall and Rise in the Twentieth Century-W. W. Norton & Company (2007)
"Magisterial history...one of the most comprehensive histories of modern capitalism yet written." —Michael Hirsh, New York Times Book ReviewIn 1900 international trade reached unpr... -
Angle of Repose (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics) - Wallace Stegner & Jackson J. Benson
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When the Sleeper Wakes - Herbert George Wells
Graham, an 1890s radical pamphleteer who is eagerly awaiting the twentieth century and all the advances it will bring, is stricken with insomnia. Finally resorting to medication, h... -
Transgender History - Susan Stryker
Covering American transgender history from the mid-twentieth century to today, Transgender History takes a chronological approach to the subject of transgender history, with each c... -
The Woman in the Dunes - Kobo Abe
One of the premier Japanese novels of the twentieth century, The Women in the Dunes combines the essence of myth, suspense, and the existential novel. In a remote seaside village, ... -
The Sheltering Sky - Paul Bowles
The Sheltering Sky is a landmark of twentieth-century literature. In this intensely fascinating story, Paul Bowles examines the ways in which Americans' incomprehension of alien cu... -
The Publisher_ Henry Luce and H - Alan Brinkley
EDITORIAL REVIEW: Acclaimed historian Alan Brinkley gives us a sharply realized portrait of Henry Luce, arguably the most important publisher of the twentieth century.As the founde... -
The Irresistible Henry House - Lisa Grunwald
SUMMARY: It is the middle of the twentieth century, and in a home economics program at a prominent university, real babies are being used to teach mothering skills to young women. ... -
The Complete Novels Of George O - George Orwell
SUMMARY: Animal FarmBurmese DaysA Clergyman's DaughterComing Up for AirKeep the Aspidistra FlyingNineteen Eighty-FourDescribed by Anthony Burgess as 'the best-loved of all twentiet...