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The Crimean War_ A History - Orlando Figes
From Publishers WeeklyStarred Review. All most people know of the Crimean War is the charge of the Light Brigade, but this war was both global and modern, insists noted historian a... -
Skeptics and true believers_ th - Chet Raymo
SUMMARY: Years ago, noted science teacher and writer Chet Raymo embarked upon his own quest to reconcile the miracle stories he learned as a child with the science he learned as an... -
Microcosm_ E. Coli and the New - Carl Zimmer
From Publishers WeeklyWhen most readers hear the words E. coli, they think tainted hamburger or toxic spinach. Noted science writer Zimmer says there are in fact many different st.... -
Frommer's Kauai - Jeanette Foster
Meticulously researched by one of Hawaii's most noted journalists (and a long-time resident of the Big Island), this is hands-down the most reliable, up-to-date, and ... -
Doctor Who_ The Glamour Chase - Gary Russell
Product DescriptionAn archaeological dig in 1936 unearths relics of another time... and, as the Doctor and Amy realise, another place... another planet. But if Emmaline Porter, not... -
Death of a Gossip - M. C. Beaton
EDITORIAL REVIEW: Jane Winters--Lady Jane--was a noted gossip columnist enrolled in the Lachdubh School of Casting (fish casting, that is). She had something on everyone in class--... -
A Short History of Myth - Karen Armstrong
From Publishers WeeklyThis is an pedestrian study from the noted and popular religion scholar, in which Armstrong takes a historical approach to myth, tracing its evolution through...