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A sweeping history of the electric light revolution and the birth of modern America The late nineteenth century was a period of explosive technological creativity, but more than any other invention,……続きを見る

“It’s tempting Providence, it is!” he kept saying. “Sail this here ship on Friday the thirteenth? With all them blinkin’ mines still loose in the sea? It’s only askin’ for trouble, that’s all!” This……続きを見る

LONGLISTED FOR THE WELLCOME TRUST BOOK PRIZE 2012 While carrying out historical research at an Ontario asylum, psychiatrist Harry Karlinsky comes across a familiar surname in the register. Could the……続きを見る

In the fall of 1988, Sue Miller found herself caring for her father as he slipped into the grasp of Alzheimer's disease. She was, she claims, perhaps the least constitutionally suited of all her sib……続きを見る

Military Buffs, History Students, Historical Trivia Lovers and Even Students of Politics... Nowhere else in just one edition will you find such complete information! * The Campaigns - Dozens of Batt……続きを見る

At the age of thirty Wendy Evans, a vivacious, versatile and devoted primary school teacher with singing and acting talents, was struck down by a devastating and very rare nerve disease with serious……続きを見る

The amazing story of one of the greatest math problems of all time and the reclusive genius who solved it In the tradition of Fermat’s Enigma and Prime Obsession, George Szpiro brings to life the gi……続きを見る

In 1967, George Henderson, the son of uneducated Alabama sharecroppers, accepted a full-time professorship at the University of Oklahoma, despite his mentor's warning to avoid the "redneck school in……続きを見る

An intimate portrait of an everyday genius. Alexander Master’s landlord, Simon, lives in the basement of their Cambridge house. Between teetering towers of outdated maps and slagheaps of plastic bag……続きを見る

The Little Data Book 2013 is a pocket edition of World Development Indicators 2013. It is intended as a quick reference for users of the World Development Indicators database, book, and mobile app. ……続きを見る

In 1964, newly-minted physician Stephen C. Joseph, just out of his internship, undertakes a two-year assignment as the Peace Corps Physician in Nepal. The job has two facets: responsibility for the ……続きを見る

New York’s Lower East Side was said to be the most densely populated square mile on earth in the 1890s. Health inspectors called the neighborhood “the suicide ward.” Diarrhea epidemics raged each su……続きを見る

A Mind of Her Own: The Life of Karen Horney by Susan Quinn (165,000 words, 35 photos) Karen Horney (1885-1952) is one of the great figures in psychoanalysis, an independent thinker who dared to take……続きを見る

"Enthralling." ーFrans de Waal, New York Times Book Review Survival of the fittest or survival of the nicest? Since the dawn of time man has contemplated the mystery of altruism, but it was Darwin w……続きを見る

Ken Clezy, AM OBE, is a surgeon whose vocation has taken him many places, not all of them safe. When three colleagues were shot dead at a Yemen mission hospital he escaped only because he had gone h……続きを見る

No secret society is more controversial than the Illuminati, yet almost nothing of the truth of this mysterious ancient Order is available in the public record. Propaganda, misinformation, disinform……続きを見る

An unforgettable and inspiring memoir of an extraordinary doctor who is saving lives in a most unconventional way. Ask Me Why I Hurt is the touching and revealing first-person account of the remarka……続きを見る

In this inspirational memoir, Scott Crisci tells of the past two decades he has spent battling not only multiple sclerosis, but also ulcerative colitis. Long after the doctors told him he would be c……続きを見る

She chose a noble young man for her husband. She knew he had only a year to live, but yet she married him. Even the God of Death bowed to her love and devotion, and restored her husband to life. 続きを見る

A rare glimpse into the fascinating, sometimes terrifying, sometimes hilarious world of a modern ceremonial magician. Hailed by critics as the most entertaining author and one of the most widely res……続きを見る

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • “Shows us why Sandra Day O’Connor is so compelling as a human being and so vital as a public thinker.”ーMichael Beschloss In this remarkable book, Sandra Day O’Connor explores ……続きを見る

Neil Armstrong : First Man on the Moon (A Short Biography for Children) Astronaut, military pilot, and educator, Neil Armstrong made history on July 20, 1969, by becoming the first man to walk on th……続きを見る

Lange Zeit vergessen, gilt der Naturforscher Jean-Henri Fabre (1823-1915) heute als Vorbild einer sanften Wissenschaft und eines anderen Umgangs mit der Natur. Vom Töten und Sezieren im Dienste der ……続きを見る

The memoir of a Great Ormond Street nurse. This is the inspirational story of life as a nurse during the 1960s, 70s and 80s, most of which was spent at Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital. Susan……続きを見る

Few people have had as profound an impact on the history of New York City as William J. Wilgus. As chief engineer of the New York Central Railroad, Wilgus conceived the Grand Central Terminal, the c……続きを見る

Walk practically anywhere in Greece and you are walking in the footsteps of antiquity. The home to such historical figures, fictional or not, as Plato and Homer. [not Homer Simpson – the other one].……続きを見る

The fascinating true story of mathematician Maria Agnesi. She is best known for her curve, the witch of Agnesi, which appears in almost all high school and undergraduate math books. She was a child ……続きを見る

So, was there a corpse underneath the sofa? A visiting friend once said to Margery Allingham: 'My dear Marge, although you write crime novels, you do have a dainty drawing room!' 'What did she expec……続きを見る

As in all his books, Heckler draws from personal experience: training his horse, cultivating presence in aikido dojos, consulting with business executives, raising children. A masterful and encompas……続きを見る

"My brother saw the face of God. You never recover from a trauma like that." So begins Angelhead, a taut, powerful memoir of the madness and crime that rips a family apart. "I didn't see God, of cou……続きを見る