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Through the pioneering efforts of ecologist B. W. Wells (1884–1978), thousands of North Carolinians learned to appreciate and protect the state’s diverse plant life long before ecology and conservat……続きを見る

From semitropical coastal areas to high mountain terrain, from swampy lowlands to modern cities, the environment holds a fundamental importance in shaping the character of the American South. This v……続きを見る

In the late nineteenth century, as Americans debated the “woman question,” a battle over the meaning of biology arose in the medical profession. Some medical men claimed that women were naturally we……続きを見る

Historian Henry Steele Commager (1902–1998) was one of the leading American intellectuals of the mid-twentieth century. Author or editor of more than forty books, he taught for decades at New York U……続きを見る

Joe Miller brings us the first-ever stand-alone guidebook to backpacking in North Carolina, a state long known as a terrific backpacking destination. Covering 43 of the best trips the state has to o……続きを見る

Imagine how it would feel to one day wake up and find your vision descending swiftly into darkness. Your fingertips are turning numb, and, as the world closes in around you, you realise there is not……続きを見る

Few North Carolinians have been as well known or as widely respected as William Friday (1920–2012). The former president of the University of North Carolina remained prominent in public affairs in t……続きを見る

In 1925 Mary Breckinridge (1881-1965) founded the Frontier Nursing Service (FNS), a public health organization in eastern Kentucky providing nurses on horseback to reach families who otherwise would……続きを見る

In March 1968, thousands of Chicano students walked out of their East Los Angeles high schools and middle schools to protest decades of inferior and discriminatory education in the so-called “Mexica……続きを見る

For some years, The Nature of North Carolina’s Southern Coast has stood as an essential resource for all who treasure our coastal environment. In this book, Dirk Frankenberg describes the southern c……続きを見る

The first woman judge in the state of North Carolina and the first woman in the United States to be elected chief justice of a state supreme court, Susie Marshall Sharp (1907–1996) broke new ground ……続きを見る

Featuring over 600 wildflowers, flowering shrubs, and vines, this user-friendly field guide is the first to focus on the rare, fragile lands and species of the Sandhills region of the Carolinas and ……続きを見る

In 1953, Margot Pringle, newly graduated from Cornell University, took a job as a teacher in a one-room school in rural eastern Montana, sixty miles southeast of Miles City. “Miss Margot,” as her st……続きを見る

Extrait : "Ce sont les vacances !...S'il y a de la joie dans ce mot pour les enfants qui vont retrouver la maison paternelle, les réunions de famille, les caresses d'une mère, il y a pour l'institut……続きを見る

Extrait : "L'histoire de la Médecine ー pour répondre à l'état d'esprit actuel ー ne peut plus être le récit des systèmes éphémères qui ont tour à tour gouverné l'art médical et qui représentent plu……続きを見る

Extrait : "La savant La Condamine au cours de sa Relation abrégée d'un voyage fait dans l'intérieur de l'Amérique méridionale, signalait en ces termes, à la date de juillet 1743, les propriétés d'un……続きを見る

Extrait : "Les aérostats (ballons) ont été inventés par les frères Montgolfier en 1783, et perfectionnés par le physicien Charles et le savant Nicolas Conté. Pilâtre de Rozier et le marquis d'Arland……続きを見る

Les aventures d'un fauteuil roulant et de son utilisatrice. Il fallait tomber sur lui, le fauteuil roulant narrateur des misères de sa « patronne » : il nomme ainsi la patiente qu’il transporte, une……続きを見る

In March 1968, thousands of Chicano students walked out of their East Los Angeles high schools and middle schools to protest decades of inferior and discriminatory education in the so-called "Mexica……続きを見る

Personal letters reveal the quandary of a prominent German physicist during the Nazi years and the strength he shared with his loving wife Nobel Prize–winning physicist Werner Heisenberg lived far f……続きを見る

A vivid portrait of two remarkable twentieth-century thinkers and their landmark collaboration on the use and abuse of caricature and propaganda in the modern world In 1934, Viennese art historian a……続きを見る

When Anne Innis saw her first giraffe at the age of three, she was smitten. She knew she had to learn more about this marvellous animal. Twenty years later, now a trained zoologist, she set off alon……続きを見る

“It was nothing at first. Just a little twitch. My left ring finger was twitching, slowly, almost languidly, the way fishing line does when you’ve hooked something without any strength. Like a baby ……続きを見る

Parfaitement adapté pour une lecture sur Kindle. Extrait: Embarqué sur la corvette Primauguet, commandée par le capitaine de vaisseau Bochet, un digne, vaillant et infatigable officier que la marine……続きを見る

Originally published in 1936, this is an excellent manual on British animal tracks and tracking. The book is full of clear diagrams and natural history information and is still of much practical use……続きを見る

Isaac Newton is regularly given the title of greatest scientist of all time, and in this biography we delve into how one quiet, 'difficult' farmers son, revolutionized the way we look at the univers……続きを見る

Lorsque M. Guizot, en 1821, publia chez M. Ladvocat les œuvres complètes de Shakspeare traduites en français, M. Ladvocat expliqua dans une courte préface que la modestie seule du traducteur avait f……続きを見る

“What is a stroke?” This is the question that plagues Ron Smith as he emerges from the carpet bombing of his brain. The Defiant Mind: Living Inside a Stroke is a first-person account of a massive is……続きを見る

**A deeply personal memoir of late autism diagnosis. What do you do when you wake up in your mid-forties and realize you've been living a lie your whole life? Do you tell? Or do you keep it to yours……続きを見る

A naturalist on Montana’s academic frontier, passionate conservationist Morton J. Elrod was instrumental in establishing the Department of Biology at the University of Montana, as well as Glacier Na……続きを見る