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"How did Fidel Castro fool the CIA for a generation? Why did Neville Chamberlain think he could trust Adolf Hitler? Why are campus sexual assaults on the rise? Do television sitcoms teach us something about the way we relate to one another that isn't true? Talking to Strangers is a classically Gladwellian intellectual adventure, a challenging and controversial excursion through history, psychology, and scandals taken straight from the news. He revisits...
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English
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"In Vesper Flights, Helen Macdonald brings together a collection of her best loved essays with new pieces on topics ranging from nostalgia for a vanishing countryside to the tribulations of farming ostriches to her own private vespers while trying to fall asleep. Meditating on notions of captivity and freedom, immigration and flight, Helen invites us into her most intimate experiences: observing songbirds from the Empire State Building as they migrate...
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Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Language
English
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"A physicist explains daily phenomena from the mundane to the magisterial. Take a look up at the stars on a clear night and you get a sense that the universe is vast and untouchable, full of mysteries beyond comprehension. But did you know that the key to unveiling the secrets of the cosmos is as close as the nearest toaster? In Storm in a Teacup, Helen Czerski provides the tools to alter the way we see everything around us by linking ordinary objects...
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Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xii, 476 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
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"From one of our premier writers, scholars, and public intellectuals: a surprising, inspiring, often boldly infuriating, highly instructive and entertaining compendium of curiosities regarding African Americans. In 1934, 100 Amazing Facts About the Negro With Complete Proof: A Short Cut to the World History of the Negro was published by Joel A. Rogers, a largely self-educated black journalist and historian. Now with élan and erudition--and winning...
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
398 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Provides the latest information on a wide range of topics, including animals, culture, geography, the environment, history, and science.
Publisher
Funko, LLC
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 game (4 characers, 4 character bases, 4 character cards, 2 basic characters, 2 basic character cards, 2 scenario cards, 1 dagger, 1 felix felicis, 2 item cards, 4 status cards, 2 cooldown tracks, 1 double-sided map, 8 game tokens, 15 game markers, 6 dice, 21 points, 1 first player marker, 1 instruction booklet) : plastic, cardboard, card stock ; in container 27 x 27 x 8 cm
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English
Description
"Face off in the ulitimate Pop! battle. Combine your favorite characters and go head-to-head in four exciting game scenarios. Move through memorable locations--Diagon Alley or Room of Requirement--and use your characters' unique abilities to capture points and achieve victory!"
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