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Brown V. Board of Education
Diane Telgen · Omnigraphics Pages: 246 Format: Hardcover
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Provides a narrative of the events leading from slavery to segregation, the organizations that sought parity in education, the road to the Supreme Court, the crises that resulted, and the legacy of the 1954 decision. |
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Follow Your Interests to Find the Right College
Janet Marthers · Wheatmark Pages: 421 Format: Print book
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Follow Your Interests to Find the Right College is a different sort of college guide -- one that helps students and their families better understand the vast amount of options available for college based on a student's interests. Topics in this comprehensive, easy-to-understand guide include,... |
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Forensic Science
Ayn Embar-seddon O'reilly · Salem Press Pages: 1200 Format: Hardcover - Revised Ed.
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This completely updated, new edition of Forensic Science approaches its subject from multiple directions. One primary approach is from the points of view of forensic investigators. In addition to its core essays on subspecialties and allied fields, the set has essays on specific types of investigations,... |
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I Can't Breathe: A Killing on Bay Street
MATT TAIBBI · Spiegel & Grau Pages: 336 Format: Hardcover
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A work of riveting literary journalism that explores the roots and repercussions of the infamous killing of Eric Garner by the New York City police - from the bestselling author of The Divide "[A] searing exposé . . . What emerges from the author's superb reporting and vivid writing... |
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The Lives of the Constitution: Ten Exceptional Minds that Shaped America's Supreme Law
JOSEPH TARTAKOVSKY · Encounter Books Pages: 320 Format: Hardcover
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In a fascinating blend of biography and history, Joseph Tartakovsky tells the epic and unexpected story of our Constitution through the eyes of ten extraordinary individuals -- some renowned, like Alexander Hamilton and Woodrow Wilson, and some forgotten, like James Wilson and Ida B. Wells-Barnett.... |
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Bringing Columbia Home: The Untold Story of a Lost Space Shuttle and Her Crew
Michael Leinbach · Arcade Publishing Pages: 400 Format: Hardcover
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Mike Leinbach was the launch director of the space shuttle program when Columbia disintegrated on reentry before a nation's eyes on February 1, 2003. And it would be Mike Leinbach who would be a key leader in the search and recovery effort as NASA, FEMA, the FBI, the US Forest Service,... |
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101 Law Forms for Personal Use
Nolo Editors · NOLO Pages: 368 Format: Paperback
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Reliable legal forms for common personal and family transactions At one time or another, we all need to get an agreement in writing. But where to start? 101 Law Forms for Personal Use makes it easy to create legal agreements and organize essential information. The plain-English instructions... |
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Wonderland: How Play Made the Modern World
Steven Johnson · Riverhead Books Pages: 336 Format: Print book
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From the New York Times-bestselling author of How We Got to Now and Where Good Ideas Come From, a look at the world-changing innovations we made while keeping ourselves entertained. This lushly illustrated history of popular entertainment takes a long-zoom approach, contending that the pursuit... |
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Growing a Revolution: Bringing Our Soil Back to Life
David R Montgomery · W. W. Norton & Company Pages: 320 Format: Hardcover
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A MacArthur Fellow's impassioned call to make agriculture sustainable by ditching the plow, covering the soil, and diversifying crop rotations.The problem of agriculture is as old as civilization. Throughout history, great societies that abused their land withered into poverty or disappeared... |
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Electronics All-in-One For Dummies
Doug Lowe · For Dummies Pages: 864 Format: Print book
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A comprehensive collection of 8 books in 1 offering electronics guidance that can't be found anywhere else! If you know a breadboard from a breadbox but want to take your hobby electronics skills to the next level, this is the only reference you need. Electronics All-in-One For Dummies... |
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Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
Max Tegmark · Knopf Pages: 384 Format: Hardcover
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How will Artificial Intelligence affect crime, war, justice, jobs, society and our very sense of being human? The rise of AI has the potential to transform our future more than any other technology - and there's nobody better qualified or situated to explore that future than Max Tegmark,... |
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