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Poison Spring: The Secret History of Pollution and the EPA
E.G. Vallianatos · Bloomsbury USA Pages: 284 Format: Hardcover
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Imagine walking into a restaurant and finding chlorinated hydrocarbon pesticides, or neonicotinoid insecticides listed in the description of your entree. They may not be printed in the menu, but many are in your food.These are a few of the literally millions of pounds of approved synthetic... |
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There Are No Dead Here: A Story of Murder and Denial in Colombia
Maria McFarland Sanchez-Moreno · Nation Books Pages: 336 Format: Hardcover
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Colombia's drug-fueled cycle of terror, corruption, and tragedy did not end with Pablo Escobar's death in 1993. Just when Colombians were ready to move past the murderous legacy of the country's cartels, a new, bloody chapter unfolded. In the late 1990s, right-wing paramilitary... |
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Fodor's Bahamas
Bob Bower · Fodor's Travel Pages: 380 Format: Print book
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Whether a traveler's style is living large at a trend-setting resort or chilling on a secluded island with an icy cold beer in hand, the Bahamas has something for every taste, from all-inclusive resorts to exclusive private-island hideaways. Visitors can enjoy celebrity-chef restaurants... |
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Republican Like Me: How I Left the Liberal Bubble and Learned to Love the Right
KENNETH STERN · Harper Pages: 304 Format: Hardcover
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Widening the dialogue begun with Strangers in Their Own Land and Hillbilly Elegy, a former NPR CEO and lifelong Democrat's chronicle of his immersion in Republicanism to understand his fellow Americans across the political divide.Ken Stern doesn't believe that our political world... |
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Fodor's Belgium, 3rd Edition
Felice Aarons · Fodor's Travel Publications Pages: 307 Format: Paperback
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Take a twilight walk along the canals of Brugge, window-shop in Antwerp for edgy designs, stumble across cartoon-art murals along the streets of Brussels, discover masterpieces by Rubens and Van Dyck or gain a new perspective at World War I sights - Fodor's Belgium, 3rd edition offers... |
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Democracy: Stories from the Long Road to Freedom
Condoleezza Rice · Twelve Pages: 496 Format: Hardcover
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p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial} From the former secretary of state and bestselling author -- a sweeping look at the global struggle for democracy and why America must continue to support the cause of human freedom.From the end of the Cold War and the collapse... |
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Extreme Cities: The Peril and Promise of Urban Life in the Age of Climate Change
Ashley Dawson · Verso Pages: 384 Format: Hardcover
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A cutting exploration of how cities drive climate change while being on the frontlines of the coming climate crisisHow will climate change affect our lives? Where will its impacts be most deeply felt? Are we doing enough to protect ourselves from the coming chaos? In Extreme Cities, Ashley... |
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The Gene Machine: How Genetic Technologies Are Changing the Way We Have Kids--and the Kids We Have
Bonnie Rochman · Scientific American / Farrar, Straus and Giroux Pages: 288 Format: Hardcover
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A sharp-eyed exploration of the promise and peril of having children in an age of genetic tests and interventionsIs screening for disease in an embryo a humane form of family planning or a slippery slope toward eugenics? Should doctors tell you that your infant daughter is genetically predisposed... |
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Handmade Easter Crafts
Ruth Owen · Gareth Stevens Publishing Pages: 32 Format: Paperback
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Instead of wood or plastic, imagine a woven Easter basket made of duct tape! Using materials from around the house, including recycled items, the crafts in this book are sure to make preparing for Easter even more fun. Readers are guided by detailed step-by-step instructions to create table... |
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Frommer's Eastern Europe (Frommer's Complete Guides)
Mark Baker · Frommer's; 1 edition Pages: 736 Format: Paperback
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Download a free companion podcast about Eastern Europe at Frommers.comTravel to Eastern Europe is booming-international arrivals to Eastern Europe have increased by an average of 3.9 percent each year since 2004Destinations covered in this guide are Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Croatia,... |
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