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The Nature Fix: Why Nature Makes us Happier, Healthier, and More Creative

Florence Williams · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 280
Format: Hardcover

An intrepid investigation into nature's restorative benefits by a prize-winning author.For centuries, poets and philosophers extolled the benefits of a walk in the woods: Beethoven drew inspiration from rocks and trees; Wordsworth composed while tromping over the heath; and Nikola Tesla...
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The Ancent World: Extraordinary People in Extraordinary Societies

Salem Press · Salem Pr
Pages: 2250
Format: Hardcover

This sweeping work covers world cultures from prehistory through the year 700 C.E. With in-depth analysis of civilizations, key figures, cities, cultures and daily life. Its three volumes stretch beyond the boundaries of the ancient world of Greece, Rome and Egypt, to include Egypt, China,...
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Critical Survey of World Literature, Third Edition: Print Purchase Includes Free Online Access

Robert C Evans · Salem Pr Inc
Pages: 3000
Format: Hardcover

A companion to the award-winning Critical Survey of American Literature, this comprehensive, six-volume set profiles major authors of fiction, drama, poetry, and essays, each with sections on biography, general analysis, and analysis of the authors most important worksnovels, short stories,...
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The Greatest Story Ever Told--So Far: Why Are We Here?

Lawrence M. Krauss · Atria Books
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback

From award-winning physicist, public intellectual, and the bestselling author of A Universe from Nothing Lawrence Krauss, comes "a masterful blend of history, modern physics, and cosmic perspective that empowers the reader to not only embrace our understanding of the universe, but also...
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Defining Documents in American History: Political Campaigns, Candidates & Discourse: Print Purchase Includes Free Online Access

PhD Michael Shally-Jensen · Salem Pr
Pages: 800
Format: Hardcover

This 2-volume set offers documents and commentary that showcase the American political process. Candidates, issues, and campaign styles have changed dramatically over time, from the front porch approach of the presidential campaigns the 1800s to the soc
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Principles of Biotechnology Access Card

Donald Franceschetti · Salem Pr Inc
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

his volume provides readers with the important information they need to understand the basic concepts, philosophical and ethical arguments, possibilities, and consequences of biotechnology.
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Principles of Programming & Coding: Print Purchase Includes Free Online Access

Donald R Franceschetti · Salem Press
Pages: 361
Format: Hardcover

This new volume makes sense of the jumble of techno-jargon and programming acronyms for high school and undergraduate students. More than 125 entries explain the fundamental concepts, popular languages, systems, and protocols that go into computer program
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