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What Should We Be Worried About?: Real Scenarios That Keep Scientists Up at Night

John Brockman · Harper Perennial

Drawing from the horizons of science, todays leading thinkers reveal the hidden threats nobody is talking about—and expose the false fears everyone else is distracted by.What should we be worried about? That is the question John Brockman, publisher of Edge.org The worlds smartest website—The...
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America's Splendid Little Wars: A Short History of U.S. Military Engagements: 1975-2000

Peter A Huchthausen · Viking
Pages: 254
Format: Book

Since the evacuation of Saigon in 1975, America has committed its forces to combat in more than a dozen military operations. In America's Splendid Little Wars, distinguished U.S. Naval Captain Peter Huchthausen explores the modern development of America's tradition of small wars....
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Theodora: Actress, Empress, Saint

D S Potter · Oxford University Press
Pages: 280
Format: eBook

Two of the most famous mosaics from the ancient world, in the church of San Vitale in Ravenna, depict the sixth-century emperor Justinian and, on the wall facing him, his wife, Theodora (497-548) . This majestic portrait gives no inkling of Theodora's very humble beginnings or her improbable...
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Epilogue: A Memoir

Anne Richardson Roiphe · Harper
Pages: 214
Format: Hardcover

From Anne Roiphe, the critically acclaimed author of Fruitful, comes the New York Times bestselling Epilogue, a beautiful memoir about death, life, and widowhood. Roiphe explores what happened when, at age 70, she lost her husband of 40 years. Moving between heartbreaking memories of her marriage...
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