John Taliaferro · Liveright Pages: 624 Format: Hardcover
Before Rachel Carson, there was George Bird Grinnell -- the man whose prophetic vision did nothing less than launch American conservation. Hailed by the New York Times as "the father of American conservation," George Bird Grinnell (1849-1938) , the Brooklyn-born...
The Princeton Review · Princeton Review Pages: 848 Format: Paperback
Everything students need to know to succeed on the GED, the most commonly taken high school equivalency exam.The GED (General Educational Development) tests provide hundreds of thousands of people each year with the opportunity to earn the equivalent of a high...
Randall, David K. · W. W. Norton & Company Pages: 304 Format: Hardcover
A spine-chilling saga of virulent racism, human folly, and the ultimate triumph of scientific progress.For Chinese immigrant Wong Chut King, surviving in San Francisco meant a life in the shadows. His passing on March 6, 1900, would have been unremarkable if a city health officer hadn't...