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Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor black tobacco farmer who worked the same land as her slave ancestors, ... More

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Bzdek examines John, Robert, and Ted Kennedy's legacy on the American political landscape.

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The roots of President Obama's politics and presidential campaign strategy are traced in this up-to-the-minute political biography. The work ... More

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2004 marked the centennial of the birth of J Robert Oppenheimer, and brought historians and scholars, former students, nuclear physicists, and ... More

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Inventor. Visionary. Genius. Dropout. Adopted. Steve Jobs was the founder of Apple and he was all of these things. Steve Jobs has been described as a ... More

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A mind-bending book about modern physics, quantum mechanics, the fate of stars and the deep mysteries of black holes. What happens when something is ... More

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[i]Inside the Space Race[/i] is a well documented personal account of one of the most important periods in American history - when the nation was in ... More

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From the first Bumper V-2 launch in 1950 to the Atlas V vehicles of today, more than 55 years of Cape Canaveral history is captured in this ... More

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In 1941 the Food and Drug Administration approved the use of diethylstilbestrol (DES), the first synthetic chemical to be marketed as an estrogen and ... More

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This is the courageous and extraordinary story of one man's extraordinary journey from the heart of the Islamic world - via the battlefields of ... More

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The mastermind behind Apple sheds his low profile and steps forward to tell his story for the first time. From the invention of the first personal ... More

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The mastermind behind Apple sheds his low profile and steps forward to tell his story for the first time. From the invention of the first personal ... More

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Decision Points is the extraordinary memoir of America's 43rd president. Shattering the conventions of political autobiography, George W. Bush offers ... More

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From the Manhattan Project to the present energy crisis and what it means for our future, a sweeping chronicle of our recurring failure to manage the ... More

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The 'Jump-jet' was the world's first vertical/short take-off and landing (VSTOL) operational jet aircraft. Developed using the revolutionary Pegasus ... More

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This new collection is devoted to the planes used during the five last decades by the USN and USAF. With this first volume, Fre'de'ric Lert presents ... More

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This inside look at America's most powerful radio host is based on unprecedented access to Rush Limbaugh and his private world.

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From Iraq to climate change, tax to the Anglo-American "special relationship," Best For Britain? Critically examines Brown's political and economic ... More

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In this spellbinding history, science writer Finkbeiner takes a provocative inside look at the elite scientists who have worked behind the scenes to ... More

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Explains how each director of Central Intelligence sought to fulfill his "community" role, that of enhancing the cooperation among the many parts of ... More

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Written from interviews by Bud Brutsman, this oral history is the third and final entry in this series about the premiere fighting force in the ... More

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Herk: Hero of the Skies is the story of the C-130 Hercules aircraft and its involvement in military, scientific, and humanitarian missions around the ... More

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In 1978, Sikorsky introduced the UH60 helicopter as a transport, medevac, special ops, escort, and reconnaissance platform to replace the UH-1 "Huey" ... More

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From one of the world's greatest humanitarian activists comes a searing personal memoir that is also an urgent call to confront suffering in all its ... More

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A broad-ranging and lively introduction to all aspects of life in America which combines original insights on history, politics, sociology and ... More

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