Modesty, humor, compassion, and wisdom are the traits most evident in these personal papers, most of them never before published, from the Einstein archives. The illustrious physicist wrote as thoughtfully to an Ohio fifth-grader, distressed by her discovery that scientists classify humans as animals, as to a Colorado banker, who asked whether he ...
A tale of embezzlement, museum scandal, and political intrigue, Pawnshop and Palaces recounts the stormy history of the famous Campana art collection. Spawned by the criminal offenses of its founder and then dispersed and fought over throughout Europe, the collection evokes nineteenth-century cultural history as it delves into issues of art ...
This handy text presents more than 150 suggestions for growing healthy and beautiful plants. It covers healthy soil, propagation, plant care, watering and pest control, offering ways to make your thumb greener.
Over the centuries, woodworkers have invented hundreds of variations on the basic joints, as well as an amazing variety of techniques to create them. Woodworkers are increasingly relying on powertools which not only speed up the process of cutting joints, but also make them more precise. This practical book contains a collection of new techniques ...
Outfitting and maintaining a shop is something every woodworker wants to know more about. They are always looking for new ways to improve their shops, and this practical book is packed with innovative ideas and projects. The subjects included in this book cover a wide range of techniques and ideas. Projects include how to make a cabinet maker's ...
Describes the terror and destruction caused by the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, the devastation of the fire that followed, and the people's determination to rebuild their city.
A biography of George Rogers Clark who with a handful of rugged frontiersmen, captured British-held forts in the Midwest, making possible the eventual statehood of Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, and West Virginia.
See what European explorers first saw as they settled Michigan. This easy-to-use Atlas provides the historical notes and maps of Michigan created by surveyors from the federal General Land Office (GLO) between 1816 and 1856. In addition, present-day maps have been overlain on the historic maps so that readers can locate the original forest and ...
Written by internationally eminent experts in cardiovascular imaging, this volume details the newly recognized advantages of using MR to evaluate cardiovascular disease - including more comprehensive data, no radiation exposure, reduced cost, and less patient discomfort. The book explains how to obtain reliable anatomic and functional information ...
In this autobiography, initially published in 1903, Helen Keller recalls her remarkable life as a blind and deaf woman taught to communicate by Ann Sullivan. Here among other memories, Keller describes her epiphany at the water pump when she connected the physical world with its linguistic counterpart. Keller was eventually educated at Radcliffe ...
In this autobiography, initially published in 1903, Helen Keller recalls her remarkable life as a blind and deaf woman taught to communicate by Ann Sullivan. Here among other memories, Keller describes her epiphany at the water pump when she connected the physical world with its linguistic counterpart. Keller was eventually educated at Radcliffe ...
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