Fifty years after its completion, the 200-inch telescope at Mount Palomar is still among the most powerful on earth. Now, Ronald Florence presents the sweeping saga of the telescope's construction--and the scientists, engineers, and builders who dedicated themselves to the awesome perfection of this machine.
Florence tells the story of how T.E. Lawrence, who would later become the iconic Lawrence of Arabia, and a Jewish agronomist from Palestine map the land and conflicts of the modern Middle East. 16 pages of b&w photos throughout.
In Damascus, in February 1840, a Capuchin monk and his servant disappear without a trace. Rumors point at the local Jewish community. Within weeks, the rumors turn to accusations of ritual murder - the infamous "blood libel." Torture, coerced confessions, manufactured evidence, and the fury of the crowds are enough to convict the accused Jews. By ...
Amidst the glitter of the end of the Newport, Rhode Island social season, World War II's shadows hover over one young woman in love. The last season in Newport, Rhode Island is the summer of 1941, just before Pearl Harbor. It is the end of an era of social glitter and privilege. Sera, a young Portuguese beauty from nearby Stonington, Connecticut, ...
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