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Tiny Gardens Everywhere

The Past, Present, and Future of the Self-Provisioning City

by Kate Brown ...

From the eighteenth century to the twenty–first, the surprising history and inspiring contemporary panorama of urban gardening: nurturing health, hope, and community.Nurturing health, hope, and community, gardeners in cities and suburbs are reclaiming lost commons, transforming vacant lots into vibrant plots, turning waste into compost, and recreating what was once the most productive agriculture ... Read more

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From the eighteenth century to the twenty–first, the surprising history and inspiring contemporary panorama of urban gardening: nurturing health, hope, and community.Nurturing health, hope, and community, gardeners in cities and suburbs are reclaiming lost commons, transforming vacant lots into vibrant plots, turning waste into compost, and recreating what was once the most productive agriculture
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Plutopia: Nuclear Families, Atomic Cities, and the Great Soviet and American Plutonium Disasters

Nuclear Families, Atomic Cities, and the Great Soviet and American Plutonium Disasters

by Kate Brown ...

While many transnational histories of the nuclear arms race have been written, Kate Brown provides the first definitive account of the great plutonium disasters of the United States and the Soviet Union. In Plutopia, Brown draws on official records and dozens of interviews to tell the extraordinary stories of Richland, Washington and Ozersk, Russia-the first two cities in the world to produce ... Read more

$16.19 USD

While many transnational histories of the nuclear arms race have been written, Kate Brown provides the first definitive account of the great plutonium disasters of the United States and the Soviet Union. In Plutopia, Brown draws on official records and dozens of interviews to tell the extraordinary stories of Richland, Washington and Ozersk, Russia-the first two cities in the world to produce
... Read more
Dispatches from Dystopia

Histories of Places Not Yet Forgotten

by Kate Brown ...

"Why are Kazakhstan and Montana the same place?" asks one chapter of Kate Brown's surprising and unusual journey into the histories of places on the margins, overlooked or erased. It turns out that a ruined mining town in Kazakhstan and Butte, Montana—America's largest environmental Superfund site—have much more in common than one would think thanks to similarities in climate, hucksterism, and the ... Read more

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"Why are Kazakhstan and Montana the same place?" asks one chapter of Kate Brown's surprising and unusual journey into the histories of places on the margins, overlooked or erased. It turns out that a ruined mining town in Kazakhstan and Butte, Montana—America's largest environmental Superfund site—have much more in common than one would think thanks to similarities in climate, hucksterism, and the
... Read more
Manual for Survival

An Environmental History of the Chernobyl Disaster

by Kate Brown ...

**Winner of the Reginald Zelnik Book Prize in HistoryWinner of the Marshall D. Shulman Book PrizeFinalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in NonfictionFinalist for the Ryszard Kapuscinski Award for Literary Reportage"A magisterial blend of historical research, investigative journalism, and poetic reportage…[A]n awe-inspiring journey." —Economist**After the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in ... Read more

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**Winner of the Reginald Zelnik Book Prize in HistoryWinner of the Marshall D. Shulman Book PrizeFinalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in NonfictionFinalist for the Ryszard Kapuscinski Award for Literary Reportage"A magisterial blend of historical research, investigative journalism, and poetic reportage…[A]n awe-inspiring journey." —Economist**After the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in
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Plutopia

Nuclear Families, Atomic Cities, and the Great Soviet and American Plutonium Disasters

by Kate Brown ...

While many transnational histories of the nuclear arms race have been written, Kate Brown provides the first definitive account of the great plutonium disasters of the United States and the Soviet Union. In Plutopia, Brown draws on official records and dozens of interviews to tell the extraordinary stories of Richland, Washington and Ozersk, Russia-the first two cities in the world to produce ... Read more

$16.19 USD

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While many transnational histories of the nuclear arms race have been written, Kate Brown provides the first definitive account of the great plutonium disasters of the United States and the Soviet Union. In Plutopia, Brown draws on official records and dozens of interviews to tell the extraordinary stories of Richland, Washington and Ozersk, Russia-the first two cities in the world to produce
... Read more

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Tiny Gardens Everywhere

The Past, Present and Future of the Self-Provisioning City

by Kate Brown ...

Narrated by Teri Schnaubelt ...

Unabridged

8 hours 37 min

From the eighteenth century to the twenty–first, the surprising history and inspiring contemporary panorama of urban gardening: nurturing health, hope, and community.This manifesto for the next food revolution by acclaimed environmental historian Kate Brown speaks to nature lovers, food activists, social–justice warriors, urban planners, WOOFers, and the climate–concerned.Ever since wage labor in ... Read more

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From the eighteenth century to the twenty–first, the surprising history and inspiring contemporary panorama of urban gardening: nurturing health, hope, and community.This manifesto for the next food revolution by acclaimed environmental historian Kate Brown speaks to nature lovers, food activists, social–justice warriors, urban planners, WOOFers, and the climate–concerned.Ever since wage labor in
... Read more

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Secondary Starters and Plenaries

Ready-to-use activities for teaching any subject

by Kate Brown ...

Starters and plenaries are now established elements of all good lesson planning. A good starter gets a class engaged right from the word go, challenges and motivates students, and sets a positive tone fro the rest of the lesson. A good plenary allows students to focus on the key objectives of the lesson, and to reflect on the progress they have made. ... Read more

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Starters and plenaries are now established elements of all good lesson planning. A good starter gets a class engaged right from the word go, challenges and motivates students, and sets a positive tone fro the rest of the lesson. A good plenary allows students to focus on the key objectives of the lesson, and to reflect on the progress they have made.
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Low-Sodium High-Flavor Cookbook

Truly Tasty & Naturally Low In Sodium Recipes To Improve Cardiac Health Without Sacrificing Taste

by Kate Brown ...

LOW-SODIUM cooking is PART of a HEART-HEALTHY DIET. If you’re LOOKING for a SIMPLE and HEALTHY way to MANAGE a LOW SODIUM DIET, then this eBook LOW-SODIUM HIGH-FLAVOR COOKBOOK is a MUST-HAVE for you. LEARN how to ... ... Read more

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LOW-SODIUM cooking is PART of a HEART-HEALTHY DIET. If you’re LOOKING for a SIMPLE and HEALTHY way to MANAGE a LOW SODIUM DIET, then this eBook LOW-SODIUM HIGH-FLAVOR COOKBOOK is a MUST-HAVE for you. LEARN how to ...
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A Biography of No Place

From Ethnic Borderland to Soviet Heartland

by Kate Brown ...

This is a biography of a borderland between Russia and Poland, a region where, in 1925, people identified as Poles, Germans, Jews, Ukrainians, and Russians lived side by side. Over the next three decades, this mosaic of cultures was modernized and homogenized out of existence by the ruling might of the Soviet Union, then Nazi Germany, and finally, Polish and Ukrainian nationalism. By the 1950s, ... Read more

$28.79 USD

This is a biography of a borderland between Russia and Poland, a region where, in 1925, people identified as Poles, Germans, Jews, Ukrainians, and Russians lived side by side. Over the next three decades, this mosaic of cultures was modernized and homogenized out of existence by the ruling might of the Soviet Union, then Nazi Germany, and finally, Polish and Ukrainian nationalism. By the 1950s,
... Read more
The Women of Versailles

by Kate Brown ...

'Dark and rich, The Women of Versailles is filled with political intrigue, sexual awakening, and the roots of revolution.' – Peggy Riley. In The Women of Versailles, the narrative slips between the decadent world of Versailles during the reign of Louis XV and the day, just before the French revolution in 1789, that Versailles is stormed by the women of Paris and Louis XVI is forced to move the ... Read more

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'Dark and rich, The Women of Versailles is filled with political intrigue, sexual awakening, and the roots of revolution.' – Peggy Riley. In The Women of Versailles, the narrative slips between the decadent world of Versailles during the reign of Louis XV and the day, just before the French revolution in 1789, that Versailles is stormed by the women of Paris and Louis XVI is forced to move the
... Read more
Vulnerability and Young People

Care and Social Control in Policy and Practice

by Kate Brown ...

The notion of 'vulnerability' is now a prominent motif in social policy in the UK and beyond, with important implications for those deemed 'vulnerable'. Yet the effects of recalibrating welfare and criminal justice processes on the basis of vulnerability often escape attention. This distinctive book draws together lived experiences of vulnerability with academic and practical applications of the ... Read more

$44.99 USD

The notion of 'vulnerability' is now a prominent motif in social policy in the UK and beyond, with important implications for those deemed 'vulnerable'. Yet the effects of recalibrating welfare and criminal justice processes on the basis of vulnerability often escape attention. This distinctive book draws together lived experiences of vulnerability with academic and practical applications of the
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Plutopia

Nuclear Families, Atomic Cities, and the Great Soviet and American Plutonium Disasters

by Kate Brown ...

Narrated by Susan Ericksen ...

Unabridged

18 hours 10 min

In Plutopia, Kate Brown draws on official records and dozens of interviews to tell the extraordinary stories of Richland, Washington, and Ozersk, Russia—the first two cities in the world to produce plutonium. To contain secrets, American and Soviet leaders created plutopias—communities of nuclear families living in highly subsidized, limited-access atomic cities. Fully employed and medically ... Read more

$23.49 USD

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In Plutopia, Kate Brown draws on official records and dozens of interviews to tell the extraordinary stories of Richland, Washington, and Ozersk, Russia—the first two cities in the world to produce plutonium. To contain secrets, American and Soviet leaders created plutopias—communities of nuclear families living in highly subsidized, limited-access atomic cities. Fully employed and medically
... Read more

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