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  • Brilliant

    The Evolution of Artificial Light

    de Jane Brox ...
    This "superb history" of artificial light traces the evolution of society—"invariably fascinating and often original . . . [it] amply lives up to its title" ( Publishers Weekly, starred review).In Brilliant, Jane Brox explores humankind's ever-changing relationship to artificial light, from the stone lamps of the Pleistocene to the LEDs embedded in fabrics of the future. More than a survey of ... Leer más

    $2.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

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    Brilliant

    The Evolution of Artificial Light

    de Jane Brox ...
    Narrado por Randye Kaye ...

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    10 hora 15 minutos

    Brilliant, reminiscent of Lewis Hyde's The Gift in its reach and of Timothy Egan's The Worst Hard Time in its haunting evocation of human lives, offers a sweeping view of a surprisingly revealing aspect of human history—from the stone lamps of the Pleistocene to the LEDs embedded in fabrics of the future.Brox plumbs the class implications of light—who had it, who didn't—through the many centuries ... Leer más

    $24.99 USD

    Disponible también en: eBook

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    All These Worlds Are Yours

    The Scientific Search for Alien Life

    de Jon Willis ...
    Narrado por Eric Jason Martin ...

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    8 hora 3 minutos

    Long before space travel was possible, the idea of life beyond Earth transfixed humans. In this fascinating book, astronomer Jon Willis explores the science of astrobiology and the possibility of locating other life in our own galaxy.Describing the most recent discoveries by space exploration missions, including the Kepler space telescope, the Mars Curiosity rover, and the New Horizons probe, ... Leer más

    $16.99 USD

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    Whose Middle Ages?

    Teachable Moments for an Ill-Used Past

    de Andrew Albin, Mary C. Erler, Nicholas L. Paul, Nina Rowe, Thomas O'Donnell, David Perry, Geraldine Heng ...
    Narrado por Linda Henning ...

    Completo

    9 hora 20 minutos

    Whose Middle Ages? is an interdisciplinary collection of short, accessible essays intended for the nonspecialist reader and ideal for teaching at an undergraduate level. Each of twenty-two essays takes up an area where digging for meaning in the medieval past has brought something distorted back into the present: in our popular entertainment; in our news, our politics, and our propaganda; and in ... Leer más

    $22.99 USD

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    1948

    Harry Truman's Improbable Victory and the Year That Transformed America

    de David Pietrusza ...
    Narrado por Jeff Cummings ...

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    18 hora 23 minutos

    The wild, combative inside story of the most stunning upset in the history of presidential elections: Harry Truman's 1948 victory over Tom Dewey."Outstanding. . . . by far the best yet about the fateful [1948] election." ―Minneapolis Star-Tribune"Coherent, compelling. . . . A skillful, authoritative investigation." ―Kirkus ReviewsAward-winning historian David Pietrusza unpacks the most ... Leer más

    $44.99 USD

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    Darkness at Dawn

    The Rise of the Russian Criminal State

    de David Satter ...
    Narrado por Paul Brion ...

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    11 hora 42 minutos

    "The Russia that Satter depicts in this brave, engaging book cannot be ignored . . . Required reading for anyone interested in the post-Soviet state" (Newsweek).Anticipating a new dawn of freedom after the disintegration of the Soviet Union, Russians could hardly have foreseen the reality of their future a decade later: a country impoverished and controlled at every level by organized crime. This ... Leer más

    $24.99 USD

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    The Shape of a Life

    One Mathematician’s Search for the Universe’s Hidden Geometry

    de Shing-Tung Yau, Steve Nadis ...
    Narrado por Arthur Morey ...

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    12 hora 59 minutos

    A Fields medalist recounts his lifelong transnational effort to uncover the geometric shape—the Calabi-Yau manifold—that may store the hidden dimensions of our universe.Harvard geometer and Fields medalist Shing-Tung Yau has provided a mathematical foundation for string theory, offered new insights into black holes, and mathematically demonstrated the stability of our universe. In this ... Leer más

    $22.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

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    Abraham Lincoln

    The Prairie Years

    de Carl Sandburg ...
    Narrado por Geoffrey Giuliano, The Scythe ...

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    18 hora 52 minutos

    Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years by Carl Sandburg is a two-volume biography that explores Lincoln's life from his childhood through his early political career, ending just before he became president. Published in 1926, Sandburg’s work combines detailed historical research with a lyrical, almost poetic style, reflecting his background as both a poet and a historian. The narrative captures the ... Leer más

    $35.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

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    Biography of Resistance

    The Epic Battle Between People and Pathogens

    de Muhammad H. Zaman ...
    Narrado por Kyle Tait ...

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    8 hora 3 minutos

    Award-winning Boston University educator and researcher Muhammad H. Zaman provides a chilling look at the rise of antibiotic-resistant superbugs, explaining how we got here and what we must do to address this growing global health crisis.In September 2016, a woman in Nevada became the first known case in the U.S. of a person who died of an infection resistant to every antibiotic available. Her ... Leer más

    $25.99 USD

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    Andrew Johnson

    The American Presidents Series: The 17th President, 1865-1869

    de Annette Gordon-Reed ...
    Narrado por Allyson Johnson ...

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    4 hora 56 minutos

    A Pulitzer Prize-winning historian recounts the tale of the unwanted president who ran afoul of Congress over Reconstruction and was nearly removed from officeAndrew Johnson never expected to be president. But just six weeks after becoming Abraham Lincoln's vice president, the events at Ford's Theatre thrust him into the nation's highest office. Johnson faced a nearly impossible task—to succeed ... Leer más

    $15.99 USD

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    Naming Names

    de Victor S. Navasky ...
    Narrado por Eric Michael Summerer ...

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    19 hora 46 minutos

    Winner of the National Book Award: The definitive history of Joe McCarthy, the Hollywood blacklist, and HUAC explores the events behind the hit film Trumbo.Drawing on interviews with over one hundred and fifty people who were called to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee—including Elia Kazan, Ring Lardner Jr., and Arthur Miller—award-winning author Victor S. Navasky reveals ... Leer más

    $29.99 USD

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    How to Behave Badly in Elizabethan England

    A Guide for Knaves, Fools, Harlots, Cuckolds, Drunkards, Liars, Thieves, and Braggarts

    de Ruth Goodman ...
    Narrado por Jennifer M. Dixon ...

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    10 hora 57 minutos

    Every age and social strata has its bad eggs, rule-breakers, and nose-thumbers. As acclaimed popular historian and author of How to Be a Victorian Ruth Goodman shows in her madcap chronicle, Elizabethan England was particularly rank with troublemakers, from snooty needlers who took aim with a cutting "thee," to lowbrow drunkards with revolting table manners. Goodman draws on advice manuals, court ... Leer más

    $25.99 USD