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This book was originally published by Macmillan in 1936. It was voted the top Academic Book that Shaped Modern Britain by Academic Book Week (UK) in 2017, and in 2011 was placed on Time Magazine's top 100 non-fiction books written in English since 1923. Reissued with a fresh Introduction by the Nobel-prize winner Paul Krugman and a new Afterword by Keynes' biographer Robert Skidelsky, this important work is made available to a new generation. The...
3) Working dogs
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An examination of how working dogs help with police work, herding, therapy, medical detection, and more.
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"A comprehensive and profoundly relevant history of interest from one of the world's leading financial writers, The Price of Time explains our current global financial position and how we got here. In the beginning was the loan, and the loan carried interest. For at least five millennia people have been borrowing and lending at interest. The practice wasn't always popular-in the ancient world, usury was generally viewed as exploitative, a potential...
5) Traitors
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"See who failed the test of loyalty in this look at famous traitors"--Provided by publisher.
7) Insect
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"Discover the busy world of insects--their structure, history, and fascinating variety"--Cover.
New Look! Relaunched with new jackets and eight pages of new text! Here is a spectacular and informative guide to the extraordinary world of insects. Superb color photographs of beetles, bugs, bees, butterflies, and more give the reader a unique "eyewitness" insight into the variety and complexity of insects, their structure, life cycles and behavior....
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"In this candid and riveting memoir, for the first time ever, Nike founder and CEO Phil Knight shares the inside story of the company's early days as an intrepid start-up and its evolution into one of the world's most iconic, game-changing, and profitable brands. In 1962, fresh out of business school, Phil Knight borrowed $50 from his father and created a company with a simple mission: import high-quality, low-cost athletic shoes from Japan. Selling...
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"From the dust of the Gilded Age Bone Wars, two vastly different men emerge to fill the empty halls of New York's struggling American Museum of Natural History: socialite Henry Fairfield Osborn and intrepid fossil hunter Barnum Brown. When Brown unearths the first Tyrannosaurus rex fossils, Osborn sees a path to save his museum from irrelevancy. As the public turns out in droves to cower before this bone-chilling giant of the past and wonder at the...
11) Earthquakes
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"Looks at the science behind earthquakes and how and why they occur, as well as how scientists detect and measure them. Primary sources, charts, and graphic organizers provide additional information and help readers develop important critical-thinking skills"--Provided by publisher.
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"It's a clash between two horned beasts! The rhinoceros is one of the largest animals living on land today. But millions of years ago, the triceratops was one of the biggest and most powerful beasts of its time. Learn what makes these similar creatures so impressive. Then decide which tanklike beast would achieve victory in a fight"--Provided by publisher.
13) Zebras
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"[This book presents] . . . a comprehensive zoological profile of this . . . horse-like African mammal. Includes sidebars, a range map, a glossary, and a zebra myth from Botswana"--Provided by publisher.
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"A comprehensive view into the lives of the animals from Erin Hunter's Warriors series"--
Everywhere the cats have been, there are layers upon layers of history: some known, some long-forgotten, and some discovered in the most unexpected ways. Meet the most important warrior cats-- more than seventy-five profiles providing an inside look at the cats and their Clans.
16) Ospreys
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Offers facts about ospreys, including where they live, how they hunt, and how they survive in the wild.
19) Polar bears
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"An introduction to the physical characteristics, habitat, and behavior of polar bears."--
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