Sex, Science, Society, and Reproduction: The Pill that changed America, Paperback - Barry Verkauf

We all tend to get involved in our work, put our noses down, try to do it diligently, and are sometimes not aware of what is happening around us. O...

Contributor(s): Author: Meika LoeSince its introduction in 1998, Viagra has launched a new kind of sexual revolution. Quickly becoming one of the m...

A "gripping, " (Booklist) "clear-eyed, and honest" (The New York Times Book Review) biography of Samuel Colt--the inventor of the legendary Colt re...

The fascinating and topical nonfiction story of how one gun changed American courtrooms, streets, and homes, told for a YA audience by award-winnin...

DescriptionThe definitive account of the Stonewall Riots, the first gay rights march, and the LGBTQ activists at the center of the movement. "Marti...

Reducere. During his whirlwind 1903 tour of the western states, President Theodore Roosevelt paid his first visit to California. In between the appearances a...

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Reducere. Erik Larson, author of #1 bestseller In the Garden of Beasts, intertwines the true tale of the 1893 World's Fair and the cunning serial killer who ...

Reducere. In August 1981, the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO) called an illegal strike. The new president, Ronald Reagan, fired the...

Reducere. We know it simply as "the pill, " yet its genesis was anything but simple. Jonathan Eig's masterful narrative revolves around four principal charac...

A single bullet serves as the catalyst for each of the stories in this book. We may or may not know who fired each bullet. Nonetheless, we know eac...

Reducere. How Sex Changed is a fascinating social, cultural, and medical history of transsexuality in the United States. Joanne Meyerowitz tells a powerful h...

Reducere. A riveting historical narrative of the heart-stopping events surrounding the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, and the first work of history from m...

Reducere. Lincoln's Last Days is a gripping account of one of the most dramatic nights in American history--of how one gunshot changed the country forever. A...

Published in association with the London Science Museum, an insight into the minds of inventors who shaped the world.

Arranged in chronological order from the early Greek mathematicians, Euclid and Archimedes through to present-day Nobel Prize winners, 100 Science ...

Reducere. DescriptionAcclaimed author Sandler examines the pinnacle events of 1919 and their relevance to significant issues in American life today.1919 was ...

Reducere. Of all the teams in the annals of baseball, only a select few can lay claim to historic significance. One of those teams is the 1947 Brooklyn Dodge...

Reducere. The story of the compass is shrouded in mystery and myth, yet most will agree it begins around the time of the birth of Christ in ancient China. A ...

From I Love Lucy to Will & Grace, this book looks at the television comedies that have tackled social issues, facilitated discussion, or in some ot...

Reducere. Now in paperbackA dual biography of two of the most compelling elements in the narrative of wild America, John Muir and Alaska. John Muir was a fas...

Reducere. On April 14, 1865, only days after the Civil War had come to a close, a gunshot rang out in Ford's Theatre and President Abraham Lincoln slumped fo...

Reducere. The extraordinary story of the 1968 baseball season--when the game was played to perfection even as the country was being pulled apart at the seams...

Reducere. A Publishers Weekly best book of 1995! Dr. Michael Guillen, known to millions as the science editor of ABC's Good Morning America, tells the fascin...

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Helps the reader understand the progression of mathematical thought, and the very foundations of technologies. This book includes landmark discover...

Publisher: Penguin Books LtdAuthor(s): Edwin GaleNumber of pages: 384Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 128 x 198 x 28Cover type: Paperback / softba...

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DescriptionHe wrote in the 90's about the 2008 Banking Crash, The War on Terror, Transhumanist Agenda, Microchipping, the Cashless Society and more...

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This book uses original oral history material and secretive Vatican papers to explore the sexual and religious experiences of Catholic women in pos...

In this fascinating book, Chris Abbott, a leading political analyst, takes a close look at 21 key speeches which have shaped the world today.

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Reducere. No single weapon has spread so much raw power to so many people in so little time--and had such a devastating effect--as the AK-47 assault rifle. T...

Publisher: Helion & CompanyAuthor(s): Quintin BarryIllustration(s): c 20 ills, 3 mapsNumber of pages: 232Collection: From Musket to Maxim 1815-1914...

Publisher: CounterpointAuthor(s): Nancy L. CohenNumber of pages: 400Publication date: 2012Dimensions: 155 x 228 x 32Cover type: Paperback / softbac...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)Author(s): Sheehy Suzie SheehyNumber of pages: 336Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 153 x 232 x 28Cover type: ...

Reducere. "Capacious and rigorous . . . Blue Dreams, like all good histories of medicine, reveals healing to be art as much as science." --Parul Sehgal, New ...

This narrative of Gandhi's life experience over the course of his thirty year 'game of chess' with the British considers Gandhi's actions and choic...

The Second Continental Congress was an assembly of America's brightest minds. It was formed because of the collective desire to be independent of B...

Reducere. A&W Root Beer. Foster's Freeze. IHOP. Der Wienerschnitzel. See's Candy. Jack in the Box. You name the American food icon, and chances are its roots...

This book is an experiment in writing an American sexual history, spanning the spectrum of queer, trans, and the allegedly 'normal'. The sexual his...

Reducere. DescriptionDiverse Voices: Profiles in Leadership will help educators, students and practioners of Public Relations better understand the challenge...

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A collection of history's greatest speeches, with commentary from internationally bestselling historian Simon Sebag Montefiore. Updated with new sp...

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Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Suzie SheehyNumber of pages: 336Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 161 x 241 x 33Cover type: Hardback...

Reducere. This New York Times bestselling "deep dive into the terms of eight former presidents is chock-full of political hijinks--and d j vu" (Vanity Fair) ...