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American Pop: Hit Makers, Superstars, and Dance Revolutionaries (Library Binding)
9780761345046Twenty-First Century BooksMSRP: $165,77$155,82Throbbing disco beats boom at the club. Crowds move to the lively beat of dance pop hits. Fans scream and cheer for teen idols. These are the sounds of pop. After Elvis hit the scene in the... -
Kiyo Sato: From a WWII Japanese Internment Camp to a Life of Service (Paperback)
9798765685228Twenty-First Century BooksMSRP: $86,48$81,29Our camp, they tell us, is now to be called a "relocation center" and not a "concentration camp." We are internees, not prisoners. Here's the truth: I am now a non-alien, stripped of my... -
Running Dry: The Global Water Crisis (Library Binding)
9781467726467Twenty-First Century BooksMSRP: $180,21$169,39As the planet's human population explodes, so does the demand for water. About one out of every nine people in the world does not have access to safe drinking water, while one out of every... -
Quiet Fire: Emily Dickinson's Life and Poetry (Library Binding)
9781728416342Twenty-First Century BooksMSRP: $201,84$189,73When Emily Dickinson died at her home in Amherst, Massachusetts, in 1886, she left a locked chest with hand-sewn notebooks and papers filled with nearly 1,800 unpublished poems. Four years later, her... -
Remaking the John: The Invention and Reinvention of the Toilet (Library Binding)
9781467726450Twenty-First Century BooksMSRP: $187,40$176,15Did you know that about 40 percent of the world's population lives without toilets? That's more than two billion people, most of whom live in rural areas or crowded urban slums. And according to the... -
Natural Satellites: The Book of Moons (Paperback)
9798765685235Twenty-First Century BooksMSRP: $86,48$81,29For centuries, astronomers have placed a special importance on the other planets of the solar system. But with the advent of spacecraft and the tremendous missions undertaken by the Voyager and... -
Agriculture Through the Ages: From Silk to Supermarkets (Paperback)
9798765625231Twenty-First Century BooksMSRP: $81,07$76,20"For of all gainful professions, nothing is better, nothing more pleasing, nothing more delightful, nothing better becomes a well-bred [person] than agriculture."--Marcus Tullius Cicero, ancient... -
Machines Through the Ages: From Furnaces to Factories (Paperback)
9798765625224Twenty-First Century BooksMSRP: $81,07$76,20". . . with the lighter catapults, which had a long range, he drove back those who were constructing the wall along the harbour, and with the ballistae he shook or destroyed the engines of the enemy... -
Computing Through the Ages: From Bones to Binary (Paperback)
9798765625217Twenty-First Century BooksMSRP: $81,07$76,20"The discovery both of [geometry] and of the other sciences proceeded from utility."--Proclus Lycius, Greek philosopher, fifth century CE"Geometry is the knowledge of the eternally existent."--Plato,... -
Medicine Through the Ages: From Acupuncture to Antibiotics (Paperback)
9798765625200Twenty-First Century BooksMSRP: $81,07$76,20"In medical knowledge the Egyptian leaves the rest of the world behind." -Homer, Greek poet"I swear by Apollo the physician . . . and all the gods and goddesses, and call them to witness that . . . I... -
Running on Empty: Sleeplessness in American Teens (Library Binding)
9781728415765Twenty-First Century BooksMSRP: $201,84$189,73Young adults need eight to ten hours of sleep each night, yet nearly half fail to get the sleep they need, and nearly a third have fallen asleep in school due to insufficient sleep. So many... -
Into the Deep: Science, Technology, and the Quest to Protect the Ocean (Library Binding)
9781541555556Twenty-First Century BooksMSRP: $216,28$203,30Containing 97 percent of Earth's water supply, the ocean plays a huge role in regulating global temperatures, supporting plant and animal life, and contributing to the livelihoods of millions of...