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Seriously Funny
This is an anthology of irreverence and humor in the hands of our best poets. Can serious poetry be funny? Chaucer and Shakespeare would say yes, and so do the authors of these 187 …
Eco-Deconstruction
Eco-Deconstruction marks a new approach to the degradation of the natural environment, including habitat loss, species extinction, and climate change. While the work of French …
Operation Blunderhead
In the autumn of 1942, British Special Operations Executive agent Ronald Sydney Seth was parachuted into German occupied Estonia, supposedly to carry out acts of sabotage against …
Evidence of Harm
Identifies a possible link between Thimerosal, a mercury-based preservative used in childhood vaccinations, and rising rates of such developmental disorders as autism and ADD, …
Entrepreneurship
This text offers an approach in tune with developments in the growing area of entrepreneurship. It allows the reader to develop a clear understanding of the topic and its role in …
North Carolina's Amazing Coast
Fun and learning come together in North Carolinas Amazing Coast, an inviting collection of one hundred short, self-contained features about the flora, fauna, and natural history of …
Student Achievement and the Changing American Family
An analysis of the effects of changing family characteristics and demographics on aptitude scores. The conclusions undercut the conventional wisdom about failing schools, …
Biscuit Joint
Praise for David Kirby "e;Kirby is exuberant, irrepressible, maniacal and remarkably entertaining.... Okay, let me just say it: he is a wonderful poet."e; -- Steve Kowit, …
Lab Coats in Hollywood
How science consultants make movie science plausible, in films ranging from 2001: A Space Odyssey to Finding Nemo.Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey, released in 1968, is …
Parliamentary Surveys of the Bishopric of Durham. Volume II
See Volume 183. Covers the manors of Chester-le-Street, Wickham, Gateshead, Houghton-le-Spring, Easington and Bishop Middleham and the collieries of Gateshead and Whickham in the …
A Concise History of Finland
Few countries in Europe have undergone such rapid social, political and economic changes as Finland has during the last fifty years. David Kirby here sets out the fascinating …