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"For those who could read between the lines, the censored news out of China was terrifying. But the president insisted there was nothing to worry about. Fortunately, we are still a nation of skeptics. Fortunately, there are those among us who study pandemics and are willing to look unflinchingly at worst-case scenarios. Michael Lewis's taut and brilliant nonfiction thriller pits a band of medical visionaries against the wall of ignorance that was...
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"Rosalind Franklin knows if she just takes one more X-ray picture--one more after thousands--she can unlock the building blocks of life. Never again will she have to listen to her colleagues complain about her, especially Maurice Wilkins who'd rather conspire about genetics with James Watson and Francis Crick than work alongside her. Then it finally happens--the double helix structure of DNA reveals itself to her with perfect clarity. But what happens...
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American Management Association
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[2008]
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English
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Offers advice designed to help job seekers take control of an interview, discussing how to best prepare for an interview, identifying the types of questions that might be asked, and explaining the right questions to ask of a prospective employer.
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In March 1953, Maurice Wilkins of King's College, London, announced the departure of his obstructive colleague Rosalind Franklin to rival Cavendish Laboratory scientist Francis Crick. But it was too late. Franklin's unpublished data and crucial photograph of DNA had already been seen by her competitors a the Cambridge University lab. With the aid of these, plus their own knowledge, Watson and crick discovered the structure of the molecule that genes...
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Grand Central Publishing
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2024.
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English
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""It was not the Baby Boomers who ushered in the first era of widespread drug experimentation. It was their parents." Far from the repressed traditionalists they are often painted as, the generation that survived the second World War emerged with a profoundly ambitious sense of social experimentation. In the '40s and '50s, transformative drugs rapidly entered mainstream culture, where they were not only legal, but openly celebrated. American physician...
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10th Ave. Studio
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[2021]
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"Twelve-year-old Felix is convinced that his father, who went missing at sea two years ago, is still alive. So Felix sets off to find him, accompanied by Tom, a retired sailor; Squawk, a thieving one-legged parrot; and Rover, a cat who acts like a dog. Their journey leads them to Darkshadow Island, where they find a secret underground city ruled over by the tyrannical Morgäa, keeper of an incredible treasure."--Container
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Simon & Schuster
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1996.
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English
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"Enjoyable and insightful work was written as a tribute to the scientific achievements of Richard Evans Schultes, an Amazonia explorer active during 1940s-50s. Also relates explorations of the author and of Timothy Plowman, both Schultes' students. Intended for a popular audience"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.
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Trapped in Pirate Park volume 3
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Spellbound, an imprint of Magic Wagon
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[2022]
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English
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After Howell Davis sails off with his treasure (and Phoebe's phone!), the kids reveal the trickster's plan to the crew of the Ranger. They meet Captain Calico Jack, but despite Max's warnings, Phoebe angers the captain. She has to figure out how to avoid walking the plank, or else she'll be fed to the fish.
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A to Z mysteries.Super edition volume 1-4
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Penguin Random House
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[2022]
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English
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Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose investigate possible crime at a summer camp, search for treasure in Plymouth, Massachusetts, hunt for the President's missing dog in Washington, D.C., and have a spooky experience during a sleepover in Sleepy Hollow.