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14 produkter
Bloody Falls of the Coppermine
Madness and Murder in the Arctic Barren Lands
E-bok, 2007
224 kr
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In the winter of 1913, high in the Canadian Arctic, two Catholic priests set out on a dangerous mission to do what no white men had ever attempted: reach a group of utterly isolated Eskimos and convert them. Farther and farther north the priests trudged, through a frigid and bleak country known as …
Last Ridge
The Epic Story of America''s First Mountain Soldiers and the Assault on Hitler''s Europe
E-bok, 2007
140 kr
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When World War II broke out in Europe, the American army had no specialized division of mountain soldiers. But in the winter of 1939–40, after a tiny band of Finnish mountain troops brought the invading Soviet army to its knees, an amateur skier named Charles Minot “Minnie” Dole convinced the …
Last Ridge
The Epic Story of America's First Mountain Soldiers and the Assault on Hitler's Europe
Häftad, 2004
248 kr
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ContamiNation
My Quest to Survive in a Toxic World
E-bok, 2016
125 kr
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An investigation into the dangers of the chemicals present in our daily lives, along with practical advice for reducing these toxins in our bodies and homes, from acclaimed journalist McKay Jenkins. A few years ago, journalism professor McKay Jenkins went in for a routine medical exam. What doctors …
Food Fight
GMOs and the Future of the American Diet
E-bok, 2017
281 kr
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Are GMOs really that bad? A prominent environmental journalist takes a fresh look at what they actually mean for our food system and for us. In the past two decades, GMOs have come to dominate the American diet. Advocates hail them as the future of food, an enhanced method of crop breeding that can …
South in Black and White
Race, Sex, and Literature in the 1940s
Häftad, 1999
547 kr
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If the nation as a whole during the 1940s was halfway between the Great Depression of the 1930s and the postwar prosperity of the 1950s, the South found itself struggling through an additional transition, one bound up in an often violent reworking of its own sense of history and regional identity. …
South in Black and White
Race, Sex, and Literature in the 1940s
E-bok, 2005
585 kr
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If the nation as a whole during the 1940s was halfway between the Great Depression of the 1930s and the postwar prosperity of the 1950s, the South found itself struggling through an additional transition, one bound up in an often violent reworking of its own sense of history and regional identity. …
White Death
Tragedy and Heroism in an Avalanche Zone
E-bok, 2002
158 kr
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In 1969, five young men from Montana set out to accomplish what no one had before: to scale the sheer north face of Mt. Cleveland, Glacier National Park''s tallest mountain, in winter. Two days later tragedy struck: they were buried in an avalanche so deep that their bodies would not be discovered …
Maryland Master Naturalist's Handbook
Av Joy Shindler Rafey, McKay Jenkins
Häftad, 2025
576 kr
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An essential guide to Maryland's ecosystems, history, and conservation.Winner of the 2025 ANROSP Award for Outstanding Educational Materials, Winner of the Outstanding Educational Materials Award in the Books or Comprehensive Program Curriculum category, presented by the Association of Natural …
Delaware Naturalist Handbook
Av McKay Jenkins, Susan Barton
Häftad, 2020
467 kr
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The Delaware Naturalist Handbook is the primary public face of a major university-led public educational outreach and community engagement initiative. This statewide master naturalist certification program is designed to train hundreds of citizen scientists, K–12 environmental educators, ecological …
Last Ridge
The Epic Story of America’s First Mountain Soldiers and the Assault on Hitler’s Europe
Ljudbok, 2021
298 kr
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When World War II broke out in Europe, the American army had no specialized division of mountain soldiers. But in the winter of 1939–40, an amateur skier named Charles Minot “Minnie” Dole convinced the United States Army to let him recruit an extraordinary assortment of European expatriates, …
Bloody Falls of the Coppermine
Madness and Murder in the Arctic Barren Lands
Ljudbok, 2022
298 kr
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In the winter of 1913, high in the Canadian Arctic, two Catholic priests set out on a dangerous mission to do what no white men had ever attempted: reach a group of utterly isolated Eskimos and convert them. Farther and farther north the priests trudged, through a frigid and bleak country known as …
South in Black and White
Race, Sex, and Literature in the 1940s
E-bok, 2005
569 kr
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If the nation as a whole during the 1940s was halfway between the Great Depression of the 1930s and the postwar prosperity of the 1950s, the South found itself struggling through an additional transition, one bound up in an often violent reworking of its own sense of history and regional identity. …
