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Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
viii, 390 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"The United States is in the grip of a crisis of bad history. Inaccurate interpretations and outright misrepresentations of the past-cultivated within and promoted by the conservative movement and right-wing media over the last several decades-hold sway among large numbers of Americans, damaging our public discourse. In Myth America, historians Kevin Kruse and Julian Zelizer have assembled an all-star team of historians to provide textured analysis...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
341 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
This book describes how five famous scientists actually made major errors in the interpretation of their data and how the further investigations of these mistakes led to scientific breakthroughs in such disciplines as biology, medicine, and cosmology. Drawing on the lives of these five great scientists: Charles Darwin, William Thomson (Lord Kelvin), Linus Pauling, Fred Hoyle, and Albert Einstein -- all made groundbreaking contributions to their fields...
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Language
English
Description
"As an artist creatively incorporates her slipups into a drawing, readers see the ways in which 'mistakes' can provide inspiration and opportunity, and reveal that both the art and artist are works-in-progress"--
Author
Publisher
Hay House
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
xx, 217 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
What would it mean to discover that everything from the DNA of life, to the future of our world, is based upon a simple Reality Code--one that we can change and upgrade by choice? New revelations in physics and biology suggest that weŕe about to find out! A growing body of scientific evidence suggests that our universe works like a Consciousness Computer. Rather than the number codes of typical software, our Consciousness Computer uses a language...
Author
Publisher
Red Lightning Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
pages cm
Language
English
Description
"Could the Great Pyramid of Giza be a repository of ancient magical knowledge? Or perhaps evidence of a vanished pre-Ice Age civilization? Misinformation and myths have attached themselves to the Egyptian pyramids since ancient Greece and Rome. While many Americans believe that the pyramids were built by aliens, archaeologists understand that the Giza pyramids were built by the pharaohs of the fourth dynasty, around 2450 BCE. So why is there such...
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
286 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"From historian and author of the popular daily newsletter Letters from an American, a vital narrative that explains how America, once a beacon of democracy, now teeters on the brink of autocracy--and how we can turn back. In the midst of the impeachment crisis of 2019, Heather Cox Richardson launched a daily Facebook essay providing the historical background of the daily torrent of news. The essays soon turned into a newsletter and, spread by word...
Publisher
Academia Norteamericana de la Lengua Española
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
188 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language
Español
Description
300 capsulas aclarando el uso correcto del idioma espanol. Incluye los errores mas comunes que cometen los hispanohablantes en EEUU. Con un tono simpatico y acompanado de ilustraciones, la Academia Norteamericana de la Lengua Espanola (ANLE) nos ofrece un manual para que el espanol sobreviva sin que el spanglish deteriore en EEUU. La ANLE nos da alternativa de uso de esos anglicismos.
300 capsules clarifying the correct use of the Spanish language....
10) Breathe: a novel
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Amid a starkly beautiful but uncanny landscape in New Mexico, a married couple from Cambridge, MA takes residency at a distinguished academic institute. When the husband is stricken with a mysterious illness, misdiagnosed at first, their lives are uprooted and husband and wife each embarks upon a nightmare journey. At thirty-seven, Michaela faces the terrifying prospect of widowhood--and the loss of Gerard, whose identity has greatly shaped her own"--...
Author
Publisher
LearningExpress
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xvi, 98 pages)
Language
English
Description
"Most spelling mistakes are common, and can be fixed quickly by learning the 25 Goof-Proof Rules. These 25 simple solutions, in conjunction with the pertinent word basics lessons found in this eBook, will have you spelling better in no time!" --
Author
Publisher
Metropolitan Books
Pub. Date
2002
Physical Desc
x, 269 p. 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
A brilliant and courageous doctor reveals, in gripping accounts of true cases, the power and limits of modern medicine. Sometimes in medicine the only way to know what is truly going on in a patient is to operate, to look inside with one's own eyes. This book is exploratory surgery on medicine itself, laying bare a science not in its idealized form but as it actually is -- complicated, perplexing, and profoundly human. Atul Gawande offers an unflinching...
Author
Publisher
Portfolio/Penguin
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
xx, 265 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"From award-winning ProPublica reporter Marshall Allen, a primer for anyone who wants to fight the predatory health care system--and win. Every year, millions of Americans are overcharged and underserved while the health care industry makes record profits. We know something is wrong, but the layers of bureaucracy designed to discourage complaints make pushing back seem impossible. At least, this is what the health care power players want you to think....
Author
Publisher
LearningExpress
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xix, 118 pages)
Language
English
Description
"Most grammar mistakes are common, with a small number of blunders accounting for the majority of all errors. These errors can be fixed quickly by learning the 40 Goof-Proof Rules. These simple solutions will have you writing with confidence in no time!" --
Author
Publisher
Penguin Group
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
xiv, 255 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Whether you consider yourself a stickler, a nitpicker, or a rule-breaker in the know, Bad English [may] enlighten, enrage, and perhaps even inspire. Filled with historic and contemporary examples, the book chronicles the long and entertaining history of language mistakes, and features some of our most common words and phrases.
Publisher
distributed by PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 240 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Examines critical health care issues facing America today, including patient safety, medical and medication errors, hospital-acquired infections, family-centered care and the effective management of chronic disease. The program focuses on the advances being made in improving the quality of patient care and features profiles of providers and patients who are working together to change the way health care is provided in the United States.
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