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Careers for people who like people
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Russell Shorto |
People working in a wide range of careers, including a day care worker, flight attendant, and hotel manager, describe the daily routine, benefits, and drawbacks of their jobs and the education and tr… |
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Careers for people who like to perform
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Russell Shorto |
People working in a wide range of performing careers, including a trial lawyer, comedian, dancer, and anchorwoman, describe the daily routines, benefits, and drawbacks of their jobs and the education… |
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Descartes' Bones
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Russell Shorto |
On a brutal winter's day in 1650 in Stockholm, the Frenchman Rene Descartes, the most influential and controversial thinker of his time, was buried after a cold and lonely death far from home. Sixtee… |
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How to fly the space shuttle
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Russell Shorto |
Explains how space shuttles work and what astronauts do during the course of a shuttle mission. |
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Cinderella and Cinderella's Stepsister
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Russell Shorto |
After reading the classic tale of Cinderella, the reader is invited to turn the book upside down and read an updated version told from the "evil" stepsister's vantage point. |
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