Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Careers for people who like people Careers for people who like people 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… OL3343350W
Careers for people who like to perform Careers for people who like to perform 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… OL3343351W
Descartes' Bones Descartes' Bones 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… OL3343358W
How to fly the space shuttle How to fly the space shuttle Russell Shorto Explains how space shuttles work and what astronauts do during the course of a shuttle mission. OL3343361W
Cinderella and Cinderella's Stepsister Cinderella and Cinderella's Stepsister 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. OL3343373W