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Fur, Fortune, and Empire
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Eric Jay Dolin |
In Fur, Fortune, and Empire, best-selling author Eric Jay Dolin chronicles the rise and fall of the fur trade of old, when the rallying cry was "get the furs while they last." Beavers, sea otters, an… |
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North America
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Derek Hall |
With several entries about North America, and details of dozens of dependencies, this book provides invaluable information at a glance. This profile includes an up-to-date data file, a map, and a cou… |
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The eternal frontier
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Tim F. Flannery |
"Sixty-five million years ago, a meteor six miles wide smashed into the Gulf of Mexico, ending the age of dinosaurs and devastating the North American continent. Starting with this catastrophic event… |
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Patient zero and the making of the AIDS epidemic
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Richard Andrew McKay |
The search for a “patient zero”—popularly understood to be the first person infected in an epidemic—has been key to media coverage of major infectious disease outbreaks for more than three decades. Y… |
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And a Bottle of Rum
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Wayne Curtis |
One spirit, Ten cocktails, and Four Centuries of American HistoryAnd a Bottle of Rum tells the raucously entertaining story of America as seen through the bottom of a drinking glass. With a chapter f… |
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