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She just needs a little longer. She's really close. Dr. Rebecca Jackson, a medical researcher, stands on the verge of a breakthrough that will transform medicine. But she soon discovers the reason behind the miraculous progress in her research, and it leaves her with a nearly impossible choice and little time to decide. More than her research is at stake. And more threatens it than this latest revelation. Something she's tried hard to cover up. There...
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"Just what is a jackalope? Purported to be part jackrabbit and part antelope, the jackalope began as a local joke concocted by two young brothers in a small Wyoming town during the Great Depression. Their creation quickly spread around the U.S., where it now regularly appears as innumerable forms of kitsch--wall mounts, postcards, keychains, coffee mugs, shot glasses, and so on. A vast body of folk narratives has carried the jackalope's fame around...
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"It is only at the end of the world--among the glacial mountains, cleaving icebergs, and frigid waters of Antarctica--where Deb Gardner and Keller Sullivan feel at home. For the few blissful weeks they spend each year studying the habits of emperor and Adelie penguins, Deb and Keller can escape the frustrations and sorrows of their separate lives and find solace in their work and in each other. But Antarctica, like their fleeting romance, is tenuous,...
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Fresh off her wolverine study in Montana, wildlife biologist Alex Carter lands a job studying a threatened population of polar bears in the Canadian Arctic. Embedded with a small team of Arctic researchers, she tracks the majestic bears by air, following them over vast, snowy terrain, spending days leaning precariously out of a helicopter with a tranquilizer gun, until she can get down on the ice to examine them up close. But as her study progresses,...
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In this engrossing scientific chronicle, a perennial paperback favorite, Tom Shachtman combines science, history, and adventure in the story of our four-centuries-long quest to master the secrets of cold. Now a documentary based largely on Shachtman's acclaimed book promises to bring these exhilarating scientific accomplishments to a new audience. Underwritten by the National Science Foundation and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and set to air on...
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"A neurologist regales readers with extraordinary stories of the brain under siege. Our brains are the most complex machines known to humankind, but they have an Achilles heel: The very molecules that allow us to exist can also sabotage our minds. Here are true accounts of unruly molecules and the diseases that form in their wake, from total loss of inhibitions to florid psychosis to compulsive lying. Cognitive neurologist Sara Manning Peskin demystifies...
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A behind the scenes look at the issues and egos which will determine the future health of humanity.
Like many women who have trespassed into the world of men, Mikovits uncovered decades-old secrets that many would prefer to stay buried. From her doctoral thesis, which changed the treatment of HIV-AIDS, to her discovery of a new family of human retroviruses, Mikovits has seen the best and worst of science. When her investigations questioned whether...
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Get the Summary of Frances Mayes's A Place in the World in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "A Place in the World" by Frances Mayes is a rich tapestry of personal reflections on home, history, and the deep connections to place. Mayes recounts her experiences with Chatwood, a farmhouse in North Carolina, and its transformation over time. She delves into the history of the land, the surrounding community of Hillsborough,...
10) Falling awake
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When a dream researcher and a government agent meet, a waking nightmare begins. A suspicious hit-and-run leads them into a perilous web of passion, betrayal, and murder.
11) Undetected
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"Researcher Gina Gray is on the verge of a breakthrough in sonar technology, and what she's told Navy Commander Mark Bishop is only the beginning.."--Provided by publisher.
12) The deep
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"A strange plague called the 'Gets is decimating humanity on a global scale. It causes people to forget--small things at first, like where they left their keys...then the not-so-small things like how to drive, or the letters of the alphabet. Then their bodies forget how to function involuntarily...and there is no cure. But now, far below the surface of the Pacific Ocean, deep in the Marianas Trench, an heretofore unknown substance hailed as "ambrosia"...
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Este libro contiene una denuncia intelectual de la guerra, de la restricción de los derechos fundamentales, o las reformas constitucionales sectarias como instrumentos para pretender alcanzar una paz nominal, falsa, no basada en el respeto a los valores del Estado de Derecho y del propio Derecho como mecanismo objetivo para conseguir la paz social. Será de gran utilidad para los juristas interesados en comprender el papel de la Corte Constitucional...
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#1 I biked from Mexico to Canada and back with the migrating monarch butterflies.
#2 The monarch butterfly is an ectothermic animal that matches its environment temperature. As temperatures drop, they become unable to move and can't seek out microclimates such as tree trunks.
15) Media, Religion, History, Culture: Selected Essays from the 4th Elon University Media and Religio
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This volume contains papers presented at the fourth Elon University Media and Religion Conference held at Elon University, April 13, 2013
16) Desarrollo De Competencias Comunicacionales Con El Modelo De Programación Neurolingüistica Para L
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La comunicacin constituye una estrategia clave para optimizar el aprendizaje y representa la va para relacionarse con otras personas. Actualmente se considera que la calidad educativa est circunscrita a la transformacin de los paradigmas pedaggicos utilizados por los docentes con respecto a las estrategias metodolgicas. Los docentes deben concebirse como protagonistas de la transformacin educativa, ser gestores de sus investigaciones para as solventar...
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#1 We all have strategies to keep us from hearing our own voices. It's easier to drink wine and watch TV than it is to try and figure out why this voice is urging us to quit our jobs, set new boundaries in our old friends, or let go of some stability or security that has given us peace for years.
#2 The Hang-Up is the fear of expressing ourselves honestly. We try to...
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Una de las inquietudes ms acentuadas en el siglo XXI gira en torno a los modelos de formación por competencias que permean en los planes de estudio de los diversos niveles educativos de algunos pases de Latinoamérica. Está por demás decir que la necesidad de profesionalizar al profesorado en este tema versa como punto nodal en la mayoría de las agendas de gobierno. Se pretende conseguir que, frente a las preceptivas y las recomendaciones oficiales...
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Book Preview:Viral: The Search for the Origin of COVID-19 (2021) explores
the possible origin of the COVID-19 pandemic. Co-authors
Alina Chan and Matt Ridley examine both the lab leak and
natural origin theories while making clear that more
research is needed to prevent such occurrences from
happening again. They provide a transparent and
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#1 Not everything that is written contains an argument. In order to determine whether a text contains an argument, we must carefully examine the structure of the text. The first step in analyzing a text for argument is to identify the author's main purpose. Is the author introducing a new idea or refining an existing one. Is the author describing an experience or an...
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