A sparklingly witty memoir, which takes us on a seductive journey from wartime Jerusalem to the heart of Fleet Street, providing a riveting outsider's view of English cultural life.
Farewell to the God of Plague reassesses the celebrated Maoist health care model through the lens of Mao’s famous campaign against snail fever. Using newly available archives, Miriam Gross documents how economic, political, and cultural realities led to grassroots resistance. Nonetheless, the campaign triumphed, but not because of its touted mass-prevention campaign. Instead, success came from its unacknowledged treatment arm, carried out jointly by banished urban doctors and rural educated youth. More broadly, the author reconsiders the relationship between science and political control during the ostensibly antiscientific Maoist era, discovering the important role of “grassroots science” in regime legitimation and Party control in rural areas.
Provides an informative introduction to the life, times, and key achievements of William Jefferson Clinton while including step-by-step directions that allow readers to draw what they are learning.
For a creature with no brain and no heart the jellyfish has done remarkably well. They are found from Antarctica to the tropics, in shallow waters or 12,000 feet below the ocean's surface. Students will learn how nature has ensured the survival of the weird and fascinating jellyfish.
This fascinating book explores the history and work of astronauts, the rigors of astronaut training, and what it is like to live and work in space. Brief bios on our most famous astronauts are also included.
Your students will learn that without rockets, we wouldn't be in space. This book offers an approachable presentation of the history and function of rockets.
Your readers will get an up-close look at our modes of space transportation. This book explains the history and function of shuttles and how they have helped us reach the final frontier: outerspace!
Your curious readers will learn that going into space is no small endeavor. This book explains the history and function of space missions and how they have expanded our knowledge of the universe.
Introduction to the life, times, and key achievements of James Monroe while including step-by-step illustrations with easy to follow directions that allow the reader to draw what they are learning.
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