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The Monster's Bones: The Discovery of T. Rex and How It Shook Our World

By: David K. Randall

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The Monster's Bones: The Discovery of T. Rex and How It Shook Our World

By: David K. Randall

A Science Friday Best Book to Read This Summer A gripping narrative of a fearless paleontologist, the founding of America’s most loved museums, and the race to find the largest dinosaurs on record. In the dust of the Gilded Age Bone Wars, two vastly different men emerge with a mission to fill the empty halls of New York’s struggling American Museum of Natural History: Henry Fairfield Osborn, a privileged socialite whose reputation rests on the museum’s success, and intrepid Kansas-born fossil hunter Barnum Brown. When Brown unearths the first Tyrannosaurus Rex fossils in the Montana wilderness, forever changing the world of paleontology, Osborn sees a path to save his museum from irrelevancy. With four-foot-long jaws capable of crushing the bones of its prey and hips that powered the animal to run at speeds of 25 miles per hour, the T. Rex suggests a prehistoric ecosystem more complex than anyone imagined. As the public turns out in droves to cower before this bone-chilling giant of the past and wonder at the mysteries of its disappearance, Brown and Osborn together turn dinosaurs from a biological oddity into a beloved part of culture. Vivid and engaging, The Monster’s Bones journeys from prehistory to present day, from remote Patagonia to the unforgiving badlands of the American West to the penthouses of Manhattan. With a wide-ranging cast of robber barons, eugenicists, and opportunistic cowboys, New York Times best-selling author David K. Randall reveals how a monster of a bygone era ignited a new understanding of our planet and our place within it.

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W. W. Norton & Company

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1324006544

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9781324006541

Sterilized by the State

Eugenics, Race, and the Population Scare in Twentieth-Century North America

By: Randall Hansen,Desmond King

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Sterilized by the State

Eugenics, Race, and the Population Scare in Twentieth-Century North America

By: Randall Hansen,Desmond King

This book shows how eugenic sterilization policies were maintained after the 1940s in the United States and Canada despite the discrediting of such theories by comparable Nazi Germany policies. It focuses on the individual experience of victims of sterilization, the doctors concerned, and the mental health institutions that protected the system.

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313

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Cambridge University Press

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110703292X

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9781107032927

Contracts, third edition

Happiness and Heartbreak

By: Randall Kennedy

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Contracts, third edition

Happiness and Heartbreak

By: Randall Kennedy

A casebook to be used as the primary text for first-year law school contracts courses, written by a leading scholar in contract law. Renting a home, buying a ticket, downloading an app—humans enter into contracts constantly, often with little consciousness of the legal implications. We typically become alert to the consequences only when a problem arises. Contracting can increase our happiness by enabling us to do things that we would be otherwise unable to do, but heartbreak follows when things go wrong. This casebook, which can be used as a primary text for a first-year law school contracts course, covers a wide spectrum of quandaries that emerge in contract law, from problems of overreach and interpretation to enforcement and fraud. Taken together, these cases offer an exploration of contract pathology and introduce students to concepts that are essential to understanding the vast subject of Anglo-American contract law. This book is part of the Open Casebook series from Harvard Law School Library and the MIT Press. Primary text for a first-year law school contracts course Developed for use at Harvard Law School by a leading scholar in contract law Diverse cases show differing approaches to a range of problems within contracting Classroom tested

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MIT Press

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0262374846

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9780262374842

The Monster's Bones (Young Readers Edition): The Discovery of T. Rex and How It Shook Our World

By: David K. Randall

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The Monster's Bones (Young Readers Edition): The Discovery of T. Rex and How It Shook Our World

By: David K. Randall

The thrilling tale of America’s early paleontologists and the discovery of the first T. Rex fossil, now adapted for young readers. From the dust of the Gilded Age Bone Wars, two vastly different men emerge to fill the empty halls of New York’s struggling American Museum of Natural History: socialite Henry Fairfield Osborn and intrepid fossil hunter Barnum Brown. When Brown unearths the first Tyrannosaurus Rex fossils, Osborn sees a path to save his museum from irrelevancy. As the public turns out in droves to cower before this bone-chilling giant of the past and wonder at the mysteries of its disappearance, Brown and Osborn turn dinosaurs into a beloved part of culture. In this vivid and engaging young readers adaptation, New York Times best-selling author David K. Randall journeys from prehistory to present day, from remote Patagonia to the unforgiving Badlands of the American West to the penthouses of Manhattan. The Monster’s Bones reveals how a monster of a bygone era ignited a new understanding of our planet and our place within it.

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WW Norton

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1324015519

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9781324015512

Religion in American Life

A Short History

By: Jon Butler,Grant Wacker,Randall Balmer

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Religion in American Life

A Short History

By: Jon Butler,Grant Wacker,Randall Balmer

Quite ambitious, tracing religion in the United States from European colonization up to the 21st century.... The writing is strong throughout."--Publishers Weekly (starred review) "One can hardly do better than Religion in American Life.... A good read, especially for the uninitiated. The initiated might also read it for its felicity of narrative and the moments of illumination that fine scholars can inject even into stories we have all heard before. Read it."--Church History This new edition of Religion in American Life, written by three of the country's most eminent historians of religion, offers a superb overview that spans four centuries, illuminating the rich spiritual heritage central to nearly every event in our nation's history. Beginning with the state of religious affairs in both the Old and New Worlds on the eve of colonization and continuing through to the present, the book covers all the major American religious groups, from Protestants, Jews, and Catholics to Muslims, Hindus, Mormons, Buddhists, and New Age believers. Revised and updated, the book includes expanded treatment of religion during the Great Depression, of the religious influences on the civil rights movement, and of utopian groups in the 19th century, and it now covers the role of religion during the 2008 presidential election, observing how completely religion has entered American politics.

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Oxford University Press

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0199913293

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9780199913299

The Private Civil War

Popular Thought During the Sectional Conflict

By: Randall C. Jimerson

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The Private Civil War

Popular Thought During the Sectional Conflict

By: Randall C. Jimerson

Historians have given much attention to the Civil War’s prominent players—its generals, politicians, and other public leaders—but they have devoted less attention to the common soldiers and civilians—the “plain folk”—who actively participated in the conflict. In his study of popular thought during the Civil War era, Randall C. Jimerson offers a grass-roots perspective on the war by examining the thoughts and ideas of these ordinary men and women. The Private Civil War derives much of its power from the author’s deft use of personal letters and diaries. Separated from home and family, virtually every soldier and many civilians wrote frequent and informative letters or recorded daily experiences and thoughts in journals. Jimerson has consulted a broad cross section of these documents, culling information from letters and diaries written by people from every state and from all social classes and military ranks. These documents, remarkable in many instances for their depth of feeling and eloquence, provide rich, detailed information about sectional perceptions and ideology as well as many private reflections.

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LSU Press

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0807119628

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9780807119624

Middletown Township

By: Randall Gabrielan

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Middletown Township

By: Randall Gabrielan

Middletown Township has the distinction of being one of the earliest settlements in New Jersey. Although the township does not have any large photograph archives, author Randall Gabrielan has carefully gathered images from many private and public sources. Here, with over 200 vintage photographs, he presents yet another dramatic view into the realm of our suburban villages and neighborhoods.

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Arcadia Publishing

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0738564567

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9780738564562

100 Things Vikings Fans Should Know and Do Before They Die

By: Mark Craig,Randall McDaniel

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100 Things Vikings Fans Should Know and Do Before They Die

By: Mark Craig,Randall McDaniel

100 Things Vikings Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die is the ultimate resources guide for true fans of the Minnesota Vikings. Whether you're a die-hard booster from the days of Fran Tarkenton or a new supporter of Teddy Bridgewater, these are the 100 things all fans need to know and do in their lifetime. It contains every essential piece of Minnesota knowledge and trivia, as well as must-do activities, and ranks them all from 1 to 100, providing an entertaining and easy-to-follow checklist as you progress on your way to fan superstardom.

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Triumph Books

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1633196712

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9781633196711

Tinton Falls in the Twentieth Century

By: Randall Gabrielan

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Tinton Falls in the Twentieth Century

By: Randall Gabrielan

The twentieth century can truly be said to have been America's century. As the nation reached the position of world leader, her towns and cities changed at an unprecedented pace. With the approach to the millennium, the topic of change is on everyone's mind--how our communities and lifestyles have changed over the past century, and how we can endeavor to preserve the past while facing the future in which the world seems to change ever faster.

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0738564753

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Book's by Randall Osborn

The Monster's Bones: The Discovery of T. Rex and How It Shook Our World

The Monster's Bones: The Discovery of T. Rex and How It Shook Our World

Sterilized by the State

Sterilized by the State

Contracts, third edition

Contracts, third edition

The Monster's Bones (Young Readers Edition): The Discovery of T. Rex and How It Shook Our World

The Monster's Bones (Young Readers Edition): The Discovery of T. Rex and How It Shook Our World

Religion in American Life

Religion in American Life

The Private Civil War

The Private Civil War

Middletown Township

Middletown Township

100 Things Vikings Fans Should Know and Do Before They Die

100 Things Vikings Fans Should Know and Do Before They Die

Tinton Falls in the Twentieth Century

Tinton Falls in the Twentieth Century

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