Peter Moore
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Language
English
Formats
Description
"A history of the legendary ship Endeavour"--
"[This book] is the story of a ship, an idea, and a way of looking at the world. It is grounded in the Enlightenment, an age of endeavors, with Britain consumed by the impulse for grand projects undertaken at speed. Endeavour was also the name given to a collier--a commonplace coal carrying vessel--made of oak, bought by the Royal Navy in 1768. No one could have guessed it would go on to become the most...
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"A history of the British thinkers who developed the Enlightenment-era ideas and ideals that drove the American Revolution"--
The most famous phrase in American history once looked quite different. "The preservation of life, & liberty, & the pursuit of happiness" was how Thomas Jefferson put it in the first draft of the Declaration, before the first ampersand was scratched out, along with "the preservation of." In a statement as pithy--and contested--as...
Author
Publisher
Rodale
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
A paradigm-shifting diet plan that allows you to eat anything you want, as much as you want—and still strip away 20, 40, 60 pounds, or more.
After conducting extensive research at the Salk Institute and the National Institute on Aging, poring over copious amounts of new research in intermittent fasting, and engaging 2,000 people for a test panel, bestselling authors David Zinczenko and Peter Moore determined that people can lose remarkable...
After conducting extensive research at the Salk Institute and the National Institute on Aging, poring over copious amounts of new research in intermittent fasting, and engaging 2,000 people for a test panel, bestselling authors David Zinczenko and Peter Moore determined that people can lose remarkable...
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
A history of weather forecasting and an animated portrait of the nineteenth-century pioneers who made it possible. --
Presents the contributions to the modern science of meteorology made by Luke Howard, the first to classify clouds; Sir Francis Beaufort, who quantified the winds; James Glaisher, who explored the upper atmosphere in a hot-air balloon; Samuel Morse, whose electric telegraph gave scientists the means by which to transmit weather warnings;...
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
Everyone believes that sophomore honors student Ethan Lederer is a top-notch scholar and a great guy, but a new student helps Ethan to discover and disclose that he is just acting a role, even as she reveals her own mental instability.
Author
Publisher
Greystone Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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Description
"In Happy Down Below, men's health specialist Dr. Oliver Gralla provides a clever and highly entertaining remedy to that situation. Packed with colorful anecdotes and quirky illustrations, this cheeky guidebook offers practical tips and clear, accessible explanations for helping men (and women) better understand the male body, learn to care for it, and become more comfortable speaking about it with their doctors when things go wrong. With plenty of...
Author
Publisher
Threshold Editions
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Makes cautionary predictions about the consequences of higher taxes that may be imposed by a Democratic president, in an account that considers the downside of reversed Reaganomics pro-growth policies as envisioned by such political leaders as Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, and Nancy Pelosi.