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The Bedsers Twinning Triumphs

The Bedsers Twinning Triumphs
Alan Hill, John Major, "The Bedsers: Twinning Triumphs"
English | 2002 | ISBN: 1840185910, 1840183144 | EPUB | pages: 224 | 2.4 mb
Sporting twins Alec and Eric Bedser were a remarkable duo. They rose from humble origins as country boys in Woking to reign as key members of the Surrey cricket team during the magnificent succession of seven championships in the 1950s. This is a study which explores the puzzles of their twinship and charts their progress in the cricketing world during the 1940s and 50s.

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The Beachcomber's Guide to Marine Debris

The Beachcomber's Guide to Marine Debris
The Beachcomber's Guide to Marine Debris by Michael Stachowitsch
English | PDF,EPUB | 2018 (2019 Edition) | 364 Pages | ISBN : 3319907271 | 190.02 MB
This richly illustrated book serves as the ideal guide to the items that litter the world's beaches. Forget sea shells and other fauna and flora. Here, you will find what a beachcomber is actually most likely to encounter these days: glass, plastic, wood, metal, paper, oil, and other sources of marine pollution!

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The Battle for the Souls of Black Folk

The Battle for the Souls of Black Folk
Thomas Aiello, "The Battle for the Souls of Black Folk: W.E.B. Du Bois, Booker T. Washington, and the Debate That Shaped the Course of Civil Rights"
English | 2016 | ISBN: 1440843570 | EPUB | pages: 576 | 1.8 mb
The debate between W.E.B. Du Bois and Booker T. Washington on how to further social and economic progress for African Americans lasted 20 years, from 1895 to Washington's death in 1915. Their ongoing conversation evolved over time, becoming fiercer and more personal as the years progressed. But despite its complexities and steadily accumulating bitterness, it was still, at its heart, a conversation―an impassioned contest at the turn of the century to capture the souls of black folk.

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The Authentic Animal Inside the Odd and Obsessive World of Taxidermy

The Authentic Animal Inside the Odd and Obsessive World of Taxidermy
Dave Madden, "The Authentic Animal: Inside the Odd and Obsessive World of Taxidermy"
English | 2011 | ISBN: 0312643713, 1250014727 | EPUB | pages: 288 | 0.4 mb
Why would someone want to create or own the mounted skin of a dead animal? That's the question Dave Madden explores in The Authentic Animal. Madden starts his journey with the life story of Carl Akeley, the father of modern taxidermy. Akeley started small by stuffing a canary, but by the end of his life he had created the astonishing Akeley Hall of African Mammals at The American Museum of Natural History. What Akeley strove for and what fascinates Madden is the attempt by the taxidermist to replicate the authentic animal, looking as though it's still alive. To get a first-hand glimpse at this world, Madden travels to the World Taxidermy Championships, the garage workplaces of people who mount freeze-dried pets for bereaved owners, and the classrooms of a taxidermy academy where students stretch deer pelts over foam bases. On his travels, he looks at the many forms taxidermy takes-hunting trophies, museum dioramas, roadside novelties, pet memorials-and considers what taxidermy has to tell us about human-animal relationships. The Authentic Animal is an entertaining and thought-provoking blend of history, biology, and philosophy that will make readers think twice the next time they scoff at a moose head hung lovingly on a wall.

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The Astronomer and the Witch Johannes Kepler's Fight for his Mother

The Astronomer and the Witch Johannes Kepler's Fight for his Mother
The Astronomer and the Witch: Johannes Kepler's Fight for his Mother by Ulinka Rublack
English | December 22, 2015 | ISBN: 0198736770, 0198736789 | True EPUB | 272 pages | 6.1 MB
Johannes Kepler (1571-1630) was one of the most admired astronomers who ever lived and a key figure in the scientific revolution. A defender of Copernicus' s sun-centered universe, he famously discovered that planets move in ellipses, and defined the three laws of planetary motion. Perhaps less well known is that in 1615, when Kepler was at the height of his career, his widowed mother Katharina was accused of witchcraft. The proceedings led to a criminal trial that lasted six years, with Kepler conducting his mother's defense.

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