Books about L9

Shermer argues that science is the best lens through which to view the world, but recognizes that it's often difficult to tell where valid science leaves off and borderland, or fuzzy science begins. He examines where real science, borderline science - and just plain nonsense collide.

Mitchel's account of the Repeal campaign, the Famine and the 1848 Rising, which originally appeared in Mitchel's Tennessee-based newspaper. The Southern Citizen. Mitchel was a significant and controversial figure. Last Conquest is well known in Famine debates for its claim that the Famine was a deliberate act of genocide by the British government.

When newly orphaned Mary Lennox arrives from India to live with her uncle, everyone at Misselthwaite Manor thinks her a most disagreeable child. Then one day she discovers a garden - a secret garden. With the help of Dickon and her spoilt, invalid cousin, Mary brings the garden back to life; and as she does, the mystery behind it is revealed.

Aims to show the elementary school teacher how to manage a classroom of children effectively by understanding the nature of their behavior. This book challenges teachers to analyze their teaching style and become more effective at discipline in the classroom.

This text examines the links between cyclooxygenase (COX-2) and arthritis, some cancers and Alzheimer's. It lists the herbs and dietary strategies that inhibit COX-2 inflammation safely and compares them with the pharmacological approach.

From the Belgian coast, across the fields of Flanders, over the valley of the Somme and down the line to the Argonne, this book criss-crosses the major battlefields of the First World War over more than thirty different routes. It is intended for those contemplating a tour of the battlefields in Belgium and France.

A classic work that offers the reader an ideal overview of the ideas that marked out Read as a seminal and hugely influetial figure in the cultural life of the twentieth century.

Second enlarged, revised edition.

Describes nanotechnology, explaining what it's about, and what it could do. The author explains how previous technological developments have affected us, how nanotechnology fits into the historical trends for technologies ranging from motors to medicine, and others. He analyses the benefits as well as the potential risks

From the author of 'THE AFTERLIFE', an awe inspiring, mind-bending ride through the cutting edge experiments that are making time travel a reality.

First published in the early 1960s, this history of Greek art has been enlarged and rewritten. It takes into account new finds as well as new ideas and attitudes to the subject, and emphasizes that Greek art should be seen in its proper context, not that of galleries and museums.