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Drawing on the voices of atomic bomb survivors and the new science of forensic archaeology, Charles Pellegrino describes the events and the aftermath of two days in August when nuclear devices, detonated over Japan, changed life on Earth forever.
“To Hell and Back” offers readers a stunning, "you are there" time capsule, wrapped in elegant prose. Charles Pellegrino's scientific authority and close relationship with the A-bomb survivors make his...
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This book relays the factual details of the 2008 presidential election through three different perspectives. The narrative provides multiple accounts of the event, and readers learn details through the point of view of an Obama volunteer, U.S. Army soldier, and student. The text offers opportunities to compare and contrast various perspectives while gathering and analyzing information about a modern event. Modern events never look the same to everyone....
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This book relays the factual details of the invention of Facebook in 2004 through three different perspectives. The narrative provides multiple accounts of the event, and readers learn details through the point of view of a Harvard student, Harvard professor, and potential investor. The text offers opportunities to compare and contrast various perspectives while gathering and analyzing information about a modern event. Modern events never look the...
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This book relays the factual details of Hurricane Katrina through three different perspectives. The narrative provides multiple accounts of the event, and readers learn details through the point of view of a storm survivor, Coast Guard officer, and California student. The text offers opportunities to compare and contrast various perspectives while gathering and analyzing information about a modern event. Modern events never look the same to everyone....
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This book relays the factual details of 9/11 through three different perspectives. The narrative provides multiple accounts of the event, and readers learn details through the point of view of a New York Muslim student, NYFD firefighter, and Midwestern student. The text offers opportunities to compare and contrast various perspectives while gathering and analyzing information about a modern event. Modern events never look the same to everyone. It...
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This book relays the factual details of the Columbia space shuttle explosion through three different perspectives. The narrative provides multiple accounts of the event, and readers learn details through the point of view of a WRDY news reporter, potential future astronaut, and a family. The text offers opportunities to compare and contrast various perspectives while gathering and analyzing information about a modern event. Modern events never look...
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This book relays the factual details of the 2014 Polar Vortex and climate change through three different perspectives. The narrative provides multiple accounts of the event, and readers learn details through the point of view of a college student, New Yorker, and coal miner. The text offers opportunities to compare and contrast various perspectives while gathering and analyzing information about a modern event. Modern events never look the same to...
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This book relays the factual details of the BP oil spill through three different perspectives. The narrative provides multiple accounts of the event, and readers learn details through the point of view of an online investigator, California student, and Louisiana shrimper. The text offers opportunities to compare and contrast various perspectives while gathering and analyzing information about a modern event. Modern events never look the same to everyone....
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The crew aboard the Titanic was prepared to keep the impressive ocean liner running smoothly. From the lookouts in the crows nest to Captain E.J. Smith, follow Titanic's crew members as they complete their daily responsibilities, come to terms with the ships fate, and make life and death decisions in the ships final disastrous moments.
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The events surrounding westward expansion did not look the same to everyone involved--understanding depends on perspective. In the Viewpoints and Perspectives series, more advanced readers will come to understand different viewpoints by learning the context, significance, and details of the historic push west through the eyes of three different people, while engaging with text through questions sparking critical thinking. Books include timeline, glossary,...
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The events surrounding the Boston Tea Party did not look the same to everyone involved--understanding depends on perspective. In the Viewpoints and Perspectives series, more advanced readers will come to understand different viewpoints by learning the context, significance, and details of the historic protest through the eyes of three different people, while engaging with text through questions sparking critical thinking. Books include timeline, glossary,...
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The events surrounding the Battle of Bunker Hill did not look the same to everyone involved--understanding depends on perspective. In the Viewpoints and Perspectives series, more advanced readers will come to understand different viewpoints by learning the context, significance, and details of the Revolutionary War battle through the eyes of three different people, while engaging with text through questions sparking critical thinking. Books include...
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The events surrounding the sinking of the Titanic did not look the same to everyone involved--understanding depends on perspective. In the Viewpoints and Perspectives series, more advanced readers will come to understand different viewpoints by learning the context, significance, and details of the disaster through the eyes of three different people, while engaging with text through questions sparking critical thinking. Books include timeline, glossary,...
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The events of the Dust Bowl period did not look the same to everyone involved--understanding depends on perspective. In the Viewpoints and Perspectives series, more advanced readers will come to understand different viewpoints by learning the context, significance, and details of the period through the eyes of three different people, while engaging with text through questions sparking critical thinking. Books include timeline, glossary, and index....
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The operation of the Underground Railroad did not look the same to everyone involved--understanding depends on perspective. In the Viewpoints and Perspectives series, more advanced readers will come to understand different viewpoints by learning the context, significance, and details of the escape network through the eyes of three different people, while engaging with text through questions sparking critical thinking. Books include timeline, glossary,...
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The events surrounding the Battle of Gettysburg did not look the same to everyone involved--understanding depends on perspective. In the Viewpoints and Perspectives series, more advanced readers will come to understand different viewpoints by learning the context, significance, and details of the Civil War battle through the eyes of three different people, while engaging with text through questions sparking critical thinking. Books include timeline,...
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The events surrounding the attack on Pearl Harbor did not look the same to everyone involved--understanding depends on perspective. In the Viewpoints and Perspectives series, more advanced readers will come to understand different viewpoints by learning the context, significance, and details of the attack through the eyes of three different people, while engaging with text through questions sparking critical thinking. Books include timeline, glossary,...
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Consumers in Britain face a curious mix of taxes and duties that are messy, opaque and out of date. They are also unfair: the poorer you are, the more of your income goes on paying these taxes. At the same time, we are ceaselessly bombarded by marketing information that is very one-sided. The foods that make us fat, for example, are promoted a great deal more than the foods that could keep us healthy — and again it is mainly the poor who bear the...
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Engineers plan transport systems, people use them. But, the ways in which an engineer measures success — speed, journey time, efficiency — are often not the way that passengers think about a good trip. We are not cargo. We choose how and when to travel, influenced not only by speed and time but by habit, status, comfort, variety — and many other factors that engineering equations don't capture at all. As we near the practical, physical limits...
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