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Radium Girls
In 1926, radium was a miracle cure, Madame Curie an international celebrity, and luminous watches the latest rage- until the girls who painted them began to fall ill with a mysterious disease. Inspired by a true story, Radium Girls traces the efforts of Grace Fryer, a dial painter, as she fights for her day in court. Her chief adversary is her former employer, Arthur Roeder, an idealistic man who cannot bring himself to believe that the same element that shrinks tumors could have anything to do with the terrifying rash of illnesses among his employees. As the case goes on, however, Grace finds herself battling not only with the U.S. Radium Corporation, but also with her own family and friends, who fear that her campaign for justice will backfire.
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Traditions Of The Morrisons
Traditions Of The Morrisons (clan Mac Ghillemhuire), Hereditary Judges Of Lewis
Sulphur emissions by ships
Sulphur emissions from shipping are increasing and shipping is expected to be the main source of EU sulphur emissions by 2020. A draft EU directive aims to curb sulphur emissions from ships. The Transport Committee agrees that this significant source of air pollution needs more stringent limits, but the UK government must negotiate to ensure the EU Directive goes no further than the revised MARPOL Annex VI agreed in 2008. The Committee recognises that the benefits of the revised MARPOL Annex VI significantly exceed the costs of compliance; acknowledges that costs will fall most directly on ship operators; and accepts that the abatement technology required for passenger shipping may not yet b...
Asian American Spies
This history of Asian Americans in the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) during World War II reveals the inner workings of this spy agency and how Euroamerican leaders' conceptions of "race" and "loyalty" shaped US wartime intelligence.
Murder Down the Medway
When retired Detective Inspector Billy Saunders' assistance is requested by the police in Inverness following the murder of a local town councillor, he has no idea that the investigation will set him up for a confrontation that originated in the Medway towns 40 years earlier, when he was a young detective constable.
Memoir of Alexander Seton
Alexander Seton was the son of George Seton and Isabel Hamilton.
The History of Scotland: From Agricola's Invasion to the Revolution of 1688
Reprint of the original, first published in 1867.
