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Glass
Picture, if you can, a world without glass. There would be no microscopes or telescopes, no sciences of microbiology or astronomy. People with poor vision would grope in the shadows, and planes, cars, and even electricity probably wouldn't exist. Artists would draw without the benefit of three-dimensional perspective, and ships would still be steered by what stars navigators could see through the naked eye. In Glass: A World History, Alan Macfarlane and Gerry Martin tell the fascinating story of how glass has revolutionized the way we see ourselves and the world around us. Starting ten thousand years ago with its invention in the Near East, Macfarlane and Martin trace the history of glass an...
The Photobook
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Eruption: The Untold Story of Mount St. Helens
A riveting history of the Mount St. Helens eruption that will "long stand as a classic of descriptive narrative" (Simon Winchester). For months in early 1980, scientists, journalists, sightseers, and nearby residents listened anxiously to rumblings in Mount St. Helens, part of the chain of western volcanoes fueled by the 700-mile-long Cascadia fault. Still, no one was prepared when an immense eruption took the top off of the mountain and laid waste to hundreds of square miles of verdant forests in southwestern Washington State. The eruption was one of the largest in human history, deposited ash in eleven U.S. states and five Canadian providences, and caused more than one billion dollars in d...
Sundown
A High-stakes Futuristic Thriller It is 2057. NYPD Detective Nick Garvey is pulled away from a stakeout to Investigate the assassination of the Vice President and his four Secret Service agents. The hated World Council soon becomes the prime suspect. All the world’s oil is controlled by the murderous World Council, which is led by its Supreme Leader, the evil Jason Beck. President Lenora Allison is working to destroy Beck’s unrelenting grip on the globe and its people. She plans to use an old satellite to beam down the sun’s energy, restoring power to New York City and eventually the world. If Allison can switch the lights on all over Manhattan, the World Council’s oil will lose its controlling value. Furious upon hearing of Allison’s plan, Beck goes into overdrive to do everything to make the project fail and vows revenge on both the president and the NYPD detective. Readers of high-stakes, race-against-the-clock futuristic political thrillers will love Sundown.
Treble at the Jam Fest
Murder Strikes a Sour Note Erin Murphy, manager of Glacier Mercantile (aka the Merc), is tuning up for Jewel Bay’s annual Jazz Festival. Between keeping the Merc’s shelves stocked with Montana’s tastiest local fare and hosting the festival’s kickoff concert, Erin has her hands full. Discord erupts when jazz guitarist Gerry Martin plummets to his death from the rocks above the Jewel River. The onetime international sensation had fallen out of sync with festival organizers, students, and performers. Was his death an accident—or did someone even the score? Erin investigates despite the warning signs not to get involved. And when the killer attacks, she orchestrates her efforts into on...
Always Remember
Sarah, a poorly educated but intelligent orphan-girl in the 1930s, is seduced and, being destitute, is forced to leave her precious baby outside a hospital. We follow her struggle to make a life for herself and simultaneously follow the life of the baby, Linda, who is adopted by caring parents. They insist on telling her shes adopted and this creates an identity problem - she only feels happy when pretending to be someone else which results in her becoming a world class actress. Strange circumstances bring the two of them together and we see what happens then.
Andrea's Secret
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