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Che cosa è successo ai dinosauri? Quanto pesa la Terra? Perché gli oceani sono salati? Rischiamo da un momento all'altro di essere colpiti da un meteorite? In questa nuova edizione del suo "Breve storia di (quasi) tutto", che Bill Bryson ha ridotto e adattato per i lettori più giovani, incontreremo bizzarri scienziati, strampalate teorie e alcune scoperte casuali che hanno cambiato il cammino della scienza. L'autore esplora i misteri del tempo...

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Accokeek is an unincorporated place in the southwest corner of Prince George's County. The name "Accokeek" is an Algonquian word meaning "at the edge of the hill." Before the arrival of Capt. John Smith in 1623, indigenous people had occupied the area intermittently for thousands of years. After an initial increase in the European population and a corresponding decline in the number of American Indians, the population of Accokeek stabilized. T...

Excerpt from The Mining Industry in North Carolina During 1926For the past few years little mining has been done for gold and silver except in the year 1925 when worth Of gold was produced, most Of which came from the Rich Cog Mine in Montgomery County. However, during the past year, there has been a sort Of revival in this industry. Considerable prospecting has been done in several counties Of the State. New companies have been organized to c...

This book provides an analysis of the luxury industry in two of the world’s biggest and evolving markets, and identifies and discusses the key issues and dynamics in transforming their luxury landscapes. By discussing the elements that are most likely to dominate boardroom agendas, the pragmatic implications for both strategic and marketing planning are made clear. Special emphasis is placed upon well-contemplated responses to luxury brand mar...

This collection of travel articles includes contributions written by writers such as Bill Buford and Ryszard Kapuscinski, and range across myriads from New York's Central Park to to the Saharan Mauritania.

Excerpt from The Land of the PigtailThis old writer knew little about foreign countries, but young China of to-day is anxious to learn from and visit the great lands of the. West. It is well, therefore, that the young people of England should become' better acquainted with the' life of a people whose existence numbered several thousands of years before the Roman legions set sail for the White Cliffs of Albion.About the PublisherForgotten Books...

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5-CD set read by the author. Running time: 6 hours.

Jeanne III d'Albret (1528-1572), queen of Navarre, is a subject of great controversy and fascination, yet only two modern monographs have been written about her, and both are general biographies. This book fills the gap for scholars by concentrating on Jeanne's leading role during the Wars of Religion in the vast territory of Guyenne in southwestern France.Part One, 'The Promised Land', portrays the growth of Protestantism in Guyenne, the rise...

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All Change at Work" focuses on change, captured by gathering together an enormous bank of data from four large-scale and highly respected surveys, and plotting trends from 1980 to the present. In addition, a special panel of workplaces, surveyed in both 1990 and 1998, reveals the complex process of change. Comprehensive in scope, the results are statistically reliable and reveal the nature and extent of change in all places of work except the ...

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This w...

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An in-depth look at the modeled climatic and environmental history of Oregon over the past 14, 000 years and an analysis of the relationship between people and climatic variables.

Provides students as well as lecturers with an international Reader focusing on the evolving economic geography of the advanced capitalist economies of Europe, North America, and the Pacific Rim within the framework of economic globalisation. It gives readers an easily accessible collection of some of the most important papers published in this dynamic discipline. The book spans the economic geographies of globalisation, new spaces of producti...

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