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The Monster's Bones

Randall, David K
The Monster's Bones
In the dust of the Gilded Age Bone Wars, two vastly different men emerge with a mission to fill the empty halls of New York's struggling American Museum of Natural History: Henry Fairfield Osborn, a privileged socialite whose reputation rests on the museum's success, and intrepid Kansas-born fossil hunter Barnum Brown. When Brown unearths the first Tyrannosaurus Rex fossils in the Montana wilderness, forever changing the world of paleontology,...

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The Monster's Bones (Young Readers Edition)

Randall, David K
The Monster's Bones (Young Readers Edition)
From the dust of the Gilded Age Bone Wars, two vastly different men emerge to fill the empty halls of New York's struggling American Museum of Natural History: socialite Henry Fairfield Osborn and intrepid fossil hunter Barnum Brown. When Brown unearths the first Tyrannosaurus Rex fossils, Osborn sees a path to save his museum from irrelevancy. As the public turns out in droves to cower before this bone-chilling giant of the past and wonder at...

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The Monster's Bones: The Discovery of T. Rex and How It S...

Randall, David K.
The Monster's Bones: The Discovery of T. Rex and How It Shook Our World
In the dust of the Gilded Age Bone Wars, two vastly different men emerge with a mission to fill the empty halls of New York's struggling American Museum of Natural History: Henry Fairfield Osborn, a privileged socialite whose reputation rests on the museum's success, and intrepid Kansas-born fossil hunter Barnum Brown. When Brown discovers Tyrannosaurus Rex in the Montana wilderness, he single-handedly saves the museum from irrelevancy and hel...

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Black Death at the Golden Gate

Randall, David K.
Black Death at the Golden Gate
For Chinese immigrant Wong Chut King, surviving in San Francisco meant a life in the shadows. His passing on March 6, 1900, would have been unremarkable if a city health officer hadn't noticed a swollen black lymph node on his groin-a sign of bubonic plague. Empowered by racist pseudoscience, officials rushed to quarantine Chinatown while doctors examined Wong's tissue for telltale bacteria. If the devastating disease was not contained, San Fr...

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Black Death at the Golden Gate: The Race to Save America ...

Randall, David K.
Black Death at the Golden Gate: The Race to Save America from the Bubonic Plague
The death of a Chinese immigrant, Wong Chut King, in San Francisco in 1900 would have been unremarkable if a swollen black lymph node-a sign of bubonic plague-hadn't been noticed on his groin. Empowered by racist pseudoscience, officials quarantined Chinatown. If the disease was not contained, San Francisco would become the American epicentre of an outbreak that had claimed ten million lives worldwide. To local press, railway barons and offici...

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Im Reich der Träume

Randall, David K. / Wiese, Martina
Im Reich der Träume
Der New York Times-Bestseller über die erstaunlichen Erkenntnisse der Schlafforschung   Jede Nacht widmen wir ihm etliche Stunden: Dennoch gibt der Schlaf uns allen – Schläfern wie Wissenschaftlern gleichermaßen – verblüffend viele Rätsel auf. Obwohl wir nahezu ein Drittel unseres Lebens schlafend verbringen, wissen wir nicht wirklich, inwiefern dies bedeutsam für uns ist. Warum müssen wir überhaupt schlafen? Warum bedroht Schlafmangel unsere ...

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Slaap lekker

Randall, David K. / Weijer, Rene van de / Weijer, René van de / Wagenaar, Stanneke
Slaap lekker
Hoe we slapen heeft invloed op onze gezondheid, ons energieniveau, geheugen, seksleven en op onze creativiteit. Goed slapen is belangrijk, maar wat weten we er eigenlijk vanaf? Slaap lekker voert je langs droomonderzoekers, sportcoaches, relatiebemiddelaars, kinderartsen, antropologen, gokkers - en zelfs een hoogleraar gespecialiseerd in misdaden tijdens het slaapwandelen. Ontdek: - waarom vrouwen anders slapen dan mannen. - waarom het aantal...

CHF 26.50

The King and Queen of Malibu: The True Story of the Battl...

Randall, David K.
The King and Queen of Malibu: The True Story of the Battle for Paradise
Frederick and May Rindge, the unlikely couple whose love story propelled Malibu's transformation from an untamed ranch in the middle of nowhere to a paradise seeded with movie stars, are at the heart of this story of American grit and determinism. He was a Harvard-trained confidant of presidents, she was a poor Midwestern farmer's daughter raised to be suspicious of the seasons. Yet the bond between them would shape history. The newly married ...

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Dreamland: Adventures in the Strange Science of Sleep

Randall, David K.
Dreamland: Adventures in the Strange Science of Sleep
Like many of us, journalist David K. Randall never gave sleep much thought. That is, until he began sleepwalking. One midnight crash into a hallway wall sent him on an investigation into the strange science of sleep. In Dreamland, Randall explores the research that is investigating those dark hours that make up nearly a third of our lives. Taking readers from military battlefields to children's bedrooms, Dreamland shows that sleep isn't as si...

CHF 36.50

Clovermead

Randall, David
Clovermead
Twelve-year-old Clovermead Wickward's head is filled with stories of adventure. She dreams about the thrill of a sword fight and the excitement of heroic quests. The last thing Clovermead expects is for those dreams to come true. But it seems her father, Waxmelt, is not who she has believed hi to be. As she becomes aware of strange new powers within her, Clovermead realizes that her father is harboring secrest that threaten to tear their small...

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The King and Queen of Malibu: The True Story of the Battl...

Randall, David K.
The King and Queen of Malibu: The True Story of the Battle for Paradise
Frederick and May Rindge, the unlikely couple whose love story propelled Malibu's transformation from an untamed ranch in the middle of nowhere to a paradise seeded with movie stars, are at the heart of this story of American grit and determinism. He was a Harvard-trained confidant of presidents, she was a poor Midwestern farmer's daughter raised to be suspicious of the seasons. Yet the bond between them would shape history. The newly married ...

CHF 37.50

Dreamland

Randall, David K.
Dreamland
Like many of us, journalist David K. Randall never gave sleep much thought. That is, until he began sleepwalking. One midnight crash into a hallway wall sent him on an investigation into the strange science of sleep. In Dreamland, Randall explores the research that is investigating those dark hours that make up nearly a third of our lives. Taking readers from military battlefields to children's bedrooms, Dreamland shows that sleep isn't as sim...

CHF 22.90