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  Assembling the Dinosaur

  Lukas Rieppel

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  Although dinosaur fossils were first found in England, a series of dramatic discoveries during the late 1800s turned North America into a world center for vertebrate paleontology. At the same time, the United States emerged as the world’s largest industrial economy, and creatures like tyrannosaurus, brontosaurus, and triceratops became emblems of American capitalism. Large, fierce, and spectacular, American dinosaurs dominated the popular imagination, making front-page headlines and appearing in feature films. Assembling the Dinosaur follows dinosaur fossils from the field to the museum and into the commercial culture of North America’s Gilded Age. Business tycoons like Andrew Carnegie and J. P. Morgan made common cause with vertebrate paleontologists to capitalize on the widespread appeal of dinosaurs, using them to project American exceptionalism back into prehistory. Learning from the show-stopping techniques of P. T. Barnum, museums exhibited dinosaurs to attract, entertain, and educate the public. By assembling the skeletons of dinosaurs into eye-catching displays, wealthy industrialists sought to cement their own reputations as generous benefactors of science, showing that modern capitalism could produce public goods in addition to profits. Behind the scenes, museums adopted corporate management practices to control the movement of dinosaur bones, restricting their circulation to influence their meaning and value in popular culture.

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  Rethinking Urban Parks - Public...

  Suzanne Scheld, Setha M. Low,...

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  A study of public recreation space and how urban developers can encourage ethnic diversity through planning that supports multiculturalism.   Urban parks such as New York City’s Central Park provide vital public spaces where city dwellers of all races and classes can mingle safely while enjoying a variety of recreations. By coming together in these relaxed settings, different groups become comfortable with each other, thereby strengthening their communities and the democratic fabric of society. But just the opposite happens when, by design or in ignorance, parks are made inhospitable to certain groups of people.   This pathfinding book argues that cultural diversity should be a key goal in designing and maintaining urban parks. Using case studies of New York City’s Prospect Park, Orchard Beach in Pelham Bay Park, and Jacob Riis Park in the Gateway National Recreation Area, as well as New York’s Ellis Island Bridge Proposal and Philadelphia's Independence National Historical Park, the authors identify specific ways to promote, maintain, and manage cultural diversity in urban parks. They also uncover the factors that can limit park use, including historical interpretive materials that ignore the contributions of different ethnic groups, high entrance or access fees, park usage rules that restrict ethnic activities, and park “restorations” that focus only on historical or aesthetic values. With the wealth of data in this book, urban planners, park professionals, and all concerned citizens will have the tools to create and maintain public parks that serve the needs and interests of all the public.

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  The Linux Command Line...

  Jonathan Moeller

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  The Linux Command Line Beginner's Guide gives users new to Linux an introduction to the command line environment. 
  In the Guide, you'll learn how to: 
  -Copy, move, and delete files and directories. 
  -Create, delete, and manage users. 
  -Create, delete, and manage groups. 
  -Use virtual terminals. 
  -Use the bash shell. 
  -Safely use the root account with su and sudo. 
  -Change permissions and ownership of files and directories. 
  -Create and edit text files from the command line, without using a graphical editor. 
  -Diagnose network connectivity problems. 
  -And many other topics.

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  EMOTIONAL EATING: How To Stop...

  Stephan Ofthetower

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  If you're eating to help manage your feelings, you might have found that it doesn't work. You may even feel worse when you're done eating. Eating can all too quickly become a tool for dealing with depression, anxiety, loneliness, stress and frustration, and a privilege when it's time to celebrate. 
  By becoming more capable of dissolving negative emotions that induce ease in eating you will:Stop Binge EatingStop DietingStop Emotional OvereatingReduce Stress 
  The book gives you an easy-to-understand guide that will help you finally end emotional eating, binge eating, and other uncontrollable eating disorders. It's actually quite simple to avoid once you realize why you're struggling, what it means, and how to cope with it slowly.  
  If you're dealing with any of the above, you need to read this book. It comes with all the knowledge you need to learn to start your journey to good health and is presented in a step-by-step process. 
  What you will learn:Introduction To Emotional Eating         What Is Emotional EatingExploring Drives Behind One's BehaviorLearn To Take Control Of Your Appetite And Turn Down The Stress Of Your LifePut Great Habit Into Your Daily Eating RoutineWhy A Negative Habit Is So Harmful And How To Overcome ItThe Key To Stress Management 
  And Many More

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  The American Plague - The Untold...

  Molly Caldwell Crosby

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  Over the course of history, yellow fever has paralyzed governments, halted commerce, quarantined cities, moved the U.S. capital, and altered the outcome of wars. During a single summer in Memphis alone, it cost more lives than the Chicago fire, the San Francisco earthquake, and the Johnstown flood combined. 
  In 1900, the U.S. sent three doctors to Cuba to discover how yellow fever was spread. There, they launched one of history's most controversial human studies. Compelling and terrifying, The American Plague depicts the story of yellow fever and its reign in this country-and in Africa, where even today it strikes thousands every year. With "arresting tales of heroism," it is a story as much about the nature of human beings as it is about the nature of disease.

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  Darwin's Apprentice - An...

  Janet Owen

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  The fascinating story of Charles Darwin’s friend, fellow scientist, and champion.   Sir John Lubbock was an important Darwinist, witness to an extraordinary moment in the history of science and archaeology—the emotive scientific, religious, and philosophical debate which was triggered by the publication of Darwin’s On the Origin of Species in 1859.  Darwin’s Apprentice looks at Lubbock’s critical yet often overlooked role in the Darwinian campaign, including the ways in which Lubbock’s archaeological and ethnographic collections shaped both his work and personal life. It offers an enlightening view not only of the beginnings of Darwinism, but of the scientific world of late nineteenth-century Britain.

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