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  Mirage - Napoleon's Scientists...

  Nina Burleigh

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  The story of Napoleon’s invasion of the Nile Valley, the scholars and scientists who tagged along, and the birth of Egyptology: “A fascinating read.” —San Francisco Chronicle 
   
  Two hundred years ago, only the most reckless or eccentric Europeans had dared to traverse the unmapped territory of the modern-day Middle East. But in 1798, more than 150 French engineers, artists, doctors, and scientists—even a poet and a musicologist—traveled to the Nile Valley under the command of Napoleon Bonaparte and his invading army. Hazarding hunger, hardship, uncertainty, and disease, Napoleon’s “savants” risked their lives in pursuit of discovery.  
   
  The first large-scale interaction between Europeans and Muslims in the modern era, the audacious expedition was both a triumph and a disaster, resulting in finds of immense historical and scientific importance (including the ruins of the colossal pyramids and the Rosetta Stone) and in countless tragic deaths through plague, privation, madness, or violence. 
   
  In this account, journalist and New York Times–bestselling author Nina Burleigh brings readers back to the landmark adventure at the dawn of the modern era that ultimately revealed the deepest secrets of ancient Egypt to a curious continent. 
   
  “An absorbing glimpse of Napoleon’s thwarted bid for a grand French empire and its intellectual fruits.” —Publishers Weekly 
   
  “Pepper[ed] with multitudes of facts, digressions and anecdotes.” —The New York Times Book Review (Editor’s Choice) 
   
    
   
  “Illuminates an unfamiliar moment in the history of science . . . Burleigh’s storytelling ability is mesmerizing.” —Library Journal

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  Cbd

  Robin Klaman

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  Do you suffer from pain that can only be relieved with cannabis?Would you like to be able to grow your own and ease your symptoms in a natural way?These books will help you do that!Millions of us suffer with chronic pain and a variety of other conditions that adversely affect our quality of life. Some of these can have a negative effect on our ability to function and quite often modern medicines can’t solve the problem. That’s why many people are turning to the medicinal values of cannabis in its many forms, to ease their suffering.In these two audiobooks, CBD and CBD Hemp Oil, you will find many of the answers to finding a more natural remedy for your ailments and alleviating your pain, with chapters that offer information on:CBD oil and how it is treated for useThe extraction of CBD productsInfusion of CBD oilHow you can identify safe and good quality productsUsing CBD to treat insomniaHow CDB can enhance your sex lifePossible side effects of CBDAnd lots more…The use of CBD is fast growing and its applications are increasing with each new discovery of its properties. With these two audiobooks, you can listen and digest all the information you’ll need to ensure that CBD can help you too.Suitable for anyone who has a problem that can range from sleepless nights to back pain, CBD and CBD Hemp Oil are audiobooks worth listening to!

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  The Manufacture of Sterile...

  K. Downey, M. Haerer, S....

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  This key document, produced by the BFS IOA, outlines important aspects on operation of BFS technology to ensure both compliance with cGMP regulations and the production of drug products of the appropriate quality, safety and efficacy. The Points to Consider document provides recommendations specific to the operation of Blow-Fill-Seal technology for the manufacture of sterile pharmaceuticals and liquid medical devices. One of the aims of this document is to define the minimum standards expected and to develop consistency across all users of BFS technology for the manufacture of drug products.The Pharmaceutical Blow-Fill-Seal International Operators Association (BFS IOA) is an international industry association for pharmaceutical and associated companies, which have a direct or indirect involvement with Blow-Fill-Seal (BFS) manufacturing. BFS IOA is a non-profit organization, and is financed by subscription of more than 60 member companies worldwide and by sponsorships from the industry.

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  Why South is epicenter of AIDS...

  PBS NewsHour

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  The epicenter of the AIDS epidemic in America is Atlanta and the southeast, and among the hardest hit populations are gay and bisexual black men. According to the CDC, half of them will be diagnosed with HIV in their lifetimes if current trends continue. William Brangham reports with support from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting in the second part of the NewsHour’s The End of AIDS? series.

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  Measurement

  Paul Lockhart

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  For seven years, Paul Lockhart's A Mathematician's Lament enjoyed a samizdat-style popularity in the mathematics underground, before demand prompted its 2009 publication to even wider applause and debate. An impassioned critique of K-12 mathematics education, it outlined how we shortchange students by introducing them to math the wrong way. Here Lockhart offers the positive side of the math education story by showing us how math should be done. Measurement offers a permanent solution to math phobia by introducing us to mathematics as an artful way of thinking and living. 
  In conversational prose that conveys his passion for the subject, Lockhart makes mathematics accessible without oversimplifying. He makes no more attempt to hide the challenge of mathematics than he does to shield us from its beautiful intensity. Favoring plain English over jargon and formulas, he succeeds in making complex ideas about the mathematics of shape and motion intuitive and graspable. His elegant discussion of mathematical reasoning and themes in classical geometry offers proof of his conviction that mathematics illuminates art as much as science. 
  Measurement is an invitation to summon curiosity, courage, and creativity in order to experience firsthand the playful excitement of mathematical work.

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  Fighting Dirty - How a Small...

  Poh-Gek Forkert

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  Fighting Dirty tells the story of how one small group of farmers, small-town residents, and Indigenous people fought the world’s largest waste disposal company to stop them from expanding a local dumpsite into a massive landfill. As one of the experts brought in to assess the impact the toxic waste would have on the community, Poh-Gek Forkert was part of the adventures and misadventures of their decades-long fight.

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