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  The Romance of Rubber

  United States Rubber Company

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  This pamphlet was published in the early 20th century by the United States Rubber Company so that "coming generations of our country ... have some understanding of the importance of rubber in our every day life... We believe the rubber industry will be better off if the future citizens of our country know more about it." Learn about Christopher Columbus's discovery of rubber, how the crafty British entrepreneur, Wickham, managed to smuggle rubber seedlings out of Brazil, and how rubber manufacturing came to be a "peculiarly American industry." The myriad uses of rubber from a century ago are also elaborated in considerable detail - everything from submarines to Keds to dentures. (Summary by Judy Bieber)

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  Entrepreneurship - The Internet...

  Jay Lerner

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  How to make money online from your passions and interests, creating a fun, profitable online business from homeBeing an online entrepreneur comes with a unique set of challenges, both mentally and emotionally. But they don’t have to hold you back. Once you are aware of them and how to manage them, your productivity and entrepreneurial flair will flourish, and your business profits will grow.Here is a preview of what you'll learn:LeverageBusiness endeavorDue diligenceOne chanceWhat's in it for me?Compelling copyDelivery is everythingCopywriting skills And basically everything you need to know about entrepreneurship

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  Sit Stay Heal - What Dogs Can...

  Renee Alsarraf

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  “Written with grace and emotional honesty, Sit, Stay, Heal will live with you long after the last page.”— John Grogan, bestselling author of Marley & Me 
  For more than two decades, esteemed veterinary oncologist Dr. Renee Alsarraf treated cancer in her beloved canine patients. Then, at age fifty-one, she was diagnosed with cancer herself. 
  Sit, Stay, Heal: What Dogs Can Teach Us About Living Well is Dr. Renee’s unforgettable testament to the extraordinary healing nature of dogs. Every day in her veterinary practice, she bears witness to the undeniable bond between pets and their people. However, while we are busy teaching them to “sit” and “stay,” they have their own, more profound, lessons to impart. In Sit, Stay, Heal, we meet Cosmo, the golden retriever who arrives at Renee’s office just before his fourteenth family vacation to the beach; Daisy, the cocker spaniel, an emotional support dog for a special needs child; and Franny, the bloodhound, a police dog who wasn’t ready to retire from the force. Then there’s Dr. Renee’s own dog Newtie, who falls ill when she needs him most. 
  Our dogs are wise in ways humans are not. For Dr. Renee, it was her patients—those furry, four-legged, slobbering animals—who seemed to uniquely understand her difficult journey and who showed her the true power of positivity and unconditional love. Full of life lessons and healing metaphors, perfect dogs and their imperfect humans, Sit, Stay, Heal is a captivating, heartwarming story for dog lovers far and wide.

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  Stories from the Deep -...

  Ken O'Sullivan

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  Spun from the author's first-hand experience as an underwater cameraman and filmmaker, from memory, natural history and the culture of Ireland's coastal communities, Stories from the Deep is a profound exploration of Ireland's ocean waters through narrative and poetry.
  From encounters with its rarest and most striking fauna, like the blue whale and basking shark, to the broader considerations of its impact on language and our shared sense of place, this genre-defying work is an eloquent and urgent tribute to the enduring beauty of our natural heritage and a moving elegy to our magical connection with the sea.

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  Wild Card Quilt - The Ecology of...

  Janisse Ray

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  This account of rediscovering her Georgia home and its landscapes is “another must-read book” by the author of Ecology of a Cracker Childhood (Tulsa World). 
   
  Seventeen years after she’d left “for good,” Janisse Ray pointed her truck away from Montana and back to the small southern town where she was born. Wild Card Quilt is the story, by turns hilarious, heartbreaking, and ambitious, of the adventures of returning home.  
   
  For Ray, a naturalist and an American Book Award–winning author, it is a story of linking the ecology of people with the ecology of place—of recovering lost traditions as she works to restore the fractured ecosystem of her native South. Her story is filled with syrup boils, quilt making, alligator trapping, and the wonderful characters of a place where generations still succeed each other on the land. But her town is also in need of repair, physical and otherwise. This memoir recounts Ray’s journey as she works to save her local school, sets up a writing group at the local hardware store—and struggles with whether she can be an adult in a childhood place. 
   
  “Alive with good imagery and colorful characters.” —The Atlanta Journal-Constitution 
   
  “This is nature writing at its best . . . Her book will make you long for home.” —St. Petersburg Times

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  What Do Paleontologists Do?

  Kim Mitzo Thompson, Karen Mitzo...

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  Songs for those who dream of discovering dinosaur fossils. Cool, factual songs introduce young scientists to the world of paleontology. Children will learn about fossils and explore the habits of dinosaur favorites like the Tyrannosaurus Rex, Brachiosaurus, Stegosaurus, and more.Track List: When I Grow Up I Want To Be A Paleontologist Where Did All The Dinosaurs Go?  I Found A Fossil It's The Three-Horned Dinosaur What Colors Were The Dinosaurs?Tyrannosaurus Rex Didn't Get His Supper I'm Not A Dinosaur  I Am Stegosaurus  The Brachiosaurus Rap  Let's Go On A Dinosaur Dig  Plesiosaurus, Do You Like To Swim?  Good Things Come In Small Packages

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