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  Michael Faraday - Theories about...

  Kelly Mass

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  Michael Faraday was born in Newington Butts, Surrey, on September twenty-second, 1791. (which is now part of the London District of Southwark). He grew up in a bad home. His dad, James, was a Christian who came from the Glasite sect. At the time of the winter season of 1790, James Faraday moved his marriage partner and 2 kids from Outhgill, Westmorland, where he had been an apprentice to the town blacksmith. In the fall of that year, Michael was born. Michael Faraday, the 3rd of 4 kids, needed to inform himself after getting just a primary school education. 
  He started working as an apprentice to George Riebau, a regional bookbinder and bookseller on Blandford Street, when he was fourteen years of age. 
  Faraday read a lot of literature throughout his seven-year apprenticeship, and that includes Isaac Watts' “The Improvement of the Mind”, which he actively adopted the concepts and recommendations in. He also ended up being intrigued by physics, specifically electrical power. Jane Marcet's book Discussions on Chemistry was specifically motivating to Faraday. 
  Let’s see what else he did. In this comprehensive guide, you will find out more.

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  How to Make a Home - An Ancient...

  Vitruvius

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  An entertaining and enlightening collection of ancient Roman writings about home design and decoration 
   
   
   
  The idea that our homes can communicate professional as well as personal identities may seem as new as the work-from-home revolution. But it was second nature to the ancient Romans, for whom the home was in many ways the center of public and private life. Roman authors saw infinite practical and symbolic value in houses, and they have much to say about them. How to Make a Home presents some of the best Roman writings on houses—from buying and selling to designing and decorating. 
   
   
   
  Edited and elegantly translated by Marden Fitzpatrick Nichols, How to Make a Home gathers selections by Cicero, Vitruvius, Seneca, and others. These writings reveal the pleasures and pitfalls of the Roman practice of making one's home a cornerstone of self-expression. While the ideal home enshrined Roman virtues and could make a career, lavish building projects could lead to financial ruin and moral condemnation. These authors memorably describe such travails as deceptive staging, decorators run amok, know-it-all owners, unsupervised contractors, and buyer's remorse. Along the way, they also explain why simplicity is bliss, privacy is for nobodies, a neglected house is a sign of a neglected soul, and much more.

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  Burns and Black Lives

  Clark McGinn

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  Would Burns 'Take the Knee' today?
  How could our Burns, the people's poet, look to become an instrument in what many now call 'The Black Holocaust'?
  Did Burns intend to travel knowing he would become a slavedriver, and broadly what that meant in terms of imposing suffering on others?
  Did this knowledge change his mind on emigrating to Jamaica?
  What would Burns have done had he actually gone?
  In the last decade of his life, as the debate for Abolition grew louder in Scotland, to what extent did this campaigning tide of information change his mindset?
  How was Burns used after his death in the fights for Abolition and Emancipation, particularly in the USA – in its Civil War and its Civil Rights movement?
  Through meticulous research and a compelling narrative, Clark McGinn examines Burns' connections to the transatlantic slave trade, highlighting the paradoxes and moral conflicts during the poet's time. He does not shy away from uncomfortable truths, presenting a nuanced portrait that challenges readers to reconcile Burns' literary genius with the ethical ambiguities of his time.
  Burns and Black Lives is an essential read for those interested in the intersections of literature, history and social justice, offering a profoundre-examination of one of Scotland's most iconic figures.

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  Alexander Hamilton - The...

  Kelly Mass

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  Alexander Hamilton was a Caribbean-born American leader, political leader, legal scholar, army leader, legal representative, lender, and economic expert who lived from January eleventh, 1755 or 1757 till July twelfth, in 1804. He was a founding father of the US of America. 
  He was the creator of the country's monetary system, the Federalist Party, the USA Coast Guard, and the New York Post paper, and a popular translator and advocate of the U.S. Constitution. 
  Hamilton, as first secretary of the Treasury, was the driving force behind President George Washington's financial policy. 
  Let’s learn more about this clever man of money in this book.

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  Strong Passions - A Scandalous...

  Barbara Weisberg

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  What could possibly go wrong in a wealthy matriarch's country home when her dilettante son, his restless wife, and his widowed brother live there together? Strong Passions, rooted in the beguiling times of Edith Wharton's "old New York," recounts the true story of a tumultuous marriage. In 1862, Mary Strong stunned her husband, Peter, by confessing to a two-year affair with his brother. Peter sued Mary for divorce for adultery—the only grounds in New York—but not before she accused him of forcing her into an abortion and having his own affair with the abortionist. She then kidnapped their young daughter and disappeared. 
   
   
   
  The divorce trial Strong v. Strong riveted the nation during the final throes and aftermath of the Civil War, offering a shocking glimpse into the private world of New York's powerful and privileged elite. Barbara Weisberg presents the chaotic courtroom and panoply of witnesses who provided contradictory and often salacious testimony. She then asks us to be the jury, deciding each spouse's guilt and the possibility of a just resolution. 
   
   
   
  Social history at its most intimate, Strong Passions charts a trial's twists and turns to portray a family and country in turmoil as they faced conflicts over women's changing roles, male custody of children, and men's power—financial and otherwise—over wives.

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  Spelling for Kids - An...

  Bukky Ekine-Ogunlana

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  The Spelling for Kids interactive spelling workbook for kids ages 12-14 features spelling words that will quickly improve vocabulary, reading comprehension, and spelling skills for any child… and it makes a great addition to any school or homeschool curriculum! Your whole family can use our fun and enabling spelling system at home, and schoolteachers can also use it for children in class. They can start their practice one year earlier and at their own pace.Our unique, interactive spelling improvement book teaches students of all ability levels how to spell words and build vocabulary memory by integrating text repetition of age-specific words, along with the audio replay of the words from the connected spelling audiobook, which dramatically speeds memory retention, reading skills and pronunciation of words, as seen in this example from the book:Spell: MiscellaneousThe accountant gave Thomas some money to cover miscellaneous expenses.MiscellaneousM i s c e l l a n e o u sOur powerful but practical spelling book offers these unique benefits to students:Optimizes your kids' learning by offering a variety of learning techniques. This book, along with the audiobook, utilizes verbal and visual instruction - students hear, read, and write each spelling word for permanent retention of words.The book covers words every child aged 12 -14 years old and teenagers must know and are frequently misspelt in exams and tests - 12 words per week. It is broken down into easy-to-follow spelling exercises that take only 10 minutes daily.Whether your child is an overachiever and working to win the next spelling bee, Spelling for Kids is the perfect tool for accelerating spelling skills and ensuring your child is ahead of their class in spelling ability!Page Up and Order Now.

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