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  Colliding Worlds - How Cosmic...

  Simone Marchi

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  Some 4.6 billion years ago, a planetary system was born from a disc of gas and dust surrounding a young star.  
   
  Specks of dust, pushed into dense clumps, collided, stuck together, and grew. While the gas disappeared, the growing bodies clashed in a final violent phase, leaving a series of planets, and much debris. The planets jostled and moved around as they sought a stable  
  arrangement, knocking many small fragments out of the system altogether while others formed a distant icy fringe. The massive violent collisions of this time gouged out vast craters from the newborn planets, and sometimes created moons.  
   
  Such was the birth of our Solar System. Only recently have scientists begun to find subtle clues of these ancient, violent times. Remarkably, they are still there, if we look carefully at the Earth’s oldest rocks, at Mars and the Moon with their ancient surfaces, and at the  
  asteroids, which are themselves startlingly varied small worlds. Clues are also to be found in the meteorites that have landed on Earth. From such splinters, from the precious collection of lunar rocks brought back by the Apollo astronauts, and the information  
  gleaned by spacecraft and the Mars rovers, we are slowly building up a picture of the early days of the planets.  
   
  Simone Marchi, a planetary scientist involved with several space missions including Dawn, captures the excitement of these discoveries. We learn of the evidence for an early dramatic rearrangement of the big planets; for a once warm and wet Mars where life  
  perhaps still lurks today; and for the huge collisions that have shaped our own planet and affected life’s trajectory upon it. For all their destructive power, cosmic collisions have played a critical role in creation.  
   
  Without them, we would not exist.

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  Josef Mengele - The Chief Doctor...

  Kelly Mass

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  Fiction books have been written about him. Documentaries have revealed the horrors he executed on innocent victims in concentration camps in Poland. Meet Dr. Josef Mengele, a man with a twisted mind who had no compassion for the subjects he experimented on. His methods were cruel. His conclusions were inconclusive, and his sadism hardly knew any boundaries. 
  At the time of The Second World War, Josef Mengele, typically referred to as the Angel of Death, was a German Schutzstaffel (SS) officer and cosmetic surgeon. He is known for his exploits at the Auschwitz prisoner-of-war camp, where he carried out deadly experiments on slaves and belonged of the team of medical professionals that chose victims for the gas chambers and was just one of the medical professionals who administered the gas. 
  If this is the kind of stuff you like to read about or listen to, then this book is definitely for you. Find out the truth and count yourself lucky that you never fell victim to his sickening methods.

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  Rooms - Women Writing Woolf

  Sina Queyras

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  A reconsideration of Virginia Woolf’s groundbreaking A Room of One’s Own through a very modern lens, revisiting Woolf’s now archaic politics and mining the text for lessons on how to be a writer.
  The central message of A Room of One’s Own is that, to write, women must have money and a room of their own. The context of this has changed, so Queyras is asking what the contemporary version of that room is.

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  The Italian

  Gary W. Hixon

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  Lewis Sinclaire’s earliest memory is that wherein his mother kisses him on the forehead and wishes him a happy birthday on the very day that she abandoned him. He never saw her again, but the memory is a happy one, nonetheless. But is a memory a true facsimile of what actually happened? During the lockdown of Spring 2020, Lewis, a restauranteur by trade, is forced to isolate with his dying father in the family home that he has despised all of his life. He is determined to use the time wisely, and over a game of chess and fuelled by a strong Irish Whiskey, he discovers that a memory is not the truth. He discovers precisely what went on between his mother and his father at the family villa in Le Marche, Italy, in nineteen-eighty-four, and why his mother had to abandon him. Then, at his father’s ‘lockdown’ funeral, a stranger appears, who changes his mind completely…..

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  The history of the railroad

  KidsChoice

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  KidsChoice: World knowledge for Children is an engaging audiobook series that takes young listeners on a fascinating journey to explore and understand the world around them. Aimed at curious children aged 7 to 99, this series dives into a variety of topics in science, society, and culture, making complex ideas accessible and exciting.  Each episode brings a unique theme to life—whether exploring the mysteries of space, uncovering the secrets of the human body, or discovering the diversity of cultures and traditions worldwide. With lively narration, interesting facts, and interactive elements, the series guides young listeners on an adventure full of discovery, encouraging them to ask questions and expand their understanding in a fun way.  In the scientific world of KidsChoice, children learn about the wonders of nature and the universe. Concepts like the solar system, animal behavior, the human body, and Earth's various ecosystems are explained in a way that is easy for kids to grasp and find fascinating. Exciting analogies and vivid examples help spark curiosity, turning learning into an adventure.  Societal topics also have a special place in the series. KidsChoice introduces young listeners to the basics of community, compassion, and making a positive impact. Children learn what it means to be a good citizen and how they can make small, meaningful contributions to their communities.  Additionally, KidsChoice opens a window to the vibrant world of global cultures. Through a virtual journey around the globe, children discover how people in other countries live, the customs and traditions they follow, the languages they speak, and the foods they enjoy. This fosters understanding and respect for diverse ways of life, celebrating the richness of human experience as a beautiful, valuable part of the world.  With its vivid language and captivating soundscapes, "KidsChoice: World knowledge for Children" turns learning into an exciting experience, sparking a lifelong curiosity and a deeper understanding of the world around them.

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  Templars in America - The Secret...

  Tim Wallace-Murphy, Marilyn Hopkins

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  “This book is a must-read for anyone wanting to understand the true history of the founding of the most powerful nation on earth.” —Scott Wolter, host of America Unearthed and author of Cryptic Code of the Templars in America   Using archival and archaeological sources, two historians reveal the hidden history of the Knights Templar and their travels to pre-Columbian America . . . and their influence on the Founding Fathers.  Templars in America reveals the story of two leading European Templar families who combined forces to create a new commonwealth in America nearly a century before the voyages of Christopher Columbus. Henry St. Clair of the Orkney Islands, then part of Normandy, and Carlo Zeno, a Venetian trader, made peaceful and mutually beneficial contact with the Mi’qmaq people of what is now Canada. Proof of their travels is carved in stone on both sides of the Atlantic and can be found in documentary evidence borne out by a strong oral tradition that has withstood the test of time. Historians Tim Wallace-Murphy and Marilyn Hopkins demonstrate how this early contact with the Americas ties into the centuries-long development of the Templars and Freemasonry, which in turn shaped the thinking of the Founding Fathers—and the American Constitution.   Wallace-Murphy and Hopkins also reveal the continuous history of American exploration from the time of ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome, through the age of the Vikings. Templars in America is a wild ride from the golden age of exploration to the founding of the United States.

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