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The Short, Sad Story of Steller's Sea Cow
By Karen De Foy. 2018
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Animals and wildlife, Nature
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The Steller's sea cow, a cousin to the manatee, was hunted to extinction just 27 years after it was discovered.…
Another century passed before humans realized the need to preserve endangered species. Today scientists are working to ensure its cousin, the Florida manatee, doesn’t meet the same fate.My Own Story: Inspiration for the major motion picture Suffragette (Vintage Feminism Short Editions Ser.)
By Emmeline Pankhurst. 2015
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Journals and memoirs, Women biography, European history, History, Politics and government, Customs and cultures, General non-fiction
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The great leader of the women’s suffrage movement tells the story of her struggles in her own words.Emmeline Pankhurst grew…
up all too aware of the prevailing attitude of her day: that men were considered superior to women. When she was just fourteen she attended her first suffrage meeting, and returned home a confirmed suffragist. Throughout the course of her career she endured humiliation, prison, hunger strikes and the repeated frustration of her aims by men in power, but she rose to become a guiding light of the Suffragette movement. This is the story, in Pankhurst’s own words, of her struggle for equality.A Short History of Spaghetti with Tomato Sauce: The Unbelievable True Story of the World's Most Beloved Dish
By Massimo Montanari. 2021
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Food and drink, History, European history
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A surprisingly wide-ranging journey into the story of this beloved dish and “an utterly fascinating discourse on food history” (The…
Daily Beast).Intellectually engaging and deliciously readable, this is a stereotype-defying history of how one of the most recognizable symbols of Italian cuisine and national identity is the product of centuries of encounters, dialogue, and exchange.Is it possible to identify a starting point in history from which everything else unfolds—a single moment that can explain the present and reveal the essence of who we are? According to Massimo Montanari, this is just a myth. Historical phenomena can only be understood dynamically—by looking at how events and identities develop and change as a result of encounters and combinations that are often unexpected.As he shows in this lively, brilliant, and surprising essay, finding the origin of spaghetti—or anything else—is not as simple as it may seem. By tracing the history of the one of Italy’s “national dishes” —from Asia to America, from Africa to Europe; from the beginning of agriculture to the Middle Ages and up to the twentieth century—he reveals that in order to understand our own identity, we almost always need to look beyond ourselves to other cultures, peoples, and traditions.“Montanari’s research will delight readers and provide plenty of fodder for dinner-table discussion.” —Booklist“Full of delicious details.” —Publishers Weekly
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European history
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Greece: A Short History of a Long Story presents a comprehensive overview of the history of Greece by exploring the…
continuity of Greek culture from its Neolithic origins to the modern era. Tells the story of Greece through individual personalities that inhabited various periods in the lengthy sweep of Greek history Uses an approach based on recent research that includes DNA analysis and analyses of archaeological materials Explores ways in which the nature of Greek culture was continually reshaped over time Features illustrations that portray the people of different eras in Greek history along with maps that demonstrate the physical sphere of Greece and major events in each of the periods