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A comprehensive guide to the life, times, and influence of Martin Luther King Jr., discussing his childhood, schooling, nonviolent-resistance influences, inspirations, link with the Black Power movement, private life, and other related topics.

Chronicles the life of Blaise Pascal, exploring his childhood as a prodigy, essential additions to Descartes's work at sixteen, invention of the mechanical calculator at nineteen, contributions to modern science and mathematical thinking, and other related topics.

Chronicles the history of feminism, covering its religious and secular roots and events since the eighteenth century, and explores feminism outside Europe and the U.S.

Describes more than 180 household devices, explaining what they are used for, how they work, and where they can be found in the home; and includes interesting facts.

A biography of late eighteenth and early nineteenth-century British scientist Thomas Young, who is credited with discovering the three-color theory of vision and deciphering the text of the Rosetta Stone.

Presents a collection of essays that provide arguments for and against the death penalty in the United States, using both primary and secondary sources to support each position--speeches, court cases, newspaper accounts--it examines the way the attitudes toward the death have changed, or remained the same, throughout history.

Contains twenty essays that provide various perspectives on terrorism, discussing the basis of religious terror, state-sponsored terror, terrorism in the name of national liberation, terrorism and the United States, and the nature and causes of terrorism.

Presents a collection of twenty-four controversial essays that debate environmental issues including conservation resources, pollution, pesticides, wildlife preservation, global warming, and more.

Contains a collection of essays that examine the role of the car in American popular culture, including information on how they both influence and reflect society's values and beliefs.

In August 1883, a catastrophic volcanic eruption off the coast of Java was followed by a tsunami that killed nearly 40,000 people. The author brings new perspective to this iconic event, showing how it marked a change in East-West relations.