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A sequel to "The Chinatown Death Cloud Peril" finds Isaac Asimov, Robert Heinlein, and their literary associates confronting a powerful adversary who threatens to tip the balance of power during World War II.

Mariamne, a young girl from Magdala who knows little of the world, grows up to learn how to escape to the spirit world and control her fate before becoming the close follower of Jesus Christ known as Mary Magdalene.

Examines the dangers of the anti-vaccine movement, describing how parents who choose not to vaccinate their children against pertussis, measles, mumps, and other diseases are putting their children and the entire population at risk.

Relates the politics and the physics of the ten-year race to build the world's most destructive weapon, from the discovery of nuclear fission to the aftermath of the first Soviet atomic bomb test.

A history of the world's most famous, seductive, and best-selling perfume describes its origins as a scent recreated from a perfume originally intended for a Romanov dynasty celebration in 1914 and its subsequent worldwide success.

An exploration of racism in the United States that discusses its history, what motivates it, how people fight against it and try to prevent it, and other related topics, and includes primary and secondary source quotations, informative sidebars, and study questions.

A lighthearted analysis of how language and culture shape each other, discussing the possibility that different languages may result in different thought processes and the view that language fundamentals are biologically driven.

Former player and "Monday Night Football" analyst Ron Jaworski breaks down film of seven significant contests in the history of professional football since the mid-twentieth century, discussing strategies which changed the game as well as the coaches who designed them.

This book offers an overview of the development of numbers, discussing their expression in mathematics and measurement and including profiles of visionaries who saw order amidst the numbers.