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Tim Berners-Lee tells the story of how he came to create the World Wide Web, looks at the future development of the medium, and offers his opinions on censorship, privacy, and other issues.

Profiles the men and women who are working in NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California to develop new technologies that will help scientists learn more about the solar system.

A history of the Spanish bullfight, arguing that the modern bullfight emerged in the early eighteenth century not as an archaic legacy from Spain's medieval past, but as a business designed to make money for private institutions and public purposes, as well as for the people for whom it was a source of income.

A collection of first-hand accounts that chronicle the integration of minor-league baseball in the South and discuss how African-American baseball players were treated by their teammates and fans.

Chronicles the history of the Educational Testing Service and discusses how it was created, why researchers believed it would help create a new class of intelligent Americans, how the plan backfired, and how it affected American history.

Explores the influence of two women on the work of nineteenth-century author Henry James, including his cousin Minny Temple, the heroine of his youth in New England, and writer Constance Fenimore Woolson, a friend of his middle years.

A social history of Regency England that profiles the era's politics, clothing, traditions, and courtesans.

Explains how the "Oxford English Dictionary" was created and discusses the relationship between the editor and one of his most influential contributors, a psychotic murderer in one of England's cruelest asylums.

Provides biographical information about American author Anne Tyler, and offers an analysis of each of twelve novels written by Tyler between 1970 and 1998.

Historical documents and commentary designed to help set the novel in the context of its time.