Dictionary of Math

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\r\n $\"\"\r\n$ Over 500 definitions of all the key terms and concepts. More than 300 useful illustrations and diagrams. Over 100 worked examples. Comprehensive cross-referencing and detailed index. Internet links to recommended websites.

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\r\nThe Usborne Illustrated Dictionary of Math
\r\nBy Tori Large
\r\nPublished by Usborne Books, 2007
\r\nISBN 0794516297, 9780794516291
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\r\nA True Memoir.
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\r\n $\"\"$ Using a winning mixture of straightforward comic-book illustrations with a first-person diary-like commentary, Sandell recounts the gradual realization from her young adulthood onward that her charming, larger-than-life Argentine father, bragging of war metals, degrees from prestigious universities and acquaintances with famous people, had lied egregiously to his family about his past and accomplishments. Growing up with her two younger sisters and parents first in California, then in Bronxville, N.Y., the author records signs along the way that her father, a professor of economics with a volatile temperament and autocratic manner, was hiding something, from his inexplicable trips out of town, increasing paranoid isolation, early name change from Schmidt to Sandell, to massive credit-card fraud. Interviewing her father for her first magazine article, the author resolved to check his sources and even flew later to confront his past in Argentina, only to discover the truth. Feeling betrayed, guilty for exposing him and mistrustful in her relationships with men, Sandell numbed herself by abusing Ambien and alcohol.
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\r\nThe Impostor's Daughter
\r\nBy Laurie Sandell
\r\nPublished by Little, Brown and Company, 2009
\r\nISBN 0470225564, 9780316033053
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\r\nThe Dramatic History of Knights Templar, the Most Powerful Military Order of the Crusades.
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In an attempt to hold on to Jerusalem and one of the holiest sites in Christendom, the Temple of Solomon, the Templars were formed as a strict religious-military order, committed to poverty, chastity, and the protection of pilgrims en route to the Holy Land. Read charts their rise to political and financial power and influence throughout Europe and the Holy Land, and their bloody (and ultimately unsuccessful) conflict with the forces of Islam over the subsequent two centuries. The best sections of the book deal with the shockingly cynical destruction of the Order by Pope Clement V and King Philip the Fair in 1312, preceded by the torture and death of hundreds of Templars who had already fought bravely for the cross in the Holy Land.
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\r\nThe Templars
\r\nBy Piers Paul Read
\r\nPublished by St. Martin's Griffin, 2009
\r\nISBN 0312555385, 9780312555382
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\r\n $\"\"$ As readers of the fascinating EGYPTOLOGY are all too aware, the feisty explorer Emily Sands mysteriously vanished on an expedition up the Nile in 1927. But in a remarkable turn of fortune for Miss Sands’s many fans, detectives have uncovered a second volume penned in her own hand – a course book on ancient Egyptian history and culture intended for the voyager’s beloved niece and nephew. Now available to budding Egyptologists everywhere, this comprehensive volume – illustrated by the same artists who lent their talents to EGYPTOLOGY – is brimming with facts on ancient Egyptian culture and history, followed by intriguing assignments and fill-in opportunities on everything from archaeological finds to theories on how the pyramids were built.
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\r\nThe Egyptology Handbook: A Course in the Wonders of Egypt
\r\nBy Emily Sands
\r\nPublished by Candlewick, 2005
\r\nISBN 0763629324, 9780763629328
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\r\n $\"\"$ Storytelling is an ancient practice known in all civilizations throughout history. Characters, tales, techniques, oral traditions, motifs, and tale types transcend individual cultures - elements and names change, but the stories are remarkably similar with each rendition, highlighting the values and concerns of the host culture. Examining the stories and the oral traditions associated with different cultures offers a unique view of practices and traditions. This three volume set brings past and present cultures of the world to life through their stories, oral traditions, and performance styles. It combines folklore and mythology, traditional arts, history, literature, and festivals to present an overview of world cultures through their liveliest and most fascinating mode of expression. This appealing resource includes specific storytelling techniques as well as retellings of stories from various cultures and traditions.
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\r\nStorytelling: An Encyclopedia of Mythology and Folklore
\r\nBy Josepha Sherman
\r\nPublished by M.E. Sharpe, 2008
\r\nISBN 9780765680471
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\r\n $\"\"$ Lewis and Clark's 1804 to 1806 expedition to discover a direct water route to the Pacific Ocean resulted in accomplishments never imagined. Although they never found a water route west, they discovered and described more than 40 American Indian tribes, 122 animals unknown to science, and 178 types of plants. In exquisitely detailed watercolor illustrations and intriguing essays, Common to This Country explores more than two dozen of these plants' place in history and their significance.

The book skillfully chronicles Lewis' obsession with plant collecting, often in his own words, and botanically accurate watercolors display the salient features often noted in Lewis's journal. This beautiful guide will appeal to natural history buffs and gardeners alike.
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\r\nCommon to This Country: Botanical Discoveries of Lewis and Clark
\r\nBy Susan H. Munger
\r\nPublished by Artisan, 2008
\r\nISBN 9781579652241
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\r\n $\"\"\r\n$ \r\nAs the practice of democracy becomes a lost art, Americans are increasingly desperate for a restored nation. Many have a general sense that the "system" is in disorder -- if not on the road to functional collapse. But though it is easy to identify our political problems, the solutions are not always as clear. In Give Me Liberty: A Handbook for American Revolutionaries, bestselling author Naomi Wolf illustrates the breathtaking changes that can take place when ordinary citizens engage in the democratic system the way the founders intended and tells how to use that system, right now, to change your life, your community, and ultimately, the nation.
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\r\nGive Me Liberty: A Handbook for American Revolutionaries
\r\nBy Naomi Wolf
\r\nPublished by Simon & Schuster, 2008
\r\nISBN 1416590560, 9781416590569
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