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- These truths : a history of the United States / by Lepore, Jill,1966-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."In the most ambitious one-volume American history in decades, award-winning historian Jill Lepore offers a magisterial account of the origins and rise of a divided nation. The American experiment rests on three ideas--"these truths," Jefferson called them--political equality, natural rights, and the sovereignty of the people. And it rests, too, "on a dedication to inquiry, fearless and unflinching," writes Jill Lepore in a groundbreaking investigation into the American past that places truth itself at the center of the nation's history. In riveting prose, These Truths tells the story of America, beginning in 1492, to ask whether the course of events has proven the nation's founding truths, or belied them. "A nation born in contradiction, liberty in a land of slavery, sovereignty in a land of conquest, will fight, forever, over the meaning of its history," Lepore writes, finding meaning in those very contradictions as she weaves American history into a majestic tapestry of faith and hope, of peril and prosperity, of technological progress and moral anguish. A spellbinding chronicle filled with arresting sketches of Americans from John Winthrop and Frederick Douglass to Pauli Murray and Phyllis Schlafly, These Truths offers an authoritative new history of a great, and greatly troubled, nation"--- Subjects: Civil rights;
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- Making sense : conversations on consciousness, morality, and the future of humanity / by Harris, Sam,1967-author.;
"A dozen of the best conversations from the podcast Making Sense, on topics that range from the nature of consciousness and free will, to politics and extremism, to acting ethically"--- Subjects: Social change.; Social history.; Social problems.;
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- Energy : a human history / by Rhodes, Richard,1937-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning author Richard Rhodes reveals the fascinating history behind energy transitions over time--wood to coal to oil to electricity and beyond. People have lived and died, businesses have prospered and failed, and nations have risen to world power and declined, all over energy challenges. Ultimately, the history of these challenges tells the story of humanity itself. Through an unforgettable cast of characters, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Richard Rhodes explains how wood gave way to coal and coal made room for oil, as we now turn to natural gas, nuclear power, and renewable energy. Rhodes looks back on five centuries of progress, through such influential figures as Queen Elizabeth I, King James I, Benjamin Franklin, Herman Melville, John D. Rockefeller, and Henry Ford. In Energy, Rhodes highlights the successes and failures that led to each breakthrough in energy production; from animal and waterpower to the steam engine, from internal-combustion to the electric motor. He addresses how we learned from such challenges, mastered their transitions, and capitalized on their opportunities. Rhodes also looks at the current energy landscape, with a focus on how wind energy is competing for dominance with coal and natural gas. He also addresses the specter of global warming, and a population hurtling towards ten billion by 2100. Human beings have confronted the problem of how to draw life from raw material since the beginning of time. Each invention, each discovery, each adaptation brought further challenges, and through such transformations, we arrived at where we are today. In Rhodes's singular style, Energy details how this knowledge of our history can inform our way tomorrow.- Subjects: Energy development; Energy development; Power resources; Power resources;
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- The Great Ideas of Philosophy, 2nd Edition. by N., Daniel,actor.; The Great Courses (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Daniel N. RobinsonOriginally produced by The Great Courses in 2004.Philosophy of law is an ancient subject, developed by Aristotle and elaborated by Cicero. We see how natural law theory has evolved through the Enlightenment and the writings of Jeremy Bentham and John Austin.Mode of access: World Wide Web.- Subjects: Education films.; Social sciences.; Philosophy and religion.; History, Ancient.; Instructional films.;
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- To Calais, in ordinary time / by Meek, James,1962-author.;
Includes bibliographical references."Three journeys. One road. England, 1348. A gentlewoman is fleeing an odious arranged marriage, a Scottish proctor is returning home to Avignon and a handsome young ploughman in search of adventure is on his way to volunteer with a company of archers. All come together on the road to Calais. Coming in their direction from across the Channel is the Black Death, the plague that will wipe out half of the population of Northern Europe. As the journey unfolds, overshadowed by the archers' past misdeeds and clerical warnings of the imminent end of the world, the wayfarers must confront the nature of their loves and desires."--Provided by publisher.- Subjects: Historical fiction.; Upper class; Clergy; Agricultural laborers; Voyages and travels; Black Death;
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- Alone: The Skills Challenge. by The History® Channel (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by The History® Channel in 2022.This series pits 3 former ALONE participants head-to-head to complete incredible bushcraft builds using only basic tools and the natural resources around them. They prove who has the ingenuity, experience and wilderness skills to craft survival builds.Mode of access: World Wide Web.- Subjects: Feature films.; Television series.; Motion pictures.;
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- Alone: The Skills Challenge. by The History® Channel (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by The History® Channel in 2022.This series pits 3 former ALONE participants head-to-head to complete incredible bushcraft builds using only basic tools and the natural resources around them. They prove who has the ingenuity, experience and wilderness skills to craft survival builds.Mode of access: World Wide Web.- Subjects: Documentary films.; Television series.; Motion pictures.; Science.; Documentary films.;
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- Edison / by Morris, Edmund,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.From Pulitzer Prize-winning author Edmund Morris comes a revelatory new biography of Thomas Alva Edison, the most prolific genius in American history. A Dewey Diva Pick.- Subjects: Biographies.; Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931.; Electrical engineers; Inventors;
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- Pursuing play : women's leisure in small-town Ontario, 1870-1914 / by Beausaert, Rebecca,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Life in the Canadian countryside at the turn of the twentieth century is often generalized as insular, backwards, and defined by drudgery. These assumptions are redressed in Rebecca Beausaert's Pursuing Play, which highlights the complexity of small-town culture through a lively examination of women's efforts to negotiate space for themselves and their leisure pursuits. Amply illustrated, Pursuing Play draws on diaries, letters, newspapers, and census records to investigate women's recreational activities in three southern Ontario towns -- Dresden, Tillsonburg, and Elora -- between 1870-1914. Though women's recreational choices were restricted by pervasive ideas about propriety, Beausaert reveals how they increasingly spearheaded both formal and informal clubs, events, and social gatherings, and integrated them into their daily lives. In telling the story of what small-town women did for fun while navigating social hierarchies, nurturing ties of kinship and friendship, and advancing community development, Pursuing Play adds a new dimension to Canadian histories of gender, leisure, and popular culture. Encompassing public and private pastimes, the growth of sports, the phenomenon of "armchair travelling," and how easily recreation can slip from reputable to disreputable, this rich study uncovers how gender, class, and ethnicity shaped the nature and scope of women's leisure in small-town Ontario and beyond."--- Subjects: City and town life; City and town life; Leisure; Leisure; Women; Women; Women; Women;
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