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Critical Assembly: A Technical History of Los Alamos during the Oppenheimer Years, 1943-1945
: :This volume is a lucid and accurate history of the technical research that led to the first atomic bombs. The authors explore how the 'critical assembly' of scientists, engineers, and military personnel at Los Alamos, responding to wartime deadlines, collaborated to create a new approach to large-scale research. The book opens with an introduction laying out major themes. After a synopsis of the prehistory of the bomb project, from the discovery of nuclear fission to the start of the Manhattan Engineer District, and an overview of the early materials program, ...
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Riding For a Fall (Veterinarian Mystery)
: :MURDER WASN'T PART OF HER PRACTICE. . . . Palm Springs veterinarian Andi Pauling is struggling to keep her new business afloat. So when Ross McRoberts appears in her doorway, he seems like an apparition conjured up by her own wishful thinking. A vet school friend who was too sexy for his own good, Ross is Andi's one big regret: He married someone else and moved away. Yet Ross has changed. On the surface he seems filthly rich, driving a fancy sports car, playing polo, and galloping with a crowd ...
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Hand that Feeds You (Veterinarian Mystery)
: :'Grabs you in its jaws and doesn't let go . . . This [is] a truly unique mystery series worth following!'--Tess Gerritsen, Author of HarvestWhen Willard Hanes shows up at Dr. Doolittle's Pet Care Clinic with a battered, nearly dead pit bull, Palm Springs vet Andi Pauling fears the worst. More disturbing is the mute, withdrawn little girl accompanying him.Later, Hanes is gruesomely murdered, and the child--Nikki--vanishes into thin air. A stack of sordid videos at the murder scene reveals a horrifying scenario. Driven to find the child, Andi dares ...
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Hansel and Gretel
: :'Grabs you in its jaws and doesn't let go . . . This [is] a truly unique mystery series worth following!'--Tess Gerritsen, Author of HarvestWhen Willard Hanes shows up at Dr. Doolittle's Pet Care Clinic with a battered, nearly dead pit bull, Palm Springs vet Andi Pauling fears the worst. More disturbing is the mute, withdrawn little girl accompanying him.Later, Hanes is gruesomely murdered, and the child--Nikki--vanishes into thin air. A stack of sordid videos at the murder scene reveals a horrifying scenario. Driven to find the child, Andi dares ...
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Writing Clear Paragraphs (6th Edition)
: : This classic book/workbook helps readers who feel underprepared for writing tasks move step-by-step toward writing competency. Using a clear, informal, light-hearted narrative and intensive practice, it guides readers assuredly through the process of organizing a paragraph, structuring its sentences, and choosing effective wording and punctuation. Explains how to apply the details and methods of arrangement required to compose unified, coherent, and well-developed paragraphs for all major modes of writing -- narrating, describing, explaining a process, explaining with examples, comparing or contrasting, classifying, defining, persuading. Intersperses grammar instruction between writing ...
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Almost Human (Veterinarian Mystery)
: :To Palm Springs veterinarian Andi Pauling, life is a precious commodity. That's why she is astonished when Gilda Hopkins makes an impassioned--and controversial--request. Gilda, dying painfully of cancer, asks Andi to kill her. But before Andi can recover from the shock, Gilda breathes her last.Then Gilda's grown daughter suddenly accuses Andi of murder, forcing Andi to scramble for the truth. Striving to uphold her reputation, Andi soon confronts menace from a devious newspaperman, the distrust of her patients and staff, and a violent threat that could leave her stranded out ...
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Lillian Roxon: Mother of Rock
: :Lillian Roxon is the undisputed godmother of rock journalism. Audacious, independent and fiercely intelligent, she cut her teeth as a reporter in the lively world of 1950's Sydney tabloid journalism. She moved to New York in the 1960s just in time for the cultural revolution celebrating fresh attitudes to sexual freedom, women's liberation - and, of course, rock music. At Max's Kansas City in New York, she became the center of a crowd including Lou Reed, Jim Morrison and Andy Warhol. Linda McCartney confided in her about her first date ...
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Famous American Plays of the 1950s (Camino Real - Williams; The Autumn Garden - Hellman; Tea and Sympathy - Anderson - The Zoo Story - Albee; A Hatful of Rain - Gazzo)
: :FROM BACK COVER: 'FIVE FAMOUS PLAYS 1950/1959 CAMINO REAL Tennessee Williams' controversial and highly symbolic fantasy which seeks to penetrate the truth of modern society. THE AUTUMN GARDEN Lillian Hellman's brilliant delineation of a group of people who find the dreams of their youth unrealized. TEA AND SYMPATHY Robert Anderson's compelling portrayal of the relationship between an adolescent boy and his schoolmaster's wife. THE ZOO STORY Edward Albee's harrowing drama of a chance encounter between two men in New York's Central Park. A HATFUL OF RAIN Michael Gazzo's powerful play ...
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Writing Clear Sentences
: :FROM BACK COVER: 'FIVE FAMOUS PLAYS 1950/1959 CAMINO REAL Tennessee Williams' controversial and highly symbolic fantasy which seeks to penetrate the truth of modern society. THE AUTUMN GARDEN Lillian Hellman's brilliant delineation of a group of people who find the dreams of their youth unrealized. TEA AND SYMPATHY Robert Anderson's compelling portrayal of the relationship between an adolescent boy and his schoolmaster's wife. THE ZOO STORY Edward Albee's harrowing drama of a chance encounter between two men in New York's Central Park. A HATFUL OF RAIN Michael Gazzo's powerful play ...
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Amazing Stories 1986--November
: :FROM BACK COVER: 'FIVE FAMOUS PLAYS 1950/1959 CAMINO REAL Tennessee Williams' controversial and highly symbolic fantasy which seeks to penetrate the truth of modern society. THE AUTUMN GARDEN Lillian Hellman's brilliant delineation of a group of people who find the dreams of their youth unrealized. TEA AND SYMPATHY Robert Anderson's compelling portrayal of the relationship between an adolescent boy and his schoolmaster's wife. THE ZOO STORY Edward Albee's harrowing drama of a chance encounter between two men in New York's Central Park. A HATFUL OF RAIN Michael Gazzo's powerful play ...
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