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Book Synopsis Plague-Busters! by : Lindsey Fitzharris
Download or read book Plague-Busters! written by Lindsey Fitzharris and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2023-10-10 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Smallpox! Rabies! Black Death! Throughout history humankind has been plagued by . . . well, by plagues. The symptoms of these diseases were gruesome-but the remedies were even worse. Get to know the ickiest illnesses that have infected humans and affected civilizations through the ages. Each chapter explores the story of a disease, including the scary symptoms, kooky cures, and brilliant breakthroughs that it spawned. Medical historian and bestselling author Lindsey Fitzharris lays out the facts with her trademark wit, and Adrian Teal adds humor with cartoons and caricatures drawn in pitch black and blood red. Diseases covered in this book include bubonic plague, smallpox, rabies, tuberculosis, cholera, and scurvy. Thanks to centuries of sickness and a host of history's most determined plague-busters, this riveting book features everything you've ever wanted to know about the world's deadliest diseases.
Book Synopsis The Great Wizards of Antiquity by : Guy Ogilvy
Download or read book The Great Wizards of Antiquity written by Guy Ogilvy and published by Llewellyn Worldwide. This book was released on 2019-04-08 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Guided Tour through the Untamed Territories of Magic Book 1 of the Great Wizards of History Trilogy The history of wizardry comes alive with dozens of unique portraits capturing the most remarkable and infamous practitioners of magic and alchemy. Combining up-to-date historical scholarship and his own keen interpretations of primary texts, Guy Ogilvy develops a fascinating saga of magical thought and practice. The story begins with the prehistoric culture of the Lion Man and moves on to Orpheus and the great figures of myth. Discover the unparalleled influence of Pythagoras and the pre-Socratics as they experience the mysterious glories of Apollo's touch. Behold the leading alchemists of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance as they carry forth the surviving wisdom of the ancients, working their unique magic even as powerful social and political forces align against them. Magic is a vital element of history. The Great Wizards of Antiquity weaves together the loose threads of magic to form a comprehensive tapestry, challenging the ideas brought forth by peddlers of the mundane and returning a sense of enchantment to its rightful place in the human spirit. In this book, you will discover the beliefs and teachings of sorcerers, healers, philosophers, alchemists, and mythological figures, including: The Lion Man Animal magic & the modern mind Orpheus Incantations & the magic of music Dionysus Wild rites & the gift of wine Pythagoras Metempsychosis & the wisdom of the cave dwellers Pherekydes Open secrets & the immortality of souls The Pythia The oracle at Delphi & ecstatic prophecy Epimenides Sacred caves & the unknown gods Abaris The golden arrow & the Hyperborean Apollo Zalmoxis Thrace & the Celtic connection Hermotimus Astral travel & the preeminence of psyche Aristeas The form of a raven & the wonders of Apollo Parmenides The man who knows & the nightmare ride to hell Empedocles Bronze sandals & the four elements Zosimos Transmutation & inner purification J?bir ibn ?ayy?n Islamic alchemy & the theory of balance Jan Baptista Van Helmont The stranger & the projecting powder The Comte de Saint-Germain Universal medicine & the elixir of life Paracelsus Legendary cures & the open book of nature James Price The Royal Society & the Philosopher's Stone
Book Synopsis Gaming the System by : Katie Salen Tekinbas
Download or read book Gaming the System written by Katie Salen Tekinbas and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2014-10-10 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Understanding games as systems, with complex interactions of game elements and rules. Gaming the System demonstrates the nature of games as systems, how game designers need to think in terms of complex interactions of game elements and rules, and how to identify systems concepts in the design process. The activities use Gamestar Mechanic, an online game design environment with a systems thinking focus.
Book Synopsis Lincoln's Grave Robbers (Scholastic Focus) by : Steve Sheinkin
Download or read book Lincoln's Grave Robbers (Scholastic Focus) written by Steve Sheinkin and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A true crime thriller -- the first book for teens to tell the nearly unknown tale of the brazen attempt to steal Abraham Lincoln's body. Reissued in Scholastic Focus, with an exciting new cover. The action begins in October of 1875, as Secret Service agents raid the Fulton, Illinois, workshop of master counterfeiter Ben Boyd. Soon after Boyd is hauled off to prison, members of his counterfeiting ring gather in the back room of a smoky Chicago saloon to discuss how to spring their ringleader. Their plan: grab Lincoln's body from its Springfield tomb, stash it in the sand dunes near Lake Michigan, and demand, as a ransom, the release of Ben Boyd -- and $200,000 in cash. From here, the action alternates between the conspirators, the Secret Service agents on their trail, and the undercover agent moving back and forth between them. Along the way readers get glimpses into the inner workings of counterfeiting, grave robbing, detective work, and the early days of the Secret Service. The plot moves toward a wild climax as robbers and lawmen converge at Lincoln's tomb on election night: November 7, 1876.A dynamic and thrilling tale from critically acclaimed author Steve Sheinkin.
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Author :Lindsey Fitzharris Publisher :Scientific American / Farrar, Straus and Giroux ISBN 13 :0374715483 Total Pages :305 pages Book Rating :4.3/5 (747 download)
Book Synopsis The Butchering Art by : Lindsey Fitzharris
Download or read book The Butchering Art written by Lindsey Fitzharris and published by Scientific American / Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2017-10-17 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner, 2018 PEN/E.O. Wilson Prize for Literary Science Writing Short-listed for the 2018 Wellcome Book Prize A Top 10 Science Book of Fall 2017, Publishers Weekly A Best History Book of 2017, The Guardian "Warning: She spares no detail!" —Erik Larson, bestselling author of Dead Wake In The Butchering Art, the historian Lindsey Fitzharris reveals the shocking world of nineteenth-century surgery and shows how it was transformed by advances made in germ theory and antiseptics between 1860 and 1875. She conjures up early operating theaters—no place for the squeamish—and surgeons, who, working before anesthesia, were lauded for their speed and brute strength. These pioneers knew that the aftermath of surgery was often more dangerous than patients’ afflictions, and they were baffled by the persistent infections that kept mortality rates stubbornly high. At a time when surgery couldn’t have been more hazardous, an unlikely figure stepped forward: a young, melancholy Quaker surgeon named Joseph Lister, who would solve the riddle and change the course of history. Fitzharris dramatically reconstructs Lister’s career path to his audacious claim that germs were the source of all infection and could be countered by a sterilizing agent applied to wounds. She introduces us to Lister’s contemporaries—some of them brilliant, some outright criminal—and leads us through the grimy schools and squalid hospitals where they learned their art, the dead houses where they studied, and the cemeteries they ransacked for cadavers. Eerie and illuminating, The Butchering Art celebrates the triumph of a visionary surgeon whose quest to unite science and medicine delivered us into the modern world.
Book Synopsis The Facemaker by : Lindsey Fitzharris
Download or read book The Facemaker written by Lindsey Fitzharris and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2022-06-07 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times Bestseller Finalist for the 2022 Kirkus Prize | Named a best book of the year by The Guardian "Enthralling. Harrowing. Heartbreaking. And utterly redemptive. Lindsey Fitzharris hit this one out of the park." —Erik Larson, author of The Splendid and the Vile Lindsey Fitzharris, the award-winning author of The Butchering Art, presents the compelling, true story of a visionary surgeon who rebuilt the faces of the First World War’s injured heroes, and in the process ushered in the modern era of plastic surgery. From the moment the first machine gun rang out over the Western Front, one thing was clear: humankind’s military technology had wildly surpassed its medical capabilities. Bodies were battered, gouged, hacked, and gassed. The First World War claimed millions of lives and left millions more wounded and disfigured. In the midst of this brutality, however, there were also those who strove to alleviate suffering. The Facemaker tells the extraordinary story of such an individual: the pioneering plastic surgeon Harold Gillies, who dedicated himself to reconstructing the burned and broken faces of the injured soldiers under his care. Gillies, a Cambridge-educated New Zealander, became interested in the nascent field of plastic surgery after encountering the human wreckage on the front. Returning to Britain, he established one of the world’s first hospitals dedicated entirely to facial reconstruction. There, Gillies assembled a unique group of practitioners whose task was to rebuild what had been torn apart, to re-create what had been destroyed. At a time when losing a limb made a soldier a hero, but losing a face made him a monster to a society largely intolerant of disfigurement, Gillies restored not just the faces of the wounded but also their spirits. The Facemaker places Gillies’s ingenious surgical innovations alongside the dramatic stories of soldiers whose lives were wrecked and repaired. The result is a vivid account of how medicine can be an art, and of what courage and imagination can accomplish in the presence of relentless horror.
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Book Synopsis Sexually Transmitted Diseases by : Laura K. Egendorf
Download or read book Sexually Transmitted Diseases written by Laura K. Egendorf and published by Greenhaven Publishing. This book was released on 2007 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Books in this anthology series focus a wide range of viewpoints onto a single controversial issue, providing in-depth discussions by a variety of primary and secondary sources, including eyewitnesses, scientific journals, government officials, and others.
Book Synopsis Fundraising For Dummies by : John Mutz
Download or read book Fundraising For Dummies written by John Mutz and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2010-03-08 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fun and easy way to raise money for your cause Fundraising For Dummies, 3rd Edition shows you how to take advantage of the latest strategies and resources available for raising money through everything from special events to online donations, in both good and bad economic times. The authors teach you how to market your organization using the most up-to-date tools and technologies available through the Internet. This expanded edition also offers information about philanthropy and tax law. Contains new tips and techniques for creating materials that bring in contributions and support for the more than 1.4 million charitable and nonprofit organizations in the United States Explains how to use social media to keep donors and volunteers engaged through Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Web technologies Covers grassroots online fundraising and how to host big events on a shoestring budget You'll also find tips on negotiating without alienating donors and developing long-term organizational goals. All these strategies are what makes this resource indispensable!
Book Synopsis Nonprofit Management All-in-One For Dummies by : Beverly A. Browning
Download or read book Nonprofit Management All-in-One For Dummies written by Beverly A. Browning and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2023-04-13 with total page 791 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn the ins-and-outs of managing, funding, and handling the accounting for a nonprofit Nonprofits are not like other businesses. They’re special. It doesn’t matter if you’re launching a career as part of a multi-million dollar organization or a volunteer running your local little league, you’ll need special know-how to navigate the accounting practices and funding needs of a not-for-profit. Nonprofit Management All-in-One For Dummies is your guide for know-how on making a nonprofit organization operate properly. This beginner-friendly reference helps replace your shelf of nonprofit how-to books with a single reference to answer your questions on how to manage a mission-focused organization, build budgets, and raise funds while staying within the confines of the laws governing nonprofits. You'll also find advice on valuable skills like marketing that benefit your organization. Learn how to run a nonprofit organization Find funding for your organization and stay tax compliant Get a grasp on nonprofit accounting principles Market your organization and fulfill your mission This 5-books-in-1 Dummies guide is excellent for volunteers who step up to run a nonprofit that’s near and dear to their hearts or would-be professional non-profit managers who need advice on how to manage and grow an organization.
Book Synopsis Fundraising For Dummies by : Beverly A. Browning
Download or read book Fundraising For Dummies written by Beverly A. Browning and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2022-12-08 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Follow the mission and the money, even when it takes you online Fundraising For Dummies is your guiding light and saving grace as you prepare and implement a fundraising plan. This updated edition will help you succeed at fundraising in the age of social media saturation. You’ll discover how to post, what to include, and where to interact to get the biggest return on your investment of time. And, as always, this trusted resource covers all the basics of being a fundraiser, soliciting the money an organization needs, and pitching the case statement for your organization. Use real-life examples to take your own fundraising skills to the next level and follow step-by-step processes for success in online fundraising. Learn what’s involved in the role of a nonprofit fundraiser Discover sources of funding for your organization—and learn how to secure that funding Use the latest online fundraising tools and social media techniques to reach out to audiences Make fundraising easy with examples and templates for donor letters and beyond Fundraisers (including board members, volunteers, and staff members) in any nonprofit organization will love this easy-to-follow advice on getting creative about donations.
Download or read book Bubonic Panic written by Gail Jarrow and published by Boyds Mills Press. This book was released on 2016-04-05 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Uncover the true story of America's first plague epidemic in 1900 in this book is perfect to share with young readers looking for a historical perspective of the Covid-19/Coronavirus pandemic that recently gripped the world. In March 1900, San Francisco's health department investigated a strange and horrible death in Chinatown. A man had died of bubonic plague, one of the world's deadliest diseases. But how could that be possible? Acclaimed author and scientific expert Gail Jarrow brings the history of a medical mystery to life in vivid and exciting detail for young readers. She spotlights the public health doctors who desperately fought to end it, the political leaders who tried to keep it hidden, and the brave scientists who uncovered the plague's secrets. This title includes photographs and drawings, a glossary, a timeline, further resources, an author's note, and source notes.
Book Synopsis Liberating Lawrence by : Katherine Rose-Mockry
Download or read book Liberating Lawrence written by Katherine Rose-Mockry and published by University Press of Kansas. This book was released on 2024-11-01 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The early struggle for LGBTQ rights in the 1960s and 1970s has typically been told from the perspective of the coasts—in places like New York, San Francisco, and Miami. But the midwestern town of Lawrence, Kansas, home of the University of Kansas (KU) and a thriving location for activist organizations in the 1960s, had an important role to play in the national story of LGBTQ activism in the United States. Liberating Lawrence tells the first-hand story of the Lawrence Gay Liberation Front (LGLF), a KU student organization that began in 1970. Having conducted sixty-seven interviews with people who were involved at the time, author Katherine Rose-Mockry focuses on the group’s early formative years between the founding and 1979, during which time the members of LGLF had to fight for their right to exist on campus as an official student group. Inspired by a class project that led him to interview local members of the LGBTQ community, David Stout initiated the formation of the LGLF in the summer of 1970 to provide a safe space for gay students to meet each other and to establish a base of operations for student activism on campus. The group focused on educating the campus about the experience of being gay. They formed a speakers’ bureau in their opening months and gave frequent presentations at KU and nearby campuses. In addition to raising awareness and providing counseling services, the group was also self-consciously political from the start and advocated for equal protections, employment rights, and the elimination of laws criminalizing same-sex sexual activity. The university administration, however, did not welcome the formation of the LGLF. Three times the chancellor rejected their request for recognition. This led the group to file a lawsuit against the university in 1971, and the famous cause lawyer William Kunstler, who had previously defended the Chicago Seven in 1969, agreed to represent them—a development that received national media attention. While the LGLF lost the legal battle, they ultimately won the war to change the campus culture. Katherine Rose-Mockry has written the definitive history of gay and lesbian activism at the public universities of Kansas. Liberating Lawrence is a major contribution to our understanding of the fight for gay pride and LGBTQ civil rights, both locally and nationally.
Download or read book 台灣民俗筆記 written by 蔡文婷 and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
