A history of the anti-evolution "Intelligent Design" movement in the US, from the Scopes trial in 1925, through the rise of creation "science" in the 1980's, to the rise of intelligent design "theory" in the 1990's. Appendix includes the Wedge Document, a leaked internal planning paper which spells out the theocratic political goals of the Intelligent Design movement.

Deception by Design: The Intelligent Design Movement in America

History

Flank, Lenny

World

Red & Black Pub

" 'Tis better to die than to live in shame." The oldest existing story written in Old English, "Beowulf" is the classic tale of courage and honor. In the Great Hall of Hrothgar, King of the Danes, the warrior Beowulf, son of a Swedish King, wages battle with the monster Grendel. The introduction contains a short history of the English language and a description of Anglo-Saxon culture.

Beowulf

Literature & Fiction

Mythology & Folk Tales

A complete guide to iguanas, by the author of eight books on reptiles and exotic pets. Everything you need to know about housing, feeding and taming your iguana. Also covers anatomy, biology, an iguana's life in the wild, and how iguanas make the trip from jungle to pet shop.

Iguanas: Their Biology and Captive Care

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Flank, Lenny Jr.

Pets & Animal Care

The Paris Commune was a pivotal event in the history of socialist thought. It had such a profound effect on Karl Marx that he amended a portion of his "Communist Manifesto" in response to it. "History of the Paris Commune" is an eyewitness account of the Commune, written in its immediate aftermath by a French worker who participated in the events he describes. Illustrated with 8 pages of photographs.

History Of The Paris Commune Of 1871

Lissagaray, Prosper-Olivier

Europe

A history of the Industrial Workers of the World (the Wobblies) in their own words, from the opening speech at the IWW's founding convention in 1905, to the tactics of strike and sabotage which made it the most feared labor union in the US, to its role in the 1919 general strike that shut down the city of Seattle. With 12 pages of photographs.

I.W.W.: A Documentary History

Business & Money

Economics

"Whether 'tis better to be loved or feared."  'The Prince' is Machiavelli's classic text on the principles of gaining and holding power.

The Prince

Politics & Social Sciences

Machiavelli,Niccolo

Philosophy

The classic novel of ancient India. A young man searches for enlightenment.

Siddhartha

Herman Hesse

Contemporary

A complete guide to keeping invertebrates as pets. Housing, feeding, handling. Includes information on popular species such as emperor scorpions, giant African black millipedes, Vietnamese giant centipedes, and Madagascar hissing cockroaches.

Invertebrates as Pets: Keeping and Caring for Millipedes, Centipedes, Scorpions and Tropical Cockroaches

A collection of verses and proverbs from the Pali Canon.  One of the basic texts of the Theravada tradition of Buddhism.

Dhammapada: A Collection of Verses from the Pali Canon of Buddhism

Religion & Spirituality

Buddhism

On April 28, 1789. the crew of the HMS Bounty, returning from Tahiti with a cargo of breadfruit plants, mutinied and set their captain and 17 crew members adrift in a small boat. In a remarkable feat of seamanship, Bligh took the 23-foot boat over 3600 miles, in 41 days, to safety in Indonesia. This is Bligh;s own account of the mutiny and his incredible voyage to safety.

The Bounty Mutiny: Captain William Bligh's Firsthand Account of the Last Voyage of HMS Bounty

Bligh, William

Australia & Oceania

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