Lydia Pinkham : The Face That Launched a Thousand Ads 9780810889095, 9780810889088

The Face That Launched a Thousand Lawsuits: The American Women Who Forged a Right to Privacy 9780300225303

A compelling account of how women shaped the common law right to privacy during the late nineteenth and early twentieth

219 26 3MB Read more

1957: The Year That Launched the American Future 1538139952, 9781538139950

In 1957, America turned its back on its earlier self and jumped headlong into the nation it has become today. From Sputn

821 41 2MB Read more

Miracle in Shreveport: A Memoir of Baseball, Fatherhood, and the Stadium That Launched a Dream

456 26 544KB Read more

Boltzmann’s Atom: The Great Debate that Launched a Revolution in Physics 0-684-85186-5

In 1900 many eminent scientists did not believe atoms existed, yet within just a few years the atomic century launched i

587 46 745KB Read more

Lydia Maria Child: A Radical American Life

217 105 5MB Read more

Ali vs. Inoki: The Forgotten Fight That Inspired Mixed Martial Arts and Launched Sports Entertainment 9781942952206

467 102 3MB Read more

Black Space: The Nazi Superweapons That Launched Humanity Into Orbit 9781399014236, 1399014234

Features space-based superweapons and their architects, along with the high-stakes politics that reined them in. Orbita

132 75 12MB Read more

Lydia Bailey: A Checklist of Her Imprints 9780271062303

Little known today, Lydia Bailey was a leading printer in Philadelphia for decades. Her career began in 1808—when her hu

181 26 9MB Read more

The House of a Thousand Floors 9789633860717

The House of a Thousand Floors is one of the earliest science-fiction novels in European literature, published first in

195 23 2MB Read more

Race me in a lobster suit: absurd internet ads and the real conversations that followed 9781683691044, 9781683691051, 1683691040

"The internet is fun again! 'Knit me into a cocoon.' 'Feed me a burrito.' 'Race me in a lo

221 65 37MB Read more