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| Heroic Wives: Rituals, Stories, and the Virtues of Jain Wifehood
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M. Whitney Kelting.
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| Publisher: Oxford. Format: hardcover.
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| ISBN: 9780195389647. Daedalus Item Code: 10918 |
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| Although in Hinduism it is often used to refer to widow immolation, the term sati means "true woman"—a female hero. Here Whitney Kelting explains that in Jainism satis appear as ... (Read More)
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| Hew, Screw, and Glue: How Stuff is Made
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James Innes-Smith. Henrietta Webb, illus.
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| Publisher: Abrams Image. Format: hardcover.
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| ISBN: 9780810982598. Daedalus Item Code: 11420 |
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| Do you realize that the salt on our food may be millions of years old? Did you know that the rubber in condoms derives from tree sap? And aren't you glad that lipstick is no longer made of crushed ... (Read More)
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| Hidden Harmony: The Connected Worlds of Physics and Art
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J.R. Leibowitz.
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| Publisher: Johns Hopkins. Format: hardcover.
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| ISBN: 9780801888663. Daedalus Item Code: 23715 |
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| Rather than presenting another treatise on the underlying science of perspective or the psychology of perception, this art and science book instead addresses the surprisingly broad common ground ... (Read More)
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| Higgs: The Invention and Discovery of the "God Particle"
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Jim Baggott.
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| Publisher: Oxford. Format: hardcover.
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| ISBN: 9780199603497. Daedalus Item Code: 29575 |
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| The international effort to find the Higgs particle has involved the largest, most expensive lab experiment ever conducted—and one that may have yielded a brilliant success. What is this elusive ... (Read More)
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| The Highly Effective Detective Plays the Fool: A Mystery
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Richard Yancey.
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| Publisher: Minotaur/BOMC. Format: hardcover.
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| ISBN: 9780312383091. Daedalus Item Code: 31680 |
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| In this third outing for Richard Yancey's hilarious P.I. Teddy Ruzak, following The Highly Effective Detective Goes to the Dogs, Ruzak's latest client is a good-looking dame with long blond ... (Read More)
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| The Hinky-Pink
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Retold by Megan McDonald. Brian Floca, illus.
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| Publisher: Atheneum. Format: hardcover.
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| ISBN: 9780689875885. Daedalus Item Code: 20525 |
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| What is a Hinky-Pink? Well, whatever it is, it's keeping poor Anabel awake all night, stealing her bedclothes and tumbling her out of bed again and again. Which would be bad enough, except that ... (Read More)
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| Hippocrates' Shadow: Secrets from the House of Medicine
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David H. Newman.
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| Publisher: Scribner. Format: hardcover.
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| ISBN: 9781416551539. Daedalus Item Code: 03291 |
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| Most people know of the Hippocratic Oath, sworn by neophyte physicians for millennia, yet few realize that Hippocrates himself was an avid listener and a constant bedside presence. He believed in the ... (Read More)
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| His Illegal Self
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Peter Carey.
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| Publisher: Knopf. Format: hardcover.
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| ISBN: 9780307263728. Daedalus Item Code: 10719 |
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| The two-time Man Booker Prize–winning author of True History of the Kelly Gang, Oscar and Lucinda, and My Life as a Fake, expatriate Australian novelist Peter Carey offers this ... (Read More)
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| Historic Houses of Virginia: Great Plantation Houses, Mansions, and Country Places
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Kathryn Masson. Steven Brooke, photos.
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| Publisher: Rizzoli. Format: hardcover.
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| ISBN: 9780847828616. Daedalus Item Code: 30615 |
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| From the Tidewater region along the Chesapeake Bay to the Blue Ridge Mountains in the western part of the state, Virginia has some of the most architecturally rich and historically important homes in ... (Read More)
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| History in the Making: 2011 Renwick Craft Invitational
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Nicholas R Bell. Ulysses Grant Dietz. Andrew Wagner.
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| Publisher: Scala. Format: paperback.
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| ISBN: 9781857597035. Daedalus Item Code: 31780 |
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| The Renwick Craft Invitational is a biennial exhibition series established in 2000 to honor the creativity and talent of craft artists working today. This catalog from the fifth presentation in the ... (Read More)
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| The History of Ornithology
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Valerie Chansigaud.
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| Publisher: New Holland. Format: laminated cover.
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| ISBN: 9781847734334. Daedalus Item Code: 31040 |
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| Beautifully illustrated with reproductions of period naturalist drawings and portraits of scientists throughout, this book examines the development of ornithology from ancient times until the present ... (Read More)
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| The History of Tea
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Claire Hopley.
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| Publisher: Remember When. Format: paperback.
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| ISBN: 9781844680306. Daedalus Item Code: 30687 |
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| In the 18th century Samuel Johnson confessed himself "a hardened and shameless tea drinker," ruefully admitting that his kettle had "scarcely time to cool" because he drank tea from morning until ... (Read More)
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