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Meteorites

Rocks from Space! Authors:  Caroline Smith, Sara Russell and Gretchen Benedix As any geologist will tell you, the way to reveal Earth’s history is by looking at the rocks.   Tons and tons of rocks.   A remarkable amount of information can be obtained by combining a creative and informed mind with a sturdy rock hammer and some well-worn hiking boots.  But what if your goal is bigger than that and you want to explain the entire solar system?  Remarkably, the answers are still there for the taking – no spaceship required – and Meteorites provides a brief overview of the unassuming [...]

2016-12-31T17:56:19-07:00April 27th, 2013|Tags: , , , , , |

Alone on the Ice

Two Winters and a Summer in Antarctica... Author:  David Roberts For aficionados of the glory days of Antarctic exploration at the beginning of the 20th century, three leaders stand out above all others: Amundsen, Scott and Shackleton.  But despite the enduring qualities and epic sagas attached to these three heroes, there was another man who may have out done them all.  Undoubtedly Australia’s greatest Antarctic explorer, Douglas Mawson accomplished feats that rival all others and, in Alone on the Ice, the acclaimed mountaineer and writer David Roberts tells his story. While the book describes Mawson’s early exploits, including the first [...]

2016-12-31T17:56:20-07:00April 22nd, 2013|Tags: , , , |

Killer of Little Shepherds, The

CSI: Lyon... Author: Douglas Starr He was one of the most fearsome serial killers of the 19th century, terrorizing the denizens of the French countryside for much of the 1890s.  Yet the criminal science of the time was so primitive, that it wasn’t until he’d killed his 27th victim that Joseph Vacher was finally captured and convicted.  In The Killer of Little Shepherds, Boston University professor Douglas Starr tells Vacher’s gruesome story, as well as the story of the heroic criminology pioneers who caught him. Growing up poor and attending a strict Catholic school, Vacher appears to have always been [...]

2016-12-31T17:56:26-07:00March 19th, 2013|Tags: , , , |
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