Firlik brings honest appraisal of her work with less heroism and more day-to-day problem solving as she moves from intern to doctor.
The mission seemed jinxed from the start and nothing could have prepared the team for the challenge of being stranded in earth's orbit after the destruction of the shuttle Columbia and its crew.
This classic of environmental and nature writing, arranged by season, provides a poetic view through the window of the Leopold family farm in the Wisconsin meadows.
Enter a community Mosque of the sixteenth century, and discover the techniques used to raise towering minarets and a beautiful prayer hall dome.
Experience the growth of the environmental movement in poetry, essay, song, and prose from its infancy to present day through the eyes of its champions.
Take a humorous, green road trip with the author and his college buddy in a converted 1980's Mercedes from Vermont to California, and learn a little about how to be more eco-friendly along the way.
This somewhat controversial book investigates the relationship between physics and metaphysics, science and religion, but doesn't provide any specific answers.
Living in our modern technological society it's easy to believe ancient cultures had little scientific or mathematical knowledge.
In twenty-six original, free-verse poems the author depicts the thoughts, feelings, and life events of Mexican self-portraitist Frida Kahlo. The poems are accompanied by twenty-four full-color reproductions of Kahlo's paintings.
This nonfiction work looks at Title IX, the 1972 legislation mandating that schools receiving federal funds could not discriminate on the basis of gender, ensuring equal treatment and opportunity for girls in sports and education.