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An Atlas of Extinct Countries
Throughout the history of the world, the countries that have existed have been through constant change. Sometimes there’s an invasion and sometimes it’s just a case of an unclaimed island being claimed. This adorable book covers forty-eight countries that once existed but are now, in the words of the author, extinct, If you are looking for extensive information, this is not the place to go. Only a few pages are devoted to each country and one of those pages is a map. It’s a fun book with humorous accounts of how countries came to be and again how they ceased to be. It’s short and sweet and great for those…
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Forces of Nature: The Women who Changed Science
Historically, the contributions of women to science have been poorly documented and it’s really mainly in recent history that they’ve been given much more than a mention. So to have a book about women in science is pretty amazing. It’s also maddening and sad that what we know of women in science could even begin to fill only just one volume. And yet, the information is so scant as to having to piece together the puzzle of where women would have played their roles. This volume discusses women in the scientific world from ancient times to the contemporary. Early history is conjecture to a certain degree, based on what we…