Author: Trevor Homer
Publisher: Plume
Keywords: origins, people, languages, things, food, speak, wear, discover, amazing, clothes, book
Number of Pages: 307
Published: 2007-05-29
List price: $14.00
ISBN-10: 0452288320
ISBN-13: 9780452288324

Everything—from the mundane (the pencil) to the catastrophic (the atom bomb)—has an origin, but often it’s not what we expect. A few things you may not have known: • Gandhi was married at age thirteen! • Chinese fortune cookies are an American invention and were not eaten in China until the 1990s when they were advertised as "Genuine American Fortune Cookies." • Bayer lost the trademark for aspirin (which they had held since 1897) as part of the reparations Germany was forced to pay after World War I. • The original idea for the electric chair came from an American de

Author: Dana Homer J. (Homer Jackson)
Publisher: BiblioLife
Keywords: electrically, pipes, water, frozen, thawing
Number of Pages: 12
Published: 2009-07-17
List price: $14.75
ISBN-10: 1113328371
ISBN-13: 9781113328373

Authors:Prof. Robin Prior, Professor Trevor Wilson, Trevor W
Publisher: Yale University Press
Keywords: second, story, untold, passchendaele
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 2002-04-01
List price: $18.00
ISBN-10: 0300093071
ISBN-13: 9780300093070

The carnage on the Western Front at Passchendaele, where 275,000 Allied and 200,000 German soldiers fell, was neither inevitable nor inescapable, the authors of this volume insist. Robin Prior and Trevor Wilson offer a complete account of the campaign, establishing what actually occurred, what options were available, and who was responsible for the devastation. This edition includes corrections and a new preface indicating the results of research completed since first publication.

Authors:Ravindra K Dhir, Trevor G Jappy, Trevor G Jappy, Ravi
Publisher: Institution of Civil Engineers Publishing
Keywords: concrete, wastes, exploiting
Number of Pages: 346
Published: 1999-01-01
List price: $95.00
ISBN-10: 0727728210
ISBN-13: 9780727728210

Concrete will be the key material for mankind to create the built environment of the next millennium. The requirements of this infrastructure will be both demanding, in terms of technical performance and economy, and yet be greatly varied, from architectural masterpieces to the simplest of utilities.Exploiting wastes in concrete forms the Proceedings of the one day International Seminar held during the Congress, Creating with concrete, 6-10 September 1999, organised by the concrete technology unit, University of Dundee.

Authors:Trevor Desmoyers-Davis, Trevor Davis, Liz Sherratt
Publisher: Cavendish Pub Ltd
Keywords: britain, modern, citizenship
Number of Pages: 250
Published: 2001-04-01
List price: $30.00
ISBN-10: 1859416020
ISBN-13: 9781859416020

Citizenship is a new subject, combining an academic and a practical approach to the individual’s role in the community. The aim of citizenship is to encourage both a greater awareness of, and a more active participation in, social and political issues, at local, national and international levels. This text is based on the current AQA AS Social Sciences: Citizenship’s specification, but may be used as the basis for study of the subject at various levels. The approach adopted is a combination of academic material, providing a sound basis for study of the theories and structures with which stud

Authors:Trevor Schoonmaker, Trevor Schoonmaker, Yomi Durotoy
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Keywords: west, broadway, africa, fela
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 2003-07-04
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 1403962103
ISBN-13: 9781403962102

Combine elements of Bob Marley, Malcolm X and Patrice Lumumba you get a sense of the power of the world’s wildest rockstar. Fela created Afrobeat, an infectious mix of American funk and jazz with traditional Yoruba and highlife music, and used it to rail against the corrupt, hypocritical Nigerian government. Repeatedly targeted by police and military for his rebellious, counter-culture lifestyle, he created a political party and seceded from the Nigerian state, renaming his commune the independent "Kalakuta Republic." Cultural icon and beloved hero of the pan-African world, Fela loomed

Authors:Trevor Schindeler,  Schindeler Trevor, Rob Bro
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
Keywords: math, children, marshmallow
Number of Pages: 160
Published: 2002-12-01
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 1553953959
ISBN-13: 9781553953951

If you are considering this book, you already know how important it is for your child to get a good start in learning math. This book will assist you in teaching your child fundamental number concepts at an early age. Given the importance of early learning, Marshmallow Math begins with number concepts that young children can master before they learn to read and write numbers. The book follows a natural progression of skills that begins with simple counting. Addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and other mathematical concepts are introduced gradually with each new skill building upo