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2. Papers
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Schwartz, Violaine and Schwartz, Violaine
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Assembled from testimonials and interviews with current and former asylum seekers in France, as well as hearing records, administrative letters, and newspaper articles, Papers is a quietly monumental work of documentary art, a harrowing and enlightening portrayal of the modern refugee experience. Gathered here are the voices of men and women from around the world, united by the urgent need to leave their native country, risk their lives to make it to Europe, and begin the often bewildering process of securing the papers that will affirm their right to stay. Related without melodrama or self-pity, these are stories about the absurdity of bureaucracy, the agony of waiting, the pain of leaving everything behind and the courage to do so anyway. They are a testament to the brutal indignities of war and corruption and exile, and the resilience of the human spirit in the face of it all. A fearless, candid, compassionate book for our troubled global times.
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- 2022
3. Paper
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Erica Donner and Erica Donner
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- Paper--Juvenile literature, Papermaking--Juvenile literature
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In Paper, early fluent readers learn about the process by which trees are grown and transformed into a variety of papers. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text engage young readers as they learn about this fascinating process. A diagram illustrates key stages in the paper-making process, and an activity offers kids an opportunity to extend discovery. Children can learn more about paper using our safe search engine that provides relevant, age-appropriate websites. Paper also features reading tips for teachers and parents, a table of contents, a glossary, and an index. Paper is part of Jump!'s How Is It Made? series.
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- 2017
4. Paper
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Andrea Rivera and Andrea Rivera
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- Paper--Juvenile literature, Materials science--Juvenile literature
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Where does paper come from? Learn how this material is made and used in five easy-to-read chapters. Vibrant, full-color photos and bolded glossary words guide readers through real-world application to art and technology. Plus, a key stats section let readers zoom in and learn more. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo Zoom is a division of ABDO.
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- 2017
5. MarketLine Company Profile: Hankuk Paper Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
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- 2024
6. Paper Flowers : 15 Stylish Projects To Make Your Own
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Sara Finne Frandsen, Sine Finne Frandsen, Sara Finne Frandsen, and Sine Finne Frandsen
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- Paper work, Artificial flowers, Paper flowers, Flowers in art, Floral decorations, Handicraft
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Learn to make 15 beautiful crepe paper flowers and discover how to style them in your space. This charmingly illustrated book includes 15 flower projects of varying degrees of difficulty, ranging from a mini anemone and striped orchid to an impressive flamingo flower and a meadow buttercup. Master the art of making and adapting the flowers through the step-by-step instructions and create a stunning array of blooms to display in your home. In this book, Sine and Sara Finne Fransen of Almeja Space guide you through a crash course in colour theory and styling tips for every occasion. Discover how colours evoke different moods and create unique colour combinations for your flowers. Featuring chapters on materials, techniques and how to care for your blooms, Paper Flowers covers everything you need to create flowers that last (almost) forever.
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- 2024
7. Paper Meets Plastic: The Perceived Environmental Friendliness of Product Packaging.
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Sokolova, Tatiana, Krishna, Aradhna, and Döring, Tim
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PLASTICS in packaging ,ENVIRONMENTAL risk ,CONSUMER attitudes ,PACKAGING materials ,PAPER ,CONSUMER preferences ,WILLINGNESS to pay ,COGNITIVE bias - Abstract
Packaging waste makes up more than 10% of the landfilled waste in the United States. While consumers often want to make environmentally friendly product choices, we find that their perceptions of the environmental friendliness of product packaging may systematically deviate from its objective environmental friendliness. Eight studies (N = 4,103) document the perceived environmental friendliness (PEF) bias whereby consumers judge plastic packaging with additional paper to be more environmentally friendly than identical plastic packaging without the paper. The PEF bias is driven by consumers' "paper = good, plastic = bad" beliefs and by proportional reasoning, wherein packaging with a greater paper-to-plastic proportion is judged as more environmentally friendly. We further show that the PEF bias impacts consumers' willingness to pay and product choice. Importantly, this bias can be mitigated by a "minimal packaging sticker" intervention, which increases the environmental friendliness perceptions of plastic-only packaging, rendering plastic-packaged products to be preferable to their plastic-plus-paper-packaged counterparts. This research contributes to the packaging literature in marketing and to research on sustainability while offering practical implications for managers and public policy officials. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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8. Trees to Paper
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Robin Johnson and Robin Johnson
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- Paper--Juvenile literature, Papermaking--Juvenile literature, Paper industry--Juvenile literature, Paper--Environmental aspects--Juvenile literature, Paper industry--Environmental aspects--Juvenile literature
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There are many kinds of paper, from newsprint to cardboard to tissues. Trees to Paper takes a look at what paper is and how it made from trees. Useful images how how making paper is a multi-pronged process. A simple Save The Trees spread helps readers understand how important conservation, forest management, and recycling are for the future. Free downloadable Teacher's Guide available.
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- 2023
9. Paper Valley : The Fight for the Fox River Cleanup
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P. David Allen II, Susan Campbell, P. David Allen II, and Susan Campbell
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- Water--Pollution--Wisconsin--Green Bay, Offenses against the environment--Fox River (Wis. and Ill.), Paper industry--Environmental aspects--Fox River Valley (Wis. and Ill.), Hazardous wastes--Environmental aspects
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The compelling true story of a hard-fought environmental win, set in motion by a tenacious government scientist and an unrelenting journalist—resulting in the polluting companies paying for the $1 billion, 20-year cleanup. Booklist raves, Paper Valley'is a compelling human-interest tale on par with Erin Brockovich and Jonathan Harr'sA Civil Action.'A 2024 selection by the Sierra Club, Wisconsin Chapter Book ClubWinner, Midwest Book Award!When government scientist David Allen arrived at his new jobsite in the 1990s, the Fox River near Wisconsin's Green Bay was dominated by hulking paper mills, noxious industrial odors, and widespread ecological damage. Confronted by his lack of resources to force the politically powerful'Paper Valley'polluters to fix their mess, Allen proceeds against all bureaucratic odds in building a $1 billion case against the paper company bosses. Two small but vital players, Allen along with journalist Susan Campbell were relentless in bringing the case to the public at the time. They do so again in this book: an act of radical transparency to uncover the intrigue that nearly blocked the cleanup behind the scenes at US Fish and Wildlife, Wisconsin's Department of Natural Resources, and the US Environmental Protection Agency. In a rare and major environmental win, the Fox River became the site of the largest polychlorinated biphenyls cleanup in history, paid for by the paper companies rather than taxpayers, to the tune of $1.3 billion, and completed in 2020.This true story of struggle, perseverance, and success inspires hope for environmentalists who strive to restore natural landscapes. The detailed account given in this book is meant to inspire and offer practical knowledge and solutions for those fighting similar opponents of environmental cleanup and restoration. Allen and Campbell eloquently outline the problematic bureaucracy involved in environmental cleanup efforts and reveal tactics to compel corporate entities who would dodge accountability for decades worth of contamination.
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- 2023
10. Effects of precipitated and ground calcium carbonate coating on mechanical properties of fluting paper.
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Çiçekler, Mustafa, Üzüm, Velican, and Çopurkuyu, Emrullah
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CALCIUM carbonate ,PAPER recycling ,TENSILE tests ,COATING processes ,SURFACE coatings - Abstract
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of a pigment coating on the mechanical properties of fluting paper. Design/methodology/approach: Two different calcium carbonate pigments were used in the preparation of the coated color, precipitated calcium carbonate (PCC) and ground calcium carbonate (GCC). Fluting paper produced by recycling waste paper was used as base paper. The effects of PCC and GCC pigments on mechanical properties were compared. Ring crush test (RCT), corrugating medium test (CMT), corrugating crush test (CCT), tensile and burst strength tests were applied to the coated papers, and the results were compared to the mechanical properties of base paper. Findings: The tensile and burst indices of the coated papers were found to be higher than base papers about 13.9% and 6.05%, respectively. While the coating process positively affected the RCT and CCT values, it did not show a significant impact on the CMT values. GCC, one of the pigments used in coating colors, had a more effective effect on the mechanical properties of fluting papers compared to PCC. Originality/value: These results suggest that coating of fluting papers has a positive effect on mechanical properties and the use of GCC as a pigment is more effective than PCC. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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11. Using Sustainable Technique to Recycle Waste Paper in Academic Institutions.
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Mansour, Mustafa M.
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PAPER recycling ,WASTE paper ,WASTE recycling ,WASTE management ,ECOLOGICAL impact ,POWER resources ,CARBON offsetting - Abstract
It has been clearly demonstrated that it would be feasible to consider recycling paper in an academic institution. This can be achieved through combining specific waste paper baskets, a pulping machine and power supplied by a renewable energy source, with an already established local paper making company. The paper making company would be able to gain a subsidy from the government which pays them to actually recycle paper, to counteract the cost of the pulped paper which is 30% more expensive than raw wood pulp. The academic institution would save money on waste disposal and decrease its carbon footprint by 600% with savings of up to around 5e6 tons of CO2 per year, instead of the 1e2 tones carbon offset for just recycling the paper normally. This entire process could be adapted for recycling the vast quantities of waste paper produced by students, an initiative which often fails due to the high cost of disposal. This could be achieved through urged use of the same paper disposal methods already in use, with the paper being collected and pulped once a week directly from the student paper waste bins. This research aims to study and limit the quantities of paper consumed in academic institutions in Iraq, by identifying the steps of recycling, and the extent of its environmental and economic impact, on the one hand, and on the other hand, the extent to which the Iraqi university community accepts this idea, and then study these quantities and evaluate them economically and find out the possibility of establishing a paper recycling plant based on these quantities. As well as the current research deals with the accumulation of paper waste caused by the performance of exams. In the third semester of the research, the amount of paper waste at Thi Qar University was calculated as a model for conducting a detailed research study of all departments and colleges of the University. the amount of paper waste was (11,055 tons/year), as well as calculating the cost of paper processing for the University amounted to (126252271 Iraqi dinars) and at the end of the third semester, the amount of paper waste in Iraqi academic institutions for the academic year 2022e2023, approximately (367,60976 tons/year). The cost of preparing exam books in Iraqi academic institutions for the academic year 2022e2023 amounted to approximately (4202150971 Iraqi dinars). The devices used in the practical aspect and each device and its purpose in the paper waste recycling process were explained. In addition, in the fourth chapter of the research, waste recycling was carried out in a practical way, and the results were satisfactory. We proposed a project to establish a paper and cardboard waste recycling plant in Nasiriyah, detailing its technical processes and stages in a mature way, the costs of establishing such projects in detail, as well as the annual profit of the project. At the conclusion of the research, some important recommendations were attached that help the paper waste recycling process and its success. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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12. The Pfizer Papers : Pfizer's Crimes Against Humanity
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The WarRoom/DailyClout Pfizer Documents Analysts, Naomi Wolf, Amy Kelly, The WarRoom/DailyClout Pfizer Documents Analysts, Naomi Wolf, and Amy Kelly
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The Pfizer Papers features new reports written by WarRoom/DailyClout research volunteers, which are based on the primary source Pfizer clinical trial documents released under court order and on related medical literature. The book shows in high relief that Pfizer's mRNA COVID-19 vaccine clinical trial was deeply flawed and that the pharmaceutical company knew by November 2020 that its vaccine was neither safe nor effective. The reports detail vaccine-induced harms throughout the human body, including to the reproductive system; show that women suffer vaccine-related adverse events at a 3:1 ratio; expose that vaccine-induced myocarditis is not rare, mild, or transient; and, shockingly, demonstrate that the mRNA vaccines have created a new category of multi-system, multi-organ disease, which is being called “CoVax Disease.” Despite the fact that Pfizer committed in its own clinical trial protocol to follow the placebo arm of its trial for twenty-four months, Pfizer vaccinated approximately 95 percent of placebo recipients by March 2021, thus eliminating the trial's control group and making it impossible for comparative safety determinations to be made. Just as importantly, The Pfizer Papers makes it clear that the US Food and Drug Administration knew about the shortfalls of Pfizer's clinical trial as well as the harms caused by the company's mRNA COVID vaccine product, thus highlighting the FDA's abject failure to fulfill its mission to “[protect] the public health by ensuring the safety, efficacy, and security of human and veterinary drugs, biological products, and medical devices.” The Pfizer Papers offers an in-depth look at how Big Pharma, the US government, and healthcare entities stand protected behind the broad legal immunity provided by the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act (PREP Act) when creating, prescribing, and administering vaccines; and, under that shield of protection, do what is best for their bottom lines rather than for the health and well-being of Americans.
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- 2024
13. Paper Soldiers : How the Weaponization of the Dollar Changed the World Order
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Saleha Mohsin and Saleha Mohsin
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- Economic history, Dollar, American
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'Incisive debut treatise... Mohsin brings to the proceedings a reporter's eye for story'— Publisher's WeeklyFrom Bloomberg News reporter Saleha Mohsin, the untold story of how one of America's most invincible institutions—the Treasury—has used the U.S. dollar to define America's role in the world, and our economic future.In 1995, Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin re-defined the next thirty years of currency policy with the mantra, “A strong dollar is in America's interest.” That mantra held, ushering in exceptional prosperity and cheap foreign goods, but the strong dollar policy also played a role in the devastating hollowing out of America's manufacturing sector. Meanwhile, abroad, the United States increasingly turned to the dollar as a weapon of war. In Paper Soldiers, Saleha Mohsin reveals how the Treasury Department has shaped U.S. policy at home and overseas by wielding the American dollar as a weapon—and what that means in a new age of crisis.For decades, America has preferred its currency superpower-strong, the basis of a'strong dollar'policy that attracted foreign investors and pleased consumers. Drawing on Mohsin's unparalleled access to current and former Treasury officials like Robert Rubin, Steven Mnuchin, and Janet Yellen, Paper Soldiers traces that policy's intended and unintended consequences, including the rise of populist sentiment and trade war with China—culminating in an unprecedented attack on the dollar's pristine status during the Trump presidency—and connects the dollar's weaponization from 9/11 to the deployment of crippling financial sanctions against Russia. Ultimately, Mohsin argues that, untethered from many of the economic assumptions of the last generation, the power and influence of the American dollar is now at stake.With first-hand reporting and fresh analysis that illustrates the vast, often unappreciated power that the Treasury Department wields at home and abroad, Paper Soldiers tells the inside story of how we really got here—and the future not only of the almighty dollar, but the nation's teetering role as a democratic superpower.
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- 2024
14. Papers From Lilliput
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J. B. Priestly and J. B. Priestly
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Papers from Lilliput, by J. B. Priestly, is a collection of essays that effortlessly blends wit, satire, and poignant social commentary, making it strikingly relevant to modern readers. The book's central theme revolves around the author's observations of the world, delivered through a lens that is both humorous and critical. Priestly's incisive critique of societal norms, politics, and human behavior transcends time, resonating deeply with contemporary issues. One of the main themes in Papers from Lilliput is the absurdity of societal conventions and the often ludicrous nature of human behavior. Priestly's essays dissect various aspects of society, from the mundane to the significant, exposing the inherent contradictions and follies within. This theme is especially pertinent today, as modern society grapples with political polarization, social media echo chambers, and the spread of misinformation. Priestly's humorous yet insightful approach encourages readers to question the status quo and reflect on their own beliefs and behaviors. Another significant theme is the critique of political systems and leadership. Priestly's essays often highlight the incompetence, hypocrisy, and self-serving nature of those in power. In an era where political scandals, corruption, and debates over governance are prevalent, Priestly's observations offer a timeless perspective on the flaws of political structures. His work serves as a reminder of the importance of accountability, transparency, and ethical leadership, urging modern readers to advocate for positive change. The book also delves into the theme of human connection and the shared experiences that bind individuals together. Priestly's reflections on community, empathy, and the human condition are particularly relevant in today's world, where issues like mental health, loneliness, and the search for meaningful connections are at the forefront of societal concerns. His essays inspire readers to foster genuine relationships, practice empathy, and build supportive communities. In addition, Papers from Lilliput addresses the theme of cultural and intellectual critique. Priestly's essays often challenge prevailing cultural norms and intellectual trends, encouraging readers to think critically and independently. This theme resonates strongly in the age of information overload, where discerning truth from falsehood and developing a nuanced understanding of complex issues are crucial skills. Priestly's work empowers readers to embrace intellectual curiosity and cultivate critical thinking. Overall, Papers from Lilliput by J. B. Priestly offers a rich tapestry of themes that are remarkably pertinent to contemporary society. Through his masterful storytelling and keen observations, Priestly provides a thought-provoking commentary on the human experience, urging readers to reflect on their own lives and the world around them. The book's blend of humor, satire, and social critique makes it an engaging and accessible read for modern audiences, while its timeless themes ensure its continued relevance and impact. Whether examining the absurdity of societal norms, critiquing political systems, exploring human connections, or challenging cultural and intellectual assumptions, Papers from Lilliput invites readers to engage with enduring questions and seek meaningful change. Priestly's essays encourage a deeper understanding of the complexities of the human condition and inspire readers to navigate the contemporary world with awareness, empathy, and a critical mind.
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- 2024
15. Paper of Wreckage : The Rogues, Renegades, Wiseguys, Wankers, and Relentless Reporters Who Redefined American Media
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Susan Mulcahy, Frank DiGiacomo, Susan Mulcahy, and Frank DiGiacomo
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A jaw-dropping and unputdownable oral history of the New York Post and the legendary tabloid's cultural impact from the 1970s to today as recounted by the men and women who witnessed it firsthand. By the 1970s, the country's oldest continuously published newspaper had fallen on hard times, just like its nearly bankrupt hometown. When the New York Post was sold to a largely unknown Australian named Rupert Murdoch in 1976, staffers hoped it would be the start of a new golden age for the paper. Now, after the nearly fifty years Murdoch has owned the tabloid, American culture reflects what Murdoch first started in the 1970s: a celebrity-focused, noisy, one-sided media empire that reached its zenith with Fox News. Drawing on extensive interviews with key players and in-depth research, this eye-opening, wildly entertaining oral history shows us how we got to this point. It's a rollicking tale full of bad behavior, inflated egos, and a corporate culture that rewarded skirting the rules and breaking norms. But working there was never boring and now, you can discover the entire remarkable true story of America's favorite tabloid newspaper.
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- 2024
16. The Presidential Papers
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John Kessel and John Kessel
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Mixing satire, farce, and dystopia, the stories in John Kessel's The Presidential Papers deconstruct the character and politics of five imagined presidents, some of whom bear striking resemblance to individuals who have occupied the Oval Office over the last thirty years. Who are these men and what makes them so funny, when they are not terrifying? How damaged does a person need to be to seek such power, why do we vote for them, and what do they think about the 1959 Washington Senators? In'The Franchise,'aging career minor leaguer George H.W. Bush faces ace New York Giants pitcher Fidel Castro in the 1959 World Series.'The Last American'outlines the career of the final president of the United States and his thirty-three years in office. Can the megalomaniac President of the Solar System evade the consequences of his moronic rule in the original play'A Brief History of the War with Venus'? In our Outspoken Interview we learn about crossing Mary Shelley with Jane Austen, about having classic SF writer James Gunn as a mentor, about being a spy in the English department, and about industrial capitalism, immigrants, and Buffalo, New York.
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- 2024
17. Monsanto papers : Désinformation médiatique
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Alexandre Baumann and Alexandre Baumann
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Comme la plupart des Français, je pensais, il y a peu, que les « Monsanto Papers » avaient révélé une affaire de corruption. Monsanto aurait réussi à manipuler les scientifiques et les agences pour garder le glyphosate autorisé, alors qu'on savait qu'il était cancérigène.J'y croyais, comme tout le monde… puis, j'ai douté et je les ai lus.Ce fut une révélation. Je n'ai rien trouvé de l'histoire grandiose racontée par la presse. Les discussions étaient ordinaires, les faits allégués insignifiants… Au final, la belle histoire s'avérait être une fable. La presse institutionnelle avait menti.Comment cela a-t-il pu se produire?Pour le comprendre, nous analysons les 519 articles francophones ayant couvert cette affaire. Chaque allégation sera détaillée, son origine retracée et sa présentation médiatique décortiquée.Ce que nous mettons en évidence est terrifiant : à quel point nos démocraties sont-elles fragiles?
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- 2024
18. The Role of Waste Reduction Technology in Sustainable Recycling of Waste Paper at Thi-Qar University.
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Najm, Noor and Mansour, Mustafa M.
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PAPER recycling ,WASTE minimization ,SUSTAINABLE development ,PAPER industry ,SUBSIDIES ,ECOLOGICAL impact - Abstract
The purpose of this study is reducing sustainable paper recycling at Thi-Qar University by using waste reduction techniques. It can be argued with much confidence that the idea of recycling paper can be successfully implemented in an academic institution. This can be done by merging the specific waste paper baskets, pulping machine and power from a renewable source with an already established local paper making company. The methods applied in this study are making company would be able to recoup a government subsidy that pays them to recycle paper in order to offset the cost of pulped paper which is 30% more expensive than raw wood pulp. The academic institution that implements this would save money on waste disposal, and cut its carbon footprint in half, by up to 600%, per year approximately five-six tons of CO
2 instead of one-ton-two tones carbon offset for simply recycling the paper. All these steps could also be applied for recycling of the large amount of waste papers generated by students an idea that encounters high costs in recycling hence being rarely implemented. This could be achieved through urged use of the same paper disposal methods already in use, where the paper collected is pulped from the student paper waste bins once a week. The results of this article are more specific yet indirect environmental benefit concerns the recycling habits of students. By providing the means for students to recycle paper at their places of study, it is hoped that they will adopt similar practices in their homes and other areas of life and show that the practice of paper recycling at Thi-Qar University has a success rate of 98.42%. Additionally, a total revenue of $3,527.98 was collected from the value of recycled paper. This can be important, as it is today's young people who will shape the future condition of the environment. If a more conscientious attitude towards recycling can be established, the cumulative environmental benefits could be very significant. On the economic side, recycling paper can potentially save academic institutions a substantial amount of money on their waste disposal. This is because paper and cardboard often make up a high percentage of the waste and these are materials which can be recycled relatively cheaply. By decreasing the volume of general waste, a decrease in waste disposal costs can be achieved. If institutions take it a step further and decide to purchase only recycled paper products, this can also help accelerate the demand for recycled paper and its long-term economic feasibility. The benefits of paper recycling in academic institutions are undoubtedly far-reaching. Not only are the environmental benefits significant, but also the potential cost savings and impact on student attitudes. Probably the most apparent benefits of paper recycling are the environmental ones. The significance of this research is recycling paper in academic institutions is not only beneficial to the environment but also has potential cost-saving implications and significant educational value for students' attitudes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2024
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19. Paper Cage : A Novel
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Tom Baragwanath and Tom Baragwanath
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This prizewinning debut from New Zealand novelist Tom Baragwanath is both a nail-biting thrill-ride and a beautifully written, acutely observed portrait of a community.How far would you go to keep your family safe?Lorraine Henry is generally content to keep her head down and get on with her work as a records clerk at the Masterton police station. But when children start going missing in her small town, Lo can't help but pay attention. After all, she has Bradley, her young nephew, to worry about, and the cops don't seem to be putting much effort into finding the kids. And then the unthinkable happens: Bradley disappears. Distraught but determined, Lorraine vows to bring him home no matter what. And, together with a detective from Wellington, she embarks on a dangerous mission, one that will illuminate all the good and all the bad in Masterton.
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- 2024
20. Paper Dragons : The Fight for the Hidden Realm
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Siobhan McDermott and Siobhan McDermott
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A 12-year-old girl wins an invitation to train as an apprentice to immortals in the first book of the new must-read magical series destined to take the world by storm—perfect for fans of Amari and the Night Brothers, Skandar and Eragon. Let the competition begin!“A new classic fantasy adventure.” — Eoin Colfer, author of the internationally best-selling Artemis Fowl series An outsider in her village above the cloud sea, 12-year-old orphan Yeung Zhi Ging's only hope of escape is to win the single invitation to train as a Silhouette: an apprentice to the immortals. After her ill-fated attempt to impress the Silhouette scout leads to a dragon attack on the jade mountain, Zhi Ging is sure that her chances, and her life, are over. But the scout spots her potential and offers her protection and a second chance. She's in.In her lessons in Hok Woh, the underwater realm of the immortals, Zhi Ging must face the challenging trials set by her teachers to prove that she's worthy of being a Silhouette—despite her rivals'attempts to sabotage her. But as Zhi Ging's power grows, so do the rumours of the return of the Fui Gwai, an evil spirit that turns people into grey-eyed thralls.When the impossible happens and the Fui Gwai attack the Silhouettes, can Zhi Ging use her newly uncovered talents to save her friends and the world beyond? Or will the grey-eyed spirit consume them all? “A soaring, luminous new world.'—Jessica Townsend, New York Times bestselling author of The Nevermoor series
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- 2024
21. Paper Diver : How the World's Greatest Underwater Treasure Hunter Never Got Wet
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Gary L. Pinkerton and Gary L. Pinkerton
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- Underwater exploration, Treasure hunting, Impostors and imposture--United States--Biography
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Harry E. Rieseberg's autobiographical writings include stories like being attacked by a giant octopus while recovering sunken treasure, defending himself from an attack by a 15-foot shark with only a diving knife, and surviving a hurricane and a severely broken leg while at sea--all captivating tales for audiences in the 1940s and 1950s, and all invented by a very successful charlatan. This is a biography of Harry E. Rieseberg, a shameless self-promoter who passed himself off as the world's greatest treasure salvor but who never got wet. His entire public persona was based on stories he retold in dozens of books and thousands of articles in which he made claims of feats that were fantasy but sold as fact. Despite the often-obvious facts of his fabrication, his books influenced a generation of legitimate divers and underwater archaeologists like Sir Robert Marx and Robert Stenuit. Thoroughly researched, this book uses sources including his personal records and letters to his agents to provide deep insight into the nature of his life and the way he created a false persona for popular consumption.
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- 2024
22. Paper Banners
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Jane Miller and Jane Miller
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A herald of desire, mortality, and the mission of poetry itself, Jane Miller's Paper Banners catalogs the intimate experiences that create a life, hoping that “what will survive of us is love.”A herald of desire, suffering, mortality, and the mission of poetry itself, Jane Miller's Paper Banners “say the cosmos/ isn't hostile/ yet strangles a dove /with one hand.” Against this angst, Miller steps outside of history to contemplate voices of love, aging, and artmaking. Many poems are addressed to family members, friends, and young poets, or pay homage to familiar figures taken by time or tragedy, including Virginia Woolf, Osip Mandelstam, and the Song Dynasty poet Li Qingzhao. In clear, short lines, these poems harken to ancient banderoles, or pennants, which announced rallying cries on the lances of knights and mottoes on the flags of ships. Here, Miller's Paper Banners are made of images of the American Southwest and scrutinize its political and physical landscape. Like skywriting streamed in white smoke, this collection bears its message on the wind, its words addressed to anyone. As Miller catalogs the intimate experiences that make up a life—friendships, loves, dreams, our human connection to the environment—Paper Banners becomes a hope that “what will survive of us is love.”
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- 2023
23. The Grandin Papers : Over 50 Years of Research on Animal Behavior and Welfare That Improved the Livestock Industry
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Temple Grandin and Temple Grandin
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- Domestic animals, Emotions in animals, Livestock--Behavior, Animal behavior, Animals--Treatment
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'The Grandin Papers is a compilation of some of my most important scientific papers with an emphasis on livestock facility design, the development of animal welfare auditing programs, and behavior of cattle and horses during handling. They are in chronological order. I chose the papers and book chapters that would most likely be of interest to the general public, policymakers, and people interested in farm animal welfare and behavior. This anthology will show how my thinking has evolved over a fifty-year career.” —Temple GrandinTemple Grandin is famous for her groundbreaking approach to decoding animal behavior. Her 50 + years of experience in observing animals shines through in The Grandin Papers. Dr. Grandin's professional training as a scientist and her amazing life as a person with autism has given her a perspective like that of no other expert in the field of animal science. The Grandin Papers celebrate her storied career.A professor of Animal Science at Colorado State University, Dr. Grandin is also a designer of livestock handling facilities. The curved chute and race systems she has designed for cattle are in worldwide use, and her writings on the flight zone and other principles of grazing animal behavior have helped people to reduce stress on their animals during handling. She has also developed an extraordinarily successful objective scoring system for assessing the handling of cattle and pigs at meat plants. Other areas of research include:Cattle temperamentEnvironmental enrichment for pigsTraining proceduresHorse perception of novel objectsEffective stunning methods for cattle and pigs at meat plantsAnd much moreSelected Awards:University Distinguished Professor, Colorado State University - 2022Named top 10 Best College Professors in the U.S., CEO Magazine - 2020 National Women's Hall of Fame - 2017The Distinguished Alumni Medallion, National 4-H Council - 2012 Liberty Science Center Distinguished Humanitarian Award - 2011Inducted into the National Cowgirl Hall of Fame - 2010U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary's Highest Award - 2007Founder's Award, American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals - 1999Dr. Grandin is also a past member of the board of directors of the Autism Society of America. She lectures to parents and teachers throughout the U.S. on her experiences with autism, and her work has appeared in the New York Times, People, National Public Radio, and 20/20. She was one of Time Magazine's 100 most influential people of the year. The HBO movie based on her life, starring Claire Danes, received seven Emmy Awards.
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- 2023
24. Paper Names : A Propulsive and Sweeping Debut Novel About Family, Identity and the American Dream
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Susie Luo and Susie Luo
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Taut, panoramic and powerful; Paper Names is an unforgettable debut about the long shadows of our parents, the ripple effects of our decisions and the ways in which our love transcends difference. Outside a New York apartment building, an attempted mugging alters the lives of three people. Tony, a Chinese-born engineer turned Manhattan doorman, who immigrated to the United States to give his family a better life. His daughter, Tammy, who grapples with the expectations surrounding a first-generation American as she grows into an ambitious young woman. And Oliver, a charming white lawyer with a dark family secret, who is continuously propelled towards Tammy and Tony, whether by fate or his choices. Set in New York and China over three decades, Paper Names explores what it means to be American from three different perspectives. As Tony, Tammy and Oliver each strive for their own American dream, and make sacrifices to attain it, every joyous and heart-breaking twist in their stories begs the question: was it all worth it?'Spectacular... Explosive and riveting, the story whipstitches in and out of time like a golden needle'— Adriana Trigiani, New York Times bestselling author of The Good Left Undone ‘Unblinking, nimble, and written with the kind of clarity one expects from a seasoned author. The word stunning is not hyperbole here'— Brian Castleberry, award-winning author of Nine Shiny Objects ‘With a keen eye for detail, a strong sense of pacing, and a deep understanding of human nature, Susie Luo crafts a moving portrait of two families whose fates intertwine'— Christina Baker Kline, New York Times bestselling author of Orphan Train
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- 2023
25. Paper Lithography
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Sue Brown and Sue Brown
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A step-by-step guide to making paper lithography prints. This practical book explains how to use gum arabic to transfer a photocopied image without specialised equipment. It uses both hand-drawn and photographic images to show how paper lithography (or gum arabic transfer printing) is a quick and simple process that allows for creative experimentation on a range of surfaces. Packed with advice and ideas, it highlights this exciting, flexible and creative technique for artists and makers. Contains clear, detailed instructions to printing a lithographic transfer using a humble photocopy as a plate. Advice on how to incorporate the process as part of sketchbook, textile and etching practice, Ideas for more advanced multimedia applications and inspirational finished examples. Also includes tips for coping with common problems and warnings of pitfalls to be avoided.
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- 2023
26. The Federalist Papers
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Ryan Earley and Ryan Earley
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How do Americans state what they believe in, how their representative government works, and more? By writing it down! Investigate great documents that have shaped United States history, including the Federalist Papers. Find out who wrote the papers, what they say, and why they remain important today. Read all about these remarkable documents that helped form a nation. Includes a support page of teaching tips for caregivers and teachers. Downloadable Teacher's Notes available.
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- 2023
27. Preparation of Paper-Based Fluorescent Sensors and Their Application for the Detection of Cu 2+ in Water.
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Ma, Yue, Li, Hui, Li, Yufeng, and Wei, Dong
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FILTER paper ,ENVIRONMENTAL quality ,POLYETHYLENEIMINE ,ENVIRONMENTAL health ,COPPER - Abstract
Excessive copper (Cu
2+ ) causes adverse effects on human health and the ecological environment. Traditional methods for detecting Cu2+ have drawbacks such as high detection costs, complex operating conditions, and being time consuming. Therefore, there is an urgent need to develop simple detection methods to better meet specific health and environment quality needs. In this work, a paper-based fluorescence sensor was prepared (herein referred to as the as-prepared method) by immersing filter paper in aqueous polyethyleneimine (PEI) solution, and its potential use in Cu2+ detection was investigated. The results showed that the as-prepared paper samples, with fluorescence properties obtained by aggregation-induced luminescence of PEI, have selective recognition of Cu2+ based on the internal filtration effect, and the lowest detection limit is 0.03 μM. In addition, the relative error of this method is in the range of 1.80~2.23%, which is relatively comparable to the national standard method (0.63~630 μM), demonstrating high accuracy. Therefore, paper-based sensors with a simple preparation method have potential applications in the detection of Cu2+ in water. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2024
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28. The Horror Papers
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Michael Harrison and Michael Harrison
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Welcome to the horror papers of Detective Billy Blanchard. Step inside File 1 and follow Detective Blanchard and his partner as the area where they live becomes the target of witches, vampires, werewolves, serial killers, and all manners of ghosts and goblins. This series of short, interconnected stories will have the reader experience the horror that unfolds as characters from an unfortunate town become the victims of the supernatural. Will the detectives solve the inhuman mystery and discover the source of evil before it is too late?
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- 2023
29. Paper Trails : From the Backwoods to the Front Page, a Life in Stories
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Roy MacGregor and Roy MacGregor
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One of Canada's greatest journalists shares a half century of the stories behind the stories.From his vantage point harnessed to a tree overlooking the town of Huntsville (he tended to wander), a very young Roy MacGregor got in the habit of watching people—what they did, who they talked to, where they went. He has been getting to know his fellow Canadians and telling us all about them ever since. From his early days in the pages of Maclean's, to stints at the Toronto Star, Ottawa Citizen, National Post and most famously from his perch on page two of the Globe and Mail, MacGregor was one of the country's must-read journalists. While news media were leaning increasingly right or left, he always leaned north, his curiosity trained by the deep woods and cold lakes of Algonquin Park to share stories from Canada's farthest reaches, even as he worked in the newsrooms of its southern capitols. From Parliament to the backyard rink, subarctic shores to prairie expanses, MacGregor shaped the way Canadians saw and thought about themselves—never entirely untethered from the land and its history. When MacGregor was still a young editor at Maclean's, the 21-year-old chief of the Waskaganish (aka Rupert's House) Crees, Billy Diamond, found in Roy a willing listener as the chief was appealing desperately to newsrooms across Ottawa, trying to bring attention to the tainted-water emergency in his community. Where other journalists had shrugged off Diamond's appeals, MacGregor got on a tiny plane into northern Quebec. From there began a long friendship that would one day lead MacGregor to a Winnipeg secret location with Elijah Harper and his advisors, a host of the most influential Indigenous leaders in Canada, as the Manitoba MPP contemplated the Charlottetown Accord and a vote that could shatter what seemed at the time the country's last chance to save Confederation. This was the sort of exclusive access to vital Canadian stories that Roy MacGregor always seemed to secure. And as his ardent fans will discover, the observant small-town boy turned pre-eminent journalist put his rare vantage point to exceptional use. Filled with reminiscences of an age when Canadian newsrooms were populated by outsized characters, outright rogues and passionate practitioners, the unputdownable Paper Trails is a must-read account of a life lived in stories.
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- 2023
30. Building with Paper : Architecture and Construction
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Ulrich Knaack, Rebecca Bach, Samuel Schabel, Ulrich Knaack, Rebecca Bach, and Samuel Schabel
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- House construction, Paperboard
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Das natürliche Material Papier und Pappe ist derzeit Gegenstand der Forschung und Erprobung in der Baupraxis. Es ist kostengünstig herstellbar, besteht aus nachwachsendem Rohstoff und ist gut rezyklierbar. Der Schwerpunkt der Verwendung liegt dabei auf der temporären Nutzung, etwa in Übergangsbauten für Schulen, Notunterkünfte oder „Microhomes'. Richtig vor Nässe und Feuer geschützt, erweist sich das Material als sehr haltbar. Und der architektonische Anspruch kommt dabei keineswegs zu kurz, wie Beispiele von Pritzker-Preisträger Shigeru Ban zeigen: die Grundschule Chengdu, die Paper Concert Hall in Aquila oder die Cardboard Cathedral in Christchurch waren jeweils ein Zeichen der Hoffnung nach verheerenden Erdbeben. Die Einführung erklärt die Grundlagen des Bauens mit Papier und zeigt spannende Anwendungen.
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- 2023
31. Thoughts on Paper
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Deshna Fennell and Deshna Fennell
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These intriguing and immersive collections of poetry are the literal thoughts of the author on paper. They cover a (myriad) range of topics and sentiments, and the author hopes they evoke an emotional roller coaster for the reader.
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- 2023
32. Paper Cuts : An Enchanting Cozy Mystery
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Ellery Adams and Ellery Adams
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- Cozy mysteries, Detective and mystery fiction, Novels, Booksellers and bookselling--Fiction, Women booksellers--Fiction, Secret societies--Fiction, Female friendship--Fiction, Divorced women--Fiction, Murder--Fiction, FICTION--Mystery & Detective--Cozy--Culinary
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Miracle Springs, North Carolina, is famed for its healing springs. But bookstore owner Nora Pennington has a tendency to land in a different kind of hot water. Though she loves to practice bibliotherapy by finding the perfect books for her customers while listening to their secrets, she also likes to bury her nose in the occasional local crime... Nora escaped her past a decade ago. So it feels like a visit from another world when Kelly Walsh—the woman her ex-husband left her for—walks through the door of Miracle Books along with her son. Kelly hasn't come to gloat, though. As it turns out, she's been dumped too. She's also terribly ill, and all she wants from Nora is forgiveness. Shockingly, however, this woman who's been the victim of so much misfortune is about to become a murder victim. Who would do such a thing? Certainly not Nora, but that doesn't stop the gossip and suspicion—especially after Kelly's brother claims that he saw the two women arguing. In seeking justice for Kelly, The Secret, Book, and Scone Society joins forces with the sheriff's department, but they've barely begun their probe when life throws another wrench. After serving a twenty-year sentence, Estella's father returns to Miracle Springs. And when his past comes back to haunt him, it might be more than the four friends can handle.
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- 2023
33. Paper Planes
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Jennie Wood and Jennie Wood
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- Camps--Comic books, strips, etc, Sexual minorities--Comic books, strips, etc, Friendship--Comic books, strips, etc, Young adult fiction, Asexual people--Comic books, strips, etc, Love in adolescence--Comic books, strips, etc, Gender-nonconforming people--Comic books, strips, etc, Self-realization--Comic books, strips, etc, Life change events--Comic books, strips, etc
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After a life altering incident, Dylan and Leighton are sent to a summer camp for troubled youth. Can Dylan and Leighton save their friendship and protect their future while trying to survive camp?Former best friends Dylan Render and Leighton Worthington attempt to successfully navigate their way through a summer camp for troubled youth. They both need a good evaluation at the camp. Otherwise, they'll be sent away, unable to attend high school with their friends. While participating in camp activities and chores, Dylan and Leighton rexamine the events that led up to the incident that sent them to camp, the incident that threatens their futures and their friendship with each other.
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- 2023
34. The Paper Protocol : Systematic Instructions for Writing a Biomedical Research Paper
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Stefan Lang and Stefan Lang
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- Medicine--Research, Biology--Research, Medical writing, Technical writing
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Experimental and study protocols allow scientists to conduct their research efficiently. The Paper Protocol helps them afterwards to put their results on paper. It structures the writing process into defined phases, describing each task required to write a biomedical research paper that convinces both the journal's reviewers and readers. This book is written in global English, making it easier to read and understand for non-native English speaking students and scientists. Scientists who want their work read and cited need to publish in global English, which has become the language of the scientific community.
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- 2022
35. Palace Papers : Die Windsors, die Macht und die Wahrheit | Deutsche Ausgabe. Mit aktualisiertem Nachwort. Von der Autorin des Weltbestsellers 'Diana. Die Biografie'
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Tina Brown and Tina Brown
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THE ROYAL BOOK OF THE YEAR! Der SPIEGEL-Bestseller, Amazon No. 1-Bestseller und gelistet in den 100 Notable Books of 2022 in The New York Times! Im eBook jetzt mit aktualisiertem Nachwort!'... legt ein 700 Seiten starkes Werk über die Windsors vor, das Klatsch auf allerhöchstem Niveau bietet. Von Diana bis Meghan Markle reicht dieses akribisch recherchierte Buch.'Ijoma Mangold, DIE ZEIT, 29.6.2022'Bei den Buchtipps geht es oft um klassische Thriller. Tina Browns Enthüllungsbuch über die Windsors kann hier problemlos mithalten. Ein Pageturner der Extraklasse.'FRANKFURTER RUNDSCHAU 13.6.2022'Es ist die beste und mit über 700 Seiten auch eine der umfangreichsten Chroniken des'elisabethanischen Zeitalters''TINA 5.5.2022'Tina Brown kennt die Windsors wie ihre Westentasche (...) Top recherchiert und unterhaltsam geschrieben'GALA, 28.4.2022'Eine süffige Mischung aus Psychoanalyse, Skandalroman, politischer Analyse, hochklassigem Gossip und Thriller'PROFIL 25.4.2022'Nie wieder'lautete der Schwur, darf so etwas passieren, als der traumatische Tod der Prinzessin von Wales die königliche Familie dazu zwang, sich neu zu erfinden. Tina Brown, die brillante Journalistin und Autorin der besten Diana-Biografie, enthüllt in ihrem neuen Buch die wahre Geschichte der Windsors im letzten Vierteljahrhundert. Die Palace Papers nehmen die Leser•innen mit, nicht nur hinter die Mauern des Buckingham Palasts, sondern bieten Innenansichten der königlichen Gesellschaft und ihrer Gewohnheiten. In einer faszinierenden chronique scandaleuse erklärt die Autorin kenntnisreich und bestens informiert die stoische Standhaftigkeit der Queen, etwa wie sie mit dem Tod von Prinz Philip umging, aber auch dem ihrer Schwester Prinzessin Margaret und ihrer Mutter, der Queen Mother, und wie sie trotz aller familiären Dramen ihr 50. Krönungsjahr 2002 triumphal beging. Lesen Sie - warum Prinz Charles gegen alle Widerstände Camilla durch Heirat zu seiner'Königin'erkor und die Prinzen William und Harry, auf verschiedenen'Umlaufbahnen'unterwegs, doch noch damit ihren Frieden machten; - wie die entschlossene Kate Middleton quasi zur'Retterin'der Monarchie aufstieg; - und welches Erdbeben die mehr als verstörenden Anschuldigungen gegen Prinz Andrew im Zusammenhang mit Jeffrey Epsteins Mädchenhändler-Ring auslösten. - Dies wird überzeugend dargestellt, ebenso wie Harrys und Meghans erstaunlicher - und in den Augen der Autorin schlecht vorbereiteter -'Rücktritt'aus der ersten Reihe der Royals. Das'Nie wieder'einzulösen, ist schwierig für eine so traditionelle Institution wie die britische Monarchie in einer sich divers orientierenden Gesellschaft und mitten im Überlebenskampf der Boulevardpresse in Zeiten der sozialen Medien. Auch die royalen Spin-doctors haben ihren Auftritt in den'Palace Papers', neben der skandalösen Abhöraffäre durch die Murdoch-Medien, die das Verhältnis von Palast und Öffentlichkeit erneut vor Gerichte brachte. Tina Browns Familiengeschichte der Windsors ist dank ihrer erstrangigen Quellen voller unbekannter Details und kluger Einblicke in eine'geschlossene Gesellschaft', die weit über den Netflix-Serienhit The Crown hinausreicht, aber ihm an Süffigkeit und Suchtpotential in keiner Weise nachsteht: ein Meisterwerk, das unsere Sicht auf die königliche Familie für immer verändern wird. Mit mehr als 50 farbigen Abbildungen. Anlässlich des Todestages von Queen Elizabeth II. am 8. September 2022 aktualisierte die Autorin der PALACAE PAPERs, Tina Brown, das Nachwort und nimmt aktuelle Entwicklungen - wie die Ernennung von Prinz Charles zum neuen König Charles III. - mit auf und blickt in der ihr eigenen klugen und tiefgreifenden Weise gedankenreich in eine Zukunft, die anders sein wird als wir sie unter der Königin der Herzen vermuteten.Tina Brown ist eine preisgekrönte Autorin und die ehemalige Chefredakteurin von Tatler, Vanity Fair und The New Yorker. Sie gründete The Daily Beast und den Women of the Worl
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- 2022
36. Paper Crusade
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Michelle Penn and Michelle Penn
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- Poetry, Modern--21st century
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On a wasted island in perpetual sun, the Father practices magic, laments his lost kingdom and commands a ragtag army of three: the passionate and damaged Daughter, the winged Spirit and an indigenous being known only as C. Behind their uniforms — white suits and full-face paper masks — the soldiers seethe with rebellion. The arrival of the Boy, a hapless prince, and the Brother, the Father's rival, unleashes desire, betrayal, insanity and revenge — all of it witnessed by an irate sea. Paper Crusade is a bold reinvention of Shakespeare's play, The Tempest. Michelle Penn's vivid imagery and startling, sensual language create an unforgettable dystopia for our own time.
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- 2022
37. The Petroleum Papers : Inside the Far-Right Conspiracy to Cover Up Climate Change
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Geoff Dembicki and Geoff Dembicki
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- Right and left (Political science), Climatic changes--Risk assessment, Climatic changes--Political aspects, Petroleum industry and trade--Corrupt practices, Petroleum industry and trade--Political aspects
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A WASHINGTON POST BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR'An essential read.'—The Washington Post'Essential… This book belongs on the shelf next to Merchants of Doubt, Dark Money, and Kochland.'—Roy Scranton, author of Learning to Die in the Anthropocene'The petroleum industry is guilty of a Big Tobacco–style public cover-up, according to this vivid exposé.'—Publishers Weekly STARRED ReviewBurning fossil fuels will cause catastrophic global warming: this is what top American oil executives were told by scientists in 1959. But they ignored that warning. Instead, they developed one of the biggest, most polluting oil sources in the world—the oil sands in Alberta, Canada. As investigative journalist Geoff Dembicki reveals in this explosive book, the decades-long conspiracy to keep the oil sands flowing into the U.S. would turn out to be one of the biggest reasons for the world's failure to stop the climate crisis.In The Petroleum Papers, Dembicki draws from confidential oil industry documents to uncover for the first time how companies like Exxon, Koch Industries, and Shell built a global right-wing echo chamber to protect oil sands profits—a misinformation campaign that continues to this day. He also tells the high-stakes stories of people fighting back: a Seattle lawyer who brought down Big Tobacco and is now going after Big Oil, a Filipina activist whose family drowned in a climate disaster, and a former Exxon engineer pushed out for asking hard questions.With experts now warning we have less than a decade to get global emissions under control, The Petroleum Papers provides a step-by-step account of how we got to this precipice—and the politicians and companies who deserve our blame.Published in Partnership with the David Suzuki Institute
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- 2022
38. The Palace Papers : Inside the House of Windsor--the Truth and the Turmoil
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Tina Brown and Tina Brown
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- Biography, Biographies, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Royalty, Families, Kings and rulers
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The “addictively readable” (The Washington Post) inside story of the British royal family's battle to overcome the dramas of the Diana years—only to confront new, twenty-first-century crises “Frothy and forthright, a kind of Keeping Up with the Windsors with sprinkles of Keats.”—The New York Times (Notable Book of the Year)ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Washington Post, Elle, Town & Country“Never again” became Queen Elizabeth II's mantra shortly after Princess Diana's tragic death. More specifically, there could never be “another Diana”—a member of the family whose global popularity upstaged, outshone, and posed an existential threat to the British monarchy.Picking up where Tina Brown's masterful The Diana Chronicles left off, The Palace Papers reveals how the royal family reinvented itself after the traumatic years when Diana's blazing celebrity ripped through the House of Windsor like a comet.Brown takes readers on a tour de force journey through the scandals, love affairs, power plays, and betrayals that have buffeted the monarchy over the last twenty-five years. We see the Queen's stoic resolve after the passing of Princess Margaret, the Queen Mother, and Prince Philip, her partner for seven decades, and how she triumphs in her Jubilee years even as family troubles rage around her. Brown explores Prince Charles's determination to make Camilla Parker Bowles his wife, the tension between William and Harry on “different paths,” the ascendance of Kate Middleton, the downfall of Prince Andrew, and Harry and Meghan's stunning decision to step back as senior royals. Despite the fragile monarchy's best efforts, “never again” seems fast approaching.Tina Brown has been observing and chronicling the British monarchy for three decades, and her sweeping account is full of powerful revelations, newly reported details, and searing insight gleaned from remarkable access to royal insiders. Stylish, witty, and erudite, The Palace Papers will irrevocably change how the world perceives and understands the royal family.
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- 2022
39. Paper Pirate
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Dawn McIntyre and Dawn McIntyre
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- Bookstore owners--Fiction
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As if the looming deadline to pay off a balloon mortgage isn't enough to worry about, the five partners who own the small town book store The Paper Pirate find themselves menaced by a stealthy crook who systematically searches first the shop, then each of their homes. Because he takes nothing and barely leaves traces of his presence, the police can't be of much help, and simply promise to keep an eye on Charlie Santorelli, Lavinia “Vinnie” Holcomb, Al Rockleigh, Felicia Cocolo and Lenora Stern. It's a mystery to them but the reader knows that Rick Foster, a shady rare-books dealer and his sidekick Nina Bartov are on the hunt for a particular old volume that sits unnoticed on a shelf in The Paper Pirate's used book section. It's an obscure early work of the not-terribly-successful author Benjamin Conway, and it's badly defaced—but a very wealthy man is willing to pay Rick a half a million dollars for it. Seems an ancestor of his eluded the henchmen of a nineteenth-century dictator by escaping to New York, and eventually took refuge in the northeastern Pennsylvania countryside. Before he was captured and killed, he'd scribbled as much evidence of the tyrant's sins as he could fit into the blank spaces of a copy of The Stargazer at Dawn and hid it where he hoped his comrades would find it. They never did. The five friends also are members of a writers'group, and each of them has a secret. One is penning an erotic novel on the sly, another hides a painful estrangement with an only child, and a deadly teenaged mistake causes a third to sabotage her every chance at happiness in the present. A partner who claims to be unpublished actually is a one-hit-wonder with a thirty-year-old best-selling novel followed by a crippling literary failure, and the last has a family with criminal connections—he's spent half a lifetime avoiding them.
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- 2022
40. The Paper Museum
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Kate S. Simpson and Kate S. Simpson
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- Novels, Missing persons--Fiction, Museums--Fiction, Friendship--Fiction, JUVENILE FICTION / Fantasy & Magic, JUVENILE FICTION / Science Fiction / General
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In a world where paper is obsolete and magic is all but forgotten, Lydia has moved into the Paper Museum with her Uncle Lem following the disappearance of her parents. Convinced the key to finding them lies in the museum's book collection, Lydia spends her days digitally scanning her way through the museum's library. But when Uncle Lem is called away and her Uncle Renald is put in charge of the museum, Lydia's scanning project comes to an abrupt halt. Uncle Renald takes her aer reader—the personal device that everybody uses for reading, shopping, messaging, and more—but not before Lydia makes a desperate attempt at filing a missing persons report for her parents. The report activates a countdown, and now with nothing but a secret typewriter in her dogwood fort and a cryptic message, Lydia has thirty days to find her parents and stop the mayor from commandeering the museum. Otherwise, both her family home and the Paper Museum itself will be reassigned to someone else. With aer readers on the fritz and the town descending into chaos, Lydia needs to find her parents before the Paper Museum—and her parents—are lost for good. The Paper Museum is a story of family and friendship with a hint of magic.
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- 2022
41. MarketLine Company Profile: Hankuk Paper Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
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- 2023
42. The Sunday Paper : A Media History
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Paul Moore, Sandra Gabriele, Paul Moore, and Sandra Gabriele
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- American newspapers--History--20h century, American newspapers--History--19th century, American newspapers--Social aspects
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Pullout sections, poster supplements, contests, puzzles, and the funny pages--the Sunday newspaper once delivered a parade of information, entertainment, and spectacle for just a few pennies each weekend. Paul Moore and Sandra Gabriele return to an era of experimentation in early twentieth-century news publishing to chart how the Sunday paper became an essential part of American leisure. Transcending the constraints of newsprint while facing competition from other media, Sunday editions borrowed forms from and eventually partnered with magazines, film, and radio, inviting people to not only read but watch and listen. This drive for mass circulation transformed metropolitan news reading into a national pastime, a change that encouraged newspapers to bundle Sunday supplements into a panorama of popular culture that offered something for everyone.
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- 2022
43. Paper Bridge
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Vasyl Makhno and Vasyl Makhno
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- Ukrainian poetry--Translations into English
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Paper Bridge is the first bilingual collection by Ukrainian poet Vasyl Makhno, a “master of the contemporary Ukrainian Ballad, who builds a lifeline for the broken-hearted wanderers, homeless heartbreakers, hopeless romantics, and helpful ironists,” in the words of Valzhyna Mort, winner of the Griffin Poetry prize. Makhno's bridge extends to us all, serving whatever purpose we need it to, as Lidijia Dimkovska, author of A Spare Life, writes, “it is a bridge that can burn or resist… but it is a witness to the existence of a traveler through souls, bodies, and spirits, through our own subconsciousness.” With this outstanding collection of poems, Makhno is able to preserve an “enviable spiritual equilibrium…one that grinds out the music even in the toughest of days, a music that survived the twentieth century and keeps alive in the new horrors of the twenty-first,” in the words of Los Angeles Book Prize winner Ilya Kaminsky, “and now despite it all, even in his room in New York City away from Ukraine, [Makhno] can still hear how ‘old age sings'how it ‘nervously forces the music into a rhythm,” and how ‘it might falter, but it plays again.'”
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- 2022
44. Synthesis of Water-Dispersible Poly(dimethylsiloxane) and Its Potential Application in the Paper Coating Industry as an Alternative for PFAS-Coated Paper and Single-Use Plastics.
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Hamdani, Syeda Shamila, Elkholy, Hazem M., Alford, Alexandra, Jackson, Kang, Naveed, Muhammad, Wyman, Ian, Wang, Yun, Li, Kecheng, Haider, Syed W., and Rabnawaz, Muhammad
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SINGLE-use plastics ,PAPER industry ,KRAFT paper ,COATINGS industry ,PAPER recycling ,PLASTIC marine debris ,FLUOROALKYL compounds ,BIODEGRADABLE plastics - Abstract
Polyethylene-, polyvinylidene chloride-, and per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance-coated paper generate microplastics or fluorochemicals in the environment. Here, we report an approach for the development of oil-resistant papers using an environmentally friendly, fluorine-free, water-dispersible poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) coating on kraft paper. Carboxylic-functionalized PDMS (PDMS-COOH) was synthesized and subsequently neutralized with ammonium bicarbonate to obtain a waterborne emulsion, which was then coated onto kraft paper. The water resistance of the coated paper was determined via Cobb60 measurements. The Cobb60 value was reduced to 2.70 ± 0.14 g/m
2 as compared to 87.6 ± 5.1 g/m2 for uncoated paper, suggesting a remarkable improvement in water resistance. Similarly, oil resistance was found to be 12/12 on the kit test scale versus 0/12 for uncoated paper. In addition, the coated paper retained 70–90% of its inherent mechanical properties, and more importantly, the coated paper was recycled via pulp recovery using a standard protocol with a 91.1% yield. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2024
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45. Paper Cup
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Karen Campbell and Karen Campbell
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WATERSTONES SCOTTISH BOOK OF THE MONTH'A truly original, brilliant novel'Daily Mail'Very special indeed... your world will be a better place for reading this story'Joanna Cannon Everyone deserves a second chance. You just have to take the first step. Rocked by a terrible accident, homeless Kelly needs to escape the streets of Glasgow. Maybe she doesn't believe in serendipity, but a rare moment of kindness and a lost ring conspire to call her home, returning to the small town she fled so many years ago.
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- 2022
46. The Paper Caper
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Kate Carlisle and Kate Carlisle
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San Francisco book-restoration expert Brooklyn Wainwright loves a good book festival except when murder is the main event in this thrilling new addition to the New York Times bestselling Bibliophile Mystery series. Brooklyn is excited to be included in the Covington Library's first annual Mark Twain Festival. She'll rebind a rare first edition of The Prince and the Pauper before an enthusiastic audience of book nerds—her favorite people. The festival is the passion project of wealthy media mogul, book lover, and newspaper owner Joseph Cabot, who considers himself Twain's biggest fan. Brooklyn's hunky husband, Derek, and his security team once rescued Joseph from a corporate kidnapping attempt. Now Derek and his agents are charged with keeping Joseph and his beautiful young wife safe during the festivities taking place all over town. The centerpiece of the festival is a citywide contest based on The Prince and the Pauper: one lucky look-alike will trade places with Joseph for a few days—with access to all the money and power that Joseph commands. Brooklyn and Derek worry that the contest might be generating some dangerous attention. And when someone is mysteriously poisoned right before Brooklyn's eyes, she's not convinced that the victim was the intended target. Now she and Derek must frantically chase clues and suspects through the streets of San Francisco before another murder becomes front-page news....
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- 2022
47. Fugitive Papers : Orinda’s Literary Career
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Juan de Dios Torralbo Caballero and Juan de Dios Torralbo Caballero
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- Women poets, English--17th century--Biography, Poets, English--Early modern, 1500-1700--Biography
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To study Katherine Phillips'career, focusing on her life and literary legacy, analysing some lines from a historicist perspective, with a particular emphasis on the socio-political context and the author's self-representation within her work. As a point of departure, I reflect on what position Katherine Philips occupied in the literary landscape of her time, what level of professionalisation she achieved, and the degree of success she attained through her work, both in her own time and subsequently. I will also enquire into what rhetorical, poetical and linguistic devices Orinda employs in her poetry, and what objectives these strategies suggest.
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- 2022
48. The Federalist Papers
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Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay, Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay
- Abstract
In their hope to promote the ratification of the United States Constitution to the American people, statesmen Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay, writing under the pseudonym “Publius,” published eighty-five articles and essays between October 1777 and April 1778 under the title The Federalist. The Federalist Papers, as they are popularly known today, were instrumental in helping the American people and their leaders come together to establish the supreme law of the land for their fledgling country. This volume includes the full text of The Federalist Papers and a chronological timeline of events pertinent to their writing and the ratification of the United States Constitution.This special edition features an elegantly designed cover and a durable flexible binding. It is an indispensable addition to any home history library.
- Published
- 2021
49. The Monsanto Papers : Deadly Secrets, Corporate Corruption, and One Man’s Search for Justice
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Carey Gillam and Carey Gillam
- Subjects
- Trials (Products liability)--United States
- Abstract
Lee Johnson was a man with simple dreams. All he wanted was a steady job and a nice home for his wife and children, something better than the hard life he knew growing up. He never imagined that he would become the face of a David-and-Goliath showdown against one of the world's most powerful corporate giants. But a workplace accident left Lee doused in a toxic chemical and facing a deadly cancer that turned his life upside down. In 2018, the world watched as Lee was thrust to the forefront of one the most dramatic legal battles in recent history. The Monsanto Papers is the inside story of Lee Johnson's landmark lawsuit against Monsanto. For Lee, the case was a race against the clock, with doctors predicting he wouldn't survive long enough to take the witness stand. For the eclectic band of young, ambitious lawyers representing him, it was a matter of professional pride and personal risk, with millions of dollars and hard-earned reputations on the line. For the public at large, the lawsuit presented a question of corporate accountability. With enough money and influence, could a company endanger its customers, hide evidence, manipulate regulators, and get away with it all—for decades? Readers will be astounded by the depth of corruption uncovered, captivated by the shocking twists, and moved by Lee's quiet determination to see justice served. With gripping narrative force that reads like fiction, The Monsanto Papers takes readers behind the scenes of a grueling legal battle, pulling back the curtain on the frailties of the American court system and the lengths to which lawyers will go to fight corporate wrongdoing.
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- 2021
50. Paper Girls: The Complete Story
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Brian K. Vaughan and Brian K. Vaughan
- Subjects
- Papergirls--Comic books, strips, etc
- Abstract
Finally, the entire Eisner Award-winning epic in one complete volume, featuring a new cover from co-creator CLIFF CHIANG! Four twelve-year-old newspaper delivery girls from the year 1988 uncover the most important story of all time. Suburban drama and otherworldly mysteries collide in this critically acclaimed series about nostalgia, first jobs, and the last days of childhood. Collects PAPER GIRLS #1-30
- Published
- 2021
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