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The Children of Men by P. D. James
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The Children of Men by P. D. JamesThe Children of Men by P. D. James

In her 12th book, the British author of the two series featuring Adam Dalgleish and Cordelia Gray ( Devices and Desires and An Unsuitable Job for a Woman , respectively) poses a premise that chills and darkens its setting in the year 2021. Near the end of the 20th century, for reasons beyond the grasp of modern science, human sperm count went to zero. 

 

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Modern Dance (World of Dance)
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Modern Dance (World of Dance)Modern Dance (World of Dance)

Modern dance was a movement that began at the turn of the 20th century when American dancers Loie Fuller, Isadora Duncan, and Ruth St. Denis broke from formal dance traditions with their own personal vision of movement. Soon, their visions evolved through Martha Graham, Doris Humphrey, and Charles Weidman, who would all go on to teach their methods and present modern dance as a serious art form.

 
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Becoming Eloquent: Advances in the emergence of language, human cognition, and modern cultures
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Becoming Eloquent: Advances in the emergence of language, human cognition, and modern culturesBecoming Eloquent: Advances in the emergence of language, human cognition, and modern cultures

Few topics of scientific enquiry have attracted more attention in the last decade than the origin and evolution of language. Few have offered an equivalent intellectual challenge for interdisciplinary collaborations between linguistics, cognitive science, prehistoric archaeology, palaeoanthropology, genetics, neurophysiology, computer science and robotics. The contributions presented in this volume reflect the multiplicity of interests and research strategy used to tackle this complex...
 
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Tags: language, science, interdisciplinary, relevant, emerging, modern, Becoming, cognition
Real Alchemy: A Primer of Practical Alchemy
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Real Alchemy: A Primer of Practical AlchemyReal Alchemy: A Primer of Practical Alchemy

A ground-breaking modern manual on an ancient art, Real Alchemy draws on both modern scientific technology and ancient methods. A laboratory scientist and chemist, Robert Allen Bartlett provides an overview of the history of alchemy, as well as an exploration of the theories behind the practice. Clean, clear, simple, and easy to read, Real Alchemy provides excellent directions regarding the production of plant products and transitions the reader-student into the basics of mineral work--what some consider the true domain of alchemy
 
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Modern English Poets
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Modern English PoetsModern English Poets

A Great poetry has accompanied our century of swift development in thought and deed. Only within the last decade has it sunk into silence, with the death of Tennyson and Browning. Swinburne and Morris, our only surviving poets, have nothing new to say; no younger men are rising to take the vacant places. So far as we can tell, the story of our modem English song is ended.
 
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