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This episode looks at how we explored and shaped the landscape we live in, moving into all corners of the globe and breaking out from our dependence on our immediate surroundings. From taming fire to planting crops, making bricks to installing plumbing and drainage, discovering electricity and making steel, we've devised ways to put ourselves in control and make our lives more efficient and comfortable. We've even changed the landscape itself, diverting...
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Three hours of human achievements from the beginning of human existence (Challenging the limits of Science, Medicine, Even Life Itself) (Shaping Our World) and (Shrinking the Planet). From the Stone Age to the stars, from outer space to the very building blocks of life. Our progress in the last century has taken us into a new age of human discovery.
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"Our glorious century" is a hail and farewell to the most extraordinary 100 years America has ever known. This dramatic journey ... covers the pivotal moments of history and colorful events of day-to-day life that created the American Century -- a period that changed the world like no other. Read about the twenties, the thirties, the forties, the fifties, the sixties, the seventies, the eighties and the ninties ... Special feathres: more than 1,600...
11) Into the unknown
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Discusses, among other things, the mysterious world of UFOs and Aliens; animal ESP; reincarnation; Atlantis; dreams, and out-of-body experiences.
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Although akin to a thesaurus, this attractive book is not a dictionary in the true sense, rather it is a combination thesaurus and visual dictionary. Its purpose is to jog users' memories and help them find the right words synonyms, common phrases, antonyms and word association. It groups associated words and phrases under a single access point. Each of he 70,000 words included is defined and related to its access word. Quick reference charts define...
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After the ball -- After you've gone -- Ain't misbehavin' -- Ain't we got fun? -- All of me -- Almost like being in love -- Among my souvenirs -- Baby face -- Ballin' the jack -- Besame mucho -- Beyond the sea -- Bidin' my time -- Boo-hoo -- The boy next door -- California, here I come -- Cecilia -- Charmaine -- Cocktails for two -- Coquette -- Daddy's little girl -- The darktown strutters' ball -- Don't blame me -- Down by the O-HI-O -- Far away places...
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"A journey of discovery through 15,000 years of world history. Food and drink. Fads and fashions. Homes and furnishings. Heating and lighting. Plumbing and sanitation. Work and wages. Sports and amusements. Arts and music. Courtship and marriage. Crime and punishment. Weapons and warfare. Health and medicine. Religion and morality. Transport and travel. Money and trade. Inventions and education. Politics and government. Death and burial"--Back cover....