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Thomas Jordan's diary is a day-by-day account of farm life in rural Maine during the 1840s. The writer, an intelligent and industrious farmer, provides us with an unparalled look at the past as our country was entering a new age. Extensive annotation by one of the diarist's descendents serves to bridge the time gap between then and now.

In 1993, two years after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the new Republc of Armenia was involved in a war to save the Armenian enclave of Nagorno Karabakh. It was a time of shortages and deprivation. Under these trying conditions a center was created in Yerevan, the capital of Armenia, whose goal was to provide reconstructive surgical care to the victims of a devastating earthquake that had ravaged the country several years earlier. "Yerevan Journal" is the day-by-day diary of an American surgeon who volunteered to work in Armenia during that difficult time.

Our modern economies are a root cause of systemic racism, inequalities faced by women, the Covid-19 pandemic and the nature and climate emergency. Economics fails to recognise this, so we are left in a rapidly worsening crisis, without the knowledge, skills or tools we need to build a better future. We need a better economics to create a world where all our children can flourish regardless of their gender, background or birthplace. We must all join the struggle to reclaim economics, as all of our futures depend on it. This book explains how it can be done. -- .

Get a comprehensive look at the lush flora of Idaho's mountains in this third edition of Idaho Mountain Wildflowers: A Photographic Compendium. With beautiful, high-quality color images, and descriptive text on each flower, this is the most comprehensive guide devoted to the state's wildflowers and flowers of the Northern Rocky Mountains. From the Apiaceae family to the Violaceae family, Idaho Mountain Wildflowers includes all the flowers a hiker is likely to encounter in Idaho's mountains, and identifies their place in the spectrum of western wildflowers. This updated third edition includes...