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Fifteen years after its hardcover debut, the FSG Classics reissue of the celebrated work of narrative nonfiction that won the National Book Award and changed the American conversation about race, with a new preface by the author

The Ball family hails from South Carolina--Charleston and thereabouts. Their plantations were among the oldest and longest-standing plantations in the South. Between 1698 and 1865, close to four thousand black people were born into slavery under the Balls or were bought by them. In Slaves in the Family, Edward Ball recounts his efforts to track...

Wolfram Neubauer hat wie kaum ein anderer im Bibliotheksmanagement Mastabe gesetzt und Erfolge gefeiert. Unter seiner Fuhrung profilierte sich die ETH-Bibliothek seit 1996 als moderne und innovative Dienstleisterin fur die Wissenschaft und verschaffte sich Anerkennung als eine der international fuhrenden Informationseinrichtungen. Mit dieser Festschrift gratulieren Kolleginnen und Kollegen aus aller Welt Wolfram Neubauer zum 65. Geburtstag.

From about the middle of the seventeenth century the Navy's administrators began to commission models of their ships that were accurately detailed and, for the first time, systematically to scale. These developed a recognised style, which included features like the unplanked lower hull with a simplified pattern of framing that emphasised the shape of the underwater body. Exquisitely crafted, these were always rare and highly prized objects-indeed, Samuel Pepys expressed a profound desire to own one-and today they are widely regarded as the acme of the ship modeller's art. Today...

This must-read Alien in My Pocket book is the fourth in the series by Nate Ball, the host of PBS's Design Squad and Design Squad Nation. In this hilarious new adventure, Zack and his alien friend, Amp, learn about friction, deceleration, and how to soften a crash-landing.

When Zack McGee crashes his bike, he's stuck at home with his arm in a sling and his baseball season on the line. What's worse, his bike crashed because his four-inch-tall houseguest, Amp, experimented on the brakes Now Zack is easy prey for his little brother, Taylor, who's determined to find out...