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Jennifer Ouellette

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Jennifer Ouellette is a science writer based in Los Angeles, California. Her writings are aimed at mainstream audiences unfamiliar with complex scientific issues.
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Where Do They Go?
Julia Alvarez - 2016-11-02
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This picture book by a bestselling author addresses the emotional side of death for children. It asks where loved ones go after they die and ponders whether they watch over us. Illustrated by a Vermont woodcut artist, the book is a beautiful and comforting meditation on death that is perfect for young readers who have questions about what happens next. A Spanish-language edition is also available.
Jennifer Ouellette
2022-11-05T17:03:34.000Z
"Where do they go?" is an accessible and tender children's book about death      fuente
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Sobre la tiranía
Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Timothy Snyder - 2017-03-28
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La historia no se repite, pero sí alecciona. Tanto el nazismo como el comunismo fueron reacciones a la globalización: a las desigualdades reales o imaginadas que creaba, y a la aparente impotencia de las democracias para afrontarlas. Eran movimientos en los que un líder o un partido decían dar voz al pueblo, prometían protegerlo de las amenazas globales existentes y rechazaban la razón en favor del mito. La historia europea nos muestra que las sociedades pueden quebrarse, las democracias pueden caer, la ética puede venirse abajo y la gente corriente puede encontrarse en situaciones inimaginables. Hoy en día nos resultaría muy útil comprender por qué. La historia puede familiarizar y puede servir de advertencia. No somos más sabios que los europeos que vieron cómo la democracia se rendía ante el autoritarismo durante el siglo xx. Pero cuando el orden político parece amenazado, nuestra ventaja es que podemos aprender de su experiencia para impedir el avance de la tiranía. Ahora es un buen momento para hacerlo
Jennifer Ouellette
2021-10-19T17:06:51.000Z
A Beautifully Illustrated Edition of On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century, the Bestselling Book by Historian Timothy Snyder      fuente
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The Journal of a Disappointed Man
& A Last Diary
W.N.P. Barbellion - 1984-01-01 (publicado por primera vez en 1919)
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A poignant memoir of poverty, illness, and a love for family, nature, music, and literature. The Journal of a Disappointed Man is a masterpiece that captures the exquisite beauty of life in the face of its most tremendous challenges. Written with eloquence and passion and accompanied by a thoughtful introduction from H.G. Wells, this book is a testament to the life and struggles of the author, a naturalist who battled multiple sclerosis.
Jennifer Ouellette
2021-08-27T16:09:23.000Z
Discussing "The Journal of a Disappointed Man." – A Book You Might Not Know. It's "a collection of journal entries from naturalist diarist Bruce Frederick Cummings" and "perhaps the best known personal account of living with multiple sclerosis."      fuente
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Longitude
The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time
Dava Sobel - 2005-10-01 (publicado por primera vez en 1995)
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Book by Sobel, Dava
Jennifer Ouellette
2021-07-28T18:51:01.000Z
How the Issue of Longitude at Sea Was Solved With the Newly Invented Pocket Watch in the 1770s. (Highly recommend reading Dava Sobel's "Longitude" as well.)      fuente
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The Mystery of the Exploding Teeth
And Other Curiosities from the History of Medicine
Thomas Morris - 2018-10-18
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This historical curiosity book explores some of the strangest and most perplexing medical cases across the world, from a mysterious epidemic of dental explosions to a remarkable woman who spurted urine from every orifice. With anecdotes from seventeenth-century Holland to Tsarist Russia, uncover the monuments to human stupidity and exceptional surgical ingenuity long before the advent of anesthesia. Delve into weird, hilarious remedies and miraculous recoveries from apparently terminal injuries.
Jennifer Ouellette
2019-03-24T16:23:01.000Z
Body Horrors: The soldier who removed his own bladder stone, and other medical history marvels. British journalist @thomasngmorris tells the tales in his book, "The Mystery of the Exploding Teeth."      fuente