The twentieth century
In the same year he published his Systematic arrangement of the Australian fungi. This was not a descriptive guide to the Australian species and at first glance it looks to be a dry and boring list of species. But it is an annotated list of the ... [... more]
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Jim Craig / AUTHOR CATALOG
Once upon a time, they taught us to believe. They were the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team, a blue-collar bunch led by an unconventional coach, and they engineered perhaps the greatest sports moment of the twentieth century. Their "Miracle on Ice" [... more]
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Michael Stern
Perfection Salad presents an entertaining and erudite social history of women and cooking at the turn of the twentieth century. With sly humor and lucid insight, Laura Shapiro uncovers our ancestors widespread obsession with food, and in doing ... [... more]
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James Doolittle
General Doolittle is a giant of the twentieth century. He did it all. As a stunt pilot, he thrilled the world with his aerial acrobatics. As a scientist, he pioneered the development of modern aviation technology. James Doolittle and Carroll V. ... [... more]
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John Burrow
Epics, Chronicles, Romances and Inquiries from Herodotus and Thucydides to the Twentieth Century A History of Histories A History of Histories (E-Book) John Burrow eBook, 512 pages [... more]
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Robert Dole
Bob Dole is recognized as one of the nation's most prominent political figures of the twentieth century. Known for his effectiveness as a consensus builder in his thirty-five years in Congress, Senator Dole was the longest-serving Republican ... [... more]
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Jonathan Tucker
In this important and revelatory book, Jonathan Tucker, a leading expert on chemical and biological weapons, chronicles the lethal history of chemical warfare from World War I to the present. At the turn of the twentieth century, the rise of ... [... more]
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Harry Zohn
One of the finest American poets of the second half of the twentieth century, James Schuyler was at the same time a remarkable novelist. Alfred and Guinevere are two children who have been sent by their parents to spend the summer at their ... [... more]
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Before the twentieth century
The stinkhorn Aseroe rubra was the first species of fungus to be collected and described from Australia. Jacques Labillardière (1755-1834), a member of the D'Entrecasteaux expedition, collected the specimen on 1 May 1792 at Recherche Bay in ... [... more]
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What is the state of knowledge today?
The twentieth century saw resident mycologists studying Australian fungi and making major contributions to our knowledge, so taking steps towards fulfilling McAlpine's 1895 wish, but progress has been slow and erratic and there is still a very ... [... more]
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History of the Australian National Botanic Gardens
A description of the history of the Australian National Botanic Gardens, decade by decade through the twentieth century. In the 1930s Canberra was known as 'A City of Flowers' in the official tourist guide, but it did not have a botanic gardens. ... [... more]
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Kimberly Williams
One of the most influential American interior designers of the twentieth century, Naomi Leff is best known as the creator of the flagship Ralph Lauren store in Manhattan. There she established the brand image, combining a distinctive ... [... more]
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