Introduced by humans
Since the beginning of human migration, people will have been transporting organisms from one place to another. Sometimes this was done intentionally, at other times by accident. Before the advent of stricter quarantine laws, Europeans have ... [... more]
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Tracy Ware
In the Village of Viger Duncan Campbell Scott portray the life of a rural village as it faces the darkness of its own future. An established milliner, Madame Laroque, is upset by the advent of a younger, more popular rival. An innkeeper's ... [... more]
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Rick Burgess
Designed and built as a carrier-based attack aircraft in 1944, the A-1 reached frontline units too late to see combat in World War 2. With the advent of jets in the late 1940s, the Skyraider was seen as a dated throwback to the golden age of ... [... more]
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Stewart Lee Allen
In this captivating book, Stewart Lee Allen treks three-quarters of the way around the world on a caffeinated quest to answer these profound questions: Did the advent of coffee give birth to an enlightened western civilization? Is coffee, indeed, ... [... more]
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David Berlinski
DAVID BERLINSKI has a Ph.D. from Princeton University and has taught mathematics and philosophy at universities in the United States and in France. He is the bestselling author of such books as A Tour of the Calculus, The Advent of the Algorithm, ... [... more]
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Carolyn G. Heilbrun
When she was young, distinguished author and critic Carolyn Heilbrun solemnly vowed to end her life when she turned seventy. But on the advent of that fateful birthday, she realized that her golden years had been full of unforeseen pleasures. ... [... more]
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