This guide to more than 2,500 Texas roadside markers features historical events; famous and infamous Texans; origins of towns, churches, and organizations; battles, skirmishes, and gunfights; and settlers, pioneers, Indians, and outlaws. With the most up-to-date records available, this sixth edition includes more than 100 new historical roadside ......
What We Owe Each Other in Worlds That Demand Our Silence
From respected thinker and public intellectual David Dark comes We Become What We Normalize, both a cultural critique and a robust summons to resist complicity when it comes to conversations on politics, religion, and media. Dark offers a spirited call to witness to ethics, community, and change for ourselves and the worlds we inhabit.
"[P]rovides a treasure trove of information that will engage readers intrigued by but new to the subject of art forgery as well as those with an art or art history background." Booklist, Starred Review Forgery is a provocative presence in the art world that captures attention in the press and inspires books about the exploits of famous fraudsters ......
How a Mysterious Cancer Drug Shook Organized Medicine
The brainchild of an obscure Yugoslav physician, Krebiozen emerged in 1951 as an alleged cancer treatment. Andrew Ivy, a University of Illinois vice president and a famed physiologist dubbed "the conscience of U.S. science," wholeheartedly embraced Krebiozen. Ivy's impeccable credentials and reputation made the treatment seem like another ......
How a Mysterious Cancer Drug Shook Organized Medicine
The brainchild of an obscure Yugoslav physician, Krebiozen emerged in 1951 as an alleged cancer treatment. Andrew Ivy, a University of Illinois vice president and a famed physiologist dubbed "the conscience of U.S. science," wholeheartedly embraced Krebiozen. Ivy's impeccable credentials and reputation made the treatment seem like another ......
Does Leonardo Da Vinci's painting, "The Last Supper", contain a hidden code about a precious secret? "The Da Vinci Code" by Dan Brown has stirred the popular imagination by cleverly interweaving such theories and more. This book examines the creative uses of history in Brown's novel, showing that the facts behind the novel are fascinating.
Looks at science as a dogmatic attempt to explain phenomena in prefabricated and often constrictive terms. This title intends to recount hundreds of strange situations that the author felt eluded scientific explanation - from black rain to six-legged lambs - many of which were reported in mainstream scientific publications.
The Art Dealers Apprentice tells the story of how the author moved to New York in 1989 as a young Midwesterner, found a job at an Upper East Side gallery, and became the protege of Carla Panicali, an Italian countess and major international art world figure.
Like a character in a Hitchcock movie, Dave McOmie travels the country breaking into bank vaults, cracking jewelry store safes, and decoding unbreakable codes secured deep in government facilities. He's never been arrested or charged with a crime, because -- it's his job! Safecracker reveals a shadowy world where tumblers are twirled, skeletons ......
