Thomas Edison for Kids: His Life and Ideas, 21 Activities (repost)

Thomas Edison for Kids: His Life and Ideas, 21 Activities by Laurie Carlson


English | 2009 | ISBN: 1556525842 | 160 pages | PDF | 37 MB

Thomas Edison, one of the world"s greatest inventors, is introduced in this fascinating activity book. Children will learn how Edison ushered in an astounding age of invention with his unique way of looking at things and refusal to be satisfied with only one solution to a problem. This book helps inspire kids to be inventors and scientists, as well as persevere with their own ideas. Activities allow children to try Edison"s experiments themselves, with activities such as making a puppet dance using static electricity, manufacturing a switch for electric current, constructing a telegraph machine, manipulating sound waves, building an electrical circuit to test for conductors and insulators, making a zoetrope, and testing a dandelion for latex. In addition to his inventions and experiments, the book explores Edison"s life outside of science, including his relationship with inventor Nikola Tesla, his rivalry with George Westinghouse, and his friendship with Henry Ford. A time line, glossary, and lists of supply sources, places to visit, and websites for further exploration complement this activity book.

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The White Image in the Black Mind: African-American Ideas about White People, 1830-1925 [Repost]

The White Image in the Black Mind: African-American Ideas about White People, 1830-1925 by Mia Bay


English | Feb. 10, 2000 | ISBN: 0195132793 | 296 Pages | PDF | 2.37 MB

How did African-American slaves view their white masters? As demons, deities or another race entirely? When nineteenth-century white Americans proclaimed their innate superiority, did blacks agree? If not, why not? How did blacks assess the status of the white race? Mia Bay traces African-American perceptions of whites between 1830 and 1925 to depict America"s shifting attitudes about race in a period that saw slavery, emancipation, Reconstruction, and urban migration. Much has been written about how the whites of this time viewed blacks, and about how blacks viewed themselves. By contrast, the ways in which blacks saw whites have remained a historical and intellectual mystery. Reversing the focus of such fundamental studies as George Fredrickson"s The Black Image in the White Mind , Bay investigates this mystery. In doing so, she uncovers and elucidates the racial thought of a wide range of nineteenth-century African-Americans–educated and unlettered, male and female, free and enslaved.

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Ideas and Actions in the Green Movement (Routledge Research in Environmental Politics) [Repost]

Ideas and Actions in the Green Movement (Routledge Research in Environmental Politics) by Brian Doherty


English | July 5, 2002 | ISBN: 0415174015 | 288 Pages | PDF | 1022.17 KB

The "Western" green movement has grown rapidly in the last three decades: green ministers are in government in several European countries, Greenpeace has millions of paying supporters, and green direct action against roads, GM crops, the WTO and neo-liberalism, have become ubiquitous. The author argues that "greens" share a common ideological framework but are divided over strategy. Using social movement theory and drawing on research from many countries, he shows how the green movement became more differentiated over time, as groups had to face the task of deciding what kind of action was appropriate. In the breadth of its coverage and its novel focus on the relationship between green ideas and action, this book makes an important contribution to the understanding of green politics.

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Learning from the World: New Ideas to Redevelop America

Joe Colombano and Aniket Shah, "Learning from the World: New Ideas to Redevelop America"


2013 | ISBN-10: 1137372125 | 336 pages | PDF | 2 MB

What can America learn from countries as faraway and diverse as Bhutan, Chile, Denmark, Nigeria and South Korea? Quite a lot, as it turns out. At a time of fundamental changes in global powers, the country that undisputedly ruled the latter half of the 20th century is no longer firmly in the lead. In the search for new ideas to redevelop America, co-editors Joe Colombano and Aniket Sha point to what has happened outside the borders of the United States. By relying on a wealth of cross-country and multi-disciplinary contributions from an impressive number of world-renown experts, the editors provide a systematic review of successful policies undertaken overseas, discuss their relevance to the US, and offer them as contributions to the national debate on the future of the American economy. What they find is a rich set of policy recipes—from maintaining fiscal discipline and fostering growth, to reviving competitiveness to ensuring equity and basic human decency.

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Rachel Khoo"s Muesli & Granola: Delicious Breakfast and Snack Ideas from Our Favourite Parisian Cook

Rachel Khoo"s Muesli & Granola: Delicious Breakfast and Snack Ideas from Our Favourite Parisian Cook by Rachel Khoo


2015 | ISBN: 0297868934 | English | 128 pages | EPUB | 4 MB

Now available in English, classic and simple breakfast recipes from the author of The Little Paris Kitchen


From her tiny kitchen in Paris, Rachel Khoo has acquired a global following for her book and TV series, The Little Paris Kitchen. Celebrating French cooking with her own modern twist, she has shown herself to be an expert at recreating those dishes we know and love, with a fresh and modern take. Here she explains how to create your own boxes of cereal, delicious mueslis, granolas, and porridges, such as Persian porridge, citrus fruit granola, and rhubarb compote. She also offers other exciting uses for muesli: crumbles, cookies, muffins, bread, and amuse-bouches, with recipes such as Double Chocolate Flapjack and Cherry and Pistachio Muesli Bars. Including ideas for children and for those with gluten allergies, this is a unique collection of recipes that will inspire you to start your day with a little bit of Paris. Recipes include dual measurements.

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