A Martian Stranded on Earth: Alexander Bogdanov, Blood Transfusions, and Proletarian Science by Nikolai KrementsovRequirements: .PDF reader, 948 KBOverview: Much like Vladimir Lenin, his onetime rival for the leadership of the Bolshevik party during its formative years, Alexander Bogdanov (1873–1928) was a visionary. In two science fiction novels set on Mars, Bogdanov imagined a future […]
An Illustrated Timeline of Inventions and Inventors by Kremena SpenglerRequirements: .PDF reader, 12.8MBOverview: Who invented what, and when did they do it? From the ancient Egyptians to Thomas Edison, from the telephone to the space shuttle, this book length timeline is packed with inventions and inventors. Pick a point and start exploring!Genre: Non-Fiction > History […]
The Worst Day of School EVER—Do-Over! by Kevin KremerRequirements: Epub reader, 3.20 MbOverview: Eleven-year-old Tyler Davis moves from Miami, Florida, to Williston, North Dakota with his mom during Christmas vacation. His first day of school at his new elementary school is an absolute disaster! Miraculously, he gets a chance to live the day all over […]
Plato’s Cleitophon: On Socrates and the Modern Mind by Mark Kremer Requirements: .ePUB Reader | 369 kbOverview: It had been thought that theCleitophon was a spurious dialogue. Its brevity and the fact that Socrates does not respond to accusations from Cleitophon suggested to scholars that it was only a fragment. However, in the last fifteen […]
The Foods of the Greek Islands: Cooking and Culture at the Crossroads of the Mediterranean by Aglaia KremeziRequirements: ePUB reader, 38 MBOverview: Stretching from the shores of Turkey to the Ionian Sea east of Italy, the Greek islands have been the crossroads of the Mediterranean since the time of Homer. Over the centuries, Phoenicians, Athenians, […]