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The Poison Squad: One Chemist’s Single-Minded Crusade for Food Safety at the Turn of the Twentieth Century by Deborah Blum: Conversation Starters Back in the late 1800’s, food manufacturers were…

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The Ghost Hunters

Deborah Blum

Baffling psychic phenomena occurred every day in Victorian Britain: mysterious rappings were heard, furniture moved, and ghostly forms appeared. In 1882 the Society of Psychical Research was founded in London…

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Sex on the Brain: The Biological Differences Between Men and Women

Deborah Blum

Looks at the biology of gender, including such topics as male and female brains, sex differences in emotions, sexual orientation, hormones, and social roles.

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Ghost Hunters: William James and the Search for Scientific Proof of Life After Death

Deborah Blum

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Blum tells the fascinating story of William James–philosopher and Harvard psychiatry professor–and his scientific investigation into unexplainable incidences of clairvoyance and ghostly visitations.

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The Poison Squad: One Chemist’s Single-Minded Crusade for Food Safety at the Turn of the Twentieth Century

Deborah Blum

Dr. Harvey Washington Wiley set out to ensure food safety. The tasters were recognized for their courage, and became known as the poison squad.

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The Monkey Wars

Deborah Blum

In this book, Deborah Blum gives a human face to the often caustic debate between animal rights activists and the scientists who use animals as subjects in their research. Blum…

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Love at Goon Park: Harry Harlow and the Science of Affection

Deborah Blum

The remarkable story of how one of the twentieth century’s most important and controversial psychologists revolutionized our understanding of love

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The Poisoner’s Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York

Deborah Blum

A beguiling concoction–equal parts true crime, 20th-century history, and science thriller– The Poisoner’s Handbook is a fascinating Jazz Age tale of chemistry and detection, poison, and murder, and the birth…

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A Field Guide for Science Writers

A guide of the National Association of Science Writers. This book includes chapters that cover the techniques of good science writing, explanatory writing, writing under deadline, clone and stem-cell research…

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The Rule in Bits and Pieces

New Italian Voices is an anthology of English translations of short stories, poetry, drama and criticism by immigrant writers living in Italy and writing in Italian –

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New Italian Voices is an anthology of English translations of short stories, poetry, drama and criticism by immigrant writers living in Italy and writing in Italian –

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Growing for Justice

Eleanor Drago-Severson, Jessica Blum-DeStefano, Deborah Brooks Lawrence

Be the leader you want to see in the world.

Educators committed to social justice enter into the work in markedly different ways. Drawing from research with 50 educational leaders…

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Ghost Hunters: William James and the Search for Scientific Proof of Life After Death

Professor of Journalism Deborah Blum, Ill

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Blum tells the fascinating story of William James–philosopher and Harvard psychiatry professor–and his scientific investigation into unexplainable incidences of clairvoyance and ghostly visitations.

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Ghost Hunters: William James and the Search for Scientific Proof of Life After Death

Professor of Journalism Deborah Blum, Ill

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Blum tells the fascinating story of William James–philosopher and Harvard psychiatry professor–and his scientific investigation into unexplainable incidences of clairvoyance and ghostly visitations.

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A Tactical Guide to Science Journalism: Lessons from the Front Lines

A Tactical Guide to Science Journalism brings together award-winning journalists from around the world to share fascinating tales of science and how it works and to provide guidance into reporting…

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