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Family education and government- a discourse in the Choctaw language.

Family Education and Government

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North American Indian languages have been a strong research interest at the Smithsonian Institution virtually since its founding.  SI Libraries holds about 20 published texts in Choctaw – primarily grammars, glossaries, and translations of the Bible. This work is particularly interesting in...Read More
Ferrets, Rabbits, and Rodents

Ferrets, rabbits, and rodents

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This book details various health problems specific to small exotic mammals, as well as treatment protocols and surgical techniques that help correct the issues. It also includes other small exotic animals: sugar gliders and hedgehogs. It is beautifully illustrated with color photographs, handy...Read More
Field Notes—Baffin Island (Southwest Coast), May–August 1959 and Journal—Baffin Island, May–August 1959

Field Notes—Baffin Island (Southwest Coast), May–August 1959 and Journal—Baffin Island, May–August 1959

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"I've read stories about such trips but to think that I would be in such a position to experience the hardships of some of the great explorers was beyond my wildest imagination,” wrote Neal Griffin Smith in his journal on May 21, 1959, after more than 20 hours of traveling through the Arctic...Read More
The Fire of Life

The Fire of Life

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Focused on bioenergetics, or how organisms transform energy, this book is frequently used and important to scientists at the National Zoological Park. It also happens to be out-of-print book, and has dramatically increased in value because it is a timeless and important resource in the field of...Read More
Flora y fauna del Parque Nacional de Coiba (Panama)  The cover of "Flora y fauna del Parque Nacional de Coiba (Panama)." The cover is blue with the title in white.

Flora y fauna del Parque Nacional de Coiba (Panama)

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This collaborative volume brings together the work of national and international researchers to present the first comprehensive biodiversity inventory of Coiba National Park. Situated off Panama’s Pacific coast, Coiba Island is a biological treasure, and this book serves as an important first step...Read More
Four years in a government expedition... .

Four Years in a Government Exploring Expedition

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Naval officer George Colvocoresses took part in the U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-42, and published this account of it based on a journal which he kept. The text covers the entire itinerary of the voyage, describing the lands and peoples visited and a variety of scientific matters; the 19...Read More
Cover of the Lion of Anacostia

Frederick Douglass in Washington, D.C.

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This book covers the final 18 years of Frederick Douglass’ life when he lived in a mansion on top of Cedar Hill in Anacostia, a neighborhood of Washington, D.C. The author is a graduate of George Washington University, a prominent university in Washington, D.C. The book is filled with black and...Read More
Cover of Frederick Douglass: Freedom's Voice

Frederick Douglass: Freedom's Voice

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This book was written by Dr. Gregory Lampe, a retired provost and vice chancellor for academic and student affairs, and emeritus communications professor at Michigan State University. Since Douglass was an orator, it seems fitting for a communications and speech professor to write about his...Read More
Freedom just around the corner

Freedom Just Around the Corner

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This pocket sized exhibition booklet contains a chronicle of the African American experience told through the unique lens of stamps and mail. At around 100 pages long, it is full of beautiful color illustrations of stamp art. The National Postal Museum's exhibition opened to the public in the...Read More
Geometriae pars universalis- inserviens quantitatum curvarum transmutationi & mensurae.

Geometriae pars Universalis

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Three major works of Scottish mathematician and astronomer James Gregory (1638-1675) who discovered infinite series representations for a number of trigonometry functions, although he is mostly remembered for his description of the first practical reflecting telescope, now known as the...Read More

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