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Smithsonian Notable Books for Children 2002

Smithsonian Notable Books for Children 2002

A number of mechanisms used by common antibiotics to deal with bacteria and ways by which bacteria become resistant to them.

Book Excerpt: Supergerm Warfare

Dragon’s drool, frog’s glands and shark’s stomachs have all been recruited for the fight against drug-resistant bacteria

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The Island of Lost Maps: A True Story of Cartographic Crime

The Island of Lost Maps: A True Story of Cartographic Crime

A 15th-century manuscript of the Odyssey

Excerpt from Homer’s Odyssey

At every chance the gods throw up mighty obstacles to prevent him from getting home even as the Lady Circe gives him the advice he needs to survive

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Review of ‘Gift of the Whale: The Inupiat Bowhead Hunt, A Sacred Tradition’

Review of ‘Gift of the Whale: The Inupiat Bowhead Hunt, A Sacred Tradition’

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