Through Magic Glasses and Other Lectures A Sequel to The Fairyland of Science by Buckley, Arabella B., 1840-1929 (Arabella Burton)

“…The magician's chamber by moonlight -- Magic glasses and how to use them -- Fairy rings and how they are made -- The life-history of lichens and mosses -- The history of a lava stream -- An hour with the sun -- An evening among the stars -- Little beings from a miniature ocean -- The Dartmoor ponies -- The magician's dream of ancient days.…”
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War on peace the end of diplomacy and the decline of American influence by Farrow, Ronan 1987

Table of Contents: “…Prologue: Mahogany Row Massacre -- The last diplomats -- American myths -- Lady Taliban -- Dick -- The Mango Case -- The other Haqqani network -- Duplicity -- The frat house -- Mission: Impossible -- Walking on glass -- Farmer Holbrooke -- A little less conversation -- A-Rod -- Promise me you'll end the war -- The wheels come off the bus -- The memo -- The real thing -- Shoot first -- Ask questions never -- General rule -- Dostum, he is telling the truth -- And discouraging all lies -- White Beast -- The shortest spring -- Midnight at the ranch -- Present at the destruction -- The state of the Secretary -- The mosquito and the sword -- Meltdown -- Epilogue: The tool of first resort…”

Harrison's gastroenterology and hepatology

Table of Contents: “…Nausea, Vomiting, and Indigestion / William L. Hasler -- Chapter :6. Diarrhea and Constipation / Joseph A. …”

Frontiers in applied mechanics

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Active aeroelastic control law design method / Gang Chen -- Investigation on biomechanical assessment for fracture healing of long bones / Gongfa Chen -- A new elastic theory for nanomaterials and its applications / Shaohua Chen -- The complex variable element-free Galerkin method for nonlinear problems / Yumin Cheng -- Design and development of medical devices using modeling and simulations / Fangsen Cui -- Dynamic bearing characteristics of elastic ring squeeze film damper: pressure distribution, ring deformation and contacts / Qian Ding -- Development of ZnO thin film micro-sensor and micro-actuator for smart sliders: force sensing and nano-actuation / H.J. …”