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  2. Silent Spring - Wikipedia

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    Silent Spring is an environmental science book by Rachel Carson. [1] Published on September 27, 1962, the book documented the environmental harm caused by the indiscriminate use of DDT, a pesticide used by soldiers during WW2. Carson accused the chemical industry of spreading disinformation, and public officials of accepting the industry's ...

  3. The birds and the bees - Wikipedia

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    Meaning. According to tradition, "the birds and the bees" is a metaphorical story sometimes told to children in an attempt to explain the mechanics and results of sexual intercourse through reference to easily observed natural events. For instance, bees carry and deposit pollen into flowers, a visible and easy-to-explain parallel to fertilization.

  4. The Second World War (book series) - Wikipedia

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    The Second World War is a history of the period from the end of the First World War to July 1945, written by Winston Churchill. Churchill labelled the "moral of the work" as follows: "In War: Resolution, In Defeat: Defiance, In Victory: Magnanimity, In Peace: Goodwill". [2] These had been the words which he had suggested for the First World War ...

  5. The Origins of the Second World War - Wikipedia

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    Publication place. United Kingdom. Media type. Print (hardcover and paperback) Pages. 296. The Origins of the Second World War is a non-fiction book by the English historian A. J. P. Taylor, examining the causes of World War II. It was first published in 1961 by Hamish Hamilton.

  6. Purnell's History of the Second World War - Wikipedia

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    Purnell's History of the Second World War was a hugely successful weekly anthology or 'partwork' publication covering all aspects of the Second World War that was distributed throughout the English-speaking world. Produced shortly before the similarly accomplished 8-volume series on the First World War, it was first published in 1966, being ...

  7. Bibliography of World War II - Wikipedia

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    This is a bibliography of works on World War II. The bibliography aims to include primary, secondary and tertiary sources regarding the European theatre of World War II (1939–1945) and the Pacific War (1941–1945). By extension, it includes works regarding the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945). Additionally, the scope of the ...

  8. No Ordinary Time - Wikipedia

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    No Ordinary Time. No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II is a 1994 historical, biographical book by American author and presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin published by Simon & Schuster. Based on interviews with 86 people who knew them personally, the book chronicles the lives of President ...

  9. Dorothy Straight - Wikipedia

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    Relatives. Willard D. Straight (grandfather) Dorothy Payne Whitney (grandmother) Dorothy Elmhirst Straight[1] (born May 25, 1958, in Washington, D.C.) is an American author who wrote How the World Began in 1962 at the age of 4 [2] for her grandmother, Dorothy Payne Whitney, [3] making her among the youngest published authors in history. [4]