ePub The Debate on the Constitution: Federalist and Anti-Federalist Speeches; Articles; and Letters During the Struggle over Ratification 1787-1788 (Library of America) by Various in History

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Here is a book designed to inspire the heart; challenge the mind; delight the eye; engage the armchair traveler and; yes; encourage your bootheels to be wanderin'. The editors of Time have sought out the most exciting new discoveries in the fields of geography; paleontology; astronomy and archaeology and combined them with classic tales of exploration to present a book that is vast in scope and pulsing with the energy of fresh knowledge. It includes the latest updates on the fascinating fossilized dinosaur-birds of China; reports of revelatory recent digs in Egypt; and an overview of new findings from the swarm of craft now investigating Mars; Jupiter and the moons of Saturn. The book's journey takes us from Siberia's Yamal Peninsula; where the 40;000-year-old carcass of the baby mammoth Lyuba emerged from the permafrost; to a mysterious cave on Indonesia's island of Flores; where an unusual species of miniature early humans; dubbed "the hobbits;" once lived. The cast of striking characters includes the brilliant Chinese paleontologist Xing Xu; Egypt's famed tomb-raider Zahi Hawass-and nasa's plucky Martian rovers; Opportunity and Spirit. Readers will be surprised to learn how much new information has emerged in recent years about subjects we thought we knew well; from the wreck of the Titanic to the mysteries of the Pueblo cliff-dwellers of the American Southwest. In addition to its probing; wide-ranging account of great discoveries past and present; the book offers a host of arresting photographs that create a spectacular visual panorama of Planet Earth's most powerful forces and most exotic regions. Welcome aboard-and bon voyage!