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The Candidates The candidates were a reform-minded Democrat and a Reconstructionist Republican. Rutherford B. Hayes was the governor of Ohio and was the Republican candidate. His campaign focused on reform and a commitment to civil rights, particularly for African Americans in the South. Before the war he had been a Cincinnati lawyer and abolitionist. He […]
Over the last 80 years, the U.S. dollar has become the lingua franca of the global financial system. From Europe to Australia, central banks, companies, manufacturers, and tourists find common language by using the American currency. Today, an estimated $6.6 trillion in daily global transactions involve the dollar. The centrality of the U.S. dollar to […]
25 Oct 2024 The Buzziest Books of October | 2024 Get ready for a spine-tingling literary adventure this October with our eerie selection of must-read titles! From chilling thrillers to enchanting romances, prepare to be bewitched by the captivating tales that await. Curious about the books that are sending shivers down readers’ spines this month? […]
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Tl;dr: Does anyone know why publishers change the size of their books half way through a series? And do they usually release books in more sizes later? If so, do you wait for the ”correct” size or do you just accept that the bookshelf looks uneven? I recently bought the last two books in TJ […]
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A book debunking Elon Musk’s claims that humans could live on Mars in the near future has won the £25,000 Royal Society Trivedi science book prize. A City on Mars by American couple Kelly and Zach Weinersmith was announced as the winning book at a ceremony at the Royal Society in London on Thursday evening. […]
The Abecadło antique shop is located in the place of the former pharmacy Under the Guardian Angel, at 18 Kościuszki Street in Krakow. Its unique interior is made up of antique pharmacy furniture from 1899, which the owners managed to save and restore for everyone. Today, medicines and other pharmacy preparations have been replaced by […]
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