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Chasing Giants: In Search of the World&w88 casino;s Largest Freshwater Fish*
w88 casino Professor Zeb Hogan
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A Liberated Mind: How to Pivot Toward What Matters
w88 casino Professor Steven C. Hayes
Professor Steven C. Hayes helped to found the clinical psychology graduate program in 1999. He is also the originator and pioneering researcher into Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). Beginning with the epiphany Hayes had during a panic attack, this w88 casino is a powerful narrative of scientific discovery filled with moving stories as well as advice for how we can put psychological flexibility skills to work immediately.
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w88 casino Professor Christopher Barile
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Am I Even a Bee?
w88 casino alumna postdoctoral scholar Felicity Muth
Felicity Muth is a former postdoctoral scholar in Associate Professor Anne Leonard’s lab. Muth wrote her first w88 casino for children in 2021. Am I Even a Bee? is the story of Osmia, a solitary bee, decidedly green and unquestionably un-fuzzy, leaving her confused about her identity. There are around 20,000 species of bees worldwide, and Am I Even a Bee? highlights a handful of species that pollinate human food or are critical for the maintenance of natural ecosystems. With mass insect declines worldwide, now is a critical time for people of all ages to learn about the diversity of bees – children included! Purchase Am I Even a Bee? fromSundance Books and Music in Reno or most online retailers.
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w88 casino graduate student Lauren Sankovitch
Graduate student in geology Lauren Sankovitch has edited comic books for big-name publishers like Marvel and series like The Avengers and Thor. More recently, she edited the graphic novel Run: w88 casino One by the late congressman and civil rights activist John Lewis, which was awarded the 2022 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Memoir. The sequel to the #1 New York Times bestselling graphic novel series March, Run: w88 casino One is the continuation of the life story of Lewis and the struggle seen across the United States after the Selma voting rights campaign. The w88 casino gives voice to this often overlooked era of civil rights history and connects the struggles of the 1960s counterculture revolution – the police brutality, voter suppression tactics, and segregationist politics – to the present.
Remembering Korea: A boy soldier&w88 casino;s story
w88 casino Professor Emeritus Hyung K. Shin
Foundation Professor Emeritus Hyung K. Shin is one of the w88 casino’s most published researchers and an internationally respected chemist, but in the pages of this memoir he carries us back to Korea during a pivotal moment in that country’s history. Shin was sixteen years old when the North Korean army invaded South Korea in June 1950. Fleeing his home, Shin soon found himself alone in Pusan, a refugee without resources or any means of support. To save himself from destitution, he lied about his age and volunteered for service in the South Korean army. Shin’s account of the months that followed is a moving record of the Korean War from the perspective of an ordinary Republic of Korea soldier. Through it all, Shin struggles to retain his humanity and pursue his education. In the process, the naïve schoolboy becomes a man. Purchase from the w88 casino of Nevada Press or most online retailers.
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This w88 casino list was originally published in the 2022 'Live a Life of Discovery' magazine from the College of Science under the title 'A well-researched w88 casino list.'
