Brown, Nancy Marie
Summary: "Icelanders believe in elves. Why does that make you laugh?, asks Nancy Marie Brown, in this wonderfully quirky exploration of our interaction with nature. Looking for answers in history, science, religion, and art--from ancient times to today--Brown finds that each discipline defines what is real and unreal, natural and supernatural, demonstrated and theoretical, alive and inert. Each has its...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2022
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Summary: "In the tradition of Stacy Schiff's Cleopatra, Brown lays to rest the hoary myth that Viking society was ruled by men and celebrates the dramatic lives of female Viking warriors. In 2017, DNA tests revealed to the collective shock of many scholars that aViking warrior in a high-status grave in Birka, Sweden was actually a woman. The Real Valkyrie weaves together archaeology, history, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2021
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Summary: Describes the controversies surrounding the production of genetically modified foods.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Joseph Henry Press 2004