Profiles the first Slavic pope, covering his experiences as a child and during World War II to his dynamic leadership during his pontificate.

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The world's leading science magazine explores the vast resources of the Internet for information on a wide range of scientific fields and current research, exploring the finest Websites that cover topics ranging from biotechnology, genetics, and cosmology to paleontology, physics, and human physiology. Original. (view table of contents)

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Presenting portraits of the six men who assisted and funded John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry, a detailed study examines their role during the onset of the Civil War

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Product Description: Most Americans know that John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry, Virginia -- a raid he believed would ignite a bloody slave revolution -- was one of the events that sparked the Civil War. But very few know the story of how Brown was covertly aided by a circle of prosperous and privileged Northeasterners who supplied him with money and weapons, and, before the raid, even hid him in their homes while authorities sought Brown on a murder charge...read more