"From silver spoons to silver bullets, silver permeates our everyday culture and language. For millennia we have used it to buy what we need, adorn our bodies and trumpet our social status. Silver vanquishes our insecurities, as well as vampires and werewolves. Once valued primarily for its beauty and rarity, silver is now also exploited for its chemistry; while it used to lubricate markets, bolster dowries and pay armies, now it permeates our electronics,...

"As a woman, enduring setbacks-and finding fulfillment-on your career path is challenging. We face a lack of support, the effects of unconscious bias and negative assumptions working against us, and disruptive career pauses. Taking Charge of Your Career helps readers navigate the tricky territory of charting a rewarding and meaningful career path. Whether you're new to the workforce, reentering after a pause, or are trying to find your way through...

"Who will have the last word on wine, if not Jamie Goode? Over the last decade, Goode has embarked on almost nonstop travel through the world's vineyards in an effort to understand the beautifully diverse and complicated world of wine. His hard-nosed pursuit of the most interesting stories to tell about wine has led us here, to The Goode Guide to Wine. This book--a sort of manifesto--distills many of the observations, lessons, and opinions that have...

Four volumes, 1827-1873, containing Bradford's notes as a student at Harvard Divinity School, garden records, travel records, teaching records and personal finance. The earliest volume (1827; begun Apr. 24; cover title "Notes on the Epistles") consists entirely of student notes. The next volume (1828, 1832-1839) consists of notes on religious topics, the Bible, the church fathers, and early church history, some passages copied from Bradford's readings,...