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How the Body Knows Its Mind: The Surprising Power of the Physical Environment to Influence How You Think and Feel
How the Body Knows Its Mind: The Surprising Power of the Physical Environment to Influence How You Think and Feel

Sian Beilock · Atria Books; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

An award-winning scientist offers a groundbreaking new understanding of the mind-body connection and its profound impact on everything from advertising to romance.The human body is not just a passive device carrying out messages sent by the brain, but rather an integral part of how we think...
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Dark Winter: How the Sun Is Causing a 30-Year Cold Spell
Dark Winter: How the Sun Is Causing a 30-Year Cold Spell

John Casey · Humanix Books
Pages: 190
Format: Hardcover

Climate change has been a perplexing problem for years. In Dark Winter, scientist John L. Casey, a former White House national space policy advisor, NASA headquarters consultant, and space shuttle engineer tells the truth about ominous changes taking place in the climate and the Sun. In Dark...
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Citizen Canine: Our Evolving Relationship with Cats and Dogs
Citizen Canine: Our Evolving Relationship with Cats and Dogs

David Grimm · Perseus Books Group
Pages: 337
Format: Hardcover

Dogs are getting lawyers. Cats are getting kidney transplants. Could they one day be fellow citizens?Cats and dogs were once wild animals. Today, they are family members and surrogate children. A little over a century ago, pets didn't warrant the meager legal status of property. Now, they...
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Ten Million Aliens: A Journey Through the Entire Animal Kingdom
Ten Million Aliens: A Journey Through the Entire Animal Kingdom

Simon Barnes · Marble Arch Press
Pages: 480
Format: Print book

This fascinating scientific foray into the animal kingdom examines how the world's creatures - weird, wonderful, and everything in between - are inextricably linked.Life on planet earth is not weirder than we imagine. It's weirder than we are capable of imagining. And we're all in it together:...
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Forces of Nature
Forces of Nature

Brian Cox · William Collins
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

A breathtaking and beautiful exploration of our planet, this groundbreaking book accompanies the new BBC One TV series, providing the deepest answers to the simplest questions.'What is motion?''Why is every snowflake different?''Why is life symmetrical?'To answer...
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Human Anatomy
Human Anatomy

DK · DK
Format: Hardcover

For students of anatomy, biology, and the biomedical sciences; medical professionals; and curious families, DK's Human Anatomy will be a definitive resource. Written by acclaimed anatomist, Dr. Alice Roberts, Human Anatomy is an up-to-the-minute study of the body. Spectacular digital...
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Whatever Happened to the Metric System?: How America Kept Its Feet
Whatever Happened to the Metric System?: How America Kept Its Feet

John Bemelmans Marciano · Bloomsbury USA
Format: Hardcover

The American standard system of measurement is a unique and odd thing to behold with its esoteric, inconsistent standards twelve inches in a foot, three feet in a yard, sixteen ounces in a pound, one hundred pennies to the dollar. For something as elemental as counting and estimating the world...
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Idiot's Guides: Basic Math and Pre-Algebra
Idiot's Guides: Basic Math and Pre-Algebra

Carolyn Wheater · Alpha
Format: Book

Idiots Guides Basic Math and Pre-Algebra helps readers get up to speed and relearn the primary concepts of mathematics, geometry, and pre-algebra. Content includes basic math operations addition, subtraction, multiplication, division word problems factors and multiples fractions, decimals,...
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Half-Life: The Divided Life of Bruno Pontecorvo, Physicist or Spy
Half-Life: The Divided Life of Bruno Pontecorvo, Physicist or Spy

Frank Close · Basic Books
Format: Hardcover

It was at the height of the Cold War, in the summer of 1950, when Bruno Pontecorvo mysteriously vanished behind the Iron Curtain. Who was he, and what caused him to disappear? Was he simply a physicist, or also a spy and communist radical? A protégé of Enrico Fermi, Pontecorvo was one of the most...
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The Techniques and Art of Weaving: A Basic Guide
The Techniques and Art of Weaving: A Basic Guide

MarylÂ?ne Brahic · Schiffer Publishing
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover

An in-depth and extensive look at the ancient art form of weaving through its history from around the world to present day and practical information and techniques for today's weaver. More than 600 images trace its origins and the types of looms and fiber available from stick to the Jacquard....
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National Geographic Pocket Guide to Wildflowers of North America
National Geographic Pocket Guide to Wildflowers of North America

Catherine Herbert Howell · National Geographic
Format: Book

With this basic beginner's field guide to North American wildflowers, all who enjoy nature and the outdoors can identify common wildflowers, from backyard weeds to dainty forest blossoms. In a logical, user-friendly, highly visual format, this new title offers key facts about 160 of the most...
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The Chemistry of Alchemy: From Dragon's Blood to Donkey Dung, How Chemistry Was Forged
The Chemistry of Alchemy: From Dragon's Blood to Donkey Dung, How Chemistry Was Forged

Cathy Cobb · Prometheus Books
Format: Hardcover

A unique approach to the history of science using do-it-yourself experiments along with brief historical profiles to demonstrate how the ancient alchemists stumbled upon the science of chemistry.Be the alchemist! Explore the legend of alchemy with the science of chemistry. Enjoy over twenty...
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Butchering Poultry, Rabbit, Lamb, Goat, and Pork: The Comprehensive Photographic Guide to Humane Slaughtering and Butchering
Butchering Poultry, Rabbit, Lamb, Goat, and Pork: The Comprehensive Photographic Guide to Humane Slaughtering and Butchering

Adam Danforth · Storey Publishing, LLC; Com edition
Format: Hardcover

Winner, James Beard Foundation Media Award in the Reference or Scholarship category, 2015 Winner, IACP Food Writing/Cookbooks Award in the Beverage/ Reference/ Technical category, 2015 Using detailed, step-by-step photography of every stage of the process, Adam Danforth shows you exactly...
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Everglades: America's Wetland
Everglades: America's Wetland

Mac Stone · University Press of Florida
Format: Hardcover

"Fervent and stirring." - David Yarnold, president and CEO, National Audubon Society "Stone's spectacular photography captures the splendor of America's Everglades. His remarkable book is convincing proof that our nation cannot risk losing this unique natural wonder."...
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