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Unstoppable: Harnessing Science to Change the World
Bill Nye · Griffin
Pages: 368
Format: Print book |
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Just as World War II called an earlier generation to greatness, so the climate crisis is calling today's rising youth to action: to create a better future.In UNSTOPPABLE, Bill Nye crystallizes and expands the message for which he is best known and beloved. That message is that with... |
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The Lion in the Living Room: How House Cats Tamed Us and Took Over the World
Abigail Tucker · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 256
Format: Print book |
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A lively adventure through history, natural science, and pop culture in search of how cats conquered the world, the Internet, and our hearts.House cats rule back alleys, deserted Antarctic islands, and our bedrooms. Clearly, they own the Internet, where a viral cat video can easily be viewed... |
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Being a Dog: Following the Dog Into a World of Smell
Alexandra Horowitz · Scribner
Pages: 336
Format: Print book |
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Alexandra Horowitz, the author of the lively, highly informative New York Times bestselling blockbuster Inside of a Dog, explains how dogs perceive the world through their most spectacular organ - the nose - and how we humans can put our under-used sense of smell to work in surprising ways.To... |
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Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Explain Everything About the World
Tim Marshall · Scribner
Pages: 320
Format: Print book |
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In this New York Times bestseller, updated for 2016, an award-winning journalist uses ten maps of crucial regions to explain the geo-political strategies of the world powers - "fans of geography, history, and politics (and maps) will be enthralled" (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)... |
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Wild Things, Wild Places: Adventurous Tales of Wildlife and Conservation on Planet Earth
Jane Alexander · Alfred A. Knopf
Pages: 352
Format: Print book |
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A moving, inspiring, personal look at the vastly changing world of wildlife on planet earth as a result of human incursion, and the crucial work of animal and bird preservation across the globe being done by scientists, field biologists, zoologists, environmentalists, and conservationists.... |
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Now: The Physics of Time
R Muller · W.W. Norton & Company
Pages: 368
Format: Print book |
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"Now" is a simple yet elusive concept.You are reading the word "now" right now. But what does that mean? What makes the ephemeral moment "now" so special? Its enigmatic character has bedeviled philosophers, priests, and modern-day physicists from Augustine... |
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Rancher, Farmer, Fisherman: Conservation Heroes of the American Heartland
Miriam Horn · W W Norton
Pages: 384
Format: Print book |
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The story of a huge, largely hidden, and entirely unexpected conservation movement in America.Many of the men and women doing today's most consequential environmental work -- restoring America's grasslands, wildlife, soil, rivers, wetlands, and oceans -- would not call themselves environmentalists;... |
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Dinosaurs: How They Lived and Evolved
Darren Naish · Smithsonian Books
Pages: 224
Format: Print book |
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Dinosaurs are one of the most spectacular groups of animals that have ever existed. Many were fantastic, bizarre creatures that still capture our imagination: the super-predator Tyrannosaurus, the plate-backed Stegosaurus, and the long-necked, long-tailed Diplodocus. Dinosaurs: The Ultimate... |
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