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Ten Drugs: How Plants, Powders, and Pills Have Shaped the History of Medicine

Thomas Hager · Abrams Press
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

Behind every landmark drug is a story. It could be an oddball researcher's genius insight, a catalyzing moment in geopolitical history, a new breakthrough technology, or an unexpected but welcome side effect discovered during clinical trials. Piece together these stories, as Thomas Hager...
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The Human Tide: How Population Shaped the Modern World

Paul Morland · PublicAffairs
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

A dazzling new history of the past 200 years, recast as a story of population: how irrepressible demographic changes and mass migrations have made and unmade nations, continents, and empires The advance and subsequent retreat of the British Empire; the emergence of America as a superpower;...
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The Secret Wisdom of Nature: Trees, Animals, and the Extraordinary Balance of All Living Things -? Stories from Science and Observation

Peter Wohlleben · Greystone Books
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

The final book in The Mysteries of Nature trilogy by the New York Times bestselling author of The Hidden Life of Trees, Peter Wohlleben. Nature is full of surprises: deciduous trees affect the rotation of the Earth, cranes sabotage the production of Iberian ham, and coniferous forests can make...
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The Beginner's Guide to Beekeeping: Everything You Need to Know

Samantha Johnson · Voyageur Press
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback

This expanded version of the Future Farmers of America (FFA) -licensed Beginner's Guide to Beekeeping?? is the complete DIY guide for budding beekeepers. Raising bees is becoming increasingly popular in backyards and on farms large and small - and it's easy to see why. These resourceful...
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A Season on the Wind: Inside the World of Spring Migration

Kenn Kaufman · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

A close look at one season in one key site that reveals the amazing science and magic of spring bird migration, and the perils of human encroachment. Every spring, billions of birds sweep north, driven by ancient instincts to return to their breeding grounds. This vast parade often goes...
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The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming

David Wallace-Wells · Tim Duggan Books
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

It is worse, much worse, than you think. If your anxiety about global warming is dominated by fears of sea-level rise, you are barely scratching the surface of what terrors are possible. In California, wildfires now rage year-round, destroying thousands of homes. Across the US, "500-year"...
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Mama's Last Hug: Animal and Human Emotions

Frans de Waal · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

New York Times best-selling author and primatologist Frans de Waal explores the fascinating world of animal and human emotions.Frans de Waal has spent four decades at the forefront of animal research. Following up on the best-selling Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?, which...
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