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Emperors of the Deep: Sharks--The Ocean's Most Mysterious, Most Misunderstood, and Most Important Guardians

William McKeever · HarperOne
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

In this remarkable groundbreaking book, a documentarian and conservationist, determined to dispel misplaced fear and correct common misconceptions, explores in-depth the secret lives of sharks - magnificent creatures who play an integral part in maintaining the health of the world's oceans...
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Underland: A Deep Time Journey

Robert Macfarlane · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

From the best-selling, award-winning author of Landmarks and The Old Ways, a haunting voyage into the planet's past and future.Hailed as "the great nature writer of this generation" (Wall Street Journal) , Robert Macfarlane is the celebrated author of books about the intersections...
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Signs: The Secret Language of the Universe

Laura Lynne Jackson · Spiegel & Grau
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

A renowned psychic medium teaches us how to recognize and interpret the life-changing messages from loved ones and spirit guides on the Other Side. Laura Lynne Jackson is a psychic medium and the author of the New York Times bestseller The Light Between Us. She possesses an incredible gift:...
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She has her mother's laugh : what heredity is, is not, and may become

Carl Zimmer · Dutton
Format: eBook

Award-winning, celebrated New York Times She Has Her Mother's Laugh But, Zimmer writes, "Each of us carries an amalgam of fragments of DNA, stitched together from some of our many ancestors. Each piece has its own ancestry, traveling a different path back through human history....
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The Fate of Food: What We'll Eat in a Bigger, Hotter, Smarter World

Amanda Little
Format: Hardcover

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The Weather Machine: A Journey Inside the Forecast

Andrew Blum · Ecco
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

From the acclaimed author of Tubes, a lively and surprising tour through the global network that predicts our weather, the people behind it, and what it reveals about our climate and our planetThe weather is the foundation of our daily lives. It's a staple of small talk, the app on our smartphones,...
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The Moon: A History for the Future

Oliver Morton · The Economist
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

An intimate portrait of the Earth's closest neighbor--the Moon--that explores the history and future of humankind's relationship with itEvery generation has looked towards the heavens and wondered at the beauty of the Moon. Fifty years ago, a few Americans became the first to do the reverse---and...
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Chasing the Moon: The People, the Politics, and the Promise That Launched America into the Space Age

Robert L. Stone · Ballantine Books
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

A charismatic young president issued the historic Moon landing challenge. This book, which greatly expands the companion PBS series, tell the stories of the visionaries--based on eyewitness accounts and newly discovered archival material--who helped America win the space race with the first...
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Where the Lost Dogs Go: A Story of Love, Search, and the Power of Reunion

Susannah Charleson · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

From a New York Times best-selling author, an important and heartfelt exploration into the world of lost dogs and the power of reunionOne in six dogs go missing at some point in their lives, leaving bereft owners to search high and low, hang missing posters, check shelters, and hope for good...
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