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An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us

Ed Yong - Random House
Format: Hardcover

Enter a new dimension - the world as it is truly perceived by other animals - from the Pulitzer Prize-winning, New York Times bestselling author of I Contain Multitudes."A stunning achievement, steeped in science but suffused with magic." - Siddhartha Mukherjee, author of The GeneThe...
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The Hidden Kingdom of Fungi: Exploring the Microscopic World in Our Forests, Homes, and Bodies

Keith A Seifert - Greystone Books
Format: Hardcover

"If you are interested in mushrooms, like so many people are these days, but want to delve deeper than the headlines, this is the book for you." - Eugenia Bone, author of Mycophilia and former president of the New York Mycological SocietyEven though we can't always see them,...
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Don't Trust Your Gut: Using Data to Get What You Really Want in Life

Seth Stephens-Davidowitz - ‎Dey Street Books
Format: Hardcover

Seth Stephens-Davidowitz is as good a data storyteller as I have ever met."  -  Steven Levitt, co-author, FreakonomicsBig decisions are hard. We consult friends and family, make sense of confusing "expert" advice online, maybe we read a self-help book to guide us. In the end,...
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Painless Biology (Barron's Painless)

CYNTHIA PFIRRMANN - Barrons Educational Services
Format: Paperback

Whether you're a student or an adult looking to refresh your knowledge, Barron's Painless Biology provides review and practice in an easy, step-by-step format.An essential resource for:Virtual LearningHomeschoolLearning podsSupplementing classes/in-person learningInside you'll...
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Practice Makes Perfect: Algebra I Review and Workbook, Third Edition

Carolyn C Wheater - McGraw Hill
Format: Paperback

The ideal study guide for success in Algebra I -- with updated review and hundreds of practice questionsPractice makes perfect -- and this study guide gives you all the practice you need to gain mastery over Algebra I. Whether you're a high school or college student, or a self-studying...
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The Elephant in the Universe: Our Hundred-Year Search for Dark Matter

Govert Schilling - Harvard University Press
Format: Hardcover

An award-winning science journalist details the quest to isolate and understand dark matter -- and shows how that search has helped us to understand the universe we inhabit.When you train a telescope on outer space, you can see luminous galaxies, nebulae, stars, and planets. But if you add all that...
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Fifty Minerals that Changed the Course of History (Fifty Things That Changed the Course of History)

Eric Chaline - Firefly Books
Format: Hardcover

Praise for Fifty Animals that Changed the Course of History: It's the sort of book that has you saying 'Wow, listen to this...' and 'Did you know...' to companions over and over. --The Globe and MailFifty Minerals that Changed the Course of History is a beautifully presented...
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Everything I Need I Get from You: How Fangirls Created the Internet as We Know It

Kaitlyn Tiffany - MCD x FSG Originals
Format: Paperback

"Everything I Need I Get from You will fascinate aficionados, but even for someone who's never so much as logged on, it makes a rich and heartfelt explainer on the feelings and phenomena that thrive on the internet." -- Jenny Odell, author of How to Do NothingA thrilling...
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Penguins: The Ultimate Guide Second Edition

Tui De Roy - ‎Princeton University Press; 2nd edition
Format: Hardcover

An acclaimed photographic guide to these marvelous and enigmatic birds -- now in a new, updated editionPenguins are perhaps the most beloved birds. On land, their behavior appears so humorous and expressive that we can be excused for attributing to them moods and foibles similar to our own....
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Return to Nature: The New Science of How Natural Landscapes Restore Us

Emma Loewe - HarperOne
Format: Hardcover

Discover the new science and ancient wisdom on why nature makes us healthier and happier in body and soul from the co-author of The Spirit Almanac and mindbodygreen's Senior Sustainability Editor.For centuries, we have known that getting outside is good for us. Yet we have become increasingly...
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