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I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life
Ed Yong · Ecco Pages: 256 Format: Print book |
Joining the ranks of popular science classics like The Botany of Desire and The Selfish Gene, a groundbreaking, wondrously informative, and vastly entertaining examination of the most significant revolution in biology since Darwin - a "microbe's-eye view" of the world that reveals... |
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Wasting Time on the Internet
Kenneth Goldsmith · Harper Perennial Pages: 256 Format: Print book |
Using clear, readable prose, conceptual artist and poet Kenneth Goldsmith's manifesto shows how our time on the internet is not really wasted but is quite productive and creative as he puts the experience in its proper theoretical and philosophical context.Kenneth Goldsmith wants you to rethink... |
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The Kingdom of Speech
Tom Wolfe · Little Brown and Company Pages: 160 Format: Print book |
The maestro storyteller and reporter provocatively argues that what we think we know about speech and human evolution is wrong.Tom Wolfe, whose legend began in journalism, takes us on an eye-opening journey that is sure to arouse widespread debate. THE KINGDOM OF SPEECH is a captivating,... |
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Patient H.M.: A Story of Memory, Madness, and Family Secrets
Luke Dittrich · Random House Pages: 440 Format: Print book |
"Oliver Sacks meets Stephen King"* in this propulsive, haunting journey into the life of the most studied human research subject of all time, the amnesic known as Patient H.M., a man who forever altered our understanding of how memory works - and whose treatment raises deeply... |
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The Ascension Mysteries: Revealing the Cosmic Battle Between Good and Evil
David Wilcock · Dutton Pages: 528 Format: Print book |
New York Times bestselling author David Wilcock has become one of the leading writers exploring ancient mysteries and new science. With his latest book, The Ascension Mysteries, David will take readers on a surprising and enthralling journey through the history of the universe, exploring... |
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Tastes Like Chicken: A History of America's Favorite Bird
Emelyn Rude · Pegasus Books Pages: 272 Format: Print book |
From the domestication of the bird nearly ten thousand years ago to its current status as our go-to meat, the history of this seemingly commonplace bird is anything but ordinary.How did chicken achieve the culinary ubiquity it enjoys today? It's hard to imagine, but there was a point... |
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