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The Art of Uncertainty: How to Navigate Chance, Ignorance, Risk and Luck

David Spiegelhalter - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover

An Economist Best Book of the Year. From our "greatest living statistical communicator" (Tim Harford) comes an invaluable, data-driven guide for understanding -- and learning to embrace -- risk and uncertainty in our daily lives.How dangerous is our diet? How much of sports...
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Migration to South Carolina - 1850 Census from England, Scotland, Germany, Italy, France, Spain, Russia, Denmark, Sweden, and Switzerland

Margaret Peckham Motes - Clearfield
Format: Paperback

One of four volumes in Mrs. Motes' series devoted to the ethnic and migration components of South Carolina's population taken from the federal census of 1850, this work names 3,700 foreign-born South Carolinians (other than Irish, who are treated in another volume in this series)...
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Two Hundred Years of Family Connections: Tracing Lineage in Cemeteries of Davie County, NC

Nancy P. Sullivan - Library Partners Press
Format: Hardcover

A genealogical resource based on Nancy Sullivan's investigation of Davie county North Carolina cemeteries.
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American Poison: A Deadly Invention and the Woman Who Battled for Environmental Justice

Daniel Stone - Dutton
Format: Hardcover

From the national bestselling author of The Food Explorer comes the untold story of Alice Hamilton, a trailblazing doctor and public health activist who took on the booming auto industry - and the deadly invention of leaded gasoline, which would poison millions of people across America.....
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Dinosaurs at the Dinner Party: How an Eccentric Group of Victorians Discovered Prehistoric Creatures and Accidentally Upended the World

Edward Dolnick - Scribner
Format: Hardcover

From the bestselling author of The Clockwork Universe and The Writing of the Gods, a historical adventure story about the eccentric Victorians who discovered dinosaur bones, leading to a whole new understanding of human history.. In the early 1800s the world was a safe and cozy place. But then...
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Ends of the Earth: Journeys to the Polar Regions in Search of Life, the Cosmos, and Our Future

Neil Shubin - Penguin Audio
Format: Hardcover

The bestselling author of Your Inner Fish takes listeners on an epic adventure to the North and South Poles to reveal the secrets locked in the ice about life, the cosmos, and our planet's future.Renowned scientist Neil Shubin has made extraordinary discoveries by leading scientific...
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The Shortest History of Migration: When, Why, and How Humans Move―From the Prehistoric Peopling of the Planet to Today and Tomorrow's Migrants (The Shortest History Series)

Ian Goldin - The Experiment
Format: Paperback

From the Silk Roads to the Berlin Wall, discover the globe-turning history of human migrationWe are a species in motion -- from the first steps of Homo sapiens across Africa to America's "melting pot." And when we move -- in search of better things, or against our will -- our beliefs...
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Shift: Managing Your Emotions--So They Don't Manage You

Ethan Kross - Crown
Format: Hardcover

"A revolutionary guide to mastering your emotional life." - Charles Duhigg, NYT bestselling author "Brilliant, engaging, and deeply insightful...this must-read book will change your life" - Lisa Damour, NYT bestselling author "Breaks new ground..." - Adam...
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Tardigrades: Nature's Toughest Survivors

Anne Morgan - CSIRO PUBLISHING
Format: Hardcover

Tardigrades are one of the toughest creatures in nature! These tiny little animals, nicknamed 'moss piglets' or 'water bears', have incredible survival superpowers.. They've been found in astonishing places, from the top of a mountain to the bottom of an ocean. They've...
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Many Things Under a Rock Young Readers Edition: The Mysteries of Octopuses

David Scheel - Norton Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

This compelling middle grade adaptation dives deep into the mysteries and misunderstandings of one of our planet's most enigmatic animals.Among all the ocean's creatures, few are more captivating -- or more elusive -- than the octopus. Marine biologist David Scheel investigates...
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