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The Instant Physicist: An Illustrated Guide
Richard A. Muller · W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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Wine is radioactive? Organic foods have more poison in them than those grown with pesticides? Best-selling author Richard A. Muller enlightens us. Richard A. Muller demonstrated in his recent bestseller, Physics for Future Presidents, that he has a unique talent for delivering the “aha”... |
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Our 50-State Border Crisis: How the Mexican Border Fuels the Drug Epidemic Across America
HOWARD G BUFFETT · Hachette Books
Pages: 356
Format: Hardcover
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom one of America's most prominent philanthropists, an eye-opening, myth-busting new perspective on the crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border. Howard G. Buffett has seen first-hand the devastating impact of cheap Mexican heroin and other opiate cocktails across America.... |
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How to Raise Kind Kids: And Get Respect, Gratitude, and a Happier Family in the Bargain
Thomas Lickona · Penguin Books
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback
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Can you teach your child to be kind? This vital question is taking on a new urgency as our culture grows ever more abrasive and divided.We all want our kids to be kind. But recognizing that abstractly is not the same as knowing what to do when your son tunes you out or you catch your daughter... |
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Women Rowing North: Navigating Life's Currents and Flourishing As We Age
Mary Bray Pipher · Bloomsbury Publishing
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
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From the New York Times bestselling author of Reviving Ophelia, a guide to wisdom, authenticity, and bliss for women as they age.Women growing older contend with ageism, misogyny, and loss. Yet as Mary Pipher shows, most older women are deeply happy and filled with gratitude for the gifts... |
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Sheepish: Two Women, Fifty Sheep, and Enough Wool to Save the Planet
Catherine Friend · Da Capo Lifelong Books
Format: Paperback
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What do you do when you love your farm . . . but it doesn’t love you? After fifteen years of farming, Catherine Friend is tired. After all, while shepherding is one of the oldest professions, it’s not getting any easier. The number of sheep in America has fallen by 90 percent... |
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Things That Matter: Three Decades of Passions, Pastimes and Politics
Charles Krauthammer · Crown Forum
Pages: 387
Format: Hardcover
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From America's preeminent columnist, named by the Financial Times the most influential commentator in the nation, the long-awaited collection of Charles Krauthammer's essential, timeless writings. A brilliant stylist known for an uncompromising honesty that challenges conventional wisdom... |
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Deserts
Marco Stoppato · Firefly Books
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
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A quick reference to the planet's driest regions. Deserts is an abundantly illustrated handbook that examines the fascinating eco-systems of 49 major deserts. Studying the history of deserts improves our understanding of the climatic conditions that create hostile environments. Deserts... |
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Strange Encounters: Adventures of a Renegade Naturalist
Daniel Botkin · Tarcher
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback
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A collection of anecdotal adventures through the natural world includes descriptions of the author's experiences of rebuilding a New Hampshire mill, researching a protein food source for space travel, and working in a radioactive forest on an early Cold War research project. |
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