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Mars: Our Future on the Red Planet
Leonard David · National Geographic Soc
Pages: 288
Format: Print book
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The next frontier in space exploration is Mars, the red planet and human habitation of Mars isn t much farther off. In October 2015, NASA declared Mars an achievable goal; that same season, Ridley Scott and Matt Damon s"The Martian"drew crowds into theaters, signaled by its nearly... |
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Why Knowledge Matters: Rescuing Our Children from Failed Educational Theories
E D Hirsch · Harvard Education Press
Pages: 270
Format: Print book
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In Why Knowledge Matters, influential scholar E. D. Hirsch, Jr., addresses critical issues in contemporary education reform and shows how cherished truisms about education and child development have led to unintended and negative consequences. Hirsch, author of The Knowledge Deficit,... |
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The Smartphone: Anatomy of an Industry
Elizabeth Woyke · The New Press
Format: Print book
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We think we know everything about our smartphones. We use them constantly. We depend on them for every conceivable purpose. We are familiar with every inch of their compact frames. But there is more to the smartphone than meets the eye. How have smartphones shaped the way we socialize and interact?... |
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The Art of Freedom: Teaching the Humanities to the Poor
Earl Shorris · W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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A conversation in a prison cell sparks an ambitious undertaking to attack the roots of long-term poverty. Seeking answers to the toughest questions about poverty in the United States, Earl Shorris had looked everywhere. At last, one resounding answer came from a conversation with a woman... |
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NFPA 70: National Electrical Code
National Electrical Code Committee · Natl Fire Protection Assn
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"Throughout the United States and around the world, NFPA 70: National Electrical Code (NEC) sets the foundation for electrical safety in residential, commercial, and industrial occupancies. The 2017 edition of this trusted Code presents the latest comprehensive regulations for electrical... |
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Craft Beer for the Homebrewer: Recipes from America's Top Brewmasters
Michael Agnew · Motorbooks Intl
Pages: 159
Format: Hardcover
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As the craft beer craze continues to sweep the nation, more and more people are deciding to try their hand at creating their own perfect brew. In Craft Beer for the Homebrewer, beer writer and certified cicerone (think sommelier for beer) Michael Agnew merges the passions of consumption... |
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The Perfect Score Project: Uncovering the Secrets of the SAT
Debbie Stier · Harmony
Format: Hardcover
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The Perfect Score Project is an indispensable guide to acing the SAT – as well as the affecting story of a single mom’s quest to light a fire under her teenage son. It all began as an attempt by Debbie Stier to help her high-school age son, Ethan, who would shortly be studying... |
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Information Doesn't Want to Be Free: Laws for the Internet Age
Cory Doctorow · McSweeney's
Format: Hardcover
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In sharply argued, fast-moving chapters, Cory Doctorow's Information Doesn't Want to Be Free takes on the state of copyright and creative success in the digital age. Can small artists still thrive in the Internet era? Can giant record labels avoid alienating their audiences? This... |
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Apollo 8: The Thrilling Story of the First Mission to the Moon
JEFFREY KLUGER · Henry Holt and Co.
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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The untold story of the historic voyage to the moon that closed out one of our darkest years with a nearly unimaginable triumphIn August 1968, NASA made a bold decision: in just sixteen weeks, the United States would launch humankind's first flight to the moon. Only the year before, three... |
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