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New Titles - Science
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The Game Console: A Photographic History from Atari to Xbox
Evan Amos · No Starch Press
Pages: 300
Format: Hardcover
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The Game Console is a tour through the evolution of video game hardware, with gorgeous full-color photos of 86 consoles. You'll start your journey with legendary consoles like the Magnavox Odyssey, Atari 2600, Nintendo Entertainment System, and the Commodore 64. The visual nostalgia... |
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#DoNotDisturb: How I Ghosted My Cell Phone to Take Back My Life
Jedediah Bila · Harper
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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Have you ever looked at your email, then texts, then Facebook, then Twitter, then email, then Instagram, then Candy Crush, then texts, then Snapchat, then texts again, and now you've wasted the time you had set aside for more important things? Jedediah Bila has solved her own Obsessive... |
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The Secret Language of Cats
Susanne Sch tz · Hanover Square Press
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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Have you ever wondered what your cat is saying? Cats do not meow randomly, nor do they growl or hiss because they have nothing better to do. Cat sounds have a purpose, and they can carry important messages, whether for us or other cats.Susanne Schštz is hard at work on breaking the cat code.... |
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18 Miles: The Epic Drama of Our Atmosphere and Its Weather
Christopher Dewdney · ECW Press
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback
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From the bestselling author of Acquainted with the Night comes a brilliant and witty look at our favourite topic -- weather We live at the bottom of an ocean of air -- 5,200 million million tons, to be exact. It sounds like a lot, but Earth's atmosphere is smeared onto its surface... |
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Theater of the World: The Maps that Made History
Thomas Reinertsen Berg · Little, Brown and Company
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover
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A heavily illustrated four-color history of mapmaking across centuries--a must-read for history buffs and armchair travelers. Theater of the World offers a fascinating history of mapmaking, using the visual representation of the world through time to tell a new story about world history... |
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The Eating Instinct: Food Culture, Body Image, and Guilt in America
Virginia Sole-Smith · Henry Holt and Co.
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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An exploration, both personal and deeply reported, of how we learn to eat in today's toxic food culture.Food is supposed to sustain and nourish us. Eating well, any doctor will tell you, is the best way to take care of yourself. Feeding well, any human will tell you, is the most important... |
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Logic: A Very Short Introduction
Graham Priest · Oxford University Press
Pages: 156
Format: Paperback
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Logic is often perceived as having little to do with the rest of philosophy, and even less to do with real life. In this lively and accessible introduction, Graham Priest shows how wrong this conception is. He explores the philosophical roots of the subject, explaining how modern formal... |
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Sawbones: The Hilarious, Horrifying Road to Modern Medicine
JUSTIN MCELROY · Weldon Owen
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover
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A compelling, often hilarious and occasionally horrifying exploration of how modern medicine came to be! Wondering whether eating powdered mummies might be just the thing to cure your ills? Tempted by those vintage ads suggesting you wear radioactive underpants for virility? Ever considered... |
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Spygate: The Attempted Sabotage of Donald J. Trump
Dan Bongino · Post Hill Press
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
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The comprehensive story of how the Obama administration, Hillary Clinton campaign, and foreign entities tried to sabotage the Trump campaign in the 2016 presidential election.Everyone has an opinion about whether or not Donald Trump colluded with the Russians to defeat Hillary Clinton in 2016.... |
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