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The Sweet Spot: How to Find Your Groove at Home and Work
Christine Carter Phd · Ballantine Books Format: Print book
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Learn how to achieve more by doing less! Live in that zone you've glimpsed but can't seem to hold on to - the sweet spot where you have the greatest strength, but also the greatest ease. Not long ago, Christine Carter, a happiness expert at UC Berkeley's Greater Good Science... |
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Time Travel
James Gleick · Pantheon Books Pages: 336 Format: Print book
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From the acclaimed author of The Information and Chaos, here is a mind-bending exploration of time travel: its subversive origins, its evolution in literature and science, and its influence on our understanding of time itself. The story begins at the turn of the previous century, with the young... |
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Universal: A Guide to the Cosmos
Brian Cox · Da Capo Pages: 320 Format: Book
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In Universal, bestselling physicists Brian Cox and Jeff Forshaw (Why Does E=mc2?) take us on an inspirational journey of scientific exploration. They show that, by asking questions about the world around us, anyone can think like a physicist and grasp the breath-taking grandeur of the cosmos.Universal... |
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Dreams of Earth and Sky
Freeman Dyson · New York Review Books; First Edition edition Format: Hardcover
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In this sequel to The Scientist as Rebel (2006), Freeman Dyson - whom The Times of London calls "one of the world's most original minds" - celebrates openness to unconventional ideas and "the spirit of joyful dreaming" in which he believes that science should be pursued.... |
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The Mercy of the Sky: The Story of a Tornado
Holly Bailey · Viking Format: Hardcover
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"A gripping, heartbreaking and heartwarming account of the monster tornado that ravaged Moore, Oklahoma in 2013." --Daniel James Brown, #1 NY Times bestselling author of The Boys in the Boat An acclaimed reporter returns to her hometown after the worst twister on record and emerges... |
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The End of Plenty: The Race to Feed a Crowded World
Joel K. Bourne Jr · W. W. Norton & Company Pages: 416 Format: Hardcover
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An award-winning environmental journalist introduces a new generation of farmers and scientists on the frontlines of the next green revolution.When the demographer Robert Malthus (1766-1834) famously outlined the brutal relationship between food and population, he never imagined the success... |
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Hundreds of Interlaced Fingers: A Kidney Doctor's Search for the Perfect Match
VANESA GRUBBS · Amistad Pages: 272 Format: Hardcover
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A young, hopeful doctor's memoir - an unforgettable love story and an informative journey into the world of medicine and kidney transplantation that ultimately asks: What does it mean to let go of something that you love, even if it is life itself?When Vanessa fell in love with Robert,... |
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Astronomy Manual: The Practical Guide to the Night Sky
Jane A Green · Haynes Publishing Pages: 208 Format: Print book
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This innovative Haynes Manual presents in-depth information about all the practical aspects of astronomy. Written with style and enthusiasm by a dedicated amateur and extensively illustrated, this book applies the Haynes approach to a popular and inspirational hobby that requires plenty... |
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The Serpent's Promise: The Bible Interpreted Through Modern Science
Steve Jones · Pegasus; 1 edition Format: Hardcover
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From acclaimed geneticist Steve Jones, the story of the Bible as told through the lens of modern science. In The Serpent's Promise, Steve Jones retells many of the Biblical tales in the light of modern science. Are we all descended from a real-life Adam and Eve? Are some—or all—of... |
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Fastest Things on Wings: Rescuing Hummingbirds in Hollywood
Teresa E Masear · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Pages: 306 Format: Print book
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A heartwarming account of the trials and triumphs a hummingbird rehabber encounters while caring for her tiny, fragile patients Before he collided with a limousine, Gabriel, an Anna's hummingbird with a head and throat cloaked in iridescent magenta feathers, could spiral 130 feet in the air,... |
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Wild Bird Guide: Great Horned Owl (Wild Bird Guides)
Dwight G. Smith · Stackpole Books; 1 edition Pages: 112 Format: Paperback
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The complete natural history of this popular species, told in straightforward text and illustrated with brilliant color photographs. The Great Horned Owl is a year-round resident over much of the United States and Canada, from dense forests to suburbia and city parks. Special adaptations,... |
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The Vaccine Race: Science, Politics, and the Human Costs of Defeating Disease
Meredith Wadman · Viking Pages: 448 Format: Print book
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The epic and controversial story of the development of the first widely used normal human cell-line and, through it, some of the world s most important vaccines In June 1962, a young biologist at the Wistar Institute in Philadelphia, Leonard Hayflick, using tissue extracted from an aborted... |
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