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Climate Justice: Hope, Resilience, and the Fight for a Sustainable Future
Mary Robinson · Bloomsbury Publishing
Pages: 176
Format: Hardcover
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An urgent call to arms by one of the most important voices in the international fight against climate change, sharing inspiring stories and offering vital lessons for the path forward. Holding her first grandchild in her arms in 2003, Mary Robinson was struck by the uncertainty of the world... |
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Kaufman Field Guide to Nature of the Midwest
Jeff Sayre · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 416
Format: Paperback
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The only field guide to bring along to identify the birds, mammals, trees, wildflowers, insects, reptiles, amphibians, fish, spiders, mushrooms, ferns, rocks, and sky of the Midwest Even if we focus on certain things in the outdoors, most of us are curious about everything else that might... |
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Anatomy and Physiology For Dummies
Donna Rae Siegfried · John Wiley & Sons
Pages: 360
Format: Print book
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Learn about the human body from the inside out Some people think that knowing about what goes on inside the human body can sap life of its mystery - which is too bad for them. Anybody who's ever taken a peak under the hood knows that the human body, and all its various structures and functions,... |
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Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress
STEVEN PINKER · Viking
Pages: 576
Format: Hardcover
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The follow-up to Pinker's groundbreaking The Better Angels of Our Nature presents the big picture of human progress: people are living longer, healthier, freer, and happier lives, and while our problems are formidable, the solutions lie in the Enlightenment ideal of using reason and science.Is... |
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The Gene Machine: How Genetic Technologies Are Changing the Way We Have Kids--and the Kids We Have
Bonnie Rochman · Scientific American / Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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A sharp-eyed exploration of the promise and peril of having children in an age of genetic tests and interventionsIs screening for disease in an embryo a humane form of family planning or a slippery slope toward eugenics? Should doctors tell you that your infant daughter is genetically predisposed... |
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Climate Shock: The Economic Consequences of a Hotter Planet
Gernot Wagner · Princeton University Press
Format: Hardcover
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If you had a 10 percent chance of having a fatal car accident, you'd take necessary precautions. If your finances had a 10 percent chance of suffering a severe loss, you'd reevaluate your assets. So if we know the world is warming and there's a 10 percent chance this might eventually... |
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The Astronomy Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained
INC DORLING KINDERSLEY · DK
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
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An essential guide to milestone developments in astronomy, telling the story of our ideas about space, time, and the physics of the cosmos - from ancient times to the present day.From planets and stars to black holes and the Big Bang, take a journey through the wonders of the universe.... |
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Astronomy: A Self-Teaching Guide, Seventh Edition
Dinah L. Moche · Wiley; Seventh Edition edition
Format: Print book
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Discover the wonders of the night sky with this bestselling Astronomy GuideFor a generation, Astronomy A Self-Teaching Guide has introduced hundreds of thousands of readers worldwide to the night sky. Now this classic beginners guide has been completely revised to bring it up to date with... |
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Endurance: My Year in Space and Our Journey to Mars
Scott Kelly · Knopf
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover
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A stunning memoir from the astronaut who spent a record-breaking year aboard the International Space Station--a candid account of his remarkable voyage, of the journeys off the planet that preceded it, and of his colorful formative years.The veteran of four space flights and the American... |
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