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New Titles - Science
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The Mosquito: A Human History of Our Deadliest Predator
Winegard, Timothy C. · Dutton
Pages: 496
Format: Hardcover
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A pioneering and groundbreaking work of narrative nonfiction that offers a dramatic new perspective on the history of humankind, showing how through millennia, the mosquito has been the single most powerful force in determining humanity's fate Why was gin and tonic the cocktail of choice... |
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How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems
Munroe, Randall · Riverhead Books
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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The world's most entertaining and useless self-help guide, from the brilliant mind behind the wildly popular webcomic xkcd and the #1 New York Times bestsellers What If? and Thing ExplainerFor any task you might want to do, there's a right way, a wrong way, and a way so monumentally... |
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Our Dogs, Ourselves: The Story of a Singular Bond
Alexandra Horowitz · Scribner
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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From Alexandra Horowitz, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Inside of a Dog, an eye-opening, informative, and wholly entertaining examination and celebration of the human-canine relationship for the curious dog owner and science-lover alike.We keep dogs and are kept by them. We love... |
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Reading behind Bars: A Memoir of Literature, Law, and Life as a Prison Librarian
Grunenwald, Jill · Skyhorse
Pages: 360
Format: Hardcover
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In December 2008, twentysomething Jill Grunenwald graduated with her master's degree in library science, ready to start living her dream of becoming a librarian. But the economy had a different idea. As the Great Recession reared its ugly head, jobs were scarce. After some searching,... |
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White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
Diangelo, Robin · Beacon Press
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback
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The New York Times best-selling book exploring the counterproductive reactions white people have when their assumptions about race are challenged, and how these reactions maintain racial inequality. In this "vital, necessary, and beautiful book" (Michael Eric Dyson) , antiracist... |
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Inconspicuous Consumption: The Environmental Impact You Don't Know You Have
Schlossberg, Tatiana · Grand Central Publishing
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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From former New York Times Science writer Tatiana Schlossberg comes Inconspicuous Consumption: The Environmental Impact You Don't Know You Have, a fascinating and unexpectedly entertaining look at the way climate change and environmental pollution are intimately involved in our everyday... |
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Into the Planet: My Life as a Cave Diver
Heinerth, Jill · Ecco
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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From one of the world's most renowned cave divers, a firsthand account of exploring the earth's final frontier: the hidden depths of our oceans and the sunken caves inside our planetMore people have died exploring underwater caves than climbing Mount Everest, and we know more about... |
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Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language
McCulloch, Gretchen · Riverhead Books
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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A linguistically informed look at how our digital world is transforming the English language.Language is humanity's most spectacular open-source project, and the internet is making our language change faster and in more interesting ways than ever before. Internet conversations are structured... |
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Fire in the Sky: Cosmic Collisions, Killer Asteroids, and the Race to Defend Earth
Dillow, Gordon L. · Scribner
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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Combining history, pop science, and in-depth reporting, a fascinating account of asteroids that hit Earth long ago, and those streaming toward us now, as well as how we are preparing against asteroid-caused catastrophe.One of these days, warns Gordon Dillow, the Earth will be hit by a comet... |
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