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Framed: Astonishing True Stories of Wrongful Convictions

John Grisham - Doubleday
Format: Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * In John Grisham's first work of nonfiction since The Innocent Man, "the master of the legal thriller" (Associated Press) teams up with Jim McCloskey, "the godfather of the innocence movement" (Texas Monthly) , to share ten harrowing...
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How to Love a Forest: The Bittersweet Work of Tending a Changing World

Ethan Tapper - Broadleaf Books
Format: Hardcover

A tender, fearless debut by a forester writing in the tradition of Suzanne Simard, Robin Wall Kimmerer, and Robert Macfarlane.Only those who love trees should cut them, writes forester Ethan Tapper.In How to Love a Forest, he asks what it means to live in a time in which ecosystems are in retreat...
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Unseen Universe: Space as you've never seen it before from the James Webb Space Telescope

Caroline Harper - Mobius
Format: Hardcover

This is the universe as you've never seen it before. Discover how the awe-inspiring images from Webb are rapidly changing our understanding of our solar system and beyond.. From the towering dust cliffs of the Carina Nebula to Jupiter glowing like an iridescent disco ball in the sky,...
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Why Machines Learn: The Elegant Math Behind Modern AI

Anil Ananthaswamy - Dutton
Format: Hardcover

A rich, narrative explanation of the mathematics that has brought us machine learning and the ongoing explosion of artificial intelligence. Machine learning systems are making life-altering decisions for us: approving mortgage loans, determining whether a tumour is cancerous, or deciding...
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The Highest Law in the Land: How the Unchecked Power of Sheriffs Threatens Democracy

Jessica Pishko - Dutton
Format: Hardcover

Shortlisted for Columbia Journalism School's J. Anthony Lukas Prize. A Publishers Lunch NonFiction Buzz Book A leading authority on sheriffs investigates the impunity with which they police their communities, alongside the troubling role they play in American life, law enforcement,...
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What If We Get It Right?: Visions of Climate Futures

Ayana Elizabeth Johnson - One World
Format: Hardcover

Our climate future is not yet written. What if we act as if we love the future?. Sometimes the bravest thing we can do while facing an existential crisis is imagine life on the other side. This provocative and joyous book maps an inspiring landscape of possible climate futures.. Through...
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It's a Gas: The Sublime and Elusive Elements That Expand Our World

Mark Miodownik - HarperAudio
Format: Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author of Stuff Matters presents a rollicking guided tour of the secret lives of gases: the magnificent, strange, and fascinating substances that shape our world.Gases are all around us - they fill our lungs, power our movement, create stars, and warm our atmosphere....
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That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America

Amanda Jones - Bloomsbury Publishing
Format: Hardcover

"Amanda Jones started getting death threats, all for standing up for our right to read . . . but she's not stopped fighting against book bans, or stopped advocating for access to diverse stories."-Oprah Winfrey, in a speech at the 2023 National Book Awards. "Amanda Jones...
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When the Ice Is Gone: What a Greenland Ice Core Reveals About Earth's Tumultuous History and Perilous Future

Paul Bierman - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover

Paul Bierman's realization that Greenland's ice sheet melted when Earth was no warmer than today sounds an alarm for our planet.In 2018, lumps of frozen soil, collected from the bottom of the world's first deep ice core and lost for decades, reappeared in Denmark. When geologist...
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The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians: Their stories are better than the bestsellers

James Patterson - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Paperback

This "celebration of the world of books" (Kirkus) from New York Times bestselling author James Patterson is a collection of riveting stories celebrating the heroic efforts of the people who are on the front lines getting our books into the world.. To be a bookseller or librarian...
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