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Grizzly Confidential: An Astounding Journey into the Secret Life of North America's Most Fearsome Predator

Kevin Grange - Harper Horizon
Format: Hardcover

In Grizzly Confidential, author Kevin Grange - former paramedic and park ranger at Yellowstone and Grand Teton - comes face-to-face with North America's most fearsome predator, Ursus Arctos.His quest takes him from his home in the Tetons to an eerie, mist-shrouded island of gigantic...
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Puppy Kindergarten: The New Science of Raising a Great Dog

Brian Hare - Random House
Format: Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling authors of The Genius of Dogs take us into their "Puppy Kindergarten," a center to study how puppies develop, to show us what goes in to raising a great dog.. What does it take to raise a great dog? This was the question that husband-and-wife team...
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The Lost World of the Dinosaurs: Uncovering the Secrets of the Prehistoric Age

Armin Schmitt - Hanover Square Press
Format: Hardcover

"An insightful and informative meander through the evolution of dinosaurs and other extinct species, with a touch of personal flair." - Steve Brusatte, professor and paleontologist at the University of Edinburgh and New York Times bestselling author of The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs....
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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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