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New Titles - Science
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Syria's Secret Library: Reading and Redemption in a Town Under Siege
Mike Thomson · PublicAffairs
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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The remarkable story of a small, makeshift library in the town of Daraya, and the people who found hope and humanity in its books during a four-year siege.Daraya lies on the fringe of Damascus, just southwest of the Syrian capital. Yet for four years it lived in another world. Besieged... |
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Spygate: The Attempted Sabotage of Donald J. Trump
Bongino, Dan · Post Hill Press
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
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The comprehensive story of how the Obama administration, Hillary Clinton campaign, and foreign entities tried to sabotage the Trump campaign in the 2016 presidential election.Everyone has an opinion about whether or not Donald Trump colluded with the Russians to defeat Hillary Clinton in 2016.... |
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Mammal Tracks & Sign: A Guide to North American Species
Elbroch, Mark · Stackpole Books
Pages: 816
Format: Paperback
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The most comprehensive reference guide to mammal tracks and sign for North America. This new edition is more visual, with more than 1300 photos and 450 illustrations for easy comparison and identification of similar sign. Each species account includes information on tracks and trails, scat... |
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Gotti's Boys: The Mafia Crew That Killed for John Gotti
DeStefano, Anthony M. · Citadel
Pages: 356
Format: Hardcover
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Meet the men who murdered for the mob - and made John Gotti the most powerful and deadly crime boss in America . . . They called him the "Teflon Don." But in his short reign as the head of the Gambino crime family, John Gotti wracked up a lifetime of charges from gambling, extortion,... |
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Austentatious: The Evolving World of Jane Austen Fans
Luetkenhaus, Holly · University Of Iowa Press
Pages: 188
Format: Paperback
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The amount of fan-generated content about Jane Austen and her novels has long surpassed the author's original canon. Adaptations like Clueless, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Jane Austen's Fight Club, and The Lizzie Bennet Diaries have given Austen fans priceless opportunities... |
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Buzz, Sting, Bite: Why We Need Insects
Sverdrup-Thygeson, Anne · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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An enthusiastic, witty, and informative introduction to the world of insects and why we - and the planet we inhabit - could not survive without them.Insects comprise roughly half of the animal kingdom. They live everywhere - deep inside caves, 18,000 feet high in the Himalayas, inside computers,... |
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In Oceans Deep: Courage, Innovation, and Adventure Beneath the Waves
Streever, Bill · Little, Brown and Company
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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A thrilling exploration of the science and history of the deep sea.Full of mystery and danger, the deep sea has long been a symbol of the great unknown. In this dramatic and thrilling account, acclaimed biologist and deep sea diver Bill Streever shows us the incredible adventures happening... |
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The Trouble with Gravity: Solving the Mystery Beneath Our Feet
Panek, Richard · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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An award-winning science writer plumbs the depths of the greatest mystery in physics, showing how gravity has shaped our universe, minds, and cultures, and tracing our millennia-long efforts to unravel its secrets - from Aristotelian philosophy to Newton's apple to the recent, groundbreaking... |
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Archaeology from Space: How the Future Shapes Our Past
Parcak, Sarah · Henry Holt and Co.
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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National Geographic Fellow and TED Prize-winner Dr. Sarah Parcak welcomes you to the brave new world of "space archaeology," a growing field of exploration that has brought humanity to a tipping point of mass discovery in the ancient worldDr. Sarah Parcak pioneers the young field... |
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