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Welcome to Your World: How the Built Environment Shapes Our Lives
Sarah Williams Goldhagen · Harper
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover |
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One of the nation's chief architecture critics reveals how the environments we build profoundly shape our feelings, memories, and well-being, and argues that we must harness this knowledge to construct a world better suited to human experience. Taking us on a fascinating journey... |
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Awkward: The Science of Why We're Socially Awkward and Why That's Awesome
Ty Tashiro · William Morrow
Pages: 288
Format: Print book |
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In the vein of Quiet and The Geeks Shall Inherit the Earth comes this illuminating look at what it means to be awkward - and how the same traits that make us socially anxious and cause embarrassing faux pas also provide the seeds for extraordinary success. As humans, we all need... |
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Mozart's Starling
LYANDA LYNN HAUPT · LITTLE
Pages: 288
Format: Print book |
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A charming story of Mozart and his pet starling, along with a natural history of the bird. On May 27th, 1784, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart met a flirtatious little starling who sang (an improved version of ) the theme from his Piano Concerto Number 17 in G to him. Knowing a kindred spirit... |
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The Great Unknown: Seven Journeys to the Frontiers of Science
Marcus du Sautoy · Viking
Pages: 464
Format: Hardcover |
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"Brilliant and fascinating. No one is better at making the recondite accessible and exciting." - Bill Bryson A captivating journey to the outer reaches of human knowledgeEver since the dawn of civilization we have been driven by a desire to know - to understand the physical world... |
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The Great Questions of Tomorrow
David J Rothkopf · Simon & Schuster/ TED
Pages: 128
Format: Hardcover |
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A unique tour around the world in search of the great thinkers of our time and their next big ideas.With the world at the threshold of profound changes, the question becomes: Where are the philosophers? Where are the great thinkers of today? Where is the next Jefferson, Curie, or Mandela?... |
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Where the Water Goes: Life and Death Along the Colorado River
David Owen · Riverhead Books
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover |
A brilliant, eye-opening account of where our water comes from and where it all goes
The Colorado River is a crucial resource for a surprisingly large part of the United States, and every gallon that flows down it is owned or claimed by someone. David Owen traces all that... |
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The Seasons Alter: How to Save Our Planet in Six Acts
Philip Kitcher · Liveright Publishing Corp
Pages: 288
Format: Print book |
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A landmark work of environmental philosophy that seeks to transform the debate about climate change. As the icecaps melt and the sea levels rise around the globe -- threatening human existence as we know it -- climate change has become one of the most urgent and controversial issues... |
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