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In Oceans Deep: Courage, Innovation, and Adventure Beneath the Waves

Bill Streever · Little, Brown and Company
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

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 Code: Silicon Valley and the Remaking of America

Margaret O'Mara · Penguin Press
Pages: 512
Format: Hardcover

The true, behind-the-scenes history of the people who built Silicon Valley and shaped Big Tech in America Long before Margaret O'Mara became one of our most consequential historians of the American-led digital revolution, she worked in the White House of Bill Clinton and Al Gore in the earliest...
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The Fifth Domain: Defending Our Country, Our Companies, and Ourselves in the Age of Cyber Threats

Richard A. Clarke · Penguin Press
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

An urgent new warning from two bestselling security experts--and a gripping inside look at how governments, firms, and ordinary citizens can confront and contain the tyrants, hackers, and criminals bent on turning the digital realm into a war zone. "In the battle raging between offense...
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Crisis in the Red Zone: The Story of the Deadliest Ebola Outbreak in History, and of the Outbreaks to Come

Richard Preston · Random House
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

The 2013-2014 Ebola epidemic was the deadliest ever - but the outbreaks continue. Now comes a gripping account of the doctors and scientists fighting to protect us, an urgent wake-up call about the future of emerging viruses - from the #1 bestselling author of The Hot Zone, now a National...
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Archaeology from Space: How the Future Shapes Our Past

Sarah Parcak · Henry Holt and Co.
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

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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The Nocturnal Brain: Nightmares, Neuroscience, and the Secret World of Sleep

Guy Leschziner · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

A renowned neurologist shares the true stories of people unable to get a good night's rest in The Nocturnal Brain: Nightmares, Neuroscience, and the Secret World of Sleep, a fascinating exploration of the symptoms and syndromes behind sleep disorders.For Dr. Guy Leschziner's patients, there...
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Talking to Robots: Tales from Our Human-Robot Futures

David Ewing Duncan · Dutton
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

Award-winning journalist David Ewing Duncan considers 24 visions of possible human-robot futures - Incredible scenarios from Teddy Bots to Warrior Bots, and Politician Bots to Sex Bots - Grounded in real technologies and possibilities and inspired by our imagination. What robot and AI systems...
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Buzz, Sting, Bite: Why We Need Insects

Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

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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Stronghold: One Man's Quest to Save the World's Wild Salmon

Tucker Malarkey · Spiegel & Grau
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

"A powerful and inspiring story. Guido Rahr's mission to save the wild Pacific salmon leads him into adventures that make for a breathtakingly exciting read." - Ian Frazier, author of Travels in Siberia In the tradition of Mountains Beyond Mountains and The Orchid Thief, Stronghold...
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