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Door to Door: The Magnificent, Maddening, Mysterious World of Transportation
Edward Humes · Harpercollins
Pages: 384
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The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of Garbology explores the hidden and costly wonders of our buy-it-now, get-it-today world of transportation, revealing the surprising truths, mounting challenges, and logistical magic behind every trip we take and every click we make.Transportation... |
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Siddhartha's Brain: The Science of Enlightenment
James Kingsland · William Morrow
Pages: 352
Format: Print book |
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A groundbreaking exploration of the "science of enlightenment," told through the lens of the journey of Siddhartha (better known as Buddha) , by Guardian science editor James Kingsland.In a lush grove on the banks of the Neranjara in northern India - 400 years before the birth... |
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Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?
Frans de Waal · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 320
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From world-renowned biologist and primatologist Frans de Waal, a groundbreaking work on animal intelligence destined to become a classic.What separates your mind from an animal's? Maybe you think it's your ability to design tools, your sense of self, or your grasp of past and future -- all traits... |
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Getting to Green: Saving Nature: A Bipartisan Solution
Frederic C Rich · W W Norton
Pages: 368
Format: Print book |
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"Regardless of your place on the political spectrum, there is much to admire in this book, which reminds us that the stewardship of nature is an obligation shared by all Americans." -- U.S. Senator Angus S. King Jr.The Green movement in America has lost its way. Pew polling reveals... |
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One in a Billion: The Story of Nic Volker and the Dawn of Genomic Medicine
Kathleen Gallagher · Simon & Schuster, 2016.
Pages: 256
Format: Print book |
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The breathtaking story of a young boy with a never-before-seen disease, and the doctors who take a bold step into the future of medicine to save him - based on the authors' Pulitzer Prize-winning reporting.In this landmark medical narrative, in the tradition of The Immortal Life of Henrietta... |
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The Genius of Birds
Jennifer Ackerman · Penguin Books, 2016.
Pages: 352
Format: Print book |
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Birds are astonishingly intelligent creatures. In fact, according to revolutionary new research, some birds rival primates and even humans in their remarkable forms of intelligence. Like humans, many birds have enormous brains relative to their size. Although small, bird brains are packed... |
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Treading on Thin Air: Atmospheric Physics, Forensic Meteorology, and Climate Change: How Weather Shapes Our Everyday Lives
Elizabeth Austin Ph. D. · Pegasus Books
Pages: 320
Format: Print book |
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Weather is an inescapable part of our daily lives, from the nuances of air travel to the breadth of human history. Our past, present, and future is intimately rooted is weather and climate.Weather, water, and climate. How we feel, how productive we are, even our sheer existence, depends... |
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