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Finding the Fox: Encounters With an Enigmatic Animal
Andreas Tjernshaugen - Greystone Books
Format: Hardcover
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An intimate portrait of a mysterious and misunderstood animal.. "Tjernshaugen writes in an easy-to-read style that is full of insight and understanding. I felt like I was sitting beside him as he described fox behavior." - Rick McIntyre, Yellowstone wolf researcher and author... |
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H Is for Hope: Climate Change from A to Z
Elizabeth Kolbert - Ten Speed Press
Format: Hardcover
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In twenty-six essays - one for each letter of the alphabet - the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Sixth Extinction takes us on a hauntingly illustrated journey through the history of climate change and the uncertainties of our future.. Climate change resists narrative - and yet some... |
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Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling
Jason De León - Viking
Format: Hardcover
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"A work of extraordinary reportage and compassion...[it] will shock you, move you, and leave you changed." - Matthew Desmond, Pulitzer Prize-winning and New York Times bestselling author of Evicted and Poverty, by America. "An enlightening, frightening, unforgettable read."... |
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Born in Blood: Violence and the Making of America
Scott Gac - Cambridge University Press
Format: Hardcover
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Born in Blood investigates one of history's most violent undertakings: The United States of America. People the world over consider violence in the United States as measurably different than that which troubles the rest of the globe, citing reasons including gun culture, the American... |
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Local: A Search for Nearby Nature and Wildness
Alastair Humphreys - Eye Books Ltd
Format: Paperback
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'Agile, wryly funny and wise' Robert Macfarlane
A search for nearby nature and wildness After years of expeditions all over the world, adventurer Alastair Humphreys spends a year exploring the detailed local map around his home. Can this unassuming landscape, marked by the glow... |
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What If We Get It Right?: Visions of Climate Futures
Ayana Elizabeth Johnson - One World
Format: Hardcover
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Our climate future is not yet written. What if we act as if we love the future?. Sometimes the bravest thing we can do while facing an existential crisis is imagine life on the other side. This provocative and joyous book maps an inspiring landscape of possible climate futures.. Through... |
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The Art of Randomness: Randomized Algorithms in the Real World
Ronald T. Kneusel - No Starch Press
Format: Paperback
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Harness the power of randomness (and Python code) to solve real-world problems in fun, hands-on experiments - from simulating evolution to encrypting messages to making machine-learning algorithms!. The Art of Randomness is a hands-on guide to mastering the many ways you can use randomized... |
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Blood Gun Money: How America Arms Gangs and Cartels
Ioan Grillo - Bloomsbury Publishing
Format: Paperback
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"An eye-opening and riveting account of how guns make it into the black market and into the hands of criminals and drug lords."--Adam Winkler. From the author of El Narco and winner of the Maria Moors Cabot Prize, a searing investigation into the enormous black market for firearms,... |
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Work, Retire, Repeat: The Uncertainty of Retirement in the New Economy
Teresa Ghilarducci - University of Chicago Press
Format: Hardcover
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A damning portrait of the dire realities of retirement in the United States - and how we can fix it. While the French went on strike in 2023 to protest the increase in the national retirement age, workers in the United States have all but given up on the notion of dignified retirement for all.... |
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