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How to Be Old: Lessons in Living Boldly from the Accidental Icon

Lyn Slater - Plume
Format: Hardcover

A personal memoir in which Lyn Slater, known on Instagram as "Accidental Icon,"brings her characteristic style, optimism, forward-thinking, and rules-are-meant-to-be-broken attitude to the question of how to live boldly at any age. When Lyn Slater started her fashion blog, Accidental...
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The Lost Tomb: And Other Real-Life Stories of Bones, Burials, and Murder

Douglas Preston - Grand Central Publishing
Format: Hardcover

Douglas Preston, the #1 bestselling author of The Lost City of the Monkey God, presents the jaw-dropping discovery of a vast Egyptian tomb containing dozens of sealed burial chambers, as well as recounting tales of pirate treasure, mysterious deaths, archaeological mysteries, and more ... . What's...
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Our Fragile Moment: How Lessons from Earth's Past Can Help Us Survive the Climate Crisis

Michael E. Mann - PublicAffairs
Format: Hardcover

In this sweeping work of science and history, the renowned climate scientist and author of The New Climate War shows us the conditions on Earth that allowed humans not only to exist but thrive, and how they are imperiled if we veer off course. For the vast majority of its 4.54 billion...
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Never Alone: A Solo Arctic Survival Journey

Woniya Dawn Thibeault - Timeless Ways
Format: Hardcover

Woniya Thibeault wasn't looking for an adventure of such magnitude, but when the opportunity to participate in Alone® Season 6 fell into her lap, she couldn't say no. Never Alone is the story of that journey.. Dropped into the Arctic wilderness - solo - as winter descended, Woniya...
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The Future of Us: The Science of What We'll Eat, Where We'll Live, and Who We'll Be

Jay Ingram - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

A fascinating look at the cutting-edge science and technologies that are on the cusp of changing everything from where we'll live, how we'll look, and who we'll be, by the popular science broadcaster and bestselling author Jay Ingram.. Where will we live? How will we get around?...
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Not the End of the World: How We Can Be the First Generation to Build a Sustainable Planet

Hannah Ritchie - Little, Brown Spark
Format: Hardcover

This "truly essential" book will transform how you see our biggest environmental problems (Margaret Atwood) - and explains how we can solve them.It's become common to tell kids that they're going to die from climate change. We are constantly bombarded by doomsday headlines...
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Why We Remember: Unlocking Memory's Power to Hold on to What Matters

Charan Ranganath - Doubleday
Format: Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER * Memory is far more than a record of the past. In this groundbreaking tour of the mind and brain, one of the world's top memory researchers reveals the powerful role memory plays in nearly every aspect of our lives, from recalling...
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The Last Fire Season: A Personal and Pyronatural History

Manjula Martin - Random House Audio
Format: Hardcover

H Is for Hawk meets Joan Didion in the Pyrocene in this arresting combination of memoir, natural history, and literary inquiry that chronicles one woman's experience of life in Northern California during the worst fire season on record.. A MOST-ANTICIPATED BOOK: The New York Times,...
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Be a Revolution: How Everyday People Are Fighting Oppression and Changing the World―and How You Can, Too

Ijeoma Oluo - HarperOne
Format: Hardcover

From the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of So You Want to Talk About Race and Mediocre, an eye-opening and galvanizing look at the current state of anti-racist activism across America.In the #1 New York Times bestseller So You Want To Talk About Race, Ijeoma Oluo offered a vital guide...
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