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Rescue of the Bounty: Disaster and Survival in Superstorm Sandy
Michael J. Tougias · Scribner
Pages: 232
Format: Hardcover |
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The harrowing story of the sinking and rescue of Bounty - the tall ship used in the classic 1962 movie Mutiny on the Bounty - which was caught in the path of Hurricane Sandy with sixteen aboard On Thursday, October 25, 2012, Captain Robin Walbridge made the fateful decision to sail Bounty... |
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Tales from Both Sides of the Brain: A Life in Neuroscience
Michael S. Gazzaniga · Ecco; 1St Edition edition
Format: Hardcover |
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Michael S. Gazzaniga, one of the most important neuroscientists of the twentieth century, gives us an exciting behind-the-scenes look at his seminal work on that unlikely couple, the right and left brain. Foreword by Steven Pinker.In the mid-twentieth century, Michael S. Gazzaniga, "the... |
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Fracking Pennsylvania: Flirting With Disaster
Walter M. Brasch · Greeley & Stone, Publishers, LLC; 2 edition |
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--70% more content than first edition --updated t0 2014 --30 photos and graphics In his most powerful investigation to date, award-winning journalist Walter M. Brasch digs into the natural gas industry and extracts the truth about fracking. This is the long-awaited second edition to the critically-acclaimed... |
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The Ageless Generation: How Advances in Biomedicine Will Transform the Global Economy
Alex Zhavoronkov · Palgrave Macmillan
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover |
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Over the past 20 years, the biomedical research community has been delivering hundreds of breakthroughs expected to extend human lifespan beyond thresholds imaginable today. However, much of this research has not yet been adopted into clinical practice, nor has it been widely publicized.... |
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On the Burning Edge: A Fateful Fire and the Men Who Fought It
Kyle Dickman · Ballantine Books
Pages: 277
Format: Print book |
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NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY MEN'S JOURNAL * In the tradition of Sebastian Junger's The Perfect Storm and Robert Kurson's Shadow Divers comes a true and heartbreaking tale of courage, difficult decisions, and ultimate sacrifice. On the Burning Edge, by award-winning journalist... |
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The Year Yellowstone Burned: A Twenty-Five-Year Perspective
Jeff Henry · Taylor Trade Pub
Pages: 285
Format: Print book |
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The Yellowstone fires of 1988 consumed nearly 800,000 acres - 36 percent of the park. In the years following, spectacular wildflowers rose from the ashes and trees rapidly reclaimed the landscape. In this twenty-five-year look back at the fires, author and photographer Jeff Henry recalls... |
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The Birds of Pandemonium
Michele Raffin · Algonquin Books
Format: Hardcover |
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A remarkable book. Reading about the birds of Pandemonium will make you laugh and cry it will make you see more clearly the need to take care of our planet and it will confirm that one person with a passion can make a difference. —Jeff Corwin, nature conservationist and host of Animal... |
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Last Chance Mustang: The Story of One Horse, One Horseman, and One Final Shot at Redemption
Mitchell Bornstein · St. Martin's Press; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover |
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Last Chance Mustang is the story of Samson, a formerly free-roaming, still wild-at-heart American mustang that was plucked from his mountainous Nevada home and thrown into the domestic horse world where he was brutalized and victimized. After years of abuse, Samson had evolved into a hateful... |
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