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Unstoppable: Harnessing Science to Change the World
Bill Nye · Griffin Pages: 368 Format: Print book |
Just as World War II called an earlier generation to greatness, so the climate crisis is calling today's rising youth to action: to create a better future.In UNSTOPPABLE, Bill Nye crystallizes and expands the message for which he is best known and beloved. That message is that with... |
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Being a Dog: Following the Dog Into a World of Smell
Alexandra Horowitz · Scribner Pages: 336 Format: Print book |
Alexandra Horowitz, the author of the lively, highly informative New York Times bestselling blockbuster Inside of a Dog, explains how dogs perceive the world through their most spectacular organ - the nose - and how we humans can put our under-used sense of smell to work in surprising ways.To... |
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Hidden Figures: The Story of the African-American Women Who Helped Win the Space Race
Margot Lee Shetterly · William Morrow & Company Pages: 368 Format: Print book |
The phenomenal true story of the black female mathematicians at NASA whose calculations helped fuel some of America s greatest achievements in space. Soon to be a major motion picture starring Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monae, Kirsten Dunst, and Kevin Costner. Before John... |
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Ordinarily Well: The Case for Antidepressants
Peter D Kramer · Farrar Pages: 310 Format: Print book |
Do antidepressants work, or are they glorified dummy pills? How can we tell? In "Ordinarily Well, " the celebrated psychiatrist and author Peter D. Kramer examines the growing controversy about the popular medications. A practicing doctor who trained as a psychotherapist and worked... |
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The Curious Nature Guide: Explore the Natural Wonders All Around You
Clare Walker Leslie · Storey Publishing Pages: 142 Format: Print book |
With dozens of simple prompts and exercises, best-selling author, naturalist, and artist Clare Walker Leslie invites you to step outside for just a few minutes a day, reignite your sense of wonder about the natural world, and discover the peace and grounding that come from connecting with... |
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The Eureka Factor: Aha Moments, Creative Insight, and the Brain
John Kounios · Random House Pages: 274 Format: Print book |
In a book perfect for readers of Charles Duhigg's The Power of Habit, David Eagleman's Incognito, and Leonard Mlodinow's Subliminal, the cognitive neuroscientists who discovered how the brain has aha moments - sudden creative insights - explain how they happen, when we need them, and how we can have... |
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