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Empty Planet: The Shock of Global Population Decline
Darrell Bricker · Crown
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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An award-winning journalist and leading international social researcher make the provocative argument that the global population will soon decline - and that immigration will be the key to prospering in this new social, political, and economic landscape
For half a century, statisticians,... |
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Mission Moon 3-D: A New Perspective on the Space Race
David J. Eicher · The MIT Press
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover
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The story of the lunar landing and the events that led up to it, told in text and visually stunning 3-D images.July 2019 marks the fiftieth anniversary of Apollo 11's epochal lunar landing, when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the surface of the moon. This visually rich book... |
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Suicidal: Why We Kill Ourselves
Jesse Bering · University of Chicago Press
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
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For much of his thirties, Jesse Bering thought he was probably going to kill himself. He was a successful psychologist and writer, with books to his name and bylines in major magazines. But none of that mattered. The impulse to take his own life remained. At times it felt all but inescapable.
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Cancerland: A Medical Memoir
DAVID T M D SCADDEN · Thomas Dunne Books
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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A doctor's riveting story of loss and hope in the world of cancer. What is it like to encounter cancer? How does it feel to face the unknown, to enter a world of hope, loss, and dread? From the diagnosis of his childhood friend's mother to his poignant memories in the lab,... |
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Origins: How Earth's History Shaped Human History
Lewis Dartnell · Basic Books
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
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A New York Times-bestselling author explains how the physical world shaped the history of our species
When we talk about human history, we often focus on great leaders, population forces, and decisive wars. But how has the earth itself determined our destiny? Our planet wobbles,... |
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Underland: A Deep Time Journey
Robert Macfarlane · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover
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From the best-selling, award-winning author of Landmarks and The Old Ways, a haunting voyage into the planet's past and future. Hailed as "the great nature writer of this generation" (Wall Street Journal) , Robert Macfarlane is the celebrated author of books about... |
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