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Four Points of the Compass: The Unexpected History of Direction
Jerry Brotton - Atlantic Monthly Press
Format: Hardcover
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From the New York Times bestselling author of A History of the World in 12 Maps, this is the revelatory history of the four cardinal directions that have oriented and defined our place on the globe for millenniaNorth, south, east, and west: almost all societies use these four cardinal directions... |
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Footmarks: A Journey Into our Restless Past
Jim Leary - Icon Books
Format: Paperback
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'Lucid, poetic and fascinating' ALICE ROBERTS. 'Engaging, authoritative and full of fascinating stories of the past' RAY MEARS. 'A gentle, personal and very readable book' JULIA BLACKBURN AUTHOR OF TIME SONG. 'A triumph!' JAMES CANTON, AUTHOR OF THE OAK PAPERS.... |
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The Future of Energy (The FUTURES Series)
Richard Black - Melville House
Format: Hardcover
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How will the world produce more, cleaner energy? Climate communicationsexpert Richard Black sets out a vision for the future which could benefit us all.. Coal, oil and gas provide four-fifths of the energy that powers our modern world. But continuing to burn them will mean wrecking the only... |
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Smithsonian Atlas of Space: A Map to the Universe from the Big Bang to the Future
Roger D. Launius - Smithsonian Books
Format: Hardcover
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Journey to the farthest corners of the universe in this visually stunning coffee-table atlas by the former chief historian of NASA. 300 maps and illustrations tell the incredible story of the past, present, and future of the universe and space exploration. Navigate the Solar System, the Milky... |
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Trash Talk: An Eye-Opening Exploration of Our Planet's Dirtiest Problem
Iris Gottlieb - TarcherPerigee
Format: Paperback
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An eye-opening, illustrated look at something we often take for granted - our trash, and the systems in place that make it disappear (or not) . In a world of mass consumption and busy schedules, taking the time to understand our own trash habits can be daunting. In Trash Talk, the ever-curious... |
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The World of Lore: Wicked Mortals: The World of Lore Collection, Book 2
Aaron Mahnke - Random House Audio
Format: Paperback
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A chilling who's who of the most despicable people ever to walk the earth, featuring stories from the Lore podcast - now a streaming television series - including "Black Stockings", "Half-Hanged", and "The Castle", as well as rare material.Some monsters... |
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A History of Dinosaurs in 50 Fossils
Paul M. Barrett - Smithsonian Books
Format: Hardcover
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A beautifully illustrated and definitive crash course on dinosaur fossils, from the Allosaurus that use their teeth and jaws to dismember prey to the Sinosauropteryx specimen that confirmed the existence of feathered dinosaurs. For natural history buffs and Jurassic Park fans. Dinosaurs... |
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Category Five: Superstorms and the Warming Oceans That Feed Them
Porter Fox - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover
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Superstorms, hurricanes, typhoons, and spiraling freak weather: the fallout of global warming is a real-life natural thriller, as captured in Porter Fox's urgent and stunning story of chasing the world's most devastating storms.. Here is the story of the largest storms on earth... |
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Fierce Desires: A New History of Sex and Sexuality in America
Rebecca L. Davis - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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From an esteemed scholar, a richly textured, authoritative history of sex and sexuality in America -- the first major account in three decades.Our era is one of sexual upheaval. Roe v. Wade was overturned in the summer of 2022, school systems across the country are banning books with LGBTQ... |
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Framed: Astonishing True Stories of Wrongful Convictions
John Grisham - Doubleday
Format: Hardcover
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In John Grisham's first work of nonfiction since The Innocent Man, "the master of the legal thriller" (Associated Press) teams up with Jim McCloskey, "the godfather of the innocence movement" (Texas Monthly) , to share ten harrowing true stories of wrongful convictions.... |
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