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On Fire: The
Klein, Naomi · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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#1 international and New York Times bestselling author Naomi Klein, author of The Shock Doctrine and This Changes Everything, makes the case for a Green New Deal - explaining how bold climate action can be a blueprint for a just and thriving society.For more than twenty years, Naomi Klein... |
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Incubating Creativity at Your Library: A Sourcebook for Connecting with Communities
Erinn Batykefer · Amer Library Assn Editions
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback
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Creativity needs a platform. As technology consultant David Weinberger puts it, A platform provides resources that lets other people build things. The library is an ideal platform, and in this book Batykefer and Damon-Moore share the experiences of numerous creative library workers and artists... |
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Something Deeply Hidden: Quantum Worlds and the Emergence of Spacetime
Carroll, Sean · Dutton
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover
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Caltech physicist and New York Times bestselling author Sean Carroll shows that there are multiple copies of you. And everyone else. Really.Something Deeply Hidden begins with the news that physics is in a crisis. Quantum mechanics underlies all of modern physics but major gaps in the theory... |
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Dancing with Bees: A Journey Back to Nature
Strawbridge Howard, Brigit
Format: Hardcover
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A naturalist's passionate dive into the world of bees of all stripes--what she has learned about them, and what we can learn from them Brigit Strawbridge Howard was shocked the day she realised she knew more about the French Revolution than she did about her native trees. And birds.... |
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Magnificent Principia: Exploring Isaac Newton's Masterpiece
Pask, Colin · Prometheus Books
Pages: 528
Format: Paperback
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Will help you appreciate and understand the significance of Isaac Newton's masterpiece--what many regard as the greatest scientific contribution of all time.Despite its dazzling reputation, Isaac Newton's Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica, or simply the Principia, remains... |
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The Unstoppable Irish: Songs and Integration of the New York Irish, 1783–1883
Dan Milner · University of Notre Dame Press
Pages: 324
Format: Hardcover
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The Unstoppable Irish follows the changing fortunes of New York's Irish Catholics, commencing with the evacuation of British military forces in late 1783 and concluding one hundred years later with the completion of the initial term of the city's first Catholic mayor. During that... |
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Make, Think, Imagine: Engineering the Future of Civilization
Browne, John · Pegasus Books
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover
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An impassioned defense of progress and innovation -- and an argument for social responsibility from engineer, businessman, and former CEO of BP Lord John Browne.Today's unprecedented pace of change leaves many people wondering what new technologies are doing to our lives. Has social... |
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Christmas in Pennsylvania
Alfred L. Shoemaker · Globe Pequot
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover
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Bestselling classic with historical accounts, full-color vintage images, and a selection of recipes from Pennsylvania's Christmas past Originally published in 1959 and written by one of the seminal figures in American folklife studies, this classic work examines the folk origins of Christmas... |
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We Are the Weather: Saving the Planet Begins at Breakfast
Foer, Jonathan Safran · Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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Some people reject the fact, overwhelmingly supported by scientists, that our planet is warming because of human activity. But do those of us who accept the reality of human-caused climate change truly believe it? If we did, surely we would be roused to act on what we know. Will future... |
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The Accusation: Blood Libel in an American Town
Berenson, Edward · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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A chilling investigation of America's only alleged case of blood libel, and what it reveals about antisemitism in the United States and Europe.On Saturday, September 22, 1928, Barbara Griffiths, aged 4, strayed into the woods surrounding the upstate village of Massena, New York. Hundreds... |
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