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The Space Barons: Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and the Quest to Colonize the Cosmos
Christian Davenport · PublicAffairs
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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The historic quest to rekindle the human exploration and colonization of space led by two rivals and their vast fortunes, egos, and visions of space as the next entrepreneurial frontier The Space Barons is the story of a group of billionaire entrepreneurs who are pouring their fortunes... |
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How We Got to Now: Six Innovations That Made the Modern World
Steven Johnson · Riverhead Books; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover
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"From the New York Times-bestselling author of Where Good Ideas Come From and Everything Bad Is Good for You, a new look at the power and legacy of great ideas. In this illustrated volume, Steven Johnson explores the history of innovation over centuries, tracing facets of modern life... |
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How to Win Your Personal Injury Claim
Joseph Matthews · NOLO
Pages: 296
Format: Paperback
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After your injury: Settle your claim the right wayWhen you've been hurt in an accident, dealing with insurance companies and lawyers can feel exhausting. But armed with the right information, you can handle a claim yourself -- and save many thousands of dollars in the process.How to Win Your... |
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Packaged Pleasures: How Technology and Marketing Revolutionized Desire
Gary S. Cross · University Of Chicago Press
Format: Hardcover
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From the candy bar to the cigarette, records to roller coasters, a technological revolution during the last quarter of the nineteenth century precipitated a colossal shift in human consumption and sensual experience. Food, drink, and many other consumer goods came to be mass-produced,... |
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Every Landlord's Legal Guide
Janet Portman · NOLO; Twelfth Edition edition
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Every Landlord's Legal Guide gives landlords the legal and practical solutions they need to rent residential property right. From move-in to move-out, this book covers a wide range of issues, including fair housing, repairs, sublets, screening for good tenants, and environmental hazards... |
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Maximum LEGO EV3: Building Robots with Java Brains
Brian Bagnall · Variant Pr
Pages: 450
Format: Book
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The LEGO® Mindstorms™ EV3 set is the latest in robotics technology, allowing you to build incredible motorized inventions without knowing anything about electronics. As a mass market device with hundreds of pieces and a suite of available programming tools, it can be both powerful and overwhelming.... |
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Where You Go Is Not Who You'll Be: An Antidote to the College Admissions Mania
Frank Bruni · Grand Central Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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Over the last few decades, Americans have turned college admissions into a terrifying and occasionally devastating process, preceded by test prep, tutors, all sorts of stratagems, all kinds of rankings, and a conviction among too many young people that their futures will be determined and their... |
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An Uncomplicated Life: A Father's Memoir of His Exceptional Daughter
Paul Daugherty · William Morrow
Format: Hardcover
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A father's exhilarating and funny love letter to his daughter with Down syndrome whose vibrant and infectious approach to life has something to teach all of us about how we can better live our own. Jillian Daugherty was born with Down syndrome. The day they brought her home from the hospital,... |
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Raising Kids Who Read: What Parents and Teachers Can Do
Daniel T. Willingham · Jossey-Bass; 1 edition
Format: Book
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How parents and educators can teach kids to love reading in the digital age Everyone agrees that reading is important, but kids today tend to lose interest in reading before adolescence. In Raising Kids Who Read, bestselling author and psychology professor Daniel T. Willingham explains... |
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GED Test For Dummies
Achim K. Krull · For Dummies
Pages: 504
Format: Print book
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Score high on the GED Test In today's job environment, it's usually the better-educated person who gets the position, promotion, or raise. Scoring high on the GED Test can give you an edge over the competition - whether it's to get a brand-new job or advance in the one you already have.... |
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Superpower: One Man's Quest to Transform American Energy
Russell Gold · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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The author of The Boom, "the best all-around book yet on fracking" (San Francisco Chronicle) , turns his attention to renewable energy pioneer Michael Skelly, whose innovations, struggle, and persistence represent the groundbreaking changes underway in American energy.The United... |
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Missoula : rape and the justice system in a college town
Jon Krakauer · Doubleday,
Pages: 367
Format: Print book
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From bestselling author Jon Krakauer, a stark, powerful, meticulously reported narrative about a series of sexual assaults at the University of Montana - stories that illuminate the human drama behind the national plague of campus rape Missoula, Montana, is a typical college town, with... |
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New New Home, The: Getting the house of your dreams with your eyes wide open
Boyce Thompson Jr. · Taunton Press
Format: Print book
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Today's new-home buyers face unprecedented opportunity and risk. Thanks to recent builder innovations and lower house payments, buyers have the opportunity of a lifetime to build the house of their dreams. Yet given recent history of unprecedented depreciation in home values, consumers... |
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