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The Skeleton Crew: How Amateur Sleuths Are Solving America's Coldest Cases

Deborah Halber · Simon & Schuster; Reprint edition
Format: Paperback

Mary Roach meets C.S.I. in this “lively study that’s part whodunit, part sociological study…The result is eminently entertaining and will be devoured by armchair detectives” (Publishers Weekly).Currently, upwards of forty thousand people in America are dead and unaccounted...
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Departing Shadows

Paul Charles · Dufour Editions
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

DI Christy Kennedy returns in Departing Shadows, a deceit-laden tale of intrigue, which takes him from London to Brighton and back, and into the arms of the West End's most celebrated up-and-coming actress, Nealey Dean. But all's not well in vibrant Camden Town, as Kennedy investigates...
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Hop, Skip, Go: How the Mobility Revolution Is Transforming Our Lives

John Rossant · Harper Business
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

Urban expert John Rossant and business journalist Stephen Baker look beyond the false promises of the past to examine the real future of transportation and the repercussions for the world's cities, the global economy, the environment, and our individual lives.

Human mobility,...

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She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement

Jodi Kantor · Penguin Press
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

From the Pulitzer-prize winning reporters who broke the news of Harvey Weinstein's sexual harassment and abuse for the New York Times, Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey, the thrilling untold story of their investigation and its consequences for the #MeToo movement

On October 5, 2017,...
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Maximum LEGO EV3: Building Robots with Java Brains

Brian Bagnall · Variant Pr
Pages: 450
Format: Book

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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In Hoffa's Shadow: A Stepfather, a Disappearance in Detroit, and My Search for the Truth

Jack Goldsmith · Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

As a young man, Jack Goldsmith revered his stepfather, longtime Jimmy Hoffa associate Chuckie O'Brien. But as he grew older and pursued a career in law and government, he came to doubt and distance himself from the man long suspected by the FBI of perpetrating Hoffa's disappearance on behalf...
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MCAT Biology Review 2020-2021: Online Book

Kaplan Test Prep · Kaplan Publishing
Pages: 544
Format: Paperback

Kaplan's MCAT Biology Review 2020-2021 is updated to reflect the latest, most accurate, and most testable materials on the MCAT. A new layout makes our book even more streamlined and intuitive for easier review.You'll get efficient strategies, detailed subject review, and hundreds...
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Lights on: The Non-Technical Guide to Battery Power When the Grid Goes Down

Jeffrey R Yago · WND Books
Pages: 240
Format: Print book

Following the simple plans in Lights On will ensure that you are safe and secure during widespread long-term power outages. The US electric grid is at greater risk today than ever before. From aging infrastructure, severe weather, and EPA mandated closure of coal-fired power plants to solar...
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MCAT Physics and Math Review 2020-2021: Online Book

Kaplan Test Prep · Kaplan Publishing
Pages: 512
Format: Paperback

Kaplan's MCAT Physics and Math Review 2020-2021 is updated to reflect the latest, most accurate, and most testable materials on the MCAT. A new layout makes our book even more streamlined and intuitive for easier review.You'll get efficient strategies, detailed subject review, and hundreds...
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The Field Guide to Citizen Science: How You Can Contribute to Scientific Research and Make a Difference

Darlene Cavalier · Timber Press
Pages: 188
Format: Paperback

Citizen science is the public involvement in the discovery of new scientific knowledge. A citizen science project can involve one person or millions of people collaborating towards a common goal. The citizen science movement is approachable and inclusive, making it an excellent option for people...
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Moon Rush: The New Space Race

Leonard David · National Geographic
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

Veteran space journalist digs into the science and technology--past, present, and future--central to our explorations of Earth's only satellite, the space destination most hotly pursued today.

In these rich pages, veteran science journalist Leonard David explores the moon in all its facets,...
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MCAT Organic Chemistry Review 2020-2021: Online Book

Kaplan Test Prep · Kaplan Publishing
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback

Kaplan's MCAT Organic Chemistry Review 2020-2021 is updated to reflect the latest, most accurate, and most testable materials on the MCAT. A new layout makes our book even more streamlined and intuitive for easier review.You'll get efficient strategies, detailed subject review,...
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The Meritocracy Trap: How America's Foundational Myth Feeds Inequality, Dismantles the Middle Class, and Devours the Elite

Daniel Markovits · Penguin Press
Pages: 448
Format: Hardcover

A revolutionary new argument from eminent Yale Law professor Daniel Markovits attacking the false promise of meritocracy

It is an axiom of American life that advantage should be earned through ability and effort. Even as the country divides itself at every turn, the meritocratic...
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg: A Life

Jane Sherron De Hart · Knopf
Pages: 768
Format: Hardcover

The first full life - private, public, legal, philosophical - of the 107th Supreme Court Justice, one of the most profound and profoundly transformative legal minds of our time; a book fifteen years in work, written with the cooperation of Ruth Bader Ginsburg herself and based on many interviews...
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Soft Circuits: Crafting e-Fashion with DIY Electronics

Rafi Santo · The MIT Press; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

Soft Circuits introduces students to the world of wearable technology. Using Modkit, an accessible DIY electronics toolkit, students learn to create e-textile cuffs, "electrici-tee" shirts, and solar-powered backpacks. Students also...
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