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Robogenesis: A Novel
Daniel H. Wilson · Doubleday |
The stunningly creative, epic sequel to Wilson's blockbuster thriller and New York Times bestseller Robopocalypse "The machine is still out there. Still alive." Humankind had triumphed over the machines. At the end of Robopocalypse, the modern world was largely devastated,... |
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Age of Opportunity: Lessons from the New Science of Adolescence
Laurence Steinberg · Eamon Dolan/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
A leading authority draws on new research to explain why the adolescent years are so developmentally crucial, and what we must do to raise happier, more successful kids.Adolescence now lasts longer than ever before. And as world-renowned expert on adolescent psychology Dr. Laurence Steinberg... |
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The Opium War: Drugs, Dreams and the Making of Modern China
Julia Lovell · Overlook Hardcover |
In October 1839, a cabinet meeting in Windsor voted to fight Britain’s first Opium War with China. The conflict turned out to be rich in tragicomedy: in bureaucratic fumblings, military missteps, political opportunism and collaboration. Yet over the past 170 years, this strange... |
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Between the Sheets
Molly O'Keefe · Bantam |
Perfect for readers of Susan Mallery and Rachel Gibson, Between the Sheets is Molly O’Keefe’s final book in the Boys of Bishop trilogy, featuring a sizzling romance between a sexy motorcycle bad boy and the girl next door who can’t resist him.After years of running,... |
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The Newton Papers: The Strange and True Odyssey of Isaac Newton's Manuscripts
Sarah Dry · Oxford University Press |
When Isaac Newton died in 1727 without a will, he left behind a wealth of papers that, when examined, gave his followers and his family a deep sense of unease. Some of what they contained was wildly heretical and alchemically obsessed, hinting at a Newton altogether stranger and less... |
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