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The War on the West

Douglas Murray - Broadside
Format: Hardcover

China has concentration camps now. Why do Westerners claim our sins are unique?It is now in vogue to celebrate non-Western cultures and disparage Western ones. Some of this is a much-needed reckoning, but much of it fatally undermines the very things that created the greatest, most humane...
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Things You Can Do: How to Fight Climate Change and Reduce Waste

Eduardo Garcia - ?Ten Speed Press
Format: Paperback

Learn what you can do right now to reduce your carbon footprint with this inspiring, accessible, stunningly illustrated book based on Eduardo Garcia's popular New York Times column.   "This beautiful and practical book on the climate crisis is for people of all ages, packed with...
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Love and Justice: A Story of Triumph on Two Different Courts

Maya Moore Irons - Andscape
Format: Hardcover

In the tradition of Just Mercy, an inspirational memoir by WNBA star Maya Moore Irons and her husband, Jonathan Irons, who she helped free from a wrongful conviction.A journey for justice turned into a love story when Maya Moore, one of the WNBA's brightest stars, married the man she helped...
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The Physics Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained

DK - DK PUB

Explore the laws and theories of physics in this accessible introduction to the forces that shape our universe, our planet, and our everyday lives. Using a bold, graphics-led approach, The Physics Book sets out more than 80 of the key concepts and discoveries that have defined the subject...
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Blueprint: The Evolutionary Origins of a Good Society

Nicholas A. Christakis - Little, Brown Spark
Format: Hardcover

"A dazzlingly erudite synthesis of history, philosophy, anthropology, genetics, sociology, economics, epidemiology, statistics, and more" (Frank Bruni, New York Times) , Blueprint shows how and why evolution has placed us on a humane...
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Handprints on Hubble: An Astronaut's Story of Invention

Kathryn D. Sullivan - The MIT Press; Reprint edition
Format: Paperback

The Hubble Space Telescope has revolutionized our understanding of the universe. It has, among many other achievements, revealed thousands of galaxies in what seemed to be empty patches of sky; transformed our knowledge of black holes; found dwarf planets with moons orbiting other stars;...
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The Climate Book: The Facts and the Solutions

Greta Thunberg - Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover

We still have time to change the world. From Greta Thunberg, the world's leading climate activist, comes the essential handbook for making it happen.You might think it's an impossible task: secure a safe future for life on Earth, at a scale and speed never seen, against all the odds....
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Body Leaping Backward: Memoir of a Delinquent Girlhood

Maureen Stanton - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover

The "mesmerizing . . . daring and important"* story of a risk-taking girlhood spent in a working-class prison town *Andre Dubus IIIFor Maureen Stanton's proper Catholic mother, the town's maximum security prison was a way to keep her seven children in line ("If you don't...
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A New Way to Age

Suzanne Somers - Gallery Books
Format: Hardcover

At seventy-three years young, #1 New York Times bestselling author and health guru Suzanne Somers has established herself as a leading voice on antiaging. With A New Way to Age, she takes things a step further to present a revolutionary philosophy for a longer and better-quality...
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Seeing Science: An Illustrated Guide to the Wonders of the Universe

Iris Gottlieb - Chronicle Books
Format: Hardcover

Science is really beautiful. With original illustrations that deftly explain the strange-but-true world of science, Seeing Science offers a curated ride through the great mysteries of the universe. Artist and lay scientist Iris Gottlieb explains among other things: neap tides, naked mole...
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