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If Our Bodies Could Talk: A Guide to Operating and Maintaining a Human Body

James Hamblin - Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Format: Hardcover

"If you want to understand the strange workings of the human body, and the future of medicine, you must read this illuminating, engaging book." - Siddhartha Mukherjee, author of The Gene In 2014, James Hamblin launched a series of videos for The Atlantic called...
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The House of Kennedy

James Patterson - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover

Those who dwell in the House of Kennedy work hard, live hard, and win at all costs. But just how much has it cost them? The Kennedy name is synonymous with American royalty. The family commitment to public service is legendary and enduring. But all their wild charisma has been dashed by disgrace...
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The Comparative Guide to American Elementary & Secondary Schools 2012: Covers All Public School Districts Serving 1,500 or More Students

Inc. Grey House Publishing - Grey House Pub
Format: Paperback

"Now with comparative charts & ranking tables"--Cover.
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The Thing with Feathers: The Surprising Lives of Birds and What They Reveal About Being Human

Noah Strycker - Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Format: Hardcover

An entertaining and profound look at the lives of birds, illuminating their surprising world - and deep connection with humanity.Birds are highly intelligent animals, yet their intelligence is dramatically different from our own and has been little understood. As scientists come to understand...
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Renewable: The World-Changing Power of Alternative Energy

Jeremy Shere - St. Martin's Press; 1St Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

Where does the energy we use come from? Its absolutely vital to every single thing we do every day, but for most people, it is utterly invisible. Flick a switch and the lights go on. It might as well be magic. Science writer Jeremy Shere shows us in Renewable The World-Changing Power of Alternative...
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Smarter Than You Think: How Technology is Changing Our Minds for the Better

Clive Thompson - Penguin Press HC, The
Format: Hardcover

It's undeniable—technology is changing the way we think. But is it for the better? Amid a chorus of doomsayers, Clive Thompson delivers a resounding "yes." The Internet age has produced a radical new style of human intelligence, worthy of both celebration and analysis....
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The Hot Hand: The Mystery and Science of Streaks

Ben Cohen - Custom House
Format: Hardcover

A brilliant and buoyant investigation into the existence (or not) of streaks, from a rising star at the Wall Street Journal.For decades, statisticians, social scientists, psychologists, and economists (among them Nobel Prize winners) have spent massive amounts of precious time thinking...
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Chaser: Unlocking the Genius of the Dog Who Knows a Thousand Words

Dr. John W. Pilley Jr. Ph.D - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover

A New York Times Bestseller The amazing story of a very smart Border collie who is redefining animal intelligence. Chaser has a way with words. She knows over a thousand of them - more than any other animal of any species except humans. In addition to common nouns like house, ball, and tree,...
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An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth: What Going to Space Taught Me About Ingenuity, Determination, and Being Prepared for Anything

Chris Hadfield - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover

Colonel Chris Hadfield has spent decades training as an astronaut and has logged nearly 4000 hours in space. During this time he has broken into a Space Station with a Swiss army knife, disposed of a live snake while piloting a plane, and been temporarily blinded while clinging to the exterior...
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