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American Eden: David Hosack, Botany, and Medicine in the Garden of the Early Republic

Victoria Johnson - Liveright
Format: Hardcover

The untold story of Hamilton's -- and Burr's -- personal physician, whose dream to build America's first botanical garden inspired the young Republic. When Dr. David Hosack tilled the country's first botanical garden in the Manhattan soil more than two hundred years ago, he didn't just...
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Pure Invention: How Japan's Pop Culture Conquered the World

Matt Alt - Crown
Format: Hardcover

The untold story of how Japan became a cultural superpower through the fantastic inventions that captured - and transformed - the world's imagination. "A masterful book driven by deep research, new insights, and powerful storytelling." - W. David Marx, author of Ametora: How Japan...
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My Body

Emily Ratajkowski - Metropolitan Books
Format: Hardcover

Emily Ratajkowski is an acclaimed model and actress, an engaged political progressive, a formidable entrepreneur, a global social media phenomenon, and now, a writer. Rocketing to world fame at age twenty-one, Ratajkowski sparked both praise and furor with the provocative display of her body...
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Unruly Places: Lost Spaces, Secret Cities, and Other Inscrutable Geographies

Alastair Bonnett - Houghton Mifflin
Format: Hardcover

A tour of the world's hidden geographies - from disappearing islands to forbidden deserts - and a stunning testament to how mysterious the world remains today
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Professional Troublemaker: The Fear-Fighter Manual

Luvvie Àjàyí Jones
Format: Hardcover


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My Fourth Time, We Drowned: Seeking Refuge on the World's Deadliest Migration Route

Sally Hayden - Melville House
Format: Hardcover

The Western world has turned its back on migrants, leaving them to cope with one of the most devastating humanitarian crises in history. Reporter Sally Hayden was at home in London when she received a message on Facebook: "Hi sister Sally, we need your help." The sender identified...
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In Isolation: Dispatches from Occupied Donbas

Stanislav Aseev - ?Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute
Format: Paperback

In this collection of dispatches, Stanislav Aseyev attempts to understand the reasons behind the success of Russian propaganda among the residents of the industrial region of Donbas. For the first time, an inside account shows the toll on real human lives and civic freedoms that citizens...
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Skincare Decoded: The Practical Guide to Beautiful Skin

Victoria Fu - Weldon Owen
Format: Hardcover

Do you really need a ten-step skincare regimen? Is that $100 eye cream worth it? What's up with the CBD trend? Let's face it... we're all a little lost in the skincare world. In this book, formulation chemists Victoria Fu and Gloria Lu breakdown the overly complex skincare industry...
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Accessory to War: The Unspoken Alliance Between Astrophysics and the Military

NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover

An exploration of the age-old complicity between skywatchers and warfighters, from the best-selling author of Astrophysics for People in a Hurry.In this fascinating foray into the centuries-old relationship between science and military power, acclaimed astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson...
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It's Elemental: The Hidden Chemistry in Everything

Kate Biberdorf

In this fresh and engaging guide to chemistry, Dr. Kate Biberdorf, aka "Kate the Chemist," reveals the fascinating science we experience every day Have you ever wondered what makes dough rise? Or how your morning coffee gives you that energy boost? Or why your shampoo is making...
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