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Lincoln's Greatest Case: The River, the Bridge, and the Making of America
Brian McGinty - Liveright Publishing Corporation
Format: Print book
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The untold story of how one sensational trial propelled a self-taught lawyer and a future president into the national spotlight.In the early hours of May 6, 1856, the steamboat Effie Afton barreled into a pillar of the Rock Island Bridge -- the first railroad bridge ever to span the Mississippi... |
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An Uncomplicated Life: A Father's Memoir of His Exceptional Daughter
Paul Daugherty - William Morrow
Format: Hardcover
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A father's exhilarating and funny love letter to his daughter with Down syndrome whose vibrant and infectious approach to life has something to teach all of us about how we can better live our own. Jillian Daugherty was born with Down syndrome. The day they brought her home from the hospital,... |
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A Field Guide to Lies: Critical Thinking in the Information Age
Daniel J Levitin - Dutton
Format: Print book
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From The New York Times bestselling author of THE ORGANIZED MIND and THIS IS YOUR BRAIN ON MUSIC, a primer to the critical thinking that is more necessary now than ever. We are bombarded with more information each day than our brains can process - especially in election season.... |
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The Space Barons: Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and the Quest to Colonize the Cosmos
Christian Davenport - PublicAffairs
Format: Hardcover
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The historic quest to rekindle the human exploration and colonization of space led by two rivals and their vast fortunes, egos, and visions of space as the next entrepreneurial frontier The Space Barons is the story of a group of billionaire entrepreneurs who are pouring their fortunes... |
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Earth in Human Hands: The Rise of Terra Sapiens and Hope for Our Planet
David Grinspoon - Grand Central Pub
Format: Print book
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For the first time in Earth's history, one species--humans--is knowingly altering our planet's evolution, exerting increasing influence and attempting stewardship. How we handle this juncture may very well determine the fate not just of our species, but of life, and the planet. Without... |
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The End of College: Creating the Future of Learning and the University of Everywhere
Kevin Carey - Riverhead Books
Format: Hardcover
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From a renowned education writer comes a paradigm-shifting examination of the rapidly changing world of college that every parent, student, educator, and investor needs to understand.Over the span of just nine months in 2011 and 2012, the world's most famous universities and high-powered... |
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Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
Max Tegmark - Knopf
Format: Hardcover
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How will Artificial Intelligence affect crime, war, justice, jobs, society and our very sense of being human? The rise of AI has the potential to transform our future more than any other technology - and there's nobody better qualified or situated to explore that future than Max Tegmark,... |
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On Your Case: A Comprehensive, Compassionate
Lisa Green - William Morrow
Format: Hardcover
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Television legal analyst and attorney Lisa Green offers something new: a witty, direct and empowering legal guide for women, filled with accessible information they can employ to understand and respond to common legal issues throughout their lives, from dating, marriage, and kids to jobs,... |
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The Sky Below: A True Story of Summits, Space, and Speed
Scott Parazynski - Little A
Format: Hardcover
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"Scott Parazynski's drive, curiosity, inventiveness, and great humor shine through the pages of The Sky Below and will certainly inspire future generations to pursue their dreams with every fiber in their being." - John Glenn, NASA astronautAn epic memoir from a man whose... |
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The Chicken Keeper's Problem Solver: 100 Common Problems Explored and Explained
Chris Graham - Quarry Books
Format: Paperback
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While keeping chickens certainly isn't rocket science, doing it properly does involve decent levels of understanding, commitment, and attention to detail. Getting the basics right is essential, and this demands a solid appreciation of important areas such as housing, feeding, breed... |
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Loving Learning: How Progressive Education Can Save America's Schools
Tom Little - W. W. Norton & Company; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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Noted educator Tom Little and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Katherine Ellison reveal the home-grown solution to turning American students into life-long learners.The longtime head of Park Day School, Tom Little embarked on a tour of 43 progressive schools across the country. In this... |
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The Body Builders: Inside the Science of the Engineered Human
Adam Piore - Ecco
Format: Print book
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For millennia, humans have tried - and often failed - to master nature and transcend our limits. But this has started to change. The new scientific frontier is the human body: the greatest engineers of our generation have turned their sights inward, and their work is beginning to revolutionize... |
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The Beekeeper's Problem Solver: 100 Common Problems Explored and Explained
James E. Tew - Quarry Books
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While keeping bees certainly isnt rocket science, doing it properly does involve decent levels of understanding, commitment, and attention to detail. Getting the basics right is essential, and this demands a solid appreciation of important areas such as hives management, breed choice, and health... |
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Where the Water Goes: Life and Death Along the Colorado River
David Owen - Riverhead Books
Format: Hardcover
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A brilliant, eye-opening account of where our water comes from and where it all goes The Colorado River is a crucial resource for a surprisingly large part of the United States, and every gallon that flows down it is owned or claimed by someone. David Owen traces all that water from... |
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Indelible Ink: The Trials of John Peter Zenger and the Birth of America's Free Press
Richard Kluger - W.W. Norton & Company
Format: Print book
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The untold story of the battle to legalize free expression in America by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Ashes to Ashes.The liberty of written and spoken expression has been fixed in the firmament of our social values since our nation's beginning -- the government of the United... |
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BLACK'S LAW DICTIONARY;10TH EDITION
Bryan A. Garner - Thomson West; 10 edition
Format: Hardcover
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For more than a century, Black's Law Dictionary has been the gold standard for the language of law. Today, it s the most widely cited law book in the world. By Editor in Chief Bryan A. Garner, the world s leading legal lexicographer, the 10th Edition is the most authoritative, comprehensive... |
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A Rift in the Earth: Art, Memory, and the Fight for a Vietnam War Memorial
James Reston, Jr. - Arcade Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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A Distinguished and Bestselling Historian and Army Veteran Revisits the Culture War that Raged around the Selection of Maya Lin's Design for the Vietnam Memorial A Rift in the Earth tells the remarkable story of the ferocious "art war" that raged between 1979 and 1984... |
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The Grid: The Fraying Wires Between Americans and Our Energy Future
GRETCHEN PH D BAKKE - Bloomsbury USA
Format: Paperback
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A revelatory look at our national power grid--how it developed, its current flaws, and how it must be completely reimagined for our fast-approaching energy future.America's electrical grid, an engineering triumph of the twentieth century, is turning out to be a poor fit for the present.... |
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50 Successful Ivy League Application Essays
Gen S Tanabe - SuperCollege; Third Edition edition
Format: Print book
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The powerful tools in this invaluable resource equip students with the skills to write successful entrance essays for top-notch universities. The strengths and weaknesses of 50 application compositions from Ivy League schools, as well as Caltech, Duke, MIT, Stanford, and University of Chicago,... |
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5@55: The 5 Essential Legal Documents You Need by Age 55
Judith D. Grimaldi - Quill Driver Books
Format: Paperback
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Many people discover too late that they need some essential legal documents to deal with common health and end of life issues. Failing to prepare these documents ahead of time can create major legal headaches that often require expensive trips to court to resolve. Written by expert attorneys,... |
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Apollo 8: The Thrilling Story of the First Mission to the Moon
JEFFREY KLUGER - Henry Holt and Co.
Format: Hardcover
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The untold story of the historic voyage to the moon that closed out one of our darkest years with a nearly unimaginable triumphIn August 1968, NASA made a bold decision: in just sixteen weeks, the United States would launch humankind's first flight to the moon. Only the year before, three... |
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The End of Plenty: The Race to Feed a Crowded World
Joel K. Bourne Jr - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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An award-winning environmental journalist introduces a new generation of farmers and scientists on the frontlines of the next green revolution.When the demographer Robert Malthus (1766-1834) famously outlined the brutal relationship between food and population, he never imagined the success... |
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I Cant Breathe: A Killing on Bay Street
Matt Taibbi - Random House Audio
Format: Hardcover
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A work of riveting literary journalism that explores the roots and repercussions of the infamous killing of Eric Garner by the New York City police - from the bestselling author of The DivideNAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POSTOn July 17, 2014, a forty-three-year-old... |
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Beyond Earth: Our Path to a New Home in the Planets
Charles P Wohlforth - Pantheon
Format: Hardcover
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From a leading planetary scientist and an award-winning science writer, a propulsive account of the developments and initiatives that have transformed the dream of space colonization into something that may well be achievable. We are at the cusp of a golden age in space science, as increasingly... |
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Growing a Revolution: Bringing Our Soil Back to Life
David R Montgomery - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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A MacArthur Fellow's impassioned call to make agriculture sustainable by ditching the plow, covering the soil, and diversifying crop rotations.The problem of agriculture is as old as civilization. Throughout history, great societies that abused their land withered into poverty or disappeared... |
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The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women
Kate Moore - Sourcebooks
Format: Hardcover
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A New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, and Amazon Charts Bestseller! Emma Watson's Our Shared Shelf Bookclub Selection - May/June 2018"the glowing ghosts of the radium girls haunt us still." -- NPR Books The incredible true story of the women who fought America's Undark... |
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Showdown: Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court Nomination That Changed America
Wil Haygood - Knopf Publishing Group
Format: Hardcover
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Thurgood Marshall brought down the separate-but-equal doctrine, integrated schools, and not only fought for human rights and human dignity but also made them impossible to deny in the courts and in the streets. In this stunning new biography, award-winning author Wil Haygood surpasses the emotional... |
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Getting IN by Standing OUT: The New Rules for Admission to America's Best Colleges
Dr. Deborah Bedor - Advantage Media Group
Format: Print book
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The Rules for Admission Have Changed! Are you worried about what other families of high achieving children know that you dont about getting your child into a great college? A best-fit college? An Ivy University or top tier college? An intellectually challenging college? Getting IN by Standing... |
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