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Henry Gee - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover
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In the beginning, Earth was an inhospitably alien place -- in constant chemical flux, covered with churning seas, crafting its landscape through incessant volcanic eruptions. Amid all this tumult and disaster, life began. The earliest living things were no more than membranes stretched... |
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The Magick of Physics: Uncovering the Fantastical Phenomena in Everyday Life
Felix Flicker - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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An award-winning Oxford physicist draws on classic sci-fi, fantasy fiction, and everyday phenomena to explain and celebrate the magical properties of the world around us.. If you were to present the feats of modern science to someone from the past, those feats would surely be considered... |
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The Case of the Vanishing Blonde: And Other True Crime Stories
Mark Bowden - Atlantic Monthly Press
Format: Hardcover
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Six captivating true-crime stories, spanning Mark Bowden's long and illustrious career, cover a variety of crimes complicated by extraordinary circumstances. Winner of a lifetime achievement award from International Thriller Writers, Bowden revisits in The Case of the Vanishing Blonde... |
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The Astronomy Book
DK - DK; Illustrated edition
Format: Paperback
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We invite you to take a journey through the wonders of the universe. Explore the cosmos, from planets to black holes, the Big Bang, and everything in-between! Get ready to discover the story of the universe one page at a time! This educational book for young adults will launch you on a wild... |
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A Poison Like No Other: How Microplastics Corrupted Our Planet and Our Bodies
MATT SIMON - Island Press
Format: Hardcover
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It's falling from the sky and in the air we breathe. It's in our food, our clothes, and our homes. It's microplastic and it's everywhere - including our own bodies. Scientists are just beginning to discover how these tiny particles threaten health, but the studies are alarming.... |
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Why Does the World Exist?: An Existential Detective Story
Jim Holt - Liveright; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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2012 New York Times Top 10 Book of the YearSlate.com 2012 Staff Pick In this astonishing and profound work, an irreverent sleuth traces the riddle of existence from the ancient world to modern times. Whether framed philosophically as “Why is there a world rather than nothing at all?”... |
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The Way of Coyote: Shared Journeys in the Urban Wilds
Gavin Van Horn - University of Chicago Press
Format: Hardcover
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A hiking trail through majestic mountains. A raw, unpeopled wilderness stretching as far as the eye can see. These are the settings we associate with our most famous books about nature. But Gavin Van Horn isn't most nature writers. He lives and works not in some perfectly remote cabin... |
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Fifty Foods That Changed the Course of History
Bill Price - Firefly Books
Format: Hardcover
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A beautifully presented guide to the foods that have had the greatest impact on human civilization. Though many of the foods in this book are taken for granted and one (the mammoth) is no longer consumed, these foods have kept humans alive for millennia and theirs is a fascinating story.... |
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