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The Greatest Cult Television Shows of All Time

Christopher J. Olson - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover

Reaching back to the beginnings of television, The Greatest Cult Television Shows offers readers a fun and accessible look at the 100 most significant cult television series of all time, compiled in a single resource that includes valuable information on the shows and their creators.While...
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The Astronomy Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained

INC DORLING KINDERSLEY - DK
Format: Hardcover

An essential guide to milestone developments in astronomy, telling the story of our ideas about space, time, and the physics of the cosmos - from ancient times to the present day.From planets and stars to black holes and the Big Bang, take a journey through the wonders of the universe....
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The End of Everything:

Katie Mack - Scribner
Format: Hardcover

From one of the most dynamic rising stars in astrophysics, an accessible and eye-opening look - in the bestselling tradition of Sean Carroll and Carlo Rovelli - at the five different ways the universe could end, and the mind-blowing lessons each scenario reveals about the most important...
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Deadly Rattlesnakes (Deadly Snakes)

MONIKA DAVIES - Gareth Stevens Publishing
Format: Library Binding

A rattlesnake's rattle is built up over time as it sheds its skin and it shakes its rattle using tiny muscles on the sides of its tail. This is fascinating--unless you hear the deadly rattle yourself! The rattle is a warning that a venomous snake is nearby. Readers learn all about rattles...
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I Know Who You Are: How an Amateur DNA Sleuth Unmasked the Golden State Killer and Changed Crime Fighting Forever

Barbara Rae-Venter - Ballantine Books
Format: Hardcover

The amateur DNA sleuth who cracked the most infamous cold case in American history -- that of the Golden State Killer - tells the incredible true story of how she did it, and explains how her methods have changed the course of criminal investigations forever.For twelve years he terrorized...
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We Could Not Fail: The First African Americans in the Space Program

Richard Paul - University of Texas Press
Format: Hardcover

This "surprising and insightful" history profiles ten African American engineers, mathematicians, and others who worked for NASAs space program (Lauren Helmuth, New York Times Book Review) .The Space Age began just as the struggle for civil rights forced Americans to confront...
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Chemistry: 1,001 Practice Problems For Dummies

Heather Hattori - For Dummies; 1 edition
Format: Book

Practice makes perfect and helps deepen your understanding of chemistry Every high school requires a course in chemistry and many universities require the course for majors in medicine engineering biology and various other sciences Chemistry Practice Problems For Dummies provides students...
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Stephen Hawking: A Memoir of Friendship and Physics

Leonard Mlodinow - Pantheon
Format: Hardcover

An intimate and inspirational exploration of Stephen Hawking--the man, the friend, and the physicist.Stephen Hawking was one of the most famous and influential physicists in the world. He left a mark in our culture that touched the lives of millions. His books have inspired countless scientists-to-be,...
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Llamas (Wow, That's Woolly!)

Beth Gottlieb - Gareth Stevens Publishing
Format: Library Binding

Llamas have become a popular animal in recent years because of their cute, if odd looking, face and body. But llamas are more than just a cool mammal. They are very useful to people as pack animals and wool producers. Their wool can be made into cloth, just like sheep or alpacas. This volume...
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Daughter of the Boycott: Carrying On a Montgomery Family's Civil Rights Legacy

Karen Gray Houston - Lawrence Hill Books
Format: Hardcover

In 1950, before Montgomery, Alabama, knew Martin Luther King Jr., before Rosa Parks refused to surrender her seat to a white passenger, before the city's famous bus boycott, a Negro man named Hilliard Brooks was shot and killed by a white police officer in a confrontation after he tried...
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