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Jumping Fire: A Smokejumper's Memoir of Fighting Wildfire
Murry A Taylor - Harvest Book
Format: Paperback
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Fighting fires since 1965, veteran smokejumper Murry Taylor finally retired from his legendary career after last summer-the worst fire season in more than fifty years. After three decades of parachuting out of planes and battling blazes in the vast, rugged wilderness of Alaska and the West,... |
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Super Structures: The Science of Bridges, Buildings, Dams, and Other Feats of Engineering
Mark Denny - Johns Hopkins University Press
Format: Hardcover
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Ever wonder how a graceful and slender bridge can support enormous loads over truly astonishing spans? Why domes and free-standing arches survive earthquakes that flatten the rest of a city?Physicist Mark Denny looks at the large structures around us - tall buildings, long bridges, and big dams... |
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Storey's Guide to Raising Rabbits, 5th Edition: Breeds, Care, Housing
Bob Bennett - Storey Publishing, LLC
Format: Paperback
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The fifth edition of this best-selling handbook features the same detailed approach that has made it the trusted source for raising healthy, productive rabbits - plus a total redesign with color photos and graphics. Whether you're interested in raising rabbits for show, meat, fur,... |
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Stuff Matters: Exploring the Marvelous Materials That Shape Our Man-Made World
Mark Miodownik - Mariner Books
Format: Paperback
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New York Times Bestseller * New York Times Notable Book 2014 * Winner of the Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books "A thrilling account of the modern material world." - Wall Street Journal "Miodownik, a materials scientist, explains the history and science behind... |
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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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Google Glass: What Is It and How Can It Change Our Lives
Google Glass - FutureApps
Format: Book
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What is Google Glass? This book is filled with all the information you would ever want to know about Google Glass... and more! Everything on all the features and possibilities of Glass are explored, from augmented reality to how Google Glass can change the world. If you are interested... |
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Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War
Mary Roach - W.W. Norton & Company
Format: Print book
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A New York Times / National Bestseller "America's funniest science writer" (Washington Post) Mary Roach explores the science of keeping human beings intact, awake, sane, uninfected, and uninfested in the bizarre and extreme circumstances of war.Grunt tackles the science behind... |
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Syria's Secret Library: Reading and Redemption in a Town Under Siege
Mike Thomson - PublicAffairs
Format: Hardcover
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The remarkable story of a small, makeshift library in the town of Daraya, and the people who found hope and humanity in its books during a four-year siege.Daraya lies on the fringe of Damascus, just southwest of the Syrian capital. Yet for four years it lived in another world. Besieged... |
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Master the GED Test 2020
Peterson's - Peterson's
Format: Paperback
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Peterson's Master the GED Test 2020 is now GED Content Aligned and certified by ProCert Labs, who specializes in developing and applying quality assurance standards to print and digitally delivered training products. Packed with essential test-prep and review material for the high school... |
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This Blessed Earth: A Year in the Life of an American Family Farm
TED GENOWAYS - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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Is there still a place for the farm in today's America?The family farm lies at the heart of our national identity, yet its future is in peril. Rick Hammond grew up on a small ranch, and for forty years he has raised cattle and crops on his wife's fifth-generation homestead in York County,... |
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Apollo to the Moon: A History in 50 Objects
TEASEL E MUIR-HARMONY - National Geographic
Format: Hardcover
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A celebration of the 50th anniversary of NASA's Apollo missions to the moon, this narrative uses 50 key artifacts from the Smithsonian archives to tell the story of the groundbreaking space exploration program.Bold photographs, fascinating graphics, and engaging stories commemorate the 20th... |
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Hid from Our Eyes: A Clare Fergusson/Russ Van Alstyne Mystery
Julia Spencer-Fleming - Minotaur Books
Format: Hardcover
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New York Times bestseller Julia Spencer-Fleming returns to her beloved Clare Fergusson/Russ Van Alstyne mystery series with new crimes that span decades.1952. Millers Kill Police Chief Harry McNeil is called to a crime scene where a woman in a party dress has been murdered with no obvious... |
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Alone in the Wild
Kelley Armstrong - Minotaur Books
Format: Hardcover
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In #1 New York Times bestseller Kelley Armstrong's latest thriller, the hidden town of Rockton is about to face a challenge none of them saw coming: a baby.Every season in Rockton seems to bring a new challenge. At least that's what Detective Casey Duncan has felt since she decided... |
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Dog Is Love: Why and How Your Dog Loves You
Clive D.L. Wynne PhD - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover
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Does your dog love you Every dog lover knows the feeling. The nuzzle of a dog's nose, the warmth of them lying at our feet, even their whining when they want to get up on the bed. It really seems like our dogs love us, too. But for years, scientists have resisted that conclusion, warning... |
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