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Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation
Steven Johnson - Riverhead Hardcover; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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One of our most innovative, popular thinkers takes on-in exhilarating style-one of our key questions: Where do good ideas come from? With Where Good Ideas Come From, Steven Johnson pairs the insight of his bestselling Everything Bad Is Good for You and the dazzling erudition of The Ghost... |
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White Magic: The Age of Paper
Lothar Müller - Polity; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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Paper is older than the printing press, and even in its unprinted state it was the great network medium behind the emergence of modern civilization. In the shape of bills, banknotes and accounting books it was indispensible to the economy. As forms and files it was essential to bureaucracy.... |
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Rocket Boys: A Memoir
Homer H Hickam - Delacorte Press
Format: Hardcover
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"Until I began to build and launch rockets, I didn't know my home town was at war with itself over its children, and that my parents were locked in a kind of bloodless combat over how my brother and I would live our lives. I didn't know that if a girl broke your heart, another girl,... |
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Beyond: Our Future in Space
Chris Impey - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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Beyond dares to imagine a fantastic future for humans in space -- and then reminds us that we're already there.Human exploration has been an unceasing engine of technological progress, from the first homo sapiens to leave our African cradle to a future in which mankind promises to settle... |
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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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Genes, Cells and Brains: The Promethean Promises of the New Biology
Hilary Rose - Verso; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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Our fates lie in our genes and not in the stars, said James Watson, co-discoverer of the structure of DNA. But Watson could not have predicted the scale of the industry now dedicated to this new frontier. Since the launch of the multibillion-dollar Human Genome Project, the biosciences... |
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The Big Necessity: The Unmentionable World of Human Waste and Why It Matters
Rose George - Metropolitan Books
Format: Book
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An utterly original exploration of the world of human waste that will surprise, outrage - and entertainProduced behind closed doors, disposed of discreetly, and hidden by euphemism, bodily waste is something common to all and as natural as breathing, yet we prefer not to talk about it. But we should... |
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Angels Don't Play This Haarp: Advances in Tesla Technology
Nick Begich - Earthpulse Pr; 1st edition
Format: Paperback
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This is a book about non-lethal weapons, mind control, weather warfare and the government's plan to control the environment, or maybe even destroy it in the name of national defense. |
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Arrested: What to Do When Your Loved One's in Jail
Wes Denham - Chicago Review Press
Format: Paperback
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When family members or loved ones are arrested, things get crazy fast. Inmates want bail bonds and private attorneys, food from the commissary, healthcare and prescription drugs. They want someone to prove, somehow, that witnesses were lying or that police reports were incorrect. Lawyers... |
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Divorce Your Car! : Ending the Love Affair with the Automobile
Katie Alvord - New Society Publishers
Format: Paperback
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Alvord's perceptive gloss of the late, great, 20th century's pitiful auto intoxication is a fascinating read and a stunning contradiction of the fatuity that technology is neutral. Her gathering of stories illuminates the existence of a vital planet-wide, counter-car-culture. Witty,... |
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Gravity's Kiss: The Detection of Gravitational Waves
H M Collins - The MIT Press
Format: Print book
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Scientists have been trying to confirm the existence of gravitational waves for fifty years. Then, in September 2015, came a "very interesting event" (as the cautious subject line in a physicist's email read) that proved to be the first detection of gravitational waves. In Gravity's... |
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The Fate of Nature: Rediscovering Our Ability to Rescue the Earth
Charles Wohlforth - Thomas Dunne Books; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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"What capacity for good lies in the hidden depths of people?"Starting with this question, award-winning author Charles Wohlforth sets forth on a wide-ranging exploration of our relationship with the world. In The Fate of Nature, he draws on science, spirituality,... |
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Brilliant: The Evolution of Artificial Light
Jane Brox - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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Brilliant, reminiscent of Lewis Hyde's The Gift in its reach and of Timothy Egan's The Worst Hard Time in its haunting evocation of human lives, offers a sweeping view of a surprisingly revealing aspect of human history--from the stone lamps of the Pleistocene to the LEDs embedded... |
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Tainted Witness: Why We Doubt What Women Say About Their Lives
Leigh Gilmore - Columbia University Press
Format: Print book
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In 1991, Anita Hill's testimony during Clarence Thomas's Senate confirmation hearing brought the problem of sexual harassment to a public audience. Although widely believed by women, Hill was defamed by conservatives and Thomas was confirmed to the Supreme Court. The tainting of Hill... |
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Mies van der Rohe: A Critical Biography, New and Revised Edition
Franz Schulze - University Of Chicago Press; Second Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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Mies van der Rohe: A Critical Biography is a major rewriting and expansion of Franz Schulze’s acclaimed 1985 biography, the first full treatment of the master German-American modern architect. Coauthored with architect Edward Windhorst, this revised edition, three times the length... |
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Birdseye: The Adventures of a Curious Man
Mark Kurlansky - Doubleday; 1st Edition, 1st Printing edition
Format: Hardcover
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Break out the TV dinners! From the author who gave us Cod, Salt, and other informative bestsellers, the first biography of Clarence Birdseye, the eccentric genius inventor whose fast-freezing process revolutionized the food industry and American agriculture. |
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How to Cool the Planet: Geoengineering and the Audacious Quest to Fix Earth's Climate
Jeff Goodell - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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Climate discussions often focus on potential impacts over a long period of time - several decades, a century even. But change could also happen much more suddenly. What if we had a real climate emergency - how could we cool the planet in a hurry? This question has led a group of scientists... |
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The Old Farmer's Almanac 2016
Old FarmerÂ?s Almanac - Yankee Publishing Incorporated
Format: Print book
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As surely as the Sun rises in the east and maple leaves turn color in autumn, The Old Farmer's Almanac is back - and it's better than ever! Recognized for generations by its familiar yellow cover, America's best-loved annual and oldest continuously published periodical (now in its 224th... |
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Working on Mars: Voyages of Scientific Discovery with the Mars Exploration Rovers
William J Clancey - MIT Press
Format: Hardcover
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Geologists in the field climb hills and hang onto craggy outcrops; they put their fingers in sand and scratch, smell, and even taste rocks. Beginning in 2004, however, a team of geologists and other planetary scientists did field science in a dark room in Pasadena, exploring Mars from NASA's... |
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Augmented: Life in the Smart Lane
Brett King - Marshall Cavendish International
Format: Hardcover
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The Internet and smartphone are just the latest in a 250 year long cycle of disruption that has continuously changed the way we live, the way we work and the way we interact. The coming Augmented Age, however, promises a level of disruption, behavioral shifts and changes that are unparalleled.... |
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Nissan Pick-ups and Pathfinder, 1989-95
Tony Tortorici - Delmar Cengage Learning
Format: Paperback
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Total Car Care is the most complete, step-by-step automotive repair manual you'll ever use. All repair procedures are supported by detailed specifications, exploded views, and photographs. From the simplest repair procedure to the most complex, trust Chilton's Total Car Care to give... |
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Science and the City: The Mechanics Behind the Metropolis
Laurie Winkless - Bloomsbury SIGMA
Format: Print book
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Science is secretly at work behind the scenes of major cities of the world and will continue to be so. Technological advances in fields as diverse as quantum mechanics, electronics, and nanotechnology are proving increasingly important to city life, and the urban world will turn to science... |
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How to Win Your Personal Injury Claim
Joseph Matthews Attorney - NOLO
Format: Paperback
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After your injury: Settle your claim the right way When you've been hurt in an accident, dealing with insurance companies and lawyers can feel exhausting. But armed with the right information, you can handle a claim yourself -- and save many thousands of dollars in the process. How... |
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Mission to Mars: My Vision for Space Exploration
Buzz Aldrin - National Geographic
Format: Hardcover
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"Any time an Apollo-era astronaut steps forward with ideas for our future in space, it's time to stop what whatever we're doing and pay attention. Buzz Aldrin, one of the first moonwalkers, has no shortage of these ideas. And in Mission to Mars he treats us to how, when,... |
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Frankenstein's Cat: Cuddling Up to Biotech's Brave New Beasts
Emily Anthes - Scientific American / Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover
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Winner of 2014 AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Best Young Adult Science BookLonglisted for the PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing AwardOne of Nature's Summer Book PicksOne of Publishers Weekly's Top Ten Spring 2013 Science BooksFor centuries, we've toyed with our creature... |
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The Age of Radiance: The Epic Rise and Dramatic Fall of the Atomic Era
Craig Nelson - Simon & Schuster Audio
Format: Audiobook
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From the New York Times best-selling author of Rocket Men and the award-winning biographer of Thomas Paine comes the first complete history of the Atomic Age, a brilliant, magisterial account of the men and women who uncovered the secrets of the nucleus, brought its power to America, and ignited... |
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The Essential Engineer: Why Science Alone Will Not Solve Our Global Problems
Henry Petroski - Knopf; 1 edition
Format: Book
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From the acclaimed author of The Pencil and To Engineer Is Human, The Essential Engineer is an eye-opening exploration of the ways in which science and engineering must work together to address our world’s most pressing issues, from dealing with climate change and the prevention of natural... |
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Rare: The High-Stakes Race to Satisfy Our Need for the Scarcest Metals on Earth
Keith Veronese - Prometheus Books
Format: Hardcover
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How will your life change when the supply of tantalum dries up You may have never heard of this unusual metal, but without it smartphones would be instantly less omniscient, video game systems would falter, and laptops fail. Tantalum is not alone. Rhodium. Osmium. Niobium. Such refugees... |
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Extra Lives: Why Video Games Matter
Tom Bissell - Pantheon; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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Tom Bissell is a prizewinning writer who published three widely acclaimed books before the age of thirty-four. He is also an obsessive gamer who has spent untold hours in front of his various video game consoles, playing titles such as Far Cry 2, Left 4 Dead, BioShock, and Oblivion for,... |
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Glaciers: The Politics of Ice
Jorge Daniel Taillant - Oxford University Press, USA
Format: Hardcover
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Though not traditionally thought of as strategic natural resources, glaciers are a crucial part of our global ecosystem playing a fundamental role in the sustaining of life around the world. Comprising three quarters of the world's freshwater, they freeze in the winter and melt in the summer,... |
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Venomous: How Earth's Deadliest Creatures Mastered Biochemistry
Christie Wilcox - Scientific American/Farrar
Format: Print book
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A thrilling tale of encounters with nature's masters of biochemistryIn Venomous, the molecular biologist Christie Wilcox investigates venoms and the animals that use them, revealing how they work, what they do to the human body, and how they can revolutionize biochemistry and medicine... |
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The Conundrum
David Owen - Riverhead Trade; Original edition
Format: Paperback
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The Conundrum is a mind-changing manifesto about the environment, efficiency and the real path to sustainability. Hybrid cars, fast trains, compact florescent light bulbs, solar panels, carbon offsets: Everything you've been told about living green is wrong. The quest for a breakthrough... |
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Nolo's Essential Guide to Child Custody and Support
Emily Doskow Attorney - NOLO
Format: Paperback
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Custody and Support: Get the Answers You Need When you're getting divorced, you can make a tough time easier for your children (and yourself) if you work with the other parent to draw up a custody plan and agree on child support. If you can't work out custody and support, you'll... |
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Synthetic: How Life Got Made
Sophia Roosth - The University of Chicago Press
Format: Print book
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In the final years of the twentieth century, migrs from engineering and computer science devoted themselves to biology and resolved that if the aim of biology is to understand life, then making life would yield better theories than experimentation. Armed with the latest biotechnology techniques,... |
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Atomic Awakening: A New Look at the History and Future of Nuclear Power
James Mahaffey - Pegasus; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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Nuclear power is a paradox of danger and salvation―how is it that the renewable energy source our society so desperately needs is the one we are most afraid to use? The American public's introduction to nuclear technology was manifested in destruction and death. With Hiroshima... |
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Copyright Handbook, The: What Every Writer Needs to Know
Stephen Fishman JD - NOLO; Twelfth Edition edition
Format: Book
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This must-have handbook for writers and artists provides every necessary form to protect written expression under U.S. and international copyright law. With step-by-step instructions, it illustrates how to register a written work with the copyright office determine what works can be protected... |
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A Crack in Creation: Gene Editing and the Unthinkable Power to Control Evolution
Jennifer A Doudna - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover
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A trailblazing biologist grapples with her role in the biggest scientific discovery of our era: a cheap, easy way of rewriting genetic code, with nearly limitless promise and peril. Not since the atomic bomb has a technology so alarmed its inventors that they warned the world about its use.... |
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The Chicken Encyclopedia: An Illustrated Reference
Gail Damerow - Storey Publishing, LLC
Format: Paperback
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"From addled to wind egg, crossed beak to zygote, if it concerns chickens, it's covered in this comprehensive encyclopedia. Now you can find the answers to all your chicken questions quickly, easily--and accompanied by illustrations. |
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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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Law School Essays That Made a Difference, 6th Edition
Princeton Review - Princeton Review; 6 edition
Format: Book
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The inside word on law school admissions.To get into a top law school, you need more than high LSAT scores and excellent gradesyou also need a personal statement that shines. Law School Essays That Made a Difference, 6th Edition, gives you the tools to craft just that. This book includes70... |
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Make Your Own Living Trust
Denis Clifford Attorney - NOLO; Twelfth edition edition
Format: Print book
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Living trusts simplified! Protect your family and avoid probate with this bestselling guide Death may be inevitable, but probate doesn't have to be. By creating a living trust, your property will bypass lengthy and expensive probate proceedings and go directly to the people you've... |
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The Inheritor's Powder: A Tale of Arsenic, Murder, and the New Forensic Science
Sandra Hempel - W. W. Norton & Company; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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An infamous murder investigation that changed forever the way poisoners were brought to justice. In the first half of the nineteenth century, an epidemic swept Europe arsenic poisoning. Available at any corner shop for a few pence, arsenic was so frequently used by potential beneficiaries... |
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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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Quick & Legal Will Book
Denis Clifford - NOLO
Format: Paperback
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Make your own legal will, quickly & easily! If you want to create a will without the trouble, the Quick & Legal Will Book is the simplest and fastest way to reach your goal. Get the forms and step-by-step instructions to make a basic will that meets your needs with this all-in-one... |
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A World Without Ice
H N Pollack - Avery
Format: Print book
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A co-winner of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize offers a clear-eyed explanation of the planet's imperiled ice. Much has been written about global warming, but the crucial relationship between people and ice has received little focus - until now. As one of the world's leading experts on climate... |
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Ford Crown Victoria & Mercury Marquis, 1988 THRU 2006 (Automotive Repair Manual)
Haynes - Delmar Cengage Learning; 1 edition
Format: Paperback
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Inside this manual you will find routine maintenance, tune-up procedures, engine repair, cooling and heating, air conditioning, fuel and exhaust, emissions control, ignition, brakes, suspension and steering, electrical systems, and wiring diagrams. |
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Lionel Trains: Standard of the World 1900-1943
National Tca Book Committee - Train Collectors Assn; 2 edition
Format: Hardcover
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The name Lionel has long been synonymous with the toy train. Since the turn of the century, these trains have appeared during the Holiday Season to delight boys, both young and old. In the past two decades, as with many items that have been manufactured over a long period, the toy train... |
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The Boom: How Fracking Ignited the American Energy Revolution and Changed the World
Russell Gold - Simon & Schuster; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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"Fracking has vociferous critics and fervent defenders, but the debate between these camps has obscured the actual story: Fracking has become a fixture of the American landscape and the global economy. It has upended the business models of energy companies around the globe, and it has started... |
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A Field Guide to Roadside Technology
Ed Sobey - Chicago Review Press Inc
Format: Paperback
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This fascinating handbook answers the questions of anyone who has ever wondered about the many strange devices found along the roadside, from utility poles to satellite dishes. Devices are grouped according to their habitats—along highways and roads, atop buildings, near airports,... |
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The Big Thirst
Charles Fishman - Free Press; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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The water coming out of your kitchen tap is four billion years old and might well have been sipped by a Tyrannosaurus rex. Rather than only three states of waterliquid, ice, and vaporthere is a fourth, molecular water, fused into rock 400 miles deep in the Earth, and thats where most of the planets... |
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The Fantastic Inventions of Nikola Tesla (Lost Science (Adventures Unlimited Press))
Nikola Tesla - Adventures Unlimited Press
Format: Paperback
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Nikola Tesla's Electricity Unplugged is a unique anthology of hand-picked Tesla articles, arranged historically, which presents overwhelming and convincing evidence for the reality of Tesla's high efficiency, low cost wireless power transmission. Following in the footsteps of the editor's... |
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Soonish: Ten Emerging Technologies Thatll Improve and/or Ruin Everything
Kelly Weinersmith - Penguin Books
Format: Hardcover
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The instant New York Times bestseller!A Wall Street Journal Best Science Book of the Year!A Popular Science Best Science Book of the Year! From a top scientist and the creator of the hugely popular web comic Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, a hilariously illustrated investigation into... |
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Imperfect Justice: Prosecuting Casey Anthony
Ashton, Jeff - William Morrow
Format: Paperback
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The definitive inside story of the case that captivated the nation. . . and the verdict that no one saw coming. It was the trial that stunned America. On July 5, 2011, nearly three years after her initial arrest, Casey Anthony walked away, virtually scot-free, from one of the most sensational... |
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Stuff Matters: Exploring the Marvelous Materials That Shape Our Man-Made World
Mark Miodownik - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover
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A New York Times Bestseller An eye-opening adventure deep inside the everyday materials that surround us, packed with surprising stories and fascinating science Why is glass see-through? What makes elastic stretchy? Why does a paper clip bend? Why does any material look and behave the way it does?... |
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Now or Never: Why We Must Act Now to End Climate Change and Create a Sustainable Future
Tim F Flannery - Atlantic Monthly Press
Format: Print book
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In Now or Never, the internationally acclaimed author of The Weather Makers returns to the subject of climate change with a book that is at once a forceful call to action and a deeply (and often surprisingly) pragmatic roadmap toward sustainability. Utilizing the most up-to-the-minute data... |
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Mars Up Close: Inside the Curiosity Mission
Marc Kaufman - National Geographic
Format: Hardcover
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With images never published before, many with surprising colors and landscapes that make you want to spend your next vacation on Mars, this is the one and only book written in consultation with NASA scientists that explains everything, detail by detail and moment by moment, about the most... |
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The Planet Remade: How Geoengineering Could Change the World
Oliver Morton - Princeton University Press
Format: Hardcover
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The risks of global warming are pressing and potentially vast. The difficulty of doing without fossil fuels is daunting, possibly even insurmountable. So there is an urgent need to rethink our responses to the crisis. To meet that need, a small but increasingly influential group of scientists... |
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Fire on the Horizon: The Untold Story of the Gulf Oil Disaster
Tom Shroder - Harper; Complete Numbers Starting with 1, 1st Ed edition
Format: Hardcover
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A real-life thriller in the tradition of The Perfect Storm In the spring of 2010 the world watched for weeks as more than 200 million gallons of crude oil billowed from a hole three miles deep in the Gulf of Mexico. Warnings of various and imminent environmental consequences dominated... |
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Chasing Gideon: The Elusive Quest for Poor People's Justice
Karen Houppert - The New Press; First Printing edition
Format: Hardcover
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On March 18, 1963, in one of its most significant legal decisions, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled in Gideon v. Wainwright that all defendants facing significant jail time have the constitutional right to a free attorney if they cannot afford their own. Fifty years later, 80 percent... |
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The Lives of Beryl Markham
Errol Trzebinski - W.W. Norton
Format: Paperback
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A woman of captivating presence whose affairs scandalized Kenya, Beryl Markham became famous after her pioneering transatlantic solo flight in 1936. Drawing on her own long association with Markham, as well as diaries, letters, and interviews, Errol Trzebinski unravels the complexities... |
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General Class License Manual
ARRL Inc. - Amer Radio Relay League; 7 Pap/Cdr edition
Format: Book
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The General Class license is the second of three US Amateur Radio licenses. To upgrade to General Class, you must already hold a Technician Class license (or have recently passed the Technician license exam). Upgrading to a General license--which conveys extensive HF privileges only requires... |
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Blood & Ivy: The 1849 Murder That Scandalized Harvard
Paul Collins - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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A delectable true-crime story of scandal and murder at America's most celebrated university.On November 23rd of 1849, in the heart of Boston, one of the city's richest men simply vanished. Dr. George Parkman, a Brahmin who owned much of Boston's West End, was last seen that afternoon visiting... |
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Wonderland: How Play Made the Modern World
Steven Johnson - Riverhead Books
Format: Print book
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From the New York Times-bestselling author of How We Got to Now and Where Good Ideas Come From, a look at the world-changing innovations we made while keeping ourselves entertained. This lushly illustrated history of popular entertainment takes a long-zoom approach,... |
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Without Precedent: Chief Justice John Marshall and His Times
Joel R Paul - Riverhead Books
Format: Hardcover
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The remarkable story of John Marshall who, as chief justice, statesman, and diplomat, played a pivotal role in the founding of the United States.No member of America's Founding Generation had a greater impact on the Constitution and the Supreme Court than John Marshall, and no one did more... |
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The God Species: Saving the Planet in the Age of Humans
Mark Lynas - National Geographic
Format: Hardcover
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We humans are the God species, both the creators and destroyers of life on this planet. As we enter a new geological era - the Anthropocene - our collective power now overwhelms and dominates the major forces of nature. But from the water cycle to the circulation of nitrogen and carbon... |
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Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void
Mary Roach - W. W. Norton & Company; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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The author of Stiff and Bonk explores the irresistibly strange universe of space travel and life without gravity. Space is a world devoid of the things we need to live and thrive: air, gravity, hot showers, fresh produce, privacy, beer. Space exploration is in some ways an exploration of what... |
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Maphead: Charting the Wide, Weird World of Geography Wonks
Ken Jennings - Scribner; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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It comes as no surprise that, as a kid, Jeopardy! legend Ken Jennings slept with a bulky Hammond world atlas by his pillow every night. Maphead recounts his lifelong love affair with geography and explores why maps have always been so fascinating to him and to fellow enthusiasts... |
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The Forever Fix: Gene Therapy and the Boy Who Saved It
Ricki Lewis - St. Martin's Press; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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Fascinating narrative science that explores the next frontier in medicine and genetics through the very personal prism of the children and families gene therapy has touched.Eight-year-old Corey Haas was nearly blind from a hereditary disorder when his sight was restored through a delicate... |
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Seeds on Ice: Svalbard and the Global Seed Vault
Cary Fowler - Easton Studio Pr
Format: Print book
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The remarkable story of the Global Seed Vault - and the valiant effort to save the past and the future of agricultureCloser to the North Pole than to the Arctic Circle, on an island in a remote Norwegian archipelago, lies a vast global seed bank buried within a frozen mountain. At the end of a 130-meter... |
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Spacewalker: My Journey in Space and Faith as NASA's Record-Setting Frequent Flyer
Jerry L. Ross - Purdue University Press
Format: Paperback
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From the age of ten looking up at the stars Jerry Ross knew that he wanted to journey into space This autobiography tells the story of how he came not only to achieve that goal but to become the most-launched astronaut in history as well as a NASA veteran whose career spanned the entire... |
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Sun in a Bottle: The Strange History of Fusion and the Science of Wishful Thinking
Charles Seife - Viking
Format: Print book
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With his knack for translating science into understandable, anecdotal prose and his trademark dry humor, award-winning science writer Charles Seife presents the first narrative account of the history of fusion for general readers in more than a decade. Tracing the story from its beginning... |
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A Student's Guide to Law School: What Counts, What Helps, and What Matters
Andrew B. Ayers - University Of Chicago Press
Format: Paperback
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Law school can be a joyous, soul-transforming challenge that leads to a rewarding career. It can also be an exhausting, self-limiting trap. It all depends on making smart decisions. When every advantage counts, A Student’s Guide to Law School is like having a personal mentor available... |
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Modified: GMOs and the Threat to Our Food, Our Land, Our Future
Caitlin Shetterly - G.P. Putnam's Sons
Format: Print book
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A disquieting and meditative look at the issue that started the biggest food fight of our time--GMOs. From a journalist and mother who learned that genetically modified corn was the culprit behind what was making her and her child sick, a must-read book for anyone trying to parse the incendiary... |
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No Dream Is Too High: Life Lessons From a Man Who Walked on the Moon
Buzz Aldrin - National Geographic
Format: Print book
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Beloved American hero Buzz Aldrin reflects on the wisdom, guiding principles, and irreverent anecdotes he's gathered through his event-filled life - both in outer space and on earth - in this inspiring guide-to-life for the next generation. Everywhere he goes, crowds gather to meet Buzz... |
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The Traveler's Guide to Space: For One-Way Settlers and Round-Trip Tourists
Neil F. Comins - Columbia University Press
Format: Hardcover
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If you have ever wondered about space travel, now you have the opportunity to understand it more fully than ever before. Traveling into space and even emigrating to nearby worlds may soon become part of the human experience. Scientists, engineers, and investors are working hard to make... |
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Fire on the Horizon LP: The Untold Story of the Gulf Oil Disaster
Tom Shroder - HarperLuxe; Lrg edition
Format: Book
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"A phenomenal feat of journalism. . . . I tore through it like a novel but with the queasy knowledge that the whole damn thing is true." —Sebastian Junger, author of The Perfect Storm and War Blending exclusive first-person interviews and penetrating investigative reporting,... |
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Energy Myths and Realities: Bringing Science to the Energy Policy Debate
Vaclav Smil - AEI Press; First edition
Format: Hardcover
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There are many misconceptions about the future of global energy often presented as fact by the media, politicians, business leaders, activists, and even scientists—wasting time and money and hampering the development of progressive energy policies. Energy Myths and Realities: Bringing... |
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The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America
Timothy Egan - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Print book
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On the afternoon of August 20, 1910, a battering ram of wind moved through the drought-stricken national forests of Washington, Idaho, and Montana, whipping the hundreds of small blazes burning across the forest floor into a roaring inferno that jumped from treetop to ridge as it raged,... |
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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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