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Dog Is Love: Why and How Your Dog Loves You

Clive D.L. Wynne PhD - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover

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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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

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 Loudest Voice in the Room: How the Brilliant, Bombastic Roger Ailes Built Fox News--and Divided a Country

Gabriel Sherman - Random House
Format: Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPRA deeply reported journey inside the secretive world of Fox News and the life of its combative, visionary founder. When Rupert Murdoch enlisted Roger Ailes to launch a cable news network in 1996, American politics...
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Piglet: The Unexpected Story of a Deaf, Blind, Pink Puppy and His Family

Melissa Shapiro DVM - Atria Books
Format: Hardcover

and Oogy: The Dog Only a Family Could Love, a charming, inspirational memoir about empathy, resilience, kindness, and an adorable deaf blind pink dog.When Connecticut veterinarian Melissa Shapiro gets a call about a tiny deaf blind puppy rescued from a hoarding situation in need of fostering,...
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Presumed Guilty: How the Supreme Court Empowered the Police and Subverted Civil Rights

Erwin Chemerinsky - Liveright
Format: Hardcover

Library Journal * "Books and Authors to Know: Titles to Watch 2021"Presumed Guilty reveals how the Supreme Court allows the perpetuation of racist policing by presuming that suspects, especially people of color, are guilty.Presumed Guilty, like the best-selling The Color of Law,...
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Rich Man, Poor Man: A Memoir

Nick Nolte - William Morrow
Format: Hardcover

"I had become an actor because real life was hard for me. Sometimes it was really rough. Acting was different from real life, yet it gave me the chance to search for complex stories that helped me understand and cope with what I encountered away from the stage lights."Legendary...
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Future-Proof Your Team

Catherine Hakala-Ausperk - Amer Library Assn Editions
Format: Paperback

Does everything just seem to be happening too fast? Are you finding there's no time between hearing that change is coming and dealing with your team's frustration once it arrives? What's more, all eyes are on you; and though you're supposed to be directing, supporting, and helping...
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How to Astronaut: An Insider's Guide to Leaving Planet Earth

Terry Virts - Workman Publishing Company
Format: Hardcover

A wildly entertaining account of the rules, lessons, procedures, and experiences of space travel, How to Astronaut is a book that will appeal to anyone - male or female, young or old - with even a passing interest in space. Written by Col. Terry Virts, a former astronaut, space shuttle...
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Planet Palm: How Palm Oil Ended Up in Everythingand Endangered the World

Jocelyn C. Zuckerman - The New Press
Format: Hardcover

In the tradition of Eric Schlosser's Fast Food Nation, a groundbreaking global investigation into the industry ravaging the environment and global health - from the James Beard Award-winning journalist Over the past few decades, palm oil has seeped into every corner of our lives. Worldwide,...
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The Unseen Photos of Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street

Trevor Crafts
Format: Hardcover

The Unseen Photos of Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street expands on the film's exploration of the origins and legacy of Sesame Street with exclusive interviews and previously unpublished photographs from the first season of the globally beloved children's series. Author and filmmaker...
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