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Happiness by Design: Change What You Do, Not How You Think

Paul Dolan - Hudson Street Press
Format: Hardcover

This is not just another happiness book. In Happiness by Design, happiness and behavior expert Paul Dolan combines the latest insights from economics and psychology to illustrate that in order to be happy we must behave happy Our happiness is experiences of both pleasure and purpose over...
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Our Daily Poison: From Pesticides to Packaging, How Chemicals Have Contaminated the Food Chain and Are Making Us Sick

Marie-Monique Robin - The New Press
Format: Hardcover

Over the last thirty years, we have seen an increase in rates of cancer, neurodegenerative disease, reproductive disorders, and diabetes, particularly in developed countries. At the same time, since the end of World War II approximately 100,000 synthetic chemical molecules have invaded...
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We Have No Idea: A Guide to the Unknown Universe

Jorge Cham - Riverhead Books
Format: Hardcover

Prepare to learn everything we still don't know about our strange, mostly mysterious universe. PHD Comics creator Jorge Cham and particle physicist Daniel Whiteson have teamed up to spelunk through the enormous gaps in our cosmological knowledge, armed with their popular infographics, cartoons,...
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How to Read the Solar System: A Guide to the Stars and Planets

Paul Abel - Pegasus Books
Format: Hardcover

A fresh and essential guide to understanding and interpreting the wonders of our solar system, from two intrepid young astronomers who are the hosts of the popular BBC television series, "The Sky at Night."What exactly is the solar system? We've all learned the basics at school...
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Wild Things, Wild Places: Adventurous Tales of Wildlife and Conservation on Planet Earth

Jane Alexander - Knopf
Format: Hardcover

A moving, inspiring, personal look at the vastly changing world of wildlife on planet earth as a result of human incursion, and the crucial work of animal and bird preservation across the globe being done by scientists, field biologists, zoologists, environmentalists, and conservationists....
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U Can: Basic Math and Pre-Algebra For Dummies

Mark Zegarelli - For Dummies; 1 edition
Format: Print book

The fun and friendly guide to really understanding math U Can: Basic Math & Pre-Algebra For Dummies is the fun, friendly guide to making sense of math. It walks you through the "how" and "why" to help you master the crucial operations that underpin every math class...
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Wonder Women: 25 Innovators, Inventors, and Trailblazers Who Changed History

Sam Maggs - Quirk Books
Format: Print book

A fun and feminist look at forgotten women in science, technology, and beyond, from the bestselling author of THE FANGIRL'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY You may think you know women's history pretty well. But have you ever heard of. . . Alice Ball, the chemist who developed an effective treatment...
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Secret Warriors: The Spies, Scientists and Code Breakers of World War I

Taylor Downing - Pegasus; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

A startling and vivid account of World War I that uncovers how wartime code-breaking, aeronautics, and scientific research that laid the foundation for much of the innovations of the twentieth century. World War I is often viewed as a war fought by armies of millions living and fighting...
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Last Man Off: A True Story of Disaster and Survival on the Antarctic Seas

Matt Lewis - Plume
Format: Print book

"A sinister version of The Perfect Storm . . . Thrilling." - Sunday Times (UK) For readers of The Perfect Storm, Between a Rock and a Hard Place, and Into the Wild There's nothing that armchair adventure lovers relish more than a gripping true story of disaster and heroism,...
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A Deadly Wandering: A Tale of Tragedy and Redemption in the Age of Attention

Matt Richtel - William Morrow
Format: Hardcover

From Pulitzer Prizewinning journalist Matt Richtel, a brilliant, narrative-driven exploration of technologys vast influence on the human mind and society, dramatically-told through the lens of a tragic texting-while-driving car crash that claimed the lives of two rocket scientists in 2006.In...
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Project Animal Farm: An Accidental Journey into the Secret World of Farming and the Truth About Our Food

Sonia Faruqi - Pegasus Books
Format: Hardcover

Born out of a global expedition fearlessly undertaken by a young woman, Project Animal Farm offers a riveting and revealing look at what truly happens behind farm doors.Sonia Faruqi, an Ivy League graduate and investment banker, had no idea that the night she arrived at the doorstep of a dairy...
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Keeping Chickens In Your Garden: A Practical Guide To Raising Chickens, Ducks, Geese And Turkeys In Your Backyard, With Over 400 Photographs

Fred Hams - Southwater
Format: Print book

An expert manual on keeping poultry in the garden: rearing, housing, breeding and maintaining health, including how to build your own poultry house.
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On the Water: A Fishing Memoir

Guy de la Valdene - Lyons Press
Format: Hardcover

From the acclaimed author of Fragrance of Grass comes a meditation on water and nature, fishing and growing older. On the Water is a gorgeously written collection of essays that all take place on or near the water and pay tribute to the flora and fauna associated with those ecosystems....
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Time Travel

James Gleick - Pantheon Books
Format: Print book

From the acclaimed author of The Information and Chaos, here is a mind-bending exploration of time travel: its subversive origins, its evolution in literature and science, and its influence on our understanding of time itself. The story begins at the turn of the previous century,...
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Seeds of Hope: Wisdom and Wonder from the World of Plants

Jane Goodall - Grand Central Publishing
Format: Hardcover

Renowned naturalist and bestselling author Jane Goodall examines the critical role that trees and plants play in our world. In her wise and elegant new book, Jane Goodall blends her experience in nature with her enthusiasm for botany to give readers a deeper understanding of the world around...
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Human Anatomy

DK - DK
Format: Hardcover

For students of anatomy, biology, and the biomedical sciences; medical professionals; and curious families, DK's Human Anatomy will be a definitive resource. Written by acclaimed anatomist, Dr. Alice Roberts, Human Anatomy is an up-to-the-minute study of the body. Spectacular digital...
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Ha!: The Science of When We Laugh and Why

Scott Weems - Basic Books
Format: Hardcover

Humor, like pornography, is famously difficult to define. We know it when we see it, but is there a way to figure out what we really find funny - and why?In this fascinating investigation into the science of humor and laughter, cognitive neuroscientist Scott Weems uncovers what's happening...
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Stuff Matters: Exploring the Marvelous Materials That Shape Our Man-Made World

Mark Miodownik - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover

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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Dataclysm

Rudder, Christian
Format: electronic resource

A New York Times Bestseller

An audacious, irreverent investigation of human behavior—and a first look at a revolution in the making

 
Our personal data has been used to spy on us, hire and fire us, and sell us stuff we don’t need. In Dataclysm,...
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Final Frontier: The Pioneering Science and Technology of Exploring the Universe

Brian Clegg - St. Martin's Press; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

Star Trek was right — there is only one final frontier, and that is space...Human beings are natural explorers, and nowhere is this frontier spirit stronger than in the United States of America. It almost defines the character of the US. But the Earth is running out of frontiers fast.In...
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Void: The Strange Physics of Nothing

James Owen Weatherall - Yale University Press
Format: Print book

The rising star author of The Physics of Wall Street explores why "nothing" may hold the key to the next era of theoretical physics James Owen Weatherall's previous book, The Physics of Wall Street, was a New York Times best-seller and named one of Physics Today's five...
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Domesticated: Evolution in a Man-Made World

Richard C Francis - W.W. Norton & Company
Format: Print book

Without our domesticated plants and animals, human civilization as we know it would not exist.We would still be living at subsistence level as hunter-gatherers if not for domestication. It is no accident that the cradle of civilization -- the Middle East -- is where sheep, goats, pigs,...
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Let Them Eat Dirt: Saving Our Children from an Oversanitized World

B Brett Finlay - Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Format: Print book

"A must-read . . . Takes you inside a child's gut and shows you how to give kids the best immune start early in life." - William Sears, MD, coauthor of The Baby BookLike the culture-changing Last Child in the Woods, here is the first parenting book to apply the latest...
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Seven Flowers: And How They Shaped Our World

Jennifer Potter - Overlook Books
Format: Hardcover

The lotus. The lily. The sunflower. The opium poppy. The rose. The tulip. The orchid. Seven flowers, each with its own story full of surprises and secrets, each affecting the world around us in subtle but powerful ways. But what is the nature of their power and how did it develop? Why have...
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What Should We Be Worried About?: Real Scenarios That Keep Scientists Up at Night

John Brockman - Harper Perennial

Drawing from the horizons of science, todays leading thinkers reveal the hidden threats nobody is talking aboutand expose the false fears everyone else is distracted by.What should we be worried about That is the question John Brockman, publisher of Edge.org The worlds smartest websiteThe...
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The Reason for Flowers: Their History, Culture, Biology, and How They Change Our Lives

Stephen Buchmann - Scribner
Format: Print book

Cultural history at its best - the engaging, lively, and definitive story of the beauty, sexuality, ecology, myths, lore, and economics of the world's flowers, written by a passionately devoted author and scientist, and illustrated with his stunning photographs.Flowers, and the fruits that...
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Home Grown: Adventures in Parenting off the Beaten Path, Unschooling, and Reconnecting with the Natural World

Ben Hewitt - Roost Books
Format: Paperback

When Ben Hewitt and his wife bought a sprawling acreage of field and forest in northern Vermont, the landscape easily allowed them to envision the self-sustaining family farm they were eager to start. But over the years, the land became so much more than a building site; it became the birthplace...
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The End of Doom: Environmental Renewal in the Twenty-first Century

Ronald Bailey - Thomas Dunne Books
Format: Hardcover

In the past five decades there have been many, many forecasts of impending environmental doom. They have universally been proven wrong. Meanwhile, those who have bet on human resourcefulness have almost always been correct. In his widely praised book Ecoscam, Ronald Bailey strongly countered...
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The Color of Food: Stories of Race, Resilience and Farming

Natasha Bowens - New Society Publishers
Format: eBook

Imagine the typical American farmer. Many people visualize sun-roughened skin, faded overalls, and calloused hands - hands that are usually white. While there's no doubt the growing trend of organic farming and homesteading is changing how the farmer is portrayed in mainstream media,...
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The Sweet Spot: How to Find Your Groove at Home and Work

Christine Carter Phd - Ballantine Books
Format: Print book

Learn how to achieve more by doing less! Live in that zone you've glimpsed but can't seem to hold on to - the sweet spot where you have the greatest strength, but also the greatest ease. Not long ago, Christine Carter, a happiness expert at UC Berkeley's Greater Good Science...
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The Perfect Horse: The Daring U.S. Mission to Rescue the Priceless Stallions Kidnapped by the Nazis

Elizabeth Letts - Ballantine Books
Format: Hardcover

In the chaotic last days of the war, a small troop of battle-weary American soldiers captures a German spy and makes an astonishing findhis briefcase is empty but for photos of beautiful white horses that have been stolen and kept on a secret farm behind enemy lines. Hitler has stockpiled...
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The Thinking Person's Guide to Climate Change

Robert Henson - Amer Meteorological Socie
Format: Paperback

Everybody can be a thinking person when it comes to climate change, and this book is a perfect roadmap. Start a web search for "climate change" and the first three suggestions are "facts," "news," and "hoax." The Thinking Person's Guide to Climate...
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Reason in a Dark Time: Why the Struggle Against Climate Change Failed -- and What It Means for Our Future

Dale Jamieson - Oxford University Press
Format: Hardcover

From the 1992 Rio Earth Summit to the 2009 Copenhagen Climate Conference there was a concerted international effort to stop climate change. Yet greenhouse gas emissions increased, atmospheric concentrations grew, and global warming became an observable fact of life. In this book, philosopher...
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The Horse Lover: A Cowboy's Quest to Save the Wild Mustangs

H Alan Day - University of Nebraska Press
Format: Print book

He already owned and managed two ranches and needed a third about as much as he needed a permanent migraine: that's what Alan Day said every time his friend pestered him about an old ranch in South Dakota. But in short order, he proudly owned 35,000 pristine grassy acres. The opportunity...
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Consciousness and the Brain: Deciphering How the Brain Codes Our Thoughts

Stanislas Dehaene - Viking Adult
Format: Print book

A breathtaking look at the new science that can track consciousness deep in the brainHow does our brain generate a conscious thought? And why does so much of our knowledge remain unconscious? Thanks to clever psychological and brain-imaging experiments, scientists are closer to cracking...
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The World of Birds

Jonathan Elphick - Firefly Books
Format: Hardcover

The ultimate illustrated, authoritative reference to the avian world. Written by a highly regarded ornithologist and natural history expert and sumptuously illustrated throughout with photographs and illustrations, The World of Birds is a comprehensive and authoritative guide to every...
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Citizen Canine: Our Evolving Relationship with Cats and Dogs

David Grimm - Perseus Books Group
Format: Hardcover

Dogs are getting lawyers. Cats are getting kidney transplants. Could they one day be fellow citizens?Cats and dogs were once wild animals. Today, they are family members and surrogate children. A little over a century ago, pets didn't warrant the meager legal status of property. Now, they...
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Fisherman's Bible: The World's Most Comprehensive Angling Reference

Jay Cassell - Skyhorse Publishing; Second Edition edition
Format: Paperback

In the tradition of the bestselling Shooter's Bible, Skyhorse Publishing presents the Fisherman's Bible, the most complete reference guide for new fishing equipment and its specifications. Anglers will only need one book - now in its second year - to discover all the new gear on the market...
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Don't Even Think About It: Why Our Brains Are Wired to Ignore Climate Change

George Marshall - Bloomsbury USA
Format: Hardcover

Most of us recognize that climate change is real, and yet we do nothing to stop it. What is this psychological mechanism that allows us to know something is true but act as if it is not? George Marshalls search for the answers brings him face to face with Nobel Prize-winning psychologists...
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Zika: The Emerging Epidemic

Donald G. McNeil Jr. - W.W. Norton & Company
Format: Print book

A gripping narrative about the origins and spread of the Zika virus by New York Times science reporter Donald G. McNeil Jr.Until recently, Zika -- once considered a mild disease -- was hardly a cause for global panic. But as early as August 2015, doctors in northeast Brazil began to notice...
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Smokejumper: A Memoir by One of America's Most Select Airborne Firefighters

Jason A. Ramos - William Morrow & Company
Format: Hardcover

A rare inside look at the thrilling world of smokejumpers, the airborne firefighters who parachute into the most remote and rugged areas of the United States, confronting the growing threat of nature's blazes.Forest and wildland fires are growing larger, more numerous, and deadlier...
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The Third Horseman: Climate Change and the Great Famine of the 14th Century

William Rosen - Viking Adult
Format: Book

How a seven-year cycle of rain, cold, disease, and warfare created the worst famine in European history   In May 1315, it started to rain. It didn’t stop anywhere in north Europe until August. Next came the four coldest winters in a millennium. Two separate animal epidemics...
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Testosterone Rex: Myths of Sex, Science, and Society

Cordelia Fine - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Paperback

"Beliefs about men and women are as old as humanity itself, but Fines funny, spiky book gives reason to hope that weve heard Testosterone rexs last roar." -- Annie Murphy Paul, New York Times Book Review Many people believe that, at its core, biological sex is a fundamental force...
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The Mystery of Sleep: Why a Good Night's Rest Is Vital to a Better, Healthier Life

MEIR KRYGER - Yale University Press
Format: Hardcover

An authoritative and accessible guide to what happens when we shut our eyes at night We spend a third of our lives in bed, but how much do we really understand about how sleep affects us In the past forty years, scientists have discovered that our sleep (or lack of it) can affect nearly...
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The Grapes of Math: How Life Reflects Numbers and Numbers Reflect Life

Alex Bellos - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

From the bestselling author of Here’s Looking at Euclid, a dazzling new book that turns even the most complex math into a brilliantly entertaining narrative.From triangles, rotations and power laws, to cones, curves and the dreaded calculus, Alex takes you on a journey of mathematical...
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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

"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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The Seed Garden: The Art and Practice of Seed Saving

Jared Zystro - Seed Savers Exchange
Format: Print book

Filled with advice for the home gardener and the more seasoned horticulturist alike, The Seed Garden: The Art and Practice of Seed Saving provides straightforward instruction on collecting seed that is true-to-type and ready for sowing in next year's garden. In this comprehensive book,...
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What Is Relativity?: An Intuitive Introduction to Einstein's Ideas, and Why They Matter

Jeffrey Bennett - Columbia University Press
Format: Hardcover

It is commonly assumed that if the Sun suddenly turned into a black hole, it would suck Earth and the rest of the planets into oblivion. Yet, as prominent author and astrophysicist Jeffrey Bennett points out, black holes don't suck. With that simple idea in mind, Bennett begins an entertaining...
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Wild Sex: The Science Behind Mating in the Animal Kingdom

Carin Bondar Ph. D. - Pegasus Books
Format: Print book

A brilliantly engaging guide to the reproductive habits of creatures great and small, based on the author's popular webseries "Wild Sex," which has received over 14 million views Birds do it, bees do it -- every member of the animal kingdom does it, from fruit flies to blue...
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Whatever Happened to the Metric System?: How America Kept Its Feet

John Bemelmans Marciano - Bloomsbury USA
Format: Hardcover

The American standard system of measurement is a unique and odd thing to behold with its esoteric, inconsistent standards twelve inches in a foot, three feet in a yard, sixteen ounces in a pound, one hundred pennies to the dollar. For something as elemental as counting and estimating the world...
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Mars Up Close: Inside the Curiosity Mission

Marc Kaufman - National Geographic
Format: Hardcover

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 Serengeti Rules: The Quest to Discover How Life Works and Why It Matters

Sean B Carroll - Princeton University Pres, 2016.
Format: Print book

How does life work? How does nature produce the right numbers of zebras and lions on the African savanna, or fish in the ocean? How do our bodies produce the right numbers of cells in our organs and bloodstream? In The Serengeti Rules, award-winning biologist and author Sean Carroll...
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Calculus i.

Alpha. - Alpha Books
Format:  Print book : English

Let's face it, most students don't take calculus because they find it intellectually stimulating. It's not . . . at least for those who come up on the wrong side of the bell curve! There they are, minding their own business, working toward some non-science related degree, when . . . BLAM!...
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Tales from Both Sides of the Brain: A Life in Neuroscience

Michael S. Gazzaniga - Ecco; 1St Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

Michael S. Gazzaniga, one of the most important neuroscientists of the twentieth century, gives us an exciting behind-the-scenes look at his seminal work on that unlikely couple, the right and left brain. Foreword by Steven Pinker.In the mid-twentieth century, Michael S. Gazzaniga, "the...
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Hummingbirds

Ronald I. Orenstein - Firefly Books
Format: Book

A comprehensive natural history of nature's smallest bird species. The tiny hummingbird has long been a source of fascination for birdwatchers and naturalists alike. They number 300 species and Ronald Orenstein has a passion for all of them. Hummingbirds are the smallest birds in the world....
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The Drug Hunters: The Improbable Quest to Discover New Medicines

Donald R Kirsch - W W Norton
Format: Print book

The surprising, behind-the-scenes story of how our medicines are discovered, told by a veteran drug hunter.The search to find medicines is as old as disease, which is to say as old as the human race. Through serendipity - by chewing, brewing, and snorting - some Neolithic souls discovered...
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God's Planet

Owen Gingerich - Harvard University Press
Format: Hardcover

With exoplanets being discovered daily, Earth is still the only planet we know of that is home to creatures who seek a coherent explanation for the structure, origins, and fate of the universe, and of humanitys place within it. Today, science and religion are the two major cultural entities...
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Why Science Does Not Disprove God

Amir Aczel - HarperCollins
Format: Hardcover

The renowned science writer, mathematician, and bestselling author of Fermat's Last Theorem masterfully refutes the overreaching claims the "New Atheists," providing millions of educated believers with a clear, engaging explanation of what science really says, how there's...
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Designing and Planting a Woodland Garden: Plants and Combinations that Thrive in the Shade

Keith Wiley - Timber Press, Inc.
Format: Print book

Woodlands are magical places and even small gardens can capture the atmosphere with a carefully chosen tree and some shade-loving plants. Selecting the right plant for the right place is essential and expert plantsman Keith Wiley explains how to combine plants that will thrive together...
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How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking

Jordan Ellenberg - Penguin Group USA
Format: Print book

The Freakonomics of math--a math-world superstar unveils the hidden beauty and logic of the world and puts its power in our handsThe math we learn in school can seem like a dull set of rules, laid down by the ancients and not to be questioned. In How Not to Be Wrong, Jordan Ellenberg shows...
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Sex on Earth: A Celebration of Animal Reproduction

Jules Howard - Bloomsbury USA
Format: Hardcover

One thousand million years ago, a huge revolution occurred on Earth--sex happened for the first time. From that moment on, the world became ever more colorful and bizarre, ringing with elaborate songs and dances, epic battles, and rallying cries as the desires of males and females collided,...
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The Pope of Physics: Enrico Fermi and the Birth of the Atomic Age

Gino Segrè - Henry Holt and Company
Format: Print book

Enrico Fermi is unquestionably among the greats of the world's physicists, the most famous Italian scientist since Galileo. Called the Pope by his peers, he was regarded as infallible in his instincts and research. His discoveries changed our world; they led to weapons of mass destruction...
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Crisis Without End: The Medical and Ecological Consequences of the Fukushima Nuclear Catastrophe

Helen Caldicott - The New Press
Format: Hardcover

On the second anniversary of the Fukushima disaster, an international panel of leading medical and biological scientists, nuclear engineers, and policy experts assembled at the prestigious New York Academy of Medicine. A project of the Helen Caldicott Foundation and co-sponsored by Physicians...
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The Illustrated World Encyclopedia of Insects: A natural history and identification guide to beetles, flies, bees wasps, springtails, mayflies, ... crickets, bugs, grasshoppers, fleas, spide

Martin Walters - Anness
Format: Book

This beautifully illustrated book provides an overview of the world of insects. The encyclopedia of insect species is organized according to geographical region and then by insect order.
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The Chicken Keeper's Problem Solver: 100 Common Problems Explored and Explained

Chris Graham - Quarry Books
Format: Paperback

While keeping chickens certainly isn't rocket science, doing it properly does involve decent levels of understanding, commitment, and attention to detail. Getting the basics right is essential, and this demands a solid appreciation of important areas such as housing, feeding, breed...
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Why Diets Make Us Fat: The Unintended Consequences of Our Obsession With Weight Loss

Sandra Aamodt - Current
Format: Print book

"If diets worked, we'd all be thin by now. Instead, we have enlisted hundreds of millions of people into a war we can't win." What's the secret to losing weight If you're like most of us, you've tried cutting calories, sipping weird smoothies, avoiding fats, and swapping out sugar...
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Fizz: How Soda Shook Up the World

Tristan Donovan - Chicago Review Press
Format: Paperback

This social, cultural, and culinary history charts soda's remarkable, world-changing journey from awe-inspiring natural mystery to ubiquity. Off-the-wall and offbeat stories abound, including how quack medicine peddlers spawned some of the world's biggest brands, how fizzy pop cashed...
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How the Body Knows Its Mind: The Surprising Power of the Physical Environment to Influence How You Think and Feel

Sian Beilock - Atria Books; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

An award-winning scientist offers a groundbreaking new understanding of the mind-body connection and its profound impact on everything from advertising to romance.The human body is not just a passive device carrying out messages sent by the brain, but rather an integral part of how we think...
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Secret Language of Animals: A Guide to Remarkable Behavior

Janine M Benyus - Black Dog & Leventhal Pub
Format: Paperback

Unlock the secrets behind the behavior of the world's most fascinating creatures from the Adlie penguin to the plains zebra to the giant pandain this wonderfully written, beautifully illustrated book.In The Secret Language of Animals, biologist Janine Benyus takes us inside the animal...
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Tales of Remarkable Birds

Dominic Couzens - Bloomsbury USA
Format: Hardcover

Throughout the bird world, examples of strange and seemingly inexplicable behavior abound. For example: Why do male Fairywrens bring flowers to females as a nuptial gift in the pre-dawn darkness? Especially when the gift-givers are not the official mates of the females concerned, but visitors,...
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Visions of Loveliness: Great Flower Breeders of the Past

Judith M. Taylor - Swallow Press
Format: Hardcover

Gardeners of today take for granted the many varieties of geraniums, narcissi, marigolds, roses, and other beloved flowers for their gardens. Few give any thought at all to how this incredible abundance came to be or to the people who spent a good part of their lives creating it. These...
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Mother of God: An Extraordinary Journey into the Uncharted Tributaries of the Western Amazon

Paul Rosolie - Harper,
Format: Print book

For fans of The Lost City of Z, Walking the Amazon, and Turn Right at Machu Picchu comes naturalist and explorer Paul Rosolie's extraordinary adventure in the uncharted tributaries of the Western Amazon - a tale of discovery that vividly captures the awe, beauty, and isolation of this...
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Dataclysm: Who We Are

Christian Rudder - Crown
Format: Hardcover

A New York Times BestsellerAn audacious, irreverent investigation of human behaviorand a first look at a revolution in the making Our personal data has been used to spy on us, hire and fire us, and sell us stuff we dont need. In Dataclysm, Christian Rudder uses it to show us who we truly...
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To Explain the World: The Discovery of Modern Science

Steven Weinberg - Harper; 1St Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

A masterful commentary on the history of science from the Greeks to modern times, by Nobel Prize-winning physicist Steven Weinberg - a thought-provoking and important book by one of the most distinguished scientists and intellectuals of our time.In this rich, irreverent, and compelling...
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Practical Permaculture for Home Landscapes, Your Community, and the Whole Earth

Jessi Bloom - Timber Pr
Format: Print book

The idea behind permaculture is simple: take care of the earth, and the earth will take care of you. In clear, logical steps, Practical Permaculture offers the tools you need to live a life rich in healthy food, safe housing, and renewable resources. This hardworking book covers...
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Deep: Freediving, Renegade Science, and What the Ocean Tells Us about Ourselves

James Nestor - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover

An Amazon Best Book of 2014 While on assignment in Greece, journalist James Nestor witnessed something that confounded him: a man diving 300 feet below the ocean's surface on a single breath of air and returning four minutes later, unharmed and smiling. This man was a freediver, and his amphibious...
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Big Data: Does Size Matter?

Timandra Harkness - Bloomsbury Sigma
Format: Print book

From the first tally, scratched on a wolf bone over thirty thousand years ago, to the Large Hadron Collider, which produces forty million megabytes of data per second, data is big, and getting bigger. It can help us do things faster and more efficiently than ever before, from tracking wolves...
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I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life

Ed Yong - Ecco
Format: Book

Every animal, whether human, squid, or wasp, is home to millions of bacteria and other microbes. Ed Yong, whose humor is as evident as his erudition, prompts us to look at ourselves and our animal companions in a new light - less as individuals and more as the interconnected, interdependent...

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Grass, Soil, Hope: A Journey Through Carbon Country

Courtney White - Chelsea Green Publishing
Format: Paperback

This book tackles an increasingly crucial question: What can we do about the seemingly intractable challenges confronting all of humanity today, including climate change, global hunger, water scarcity, environmental stress, and economic instability? The quick answers are: Build topsoil....
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Silent Witnesses: The Often Gruesome but Always Fascinating History of Forensic Science

Nigel McCrery - Chicago Review Press
Format: Paperback

Crime novelist and former police officer Nigel McCrery provides an account of all the major areas of forensic science from around the world over the past two centuries. The book weaves dramatic narrative and scientific principles together in a way that allows readers to figure out crimes...
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The Cure for Catastrophe: How We Can Stop Manufacturing Natural Disasters

Robert Muir-Wood - Basic Books
Format: Print book

Year after year, floods wreck people's homes and livelihoods, earthquakes tear communities apart, and tornadoes uproot whole towns. Natural disasters cause destruction and despair. But does it have to be this way?In The Cure for Catastrophe, global risk expert Robert Muir-Wood argues...
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While Glaciers Slept: Being Human in a Time of Climate Change

M Jackson - Green Writers Press
Format: Hardcover

While Glaciers Slept weaves together the parallel stories of what happens when the climates of a family and a planet change. M Jackson, a noted scientist and National Geographic Expert, reveals how these events are deeply intertwined, and how the deterioration of her parents' health...
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Saved by the Sea: Hope, Heartbreak, and Wonder in the Blue World

David Helvarg - New World Library
Format: Print book

Acclaimed as the premier chronicler of Americas complex relationship with our oceans Honolulu Weekly David Helvarg has also been a war correspondent investigative journalist documentary producer and private investigator The one constant in his adventurous life has been love for the sea His personal...
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Backyard Wildlife: How to Attract Bees, Butterflies, Insects, Birds, Frogs and Animals Into Your Garden

Michael Lavelle - Lorenz Books; Reprint edition
Format: Hardcover

Practical instructions for plantings that welcome wildlife, with projects for bee-boxes, bird feeders and more.,
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My Lost Brothers: The Untold Story by the Yarnell Hill Fire's Lone Survivor

Brendan McDonough - Hachette Books
Format: Print book

A gripping first-person account by the sole survivor of Arizona's disastrous 2013 Yarnell Hill Fire, which took the lives of 19 "hotshots"--firefighters trained specifically to battle wildfires. Brendan McDonough was on the verge of becoming a hopeless, inveterate heroin addict...
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The Secret History of Kindness: Learning from How Dogs Learn

Melissa Holbrook Pierson - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover

An intimate, surprising look at man's best friend and what the leading philosophies of dog training teach us about ourselves.Years back, Melissa Holbrook Pierson brought home a border collie named Mercy, without a clue of how to get her to behave. Stunned after hiring a trainer whose...
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Cracking the Aging Code: The New Science of Growing Old---And What It Means for Staying Young

Josh Mitteldorf - Flatiron Books
Format: Print book

A revolutionary examination of why we age, what it means for our health, and how we just might be able to fight it.In Cracking the Aging Code, theoretical biologist Josh Mitteldorf and award-winning writer and ecological philosopher Dorion Sagan reveal that evolution and aging are even...
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Raise: What 4-H Teaches Seven Million Kids and How Its Lessons Could Change Food and Farming Forever

Kiera Butler - University of California Press
Format: Paperback

When city-dwelling journalist Kiera Butler visits a county fair for the first time, she is captivated by the white-uniformed members of the 4-H club and their perfectly groomed animals. She sets off on a search for a real 4-Her, a hypothetical wholesome youth whom she imagines wearing cowboy...
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Into the Nest: Intimate Views of the Courting, Parenting, and Family Lives of Familiar Birds

Laura Erickson - Storey Books
Format: Paperback

The intimate lives of familiar birds as never before seen! Spectacular, stunning, and beautiful close-up photography documents the family lives of more than 30 birds, from the first song of the courting male to the first flight of the fledglings. You'll find images of the male and female,...
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Plastic Purge: How to Use Less Plastic, Eat Better, Keep Toxins Out of Your Body, and Help Save the Sea Turtles!

Michael SanClements - St. Martin's Griffin
Format: Paperback

Now a Denver Post #1 bestseller. Plastic is everywhere we look. Our computers and children's toys are made out of it, and our water and slices of American cheese are packaged in it. But why is there so much and what is it doing to our bodies? Is it possible to use less plastic and be happier...
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We're Still Here Ya Bastards: How the People of New Orleans Rebuilt Their City

Roberta Brandes Gratz - Nation Books
Format: Hardcover

The aftermath of Hurricane Katrina is one of the darkest chapters in American history. The storm caused unprecedented destruction, and a toxic combination of government neglect and socioeconomic inequality turned a crisis into a tragedy. But among the rubble, there is hope.We're Still...
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Extinction and Evolution: What Fossils Reveal About the History of Life

Niles Eldredge - Firefly Books Ltd.
Format: Book

"This book is a splendidly illustrated and thoughtfully constructed account of one of the greatest ideas ever conceived by the human mind -- evolution. Eldredge has cleverly combined our knowledge of living organisms with instructive insights into the fossil record to convincingly...
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The Storm of the Century: Tragedy, Heroism, Survival, and the Epic True Story of America's Deadliest Natural Disaster: The Great Gulf Hurricane of 1900

Al Roker - William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Format: Print book

In this gripping narrative history, Al Roker from NBC's Today and the Weather Channel vividly examines the deadliest natural disaster in American history - a haunting and inspiring tale of tragedy, heroism, and resilience that is full of lessons for today's new age of extreme weather.On...
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Espalier Fruit Trees For Wall, Hedge, and Pergola: Installation Shaping Care

Peter Modl - Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

By training fruit trees and shrubs to grow in controlled shapes, you accomplish two goals: improved appearance and increased productivity. Depending on location and demand, espalier fruit trees can offer privacy, weather protection, and decoration, not to mention an abundant and delicious...
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Why Are We Waiting?: The Logic, Urgency, and Promise of Tackling Climate Change

Nicholas Stern - Mit Press
Format: Hardcover

The risks of climate change are potentially immense. The benefits of taking action are also clear: we can see that economic development, reduced emissions, and creative adaptation go hand in hand. A committed and strong low-carbon transition...
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The Weather Experiment: The Pioneers Who Sought to See the Future

Peter Moore - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover

In 1865 Admiral Robert FitzRoy locked himself in his dressing room and cut his throat. His grand meteorological project had failed. Yet only a decade later, FitzRoy's storm warning system and "forecasts" would return, the model for what we use today.In an age when a storm...
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Your Atomic Self: The Invisible Elements That Connect You to Everything Else in the Universe

Curt Stager - Thomas Dunne Books
Format: Hardcover

What do atoms have to do with your life? In Your Atomic Self, scientist Curt Stager reveals how they connect you to some of the most amazing things in the universe.You will follow your oxygen atoms through fire and water and from forests to your fingernails. Hydrogen atoms will wriggle...
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Ten Million Aliens: A Journey Through the Entire Animal Kingdom

Simon Barnes - Marble Arch Press
Format: Print book

This fascinating scientific foray into the animal kingdom examines how the world's creatures - weird, wonderful, and everything in between - are inextricably linked.Life on planet earth is not weirder than we imagine. It's weirder than we are capable of imagining. And we're all in it together:...
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StarTalk: Everything You Ever Need to Know About Space Travel, Sci-Fi, the Human Race, the Universe, and Beyond

Neil Degrasse Tyson - National Geographic
Format: Print book

This beautifully illustrated companion to celebrated scientist Neil deGrasse Tyson's popular podcast and National Geographic Channel TV show is an eye-opening journey for anyone curious about the complexities of our universe. For decades, beloved astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson has interpreted...
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The Quantum Age: How the Physics of the Very Small has Transformed Our Lives

Brian Clegg - Icon Books
Format: Hardcover

Quantum theory may be bizarre and inexplicable - but it's been shown to account for as much as 30 percent of American GDP, as this brilliant new book by science writer extraordinaire Brian Clegg reveals.The Stone, Bronze, and Iron Ages, and the birth of steam machinery and electricity,...
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Welcome to the universe : an astrophysical tour

Neil deGrasse Tyson - Princeton University Press
Format: Print book

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERWelcome to the Universe is a personal guided tour of the cosmos by three of today's leading astrophysicists. Inspired by the enormously popular introductory astronomy course that Neil deGrasse Tyson, Michael A. Strauss, and J. Richard Gott taught...
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Dinosaurs: How They Lived and Evolved

Darren Naish - Smithsonian Books
Format: Hardcover

Dinosaurs are one of the most spectacular groups of animals that have ever existed. Many were fantastic, bizarre creatures that still capture our imagination: the super-predator Tyrannosaurus, the plate-backed Stegosaurus, and the long-necked, long-tailed Diplodocus. Dinosaurs: The Ultimate...
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What Stands in a Storm: A True Story of Love and Resilience in the Worst Superstorm in History

Kim Cross - Atria Books
Format: Hardcover

Enter the eye of the storm in this gripping real-life thriller - A Perfect Storm on land - that chronicles Americas biggest tornado outbreak since the beginning of recorded weather: a horrific three-day superstorm with 358 separate tornadoes touching down in twenty-one states and destroying...
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Glaciers: The Politics of Ice

Jorge Daniel Taillant - Oxford University Press, USA
Format: Hardcover

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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The Human Superorganism: How the Microbiome Is Revolutionizing the Pursuit of a Healthy Life

Rodney R Dietert - Dutton
Format: Print book

The origin of asthma, autism, Alzheimer's, allergies, cancer, heart disease, obesity, and even some kinds of depression is now clear. Award-winning researcher on the microbiome, professor Rodney Dietert presents a new paradigm in human biology that has emerged in the midst of the ongoing...
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Mars 3-D: A Rover's-Eye View of the Red Planet

Jim Bell - Sterling; Revised & Expanded edition
Format: Hardcover

Planetary scientist Jim Bell leads us on another exhilarating tour of the Red Planetand this revised, expanded edition of Mars 3-D includes the latest images from NASAs revolutionary Mars Science Laboratory mission. Brief essays survey the advanced technologies and promising discoveries...
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The Brilliant History of Color in Art

Victoria Finlay - J Paul Getty Museum
Format: Hardcover

The history of art is inseparable from the history of color. And what a fascinating story they tell together: one that brims with an all-star cast of characters, eye-opening details, and unexpected detours through the annals of human civilization and scientific discovery. Enter critically...
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The Thing with Feathers: The Surprising Lives of Birds and What They Reveal About Being Human

Noah Strycker - Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Format: Hardcover

An entertaining and profound look at the lives of birds, illuminating their surprising world - and deep connection with humanity.Birds are highly intelligent animals, yet their intelligence is dramatically different from our own and has been little understood. As scientists come to understand...
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Windfall: The Booming Business of Global Warming

Mckenzie Funk - Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover

A fascinating investigation into how people around the globe are cashing in on a warming worldMcKenzie Funk has spent the last six years reporting around the world on how we are preparing for a warmer planet. Funk shows us that the best way to understand the catastrophe of global warming...
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Your Water Footprint: The Shocking Facts About How Much Water We Use to Make Everyday Products

Stephen Leahy - Firefly Books
Format: Paperback

The average American lifestyle is kept afloat by about 2,000 gallons of H2O a day. The numbers are shocking. Your Water Footprint reveals the true cost of our lifestyle. A water footprint is the amount of fresh water used to produce the goods and services we consume, including growing,...
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Betting the Farm on a Drought: Stories from the Front Lines of Climate Change

Seamus McGraw - University of Texas Press
Format: Hardcover

Climate change has become one of the most polarizing issues of our time. Extremists on the left regularly issue hyperbolic jeremiads about the impending destruction of the environment, while extremists on the right counter with crass, tortured denials. But out in the vast middle are ordinary...
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Not a Scientist: How Politicians Mistake, Misrepresent, and Utterly Mangle Science

Dave Levitan - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Paperback

An eye-opening tour of the political tricks that subvert scientific progress.The Butter-Up and Undercut. The Certain Uncertainty. The Straight-Up Fabrication. Dave Levitan dismantles all of these deceptive arguments, and many more, in this probing and hilarious examination of the ways our elected...
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It's a Wild Life: How My Life Became a Zoo

Bud DeYoung - Medallion Press
Format: Hardcover

Pursuing your passion includes a whole lot of crap. For Bud DeYoung, that’s about two hundred pounds a day!Since childhood, Bud had a passion for animals. As an adult, that passion led to the rescue of a bear who lived in his family’s house, then more animals crowding for space,...
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The Dictionary of Science for Gardeners: 6000 Scientific Terms Explored and Explained

Michael Allaby - Timber Press (OR)
Format: Hardcover

This must-have reference will help you navigate the complex world of science. It defines more than 6,000 words from 16 branches of science that are of particular interest to gardeners, from abscission (a plant's rejection of an organ) to zoochary (the dispersal of seeds by animals)....
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The Gene Machine: How Genetic Technologies Are Changing the Way We Have Kids--and the Kids We Have

Bonnie Rochman - Scientific American / Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover

A sharp-eyed exploration of the promise and peril of having children in an age of genetic tests and interventionsIs screening for disease in an embryo a humane form of family planning or a slippery slope toward eugenics? Should doctors tell you that your infant daughter is genetically predisposed...
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A Garden of Marvels: How We Discovered that Flowers Have Sex, Leaves Eat Air, and Other Secrets of Plants

Ruth Kassinger - HarperCollins Publishers
Format: Print book

In the tradition of The Botany of Desire and Wicked Plants, a witty and engaging history of the first botanists interwoven with stories of today's extraordinary plants found in the garden and the lab.In Paradise Under Glass, Ruth Kassinger recounted with grace and humor her journey from...
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Woodpeckers of the World: A Photographic Guide

Gerard Gorman - Firefly Books
Format: Hardcover

The definitive guide to all 239 species of woodpecker. This book follows closely the successful field guide format of Owls of the World, published by Firefly Books Ltd. and praised by Science Books and Film (among others) in a starred review: "The highlights of Owls of the World...
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