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Dog's Best Friend: The Story of an Unbreakable Bond
Simon Garfield
Format: Hardcover
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"A fascinating, informative and highly entertaining expedition through the highways and byways of dogdom." - John Bradshaw, New York Times bestselling author of Dog SenseA charming meditation on the relationship between humans and dogs, drawing upon history, science, art, and personal... |
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Unbelievable
T. Christian Miller - Broadway Books
Format: Paperback
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Soon to be the Netflix Limited Series Unbelievable, starring Toni Collette, Merritt Wever, and Kaitlyn Dever * Two Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists tell the riveting true crime story of a teenager charged with lying about having been raped - and the detectives who followed a winding... |
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Trans Bodies, Trans Selves: A Resource by and for Transgender Communities
Laura Erickson-Schroth - Oxford University Press; 2nd edition
Format: 2nd Edition
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There is no one way to be transgender.Trans Bodies, Trans Selves is a revolutionary resource--a comprehensive, reader-friendly guide for transgender people, with each chapter written by transgender and gender expansive authors. Inspired by Our Bodies, Ourselves, the classic and powerful... |
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Liftoff: Elon Musk and the Desperate Early Days That Launched SpaceX
Eric Berger
Format: Hardcover
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The dramatic inside story of the first four historic flights that launched SpaceX - and Elon Musk - from a shaky startup into the world's leading edge rocket company. In 2006, SpaceX - a brand-new venture with fewer than 200 employees - rolled its first, single-engine rocket onto a launch... |
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The Plague Year: America in the Time of COVID
Lawrence Wright - Knopf
Format: Hardcover
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Beginning with the absolutely critical first moments of the outbreak in China, and ending with an epilogue on the vaccine rollout and the unprecedented events between the election of Joseph Biden and his inauguration, Lawrence Wright's The Plague Year surges forward with essential information--and... |
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Pipe Dreams: The Urgent Global Quest to Transform the Toilet
Chelsea Wald - Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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Most of us do not give much thought to the centerpiece of our bathrooms, but the toilet is an unexpected paradox. On the one hand, it is a modern miracle: a ubiquitous fixture in a vast sanitation system that has helped add decades to human lifespan by reducing disease. On the other hand,... |
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She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement
Jodi Kantor - Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover
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From the Pulitzer-prize winning reporters who broke the news of Harvey Weinstein's sexual harassment and abuse for the New York Times, Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey, the thrilling untold story of their investigation and its consequences for the #MeToo movementOn October 5, 2017, the New... |
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Roll Red Roll: Rape, Power, and Football in the American Heartland
Nancy Schwartzman - ?Hachette Books
Format: Hardcover
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A thoughtfully reported narrative about a rape case at the center of a deeply polarized steel town in the American Midwest, exploring what creates a culture where sexual violence is tacitly understood and condoned, and how to make a difference.On a summer night in 2012, a sixteen year-old... |
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