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Little, Crazy Children

James Renner - Citadel
Format: Hardcover

In this riveting work of investigative journalism, the author of True Crime Addict and host of "True Crime This Week," James Renner, explores the tragic unsolved 1990 murder of Lisa Pruett in the privileged enclave of Shaker Heights, Ohio, its troubling aftershocks, and the dark...
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Planet of the Bugs: Evolution and the Rise of Insects

Scott Richard Shaw - University Of Chicago Press
Format: Hardcover

Dinosaurs, however toothy, did not rule the earth - and neither do humans. But what were and are the true potentates of our planet? Insects, says Scott Richard Shaw - millions and millions of insect species. Starting in the shallow oceans of ancient Earth and ending in the far reaches of outer...
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The Ground Breaking: An American City and Its Search for Justice

Scott Ellsworth - Dutton
Format: Hardcover

In the late spring of 1921, Tulsa, Oklahoma, erupted into the worst single incident of racial violence in American history. Over the course of sixteen hours, mobs of white men and women looted and burned to the ground a prosperous African American community, known today as Black Wall Street....
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The Disordered Mind: What Unusual Brains Tell Us About Ourselves

Eric R Kandel - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover

Nobel Prize recipient Eric R. Kandel investigates The Disordered Mind to uncover what brain disorders reveal about human nature. This challenging study will not only help transform medical care but also encourage a new humanism based in part on the biological confirmation of individuality.Eric...
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A Life on Our Planet: My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future

David Attenborough - Grand Central Publishing
Format: Hardcover

See the world. Then make it better.I am 93. I've had an extraordinary life. It's only now that I appreciate how extraordinary. As a young man, I felt I was out there in the wild, experiencing the untouched natural world - but it was an illusion. The tragedy of our time has been...
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Brief Answers to the Big Questions

STEPHEN HAWKING - Bantam
Format: Hardcover

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * The world-famous cosmologist and author of A Brief History of Time leaves us with his final thoughts on the biggest questions facing humankind."Hawking's parting gift to humanity . . . a book every thinking person worried about humanity's...
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The Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet

Jeff Goodell - ?Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover

A New York Times bestselling journalist shares an explosive new understanding of heat in this searing examination of the impact that rising temperatures will have on our lives and on our planet.  "When heat comes, it's invisible. It doesn't bend tree branches or blow hair...
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Astronomy: A Self-Teaching Guide, Eighth Edition

Dinah L. Moche - Wiley; Eighth Edition edition
Format: Book

For a generation, Astronomy: A Self-Teaching Guide has introduced hundreds of thousands of readers worldwide to the night sky. Now this classic beginner's guide has been completely revised to bring it up to date with the latest discoveries. Updated with the latest, most accurate information,...
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Chemistry for dummies

John T Moore - John Wiley & Sons
Format: Print book

Chemistry For Dummies, 2nd Edition (9781119293460) was previously published as Chemistry For Dummies, 2nd Edition (9781118007303) . While this version features a new Dummies cover and design, the content is the same as the prior release and should not be considered a new or updated...
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The Last Man Who Knew Everything: The Life and Times of Enrico Fermi, Father of the Nuclear Age

David N Schwartz - Basic Books
Format: Hardcover

The definitive biography of the brilliant, charismatic, and very human physicist and innovator Enrico FermiIn 1942, a team at the University of Chicago achieved what no one had before: a nuclear chain reaction. At the forefront of this breakthrough stood Enrico Fermi. Straddling the ages...
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