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Spirals in Time: The Secret Life and Curious Afterlife of Seashells
Helen Scales - Bloomsbury Sigma
Format: Print book
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Seashells, stretching from the deep past into the present day, are touchstones leading into fascinating realms of the natural world and cutting-edge science. Members of the phylum Mollusca are among the most ancient animals on the planet. Their shells provide homes for other animals, and across... |
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Trying Not to Try: The Art and Science of Spontaneity
Edward Slingerland - Crown Publishing Group
Format: Hardcover
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A deeply original exploration of the power of spontaneity - an ancient Chinese ideal that cognitive scientists are only now beginning to understand - and why it is so essential to our well-being Why is it always hard to fall asleep the night before an important meeting? Or be charming... |
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The Human Age: The World Shaped By Us
Diane Ackerman - W. W. Norton & Company; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover
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As Diane Ackerman writes in her brilliant new book, The Human Age, "our relationship with nature has changed ... radically, irreversibly, but by no means all for the bad. Our new epoch is laced with invention. Our mistakes are legion, but our talent is immeasurable." Ackerman... |
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The Mercy of the Sky: The Story of a Tornado
Hollace S Bailey - Penguin Books
Format: Kindle Edition
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"A gripping, heartbreaking and heartwarming account of the monster tornado that ravaged Moore, Oklahoma in 2013. It will leave you emotionally drained but glad you journeyed into the heart of this extraordinary storm with Bailey as your guide." --Daniel James Brown, #1 NY Times... |
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Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family
Robert Kolker - Doubleday
Format: Hardcover
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The heartrending story of a midcentury American family with twelve children, six of them diagnosed with schizophrenia, that became science's great hope in the quest to understand the disease.Don and Mimi Galvin seemed to be living the American dream. After World War II, Don's work with... |
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Peterson Field Guide to Finding Mammals in North America
Vladimir Dinets - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Print book
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Peterson The best-selling field guides of all time To see a fog shrew, should you go to Muir Woods National Monument? If you're planning to visit Yellowstone National Park, what animals can you expect to see? When should a photographer visit to get a shot of a gray fox? A mammal... |
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Tech-Savvy Parenting: A Guide to Raising Safe Children in a Digital World
Arthur Goldstuck - Bookstorm
Format: Print book
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Are you a parent looking to make sense of a daunting digital world, with new technical challenges appearing daily? Feel youre not keeping up with the demands of technology? Feel youre not keeping up with your childrens use of social media? Worried its getting harder to keep your children... |
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The Wind in the Reeds: A Storm, A Play, and the City That Would Not Be Broken
Wendell Pierce - Riverhead Books
Format: Hardcover
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From acclaimed actor and producer Wendell Pierce, an insightful and poignant portrait of family, New Orleans and the transforming power of art. On the morning of August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina barreled into New Orleans, devastating many of the city's neighborhoods, including... |
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