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How Things Work: The Inner Life of Everyday Machines

THEODORE GRAY - Black Dog & Leventhal
Format: Hardcover

Million-copy bestselling author of The Elements, Molecules, and Reactions Theodore Gray applies his trademark mix of engaging stories, real-time experiments, and stunning photography to the inner workings of machines, big and small, revealing the extraordinary science, beauty, and rich...
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Clean

Gin Stephens - St. Martin's Griffin
Format: Paperback


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Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War

Mary Roach - W.W. Norton & Company
Format: Print book

A New York Times / National Bestseller "America's funniest science writer" (Washington Post) Mary Roach explores the science of keeping human beings intact, awake, sane, uninfected, and uninfested in the bizarre and extreme circumstances of war.Grunt tackles the science behind...
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GRE Prep Plus 2024: 6 Practice Tests Proven Strategies Online (Kaplan Test Prep)

Kaplan Test Prep - Kaplan Test Prep
Format: Hardcover

Kaplan's GRE Prep Plus 2024 guides you through the GRE step-by-step, with expert strategies, essential content review, and five online practice tests. Get an advantage on test day with our proven test-taking strategies, math skills review, and one-year access to online practice and lesson...
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Alone in the Wild

Kelley Armstrong - Minotaur Books
Format: Hardcover

In #1 New York Times bestseller Kelley Armstrong's latest thriller, the hidden town of Rockton is about to face a challenge none of them saw coming: a baby.Every season in Rockton seems to bring a new challenge. At least that's what Detective Casey Duncan has felt since she decided...
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The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future

Kevin Kelly - Viking
Format: Print book

A New York Times BestsellerFrom one of our leading technology thinkers and writers, a guide through the twelve technological imperatives that will shape the next thirty years and transform our livesMuch of what will happen in the next thirty years is inevitable, driven by technological...
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Fire on the Levee: The Murder of Henry Glover and the Search for Justice after Hurricane Katrina

Jared Fishman - Hanover Square Press
Format: Hardcover

The former federal prosecutor and founder of the Justice Innovation Lab tells the story of his battle to crack open a police shooting and cover-up in Hurricane Katrina-era New Orleans. In 2009, Jared Fishman was a young prosecutor working on low-level civil rights cases in the justice department...
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Making Hay: How to Cut, Dry, Rake, Gather, and Store a Nourishing Crop. A Storey BASICS® Title

Ann Larkin Hansen - Storey Publishing, LLC
Format: Paperback

Ann Larkin Hansen covers everything you need to know to successfully make your own hay from cutting drying and raking to baling and storingxAShe also tells you everything you need to know about equipment options including traditional horse power tractor power and implements ranging from...
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The Living Soil Handbook: The No-Till Grower's Guide to Ecological Market Gardening

Jesse Frost - Chelsea Green Publishing
Format: Paperback

Principles and farm-tested practices for no-till market gardening--for healthier, more productive soil! From the host of the popular The No-Till Market Garden Podcast -- heard around the world with over 850k downloads! Discovering how to meet the soil's needs is the key task for every...
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I Cant Breathe: A Killing on Bay Street

Matt Taibbi - Random House Audio
Format: Hardcover

A work of riveting literary journalism that explores the roots and repercussions of the infamous killing of Eric Garner by the New York City police - from the bestselling author of The DivideNAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POSTOn July 17, 2014, a forty-three-year-old...
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