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Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law

Mary Roach - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover

One of Bookpage's Most Anticipated Nonfiction Books of 2021 Join "America's funniest science writer" (Peter Carlson, Washington Post) , Mary Roach, on an irresistible investigation into the unpredictable world where wildlife and humans meet.What's to be done about...
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Thing: Inside the Struggle for Animal Personhood

Sam Machado

Happy has lived at the Bronx Zoo for most of her 48 years, and for more than a decade has remained largely isolated and lonely. Like all elephants, Happy has a complex mind and a deep social, intellectual, and emotional life; she desires to make choices and has a sense of self-recognition....
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The Thin Edge

Peggy Townsend - Thomas & Mercer
Format: Paperback

A high-profile murder becomes a life-and-death story for this reporter.Disgraced crime reporter Aloa Snow is scrambling to get her life back on track by doing what she does best: investigating hard-to-solve cases. But the latest one is personal. The son of her friend Tick - aging anarchist,...
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Piglet: The Unexpected Story of a Deaf, Blind, Pink Puppy and His Family

Melissa Shapiro DVM - Atria Books
Format: Hardcover

and Oogy: The Dog Only a Family Could Love, a charming, inspirational memoir about empathy, resilience, kindness, and an adorable deaf blind pink dog.When Connecticut veterinarian Melissa Shapiro gets a call about a tiny deaf blind puppy rescued from a hoarding situation in need of fostering,...
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Every Minute Is a Day: A Doctor, an Emergency Room, and a City Under Siege

Robert Meyer MD - Crown
Format: Hardcover

When Dan Koeppel texted his cousin Robert Meyer, a twenty-year veteran of the emergency room at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, at the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis in the United States, he expected to hear that things were hectic. On a scale of 1 to 10, 10 being overwhelmed,...
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Soonish: Ten Emerging Technologies Thatll Improve and/or Ruin Everything

Kelly Weinersmith - Penguin Books
Format: Hardcover

The instant New York Times bestseller!A Wall Street Journal Best Science Book of the Year!A Popular Science Best Science Book of the Year! From a top scientist and the creator of the hugely popular web comic Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, a hilariously illustrated investigation into...
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The Defender

James Patterson - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover


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CLEP Official Study Guide 2020

The College Board - College Board
Format: Paperback

An official study guide from the test makers includes descriptions of all subjects, tips and strategies for taking the test and practice questions for each of the 33 different exams, from History and Social Sciences to Business and World Languages. Original.
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Where Do I Begin?: Stories from a Life Lived Out Loud

Elvis Duran - Atria Books
Format: Hardcover

Elvis Duran, host of one of the nation's top morning shows and the voice millions of Americans wake up to, shares his wildest stories and hardest-learned lessons all with his trademark heart, honesty, and plenty of humor. Elvis Duran's nationally syndicated radio program, Elvis Duran...
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Blood Money: The Story of Life, Death, and Profit Inside America's Blood Industry

Kathleen McLaughlin - Simon & Schuster Audio
Format: Hardcover

Bad Blood meets Dreamland in this kaleidoscopic investigation into the shadowy and vampiric blood business and the dangerous limits of demand for the crucial resource that runs through our very veins.Every year, about twenty million Americans sell blood plasma for cash in a barely regulated...
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