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Poison: Sinister Species with Deadly Consequences
Dr. Mark Siddall - Sterling Signature
Format: Hardcover
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Beware: it's a poisonous world—and this is the ultimate guide to surviving nature at her most toxic! Journeying from the plains of the outback to the jungles of Madagascar, Dr. Mark Siddall, curator of Invertebrate Zoology at the American Museum of Natural History, delves into... |
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Aerodynamics of the Airplane
Clark Blanchard Millikan - Dover Publications
Format: Paperback
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Written on the eve of World War II, this pioneering introduction to the science of aerodynamics is the work of one of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory's founders. Clark B. Millikan's brief but intensive summary deals with the basic problems of aerodynamics, covering subjects essential... |
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The Lost Family: How DNA Testing Is Upending Who We Are
Libby Copeland - Abrams Press
Format: Hardcover
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A deeply reported look at the rise of home genetic testing and the seismic shock it has had on individual lives You swab your cheek or spit into a vial, then send it away to a lab somewhere. Weeks later you get a report that might tell you where your ancestors came from or if you carry... |
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Wild Sex: The Science Behind Mating in the Animal Kingdom
Carin Bondar Ph. D. - Pegasus Books
Format: Print book
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A brilliantly engaging guide to the reproductive habits of creatures great and small, based on the author's popular webseries "Wild Sex," which has received over 14 million views Birds do it, bees do it -- every member of the animal kingdom does it, from fruit flies to blue... |
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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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The Underworld: Journeys to the Depths of the Ocean
Susan Casey - Doubleday
Format: Hardcover
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From New York Times bestselling author Susan Casey, an awe-inspiring portrait of the mysterious world beneath the waves, and the men and women who seek to uncover its secrets. For all of human history, the deep ocean has been a source of wonder and terror, an unknown realm that evoked a singular,... |
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King Cobra Vs. Bald Eagle (Bizarre Beast Battles)
Natalie Humphrey - Gareth Stevens Pub
Format: December 30
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A king cobra is a highly venomous snake that would never come face to face with a bald eagle in the wild. But if they did, which species would come out on top? With vivid photographs of these animals in the wild paired with approachable, informative text, young readers will decide! This... |
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Fire and Flood: A People's History of Climate Change, from 1979 to the Present
Eugene Linden
Format: Hardcover
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From a writer and expert who has been at the center of the fight for more than thirty years, a brilliant, big-picture reckoning with our shocking failure to address climate change. Fire and Flood focuses on the malign power of key business interests, arguing that those same interests could... |
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