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What If? 10th Anniversary Edition: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions

Randall Munroe - Dey Street Books
Format: Hardcover

A special 10th anniversary edition of the million-copy bestseller What If? from the creator of the wildly popular webcomic xkcd - revised and annotated with brand-new illustrations and answers to important questions you never thought to ask.Fans of xkcd ask Munroe a lot of strange questions:...
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Vanishing Treasures: A Bestiary of Extraordinary Endangered Creatures

Katherine Rundell - Random House Audio
Format: Hardcover

From the award-winning author Katherine Rundell comes a "rare and magical book" (Bill Bryson) reckoning with the vanishing wonders of our natural world The world is more astonishing, more miraculous, and more wonderful than our wildest imaginings. In this brilliant and passionately...
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Power Metal: The Race for the Resources That Will Shape the Future

Vince Beiser - Penguin Audio
Format: Audiobook

The powerful ways the metals we need to fuel technology and energy are spawning environmental havoc, political upheaval, and rising violence - and how we can do better.An Australian millionaire's plan to mine the ocean floor. Nigerian garbage pickers risking their lives to salvage e-waste....
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The Miraculous from the Material: Understanding the Wonders of Nature

Alan Lightman - Pantheon
Format: Hardcover

A gorgeously illustrated exploration of the science behind the universe's most stunning natural phenomena - from atoms and parameciums to rainbows, snowflakes, spider webs, the rings of Saturn, galaxies, and more. Nature is capable of extraordinary phenomena. Standing in awe of those...
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Simply Science (DK Simply)

DK - DK
Format: Hardcover

Understanding science has never been easier.. Combining bold graphics with easy-to-understand text, Simply Science is the perfect introduction for those who are short on time but hungry for knowledge.. The book covers not only the core sciences -- physics, biology, and chemistry -- but also...
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Machines A Visual History: 100 Machines and the Remarkable Stories Behind Each Invention

Dominic Chinea - DK
Format: Hardcover

The Repair Shop's Dominic Chinea takes you on an exploration of 100 essential machines found in the workshops and studios of the world's finest artisans and heritage craftspeople. . Filled with stunning illustrations and lively, engaging text, The Repair Shop's Dom Chinea guides...
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Okay, Now What?: How to Be Resilient When Life Gets Tough

Kate Gladdin

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The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World

Robin Wall Kimmerer - Scribner
Format: Hardcover

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Braiding Sweetgrass, a bold and inspiring vision for how to orient our lives around gratitude, reciprocity, and community, based on the lessons of the natural world.. As Indigenous scientist and author of Braiding Sweetgrass Robin Wall Kimmerer...
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