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Fisherman's Bible: The World's Most Comprehensive Angling Reference
Jay Cassell - Skyhorse Publishing Format: Paperback
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This is the must-have reference book for anglers and fishing fanatics of all ages. In the tradition of the bestselling Shooters Bible, Skyhorse Publishing presents the Fishermans Bible, the most complete reference guide for new fishing equipment and their specifications. Now, anglers will... |
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Fire and Ice: Soot, Solidarity, and Survival on the Roof of the World
Jonathan Mingle - St. Martin's Press; 1St Edition edition Format: Hardcover
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High in the Himalayan valley of Zanskar in northwest India sits a village as isolated as the legendary Shangri-La. Long fed by runoff from glaciers and lofty snowfields, Kumik-a settlement of thirty nine mud brick homes-has survived and thrived in one of the worlds most challenging settings... |
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The Elements: The New Guide to the Building Blocks of Our Universe
Jack Challoner - Andre Deutsch Format: Hardcover
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As Carl Sagan memorably put it, "We're made of star stuff." The Elements: The New Guide to the Building Blocks of Our Universe takes you on a gorgeously illustrated tour of the Periodic Table. Filled with fascinating information about the elements, their main compounds, and their... |
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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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Deep: Freediving, Renegade Science, and What the Ocean Tells Us about Ourselves
James Nestor - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Format: Hardcover
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An Amazon Best Book of 2014 While on assignment in Greece, journalist James Nestor witnessed something that confounded him: a man diving 300 feet below the ocean's surface on a single breath of air and returning four minutes later, unharmed and smiling. This man was a freediver, and his amphibious... |
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Human Body Identification Manual: Your body and how it works
Ken Ashwell - Chartwell Books Format: Print book
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The Human Body Identification Manual reveals the beauty and intricacy of the human body. This comprehensive visual guide explores the structure and function of all the parts that make up a human being: the bones, muscles, and skin, as well as the circulatory, respiratory, digestive, and nervous... |
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The Rabbit-Raising Problem Solver: Your Questions Answered about Housing, Feeding, Behavior, Health Care, Breeding, and Kindling
Karen Patry - Storey Publishing, LLC; 1 edition Format: Paperback
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Whether you're raising your rabbits as pets or for meat, you need solid, accurate, easy-to-access information to keep your animals healthy and happy. This Q&A resource from expert Karen Patry has the answers to all your questions about everything from housing and feeding to breeding,... |
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Quantum Mechanics: The Theoretical Minimum
Leonard Susskind - Basic Books Format: Hardcover
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First he taught you classical mechanics. Now, physicist Leonard Susskind has teamed up with data engineer Art Friedman to present the theory and associated mathematics of the strange world of quantum mechanics.In this follow-up to the New York Times best-selling The Theoretical Minimum,... |
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Radioactive: Marie & Pierre Curie: A Tale of Love and Fallout
Lauren Redniss - Dey Street Books Format: Print book
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A National Book Award finalist, the mesmerizing, landmark illustrated biography Radioactive is finally available in a stunning paperback edition. Through words and her own gorgeously crafted illustrations, artist and journalist Lauren Redniss tells the story of Marie Curie, ne Marya Sklodowska,... |
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Women After All: Sex, Evolution, and the End of Male Supremacy
Melvin Konner - W. W. Norton & Company; 1 edition Format: Hardcover
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A lively, richly informed argument for the natural superiority of women from the acclaimed author of The Tangled Wing.There is a human genetic fluke that is surprisingly common, due to a change in a key pair of chromosomes. In the normal condition the two look the same, but in this disorder... |
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Our Mathematical Universe: My Quest for the Ultimate Nature of Reality
Max Tegmark - Alfred A. Knopf, 2014. Format: Paperback
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Max Tegmark leads us on an astonishing journey through past, present and future, and through the physics, astronomy and mathematics that are the foundation of his work, most particularly his hypothesis that our physical reality is a mathematical structure and his theory of the ultimate... |
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The Handy Biology Answer Book
Thomas E. Svarney - Visible Ink Press; Second Edition edition Format: Paperback
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Gene Therapy. DNA Profiling. Cloning. Stem Cells. Super Bugs. Botany. Zoology. Sex.The study of life and living organisms is ancient, broad, and ongoing. The thoroughly revised and completely updated second edition of The Handy Biology Answer Book examines, explains, and traces mankind's... |
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Dinosaurs Without Bones: Dinosaur Lives Revealed by their Trace Fossils
Anthony J. Martin - Pegasus Books Format: Hardcover
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CSI meets Jurassic Park in a fascinating, revelatory look at dinosaurs and their world through the million-year-old clues they left behind What if we woke up one morning all of the dinosaur bones in the world were gone? How would we know these iconic animals had a165-million year history... |
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The Seed Garden: The Art and Practice of Seed Saving
Jared Zystro - Seed Savers Exchange Format: Print book
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Filled with advice for the home gardener and the more seasoned horticulturist alike, The Seed Garden: The Art and Practice of Seed Saving provides straightforward instruction on collecting seed that is true-to-type and ready for sowing in next year's garden. In this comprehensive book,... |
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A Brief History of Creation: Science and the Search for the Origin of Life
Bill Mesler - W. W. Norton & Company Format: Print book
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The epic story of the scientists through the ages who have sought answers to life's biggest mystery: How did it begin?How did life begin?It is perhaps the most important question science has ever asked. Over the centuries, the search for an answer has been entwined with some of science's... |
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Citizen Canine: Our Evolving Relationship with Cats and Dogs
David Grimm - Perseus Books Group Format: Hardcover
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Dogs are getting lawyers. Cats are getting kidney transplants. Could they one day be fellow citizens?Cats and dogs were once wild animals. Today, they are family members and surrogate children. A little over a century ago, pets didn't warrant the meager legal status of property. Now, they... |
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Defending Beef: The Case for Sustainable Meat Production
Nicolette Hahn Niman - Chelsea Green Publishing Format: Book
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For decades it has been nearly universal dogma among environmentalists and health advocates that cattle and beef are public enemy number one. But is the matter really so clear cut? Hardly, argues environmental lawyer turned rancher Nicolette Hahn Niman in her new book, Defending Beef.... |
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An Einstein Encyclopedia
Alice Calaprice - Princeton University Press Format: Hardcover
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This is the single most complete guide to Albert Einstein's life and work for students, researchers, and browsers alike. Written by three leading Einstein scholars who draw on their combined wealth of expertise gained during their work on the Collected Papers of Albert Einstein, this... |
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The Mercy of the Sky: The Story of a Tornado
Hollace S Bailey - Penguin Books Format: Hardcover
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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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Waking the Spirit: A Musician's Journey Healing Body, Mind, and Soul
Andrew Schulman - Picador Format: Print book
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For millennia, music has been known to have a powerful role in the healing process. This moving and inspiring book tells the tale of a man pulled from the brink of death by music who, in turn, uses music as medicine to help heal others. Andrew Schulman, a fifty-seven-year-old professional... |
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Beyond: Our Future in Space
Chris Impey - W. W. Norton & Company Format: Hardcover
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Beyond dares to imagine a fantastic future for humans in space -- and then reminds us that we're already there.Human exploration has been an unceasing engine of technological progress, from the first homo sapiens to leave our African cradle to a future in which mankind promises to settle... |
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Seed Libraries: And Other Means of Keeping Seeds in the Hands of the People
Cindy Conner - New Society Format: Paperback
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Seed Libraries is a practical guide to saving seeds through community programs, including: step-by-step instructions for setting up a seed library, a wealth of ideas to help attract patrons and keep the momentum going, and examples of existing libraries and other types of seed... |
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Storm in a Teacup: The Physics of Everyday Life
Helen Czerski - W W Norton Format: Print book
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A physicist explains daily phenomena from the mundane to the magisterial.Take a look up at the stars on a clear night and you get a sense that the universe is vast and untouchable, full of mysteries beyond comprehension. But did you know that the key to unveiling the secrets of the cosmos... |
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Grow a Sustainable Diet: Planning and Growing to Feed Ourselves and the Earth
Cindy Conner - New Society Publishers Format: Paperback
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Everyone loves to prepare a meal with ingredients fresh from their own garden. But for most of us, no matter how plentiful our harvest, homegrown produce comprises only a fraction of what we eat. And while many gardening guides will tell you everything you ever wanted to know about individual... |
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Nature Activities for Families
American Forest Foundation. - American Forest Foundation
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These fun and easy-to-do activities are perfect for parents - and grandparents - to help introduce children to nature in your own yard and local parks. Use PLT's Nature Activities for Families to take children outdoors in ways that are safe, fun, and full of learning! What's included:... |
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The Curious Nature Guide: Explore the Natural Wonders All Around You
Clare Walker Leslie - Storey Publishing Format: Print book
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With dozens of simple prompts and exercises, best-selling author, naturalist, and artist Clare Walker Leslie invites you to step outside for just a few minutes a day, reignite your sense of wonder about the natural world, and discover the peace and grounding that come from connecting with... |
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And Soon I Heard a Roaring Wind: A Natural History of Moving Air
Bill Streever - Little Brown and Company Format: Print book
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A thrilling exploration of the science and history of wind from the bestselling author of Cold.Scientist and bestselling nature writer Bill Streever goes to any extreme to explore wind--the winds that built empires, the storms that wreck them--by traveling right through it. Narrating... |
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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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Smokejumper: A Memoir by One of America's Most Select Airborne Firefighters
Jason A. Ramos - William Morrow & Company Format: Hardcover
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A rare inside look at the thrilling world of smokejumpers, the airborne firefighters who parachute into the most remote and rugged areas of the United States, confronting the growing threat of nature's blazes.Forest and wildland fires are growing larger, more numerous, and deadlier... |
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The Naked Future: What Happens in a World That Anticipates Your Every Move?
Patrick Tucker - Current Format: Print book
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An in-depth look at the future of the future. An app on your phone knows you're getting married before you do. Your friends' tweets can help data scientists predict your location with astounding accuracy, even if you don't use Twitter. Soon, we'll be able to know how many kids... |
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Idiot Brain: What Your Head Is Really Up To
Dean Burnett - W.W. Norton & Company Format: Print book
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A delightful tour of our mysterious, mischievous gray matter from neuroscientist and massively popular Guardian blogger Dean Burnett.The brain may be the seat of consciousness and the engine of all human experience, but it's also messy, fallible, and disorganized. For example, did you know... |
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Midwest Foraging: 115 Wild and Flavorful Edibles from Burdock to Wild Peach
Lisa M. Rose - Timber Press Format: Print book
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From fields to woodlands, riverbeds, and lakesides - and even in our own neighborhoods - the beautiful Midwest is rich in delicious wild edibles. Herbalist, forager, and urban farmer Lisa M. Rose helps you find peppery watercress and delectable nettles at a nearby lake in the spring and nutritious... |
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How We Learn: The Surprising Truth About When, Where, and Why It Happens
Benedict Carey - Random House Trade Paperbacks Format: Paperback
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In the tradition of The Power of Habit and Thinking, Fast and Slow comes a practical, playful, and endlessly fascinating guide to what we really know about learning and memory today - and how we can apply it to our own lives. From an early age, it is drilled into our heads: Restlessness,... |
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Two Hours: The Quest to Run the Impossible Marathon
Ed Caesar - Simon & Schuster Format: Hardcover
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The first major work about marathon running - including the current heated battle among the world's elite runners to reach the two-hour barrier - and how psychology, technology, economics, and the latest science affect the potential of human performance.Two hours, to cover 26 miles and 385 yards.... |
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The Perpetual Now: A Story of Amnesia, Memory, and Love
Michael Lemonick - Doubleday Format: Hardcover
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In the aftermath of a shattering illness, Lonni Sue Johnson lives in a "perpetual now," where she has almost no memories of the past and a nearly complete inability to form new ones. The Perpetual Now is the moving story of this exceptional woman, and the groundbreaking... |
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Consciousness and the Brain: Deciphering How the Brain Codes Our Thoughts
Stanislas Dehaene - Viking Adult Format: Print book
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A breathtaking look at the new science that can track consciousness deep in the brainHow does our brain generate a conscious thought? And why does so much of our knowledge remain unconscious? Thanks to clever psychological and brain-imaging experiments, scientists are closer to cracking... |
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The Cure for Catastrophe: How We Can Stop Manufacturing Natural Disasters
Robert Muir-Wood - Basic Books Format: Print book
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Year after year, floods wreck people's homes and livelihoods, earthquakes tear communities apart, and tornadoes uproot whole towns. Natural disasters cause destruction and despair. But does it have to be this way?In The Cure for Catastrophe, global risk expert Robert Muir-Wood argues... |
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Tales from Both Sides of the Brain: A Life in Neuroscience
Michael S. Gazzaniga - Ecco; 1St Edition edition Format: Hardcover
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Michael S. Gazzaniga, one of the most important neuroscientists of the twentieth century, gives us an exciting behind-the-scenes look at his seminal work on that unlikely couple, the right and left brain. Foreword by Steven Pinker.In the mid-twentieth century, Michael S. Gazzaniga, "the... |
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The Weather Experiment: The Pioneers Who Sought to See the Future
Peter Moore - Farrar, Straus and Giroux Format: Hardcover
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In 1865 Admiral Robert FitzRoy locked himself in his dressing room and cut his throat. His grand meteorological project had failed. Yet only a decade later, FitzRoy's storm warning system and "forecasts" would return, the model for what we use today.In an age when a storm... |
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From Dust to Life: The Origin and Evolution of Our Solar System
John Chambers - Princeton University Press Format: Hardcover
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The remarkable story of how our solar system came to be. The birth and evolution of our solar system is a tantalizing mystery that may one day provide answers to the question of human origins. From Dust to Life tells the remarkable story of how the celestial objects that make up the solar... |
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Boom! 50 Fantastic Science Experiments
Chris Smith - IMM Lifestyle Books Format: Print book
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This amazing book from the famous Naked Scientists offers a fun way to introduce science to kids, with 50 simple experiments that produce spectacular results. Want to know how to create fireworks from a bag of chips? Turn rice into quicksand? Generate a cloud in a soda bottle? How about... |
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The Meaning of Human Existence
Edward O. Wilson - Liveright; 1 edition Format: Hardcover
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National Book Award Finalist. How did humanity originate and why does a species like ours exist on this planet? Do we have a special place, even a destiny in the universe? Where are we going, and perhaps, the most difficult question of all, Why? In The Meaning of Human Existence, his most... |
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The Boom: How Fracking Ignited the American Energy Revolution and Changed the World
Russell Gold - Simon & Schuster; First Edition edition Format: Hardcover
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"Fracking has vociferous critics and fervent defenders, but the debate between these camps has obscured the actual story: Fracking has become a fixture of the American landscape and the global economy. It has upended the business models of energy companies around the globe, and it has started... |
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Mars Rover Curiosity: An Inside Account from Curiositys Chief Engineer
Rob Manning - Smithsonian Books Format: Hardcover
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The firsthand account of the trials and tribulations of engineering one of the most complex pieces of space technology, the Mars Rover Curiosity, by its chief engineer Rob ManningIn the course of our enduring quest for knowledge about ourselves and our universe, we havent found answers... |
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The Periodic Table: A Visual Guide to the Elements
Paul Parsons - Quercus Format: Paperback
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As one of the most recognizable images in science, the periodic table is ingrained in our culture. First drawn up in 1869 by Dmitri Mendeleev, its 118 elements make up not only everything on our planet but also everything in the entire universe.The Periodic Table looks at the fascinating... |
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Butterfly Gardening with Native Plants: How to Attract and Identify Butterflies
Christopher Kline - Skyhorse Publishing Format: Print book
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Butterfly expert Christopher Kline provides an easy-to-read introduction to the topic in Butterfly Gardening with Native Plants, a how-to guide covering butterfly gardening basics, garden designs, common butterflies in the garden, native nectar, guide to host plants, and sources for native... |
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Middle School Math for Parents: 10 Steps to Help Your Child Master Math
Scott Meltzer - Learningexpress, Llc Format: Book
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Why doesn't my child understand math? How can I help my child with this if I don't even understand it? Why doesn't the textbook look like it used to? Questions like these vex even the most educated parents. This book is for any parent who has ever felt baffled, frustrated,... |
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Mushrooms of the Midwest
Michael Kuo - University of Illinois Press Format: Paperback
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Fusing general interest in mushrooming with serious scholarship, Mushrooms of the Midwest describes and illustrates over five hundred of the region's mushroom species. From the cold conifer bogs of northern Michigan to the steamy oak forests of Missouri, the book offers a broad cross-section... |
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The Thinking Person's Guide to Climate Change
Robert Henson - Amer Meteorological Socie Format: Paperback
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Everybody can be a thinking person when it comes to climate change, and this book is a perfect roadmap. Start a web search for "climate change" and the first three suggestions are "facts," "news," and "hoax." The Thinking Person's Guide to Climate... |
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Penguins: The Ultimate Guide
Julie Cornthwaite - Princeton University Press Format: Hardcover
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Penguins are perhaps the most beloved birds. On land, their behavior appears so humorous and expressive that we can be excused for attributing to them moods and foibles similar to our own. Few realize how complex and mysterious their private lives truly are, as most of their existence takes... |
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Mind Change: How Digital Technologies Are Leaving Their Mark on Our Brains
Susan Greenfield - Random House Format: Hardcover
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We live in a world unimaginable only decades ago: a domain of backlit screens, instant information, and vibrant experiences that can outcompete dreary reality. Our brave new technologies offer incredible opportunities for work and play. But at what price? Now renowned neuroscientist Susan... |
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How to Diagnose and Fix Everything Electronic, Second Edition
Michael Geier - McGraw-Hill Education Tab Format: Paperback
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A Fully Revised Guide to Electronics Troubleshooting and Repair Repair all kinds of electrical products, from modern digital gadgets to analog antiques, with help from this updated book. How to Diagnose and Fix Everything Electronic, Second Edition, offers expert insights, case studies,... |
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The Glory of the Tree: An Illustrated History
Noel Kingsbury - Firefly Books; ILL edition Format: Hardcover
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The great trees of the world in glorious color. The Glory of the Tree describes 90 species of tree that collectively span the millennia of evolution and cross the globe. Organized into six categories -- Antiquity, Ecology, Sacred, Utility, Food and Ornament -- the trees are presented... |
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Atoms Under the Floorboards: The Surprising Science Hidden in Your Home
Chris Woodford - Bloomsbury Sigma, 2015. ©2015 Format: Print book
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Using the modern home as a springboard, Atoms Under the Floorboards presents the fascinating and surprising scientific explanations behind a variety of common (and often entertainingly mundane) household phenomena, from gurgling drains and squeaky floorboards to rubbery custard... |
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We Are Our Brains: A Neurobiography of the Brain, from the Womb to Alzheimer's
D. F. Swaab - Random House Inc Format: Hardcover
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A vivid account of what makes us human. Based groundbreaking new research, We Are Our Brains is a sweeping biography of the human brain, from infancy to adulthood to old age. Renowned neuroscientist D. F. Swaab takes us on a guided tour of the intricate inner workings that determine our potential,... |
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The Leading Indicators: A Short History of the Numbers That Rule Our World
Zachary Karabell - Simon & Schuster Format: Paperback
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The Leading Indicators was widely and well received as a much needed corrective to the outdated, outmoded economic figures we are accustomed. Every day, we are bombarded with numbers that tell us how we are doing, whether the economy is growing or shrinking, whether the future looks bright... |
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A Troublesome Inheritance: Genes, Race and Human History
Nicholas Wade - Penguin Press Format: Hardcover
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Drawing on startling new evidence from the mapping of the genome, an explosive new account of the genetic basis of race and its role in the human story Fewer ideas have been more toxic or harmful than the idea of the biological reality of race, and with it the idea that humans of different... |
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Arrival of the Fittest: Solving Evolution's Greatest Puzzle
Andreas Wagner - Current Format: Hardcover
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"Natural selection can preserve innovations, but it cannot create them. Nature's many innovations - some uncannily perfect - call for natural principles that accelerate life's ability to innovate."Darwin's theory of natural selection explains how useful adaptations... |
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The Grapes of Math: How Life Reflects Numbers and Numbers Reflect Life
Alex Bellos - Simon & Schuster Format: Hardcover
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From the bestselling author of Here’s Looking at Euclid, a dazzling new book that turns even the most complex math into a brilliantly entertaining narrative.From triangles, rotations and power laws, to cones, curves and the dreaded calculus, Alex takes you on a journey of mathematical... |
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Idiot's Guides: Geometry
Sonal Bhatt - ALPHA Format: Book
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Covering everything a student would encounter in a high school or college course, Idiots Guides Geometry explains concepts in the easiest possible manner. Content includes everything from the basics of geometry reasoning and proof triangles quadrilaterals area and volume similarity, perpendicular... |
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Monsters: The Hindenburg Disaster and the Birth of Pathological Technology
Edward Regis - Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group Format: Print book
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"Oh, the humanity!" Radio reporter Herbert Morrison's words on witnessing the destruction of the Hindenburg are etched in our collective memory. Yet, while the Hindenburg - like the Titanic - is a symbol of the technological hubris of a bygone era, we seem to have forgotten... |
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Secret Language of Animals: A Guide to Remarkable Behavior
Janine M Benyus - Black Dog & Leventhal Pub Format: Paperback
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Unlock the secrets behind the behavior of the world's most fascinating creatures from the Adlie penguin to the plains zebra to the giant pandain this wonderfully written, beautifully illustrated book.In The Secret Language of Animals, biologist Janine Benyus takes us inside the animal... |
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Faith Versus Fact: Why Science and Religion Are Incompatible
Jerry A. Coyne - Viking Format: Hardcover
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The New York Times bestselling author explains why any attempt to make religion compatible with science is doomed to fail In his provocative new book, evolutionary biologist Jerry A. Coyne lays out in clear, dispassionate detail why the toolkit of science, based on reason and empirical... |
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Hands-On Science and Math: Fun, Fascinating Activities for Young Children
Beth R. Davies - Gryphon House Format: Print book
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Encourage young investigators to feel, listen, smell, taste, and see their way to discovery by seamlessly infusing math and science throughout the school day! As you incorporate all five senses into learning experiences, you will give little innovators the opportunity to observe and explore... |
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The Sweet Spot: How to Find Your Groove at Home and Work
Christine Carter Phd - Ballantine Books Format: Print book
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Learn how to achieve more by doing less! Live in that zone you've glimpsed but can't seem to hold on to - the sweet spot where you have the greatest strength, but also the greatest ease. Not long ago, Christine Carter, a happiness expert at UC Berkeley's Greater Good Science... |
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A Deadly Wandering: A Tale of Tragedy and Redemption in the Age of Attention
Matt Richtel - William Morrow Format: Hardcover
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From Pulitzer Prizewinning journalist Matt Richtel, a brilliant, narrative-driven exploration of technologys vast influence on the human mind and society, dramatically-told through the lens of a tragic texting-while-driving car crash that claimed the lives of two rocket scientists in 2006.In... |
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Whatever Happened to the Metric System?: How America Kept Its Feet
John Bemelmans Marciano - Bloomsbury USA Format: Hardcover
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The American standard system of measurement is a unique and odd thing to behold with its esoteric, inconsistent standards twelve inches in a foot, three feet in a yard, sixteen ounces in a pound, one hundred pennies to the dollar. For something as elemental as counting and estimating the world... |
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Smarter: The New Science of Building Brain Power
Dan Hurley - Avery Format: Hardcover
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Can you make yourself, your kids, and your parents smarter?Expanding upon one of the most-read New York Times Magazine features of 2012, Smarter penetrates the hot new field of intelligence research to reveal what researchers call a revolution in human intellectual abilities.... |
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The Eureka Factor: Aha Moments, Creative Insight, and the Brain
John Kounios - Random House Format: Print book
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In a book perfect for readers of Charles Duhigg's The Power of Habit, David Eagleman's Incognito, and Leonard Mlodinow's Subliminal, the cognitive neuroscientists who discovered how the brain has aha moments - sudden creative insights - explain how they happen, when... |
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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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