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Sapiens: A Graphic History, Volume 3: The Masters of History (Sapiens, 3)

Yuval Noah Harari · Harper Perennial
Format: Paperback

This third volume of the illustrated adaptation of the internationally bestselling phenomenon, Sapiens: A Graphic History - The Masters of History, tackles the question of the driving force of humanity's fate: is it empire, money, religion - or something else entirely - that unites...
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Life on Svalbard: Finding Home on a Remote Island Near the North Pole

Cecilia Blomdahl · DK
Format: Hardcover

Join Cecilia Blomdahl in Longyearbyen, Svalbard, the world's northernmost town.. Located in the Arctic Ocean near the North Pole, Svalbard is a unique archipelago that boasts stunning wintry landscapes, endangered Arctic animals, and awe-inspiring natural phenomena. Since 2015, Cecilia...
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The Elements of Marie Curie: How the Glow of Radium Lit a Path for Women in Science

Dava Sobel · Atlantic Monthly Press
Format: Hardcover

The acclaimed Pulitzer Prize finalist and #1 New York Times bestselling author of Galileo's Daughter crafts a luminous chronicle of the life and work of the most famous woman in the history of science, and the untold story of the many young women trained in her laboratory who were launched...
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The Long History of the Future: Why tomorrow's technology still isn't here

Nicole Kobie · Bloomsbury Sigma
Format: Hardcover

We love to imagine the future. But why are groundbreaking future technologies always just around the corner, and never a reality?For decades we've delighted in dreaming about a sci-fi utopia, from flying cars and bionic humans to hyperloops and smart cities. And why not? Building a better...
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A History of Dinosaurs in 50 Fossils

Paul M. Barrett · Smithsonian Books
Format: Hardcover

A beautifully illustrated and definitive crash course on dinosaur fossils, from the Allosaurus that use their teeth and jaws to dismember prey to the Sinosauropteryx specimen that confirmed the existence of feathered dinosaurs. For natural history buffs and Jurassic Park fans. Dinosaurs...
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Field Notes from a Fungi Forager: An Illustrated Journey Through the World of Pacific Northwest Mushrooms

Ashley Rodriguez · Sasquatch Books
Format: Hardcover

This gorgeously illustrated compendium is a love letter to mushrooms - and to the Pacific Northwest.. From evergreen forests shrouded in mist to the urban backyards of Seattle, mushrooms are everywhere in the Pacific Northwest if you know how to look.. Here, forager-chef and forest therapy...
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Merlin's Tour of the Universe, Revised and Updated for the Twenty-First Century: A Traveler's Guide to Blue Moons and Black Holes, Mars, Stars, and Everything Far

Neil deGrasse Tyson · Blackstone Publishing, Inc.
Format: Hardcover

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Astrophysics for People in a Hurry takes readers on an entertaining and edifying tour of the universe.In Neil deGrasse Tyson's delightful journey through the cosmos, his fictional character Merlin responds to popular questions asked by adults...
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The Forbidden Garden: The Botanists of Besieged Leningrad and Their Impossible Choice

Simon Parkin · Scribner
Format: Hardcover

From the award-winning author of The Island of Extraordinary Captives, the riveting, untold true story of the botanists at the world's first seed bank who faced an impossible choice during the Siege of Leningrad: eat the collection to prevent starvation, or protect their life's...
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Alien Earths: The New Science of Planet Hunting in the Cosmos

Dr. Lisa Kaltenegger · St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

Riveting and timely, a look at the research that is transforming our understanding of the cosmos in the quest to discover whether we are alone.. For thousands of years, humans have wondered whether we're alone in the cosmos. Now, for the first time, we have the technology to investigate....
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The Bedside Book of Birds: An Avian Miscellany

Graeme Gibson · Doubleday Canada
Format: Hardcover

Book, spine, binding and pages are tight and clean.
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