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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 Climate Book: The Facts and the Solutions
Greta Thunberg - Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover
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We still have time to change the world. From Greta Thunberg, the world's leading climate activist, comes the essential handbook for making it happen.You might think it's an impossible task: secure a safe future for life on Earth, at a scale and speed never seen, against all the odds.... |
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IRL: Finding Realness, Meaning, and Belonging in Our Digital Lives
Chris Stedman
Format: Hardcover
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It's easy and reflexive to view our online presence as fake, to see the internet as a space we enter when we aren't living our real, offline lives. Yet so much of who we are and what we do now happens online, making it hard to know which parts of our lives are real. IRL, Chris Stedman's... |
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To Infinity and Beyond: A Journey of Cosmic Discovery
Neil deGrasse Tyson - ?National Geographic
Format: Hardcover
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Linked to a special mini season of the award-winning StarTalk podcast, this enlightening illustrated narrative by the world's most celebrated astrophysicist explains the universe from the solar system to the farthest reaches of space with authority and humor.No one can make the mysteries... |
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Desert Life Connections (Life on Earth! Biodiversity Explained)
Raymond Bergin - Bearport Publishing
Format: January 1
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The desert may not seem like a good place to live, but many plants and animals make their homes in the dry land. In fact, life in the hot sands relies on one another to stay healthy. When some of that life is put at risk, others soon suffer. Uncover the truth about biodiversity, explore... |
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The Birds of Pandemonium
Michele Raffin - Algonquin Books
Format: Hardcover
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Aremarkablebook. Reading about the birds of Pandemonium will make you laugh and cry it will make you see more clearly the need to take care of our planet and it will confirm that one person with a passion can make a difference. Jeff Corwin, nature conservationist and host of Animal Planet... |
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Windfall: The Booming Business of Global Warming
Mckenzie Funk - Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover
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A fascinating investigation into how people around the globe are cashing in on a warming worldMcKenzie Funk has spent the last six years reporting around the world on how we are preparing for a warmer planet. Funk shows us that the best way to understand the catastrophe of global warming... |
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Aroused: The History of Hormones and How They Control Just About Everything
Randi Hutter Epstein - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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A guided tour through the strange science of hormones and the age-old quest to control them.Metabolism, behavior, sleep, mood swings, the immune system, fighting, fleeing, puberty, and sex: these are just a few of the things our bodies control with hormones. Armed with a healthy dose of wit and curiosity,... |
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