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Our Moon: How Earth's Celestial Companion Transformed the Planet, Guided Evolution, and Made Us Who We Are

Rebecca Boyle · ?Random House
Format: Hardcover

An intimate look at the Moon and its relationship to life on Earth--from the primordial soup to the Artemis launches--from an acclaimed Scientific American and Atlantic contributorFar from being a lifeless ornament in the sky, the Moon holds the key to some of science's central questions,...
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A City on Mars: Can we settle space, should we settle space, and have we really thought this through?

Kelly Weinersmith · Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover

From the bestselling authors of Soonish, a brilliant and hilarious off-world investigation into space settlement. Earth is not well. The promise of starting life anew somewhere far, far away - no climate change, no war, no Twitter - beckons, and settling the stars finally seems within our grasp....
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The Language of Trees: A Rewilding of Literature and Landscape

Katie Holten · Tin House Books
Format: Hardcover

A LitHub Most Anticipated Book of 2023"A masterpiece. Katie Holten's tree alphabet is a gift to the printed world." -- Max Porter, author of Grief is a Thing with FeathersInspired by forests, trees, leaves, roots, and seeds, The Language of Trees: A Rewilding of Literature...
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How Infrastructure Works: Inside the Systems That Shape Our World

Deb Chachra · ?Riverhead Books
Format: Hardcover

A new way of seeing the essential systems hidden inside our walls, under our streets, and all around us Infrastructure is a marvel, meeting our basic needs and enabling lives of astounding ease and productivity that would have been unimaginable just a century ago. It is the physical manifestation...
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National Geographic The Photo Ark: One Mans Quest to Document the Worlds Animals

Joel Sartore · ?National Geographic; Illustrated edition
Format: Hardcover

The lush and unique photography in this book represents National Geographics Photo Ark, a major initiative and lifelong project by photographer Joel Sartore to make portraits of the worlds animals - especially those that are endangered. His powerful message, conveyed with humor, compassion,...
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Chasing Shadows: My Life Tracking the Great White Shark

Greg Skomal · ?William Morrow
Format: Hardcover

As shark attacks continue to rise along the coast of New England, Dr. Greg Skomal, the leading great white shark expert in the country, takes readers on a gripping exploration of these apex predators and the fascinating story behind their resurgence.August 2012 marked the first shark attack...
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Lapidarium: The Secret Lives of Stones

Hettie Judah · Penguin Books
Format: Hardcover

Inspired by the lapidaries of the ancient world,this book is a beautifully designed collection of true stories about sixty different stones that have influenced our shared historyThe earliest scientists ground and processed minerals in a centuries-long quest for a mythic stone that would...
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The Fragile Earth: Writing from The New Yorker on Climate Change

David Remnick · Ecco
Format: Hardcover

A collection of the New Yorker's groundbreaking reporting from the front lines of climate change - including writing from Bill McKibben, Elizabeth Kolbert, Ian Frazier, Kathryn Schulz, and moreJust one year after climatologist James Hansen first came before a Senate committee and testified...
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