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MCAT Biochemistry Review 2019-2020: Online Book

Alexander Stone Macnow - Kaplan Publishing
Format: Paperback

Kaplan's MCAT Biochemistry Review 2019-2020 offers an expert study plan, detailed subject review, and hundreds of online and in-book practice questions - all authored by the experts behind the MCAT prep course that has helped more people get into medical school than all other major...
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Seed Money: Monsanto's Past and Our Food Future

Bartow J. Elmore - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover

An authoritative and eye-opening history that examines how Monsanto came to have outsized influence over our food system.Monsanto, a St. Louis chemical firm that became the world's largest maker of genetically engineered seeds, merged with German pharma-biotech giant Bayer in 2018 -- but its Roundup...
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Criminology: A Very Short Introduction

Tim Newburn - Oxford University Press
Format: Paperback

Crime is big news. From murder to theft to drug gangs, crime and criminal justice affect the lives of millions of people worldwide. Hardly surprisingly, crime has been pushed high up the public policy agenda across the world. But how can we measure crime, or evaluate the effectiveness of preventative...
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Pipe Dreams: The Urgent Global Quest to Transform the Toilet

Chelsea Wald - Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

Most of us do not give much thought to the centerpiece of our bathrooms, but the toilet is an unexpected paradox. On the one hand, it is a modern miracle: a ubiquitous fixture in a vast sanitation system that has helped add decades to human lifespan by reducing disease. On the other hand,...
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On the Job: The Untold Story of America's Work Centers and the New Fight for Wages, Dignity, and Health

Celeste Monforton - The New Press
Format: Hardcover

For over 60 million people, work in America has been a story of declining wages, insecurity, and unsafe conditions, especially amid the coronavirus epidemic. This new and troubling reality has galvanized media and policymakers, but all the while a different and little-known story of rebirth...
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Second Chances: A Marine, His Dog, and Finding Redemption

Craig Grossi
Format: Hardcover

The author of the heartwarming Craig and Fred tells the deeply emotional and inspiring story of the next phase of their lives together: working closely with prison inmates in Maine who raise and train puppies to become service dogs.On their travels across America, former US Marine Craig...
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The School I Deserve: Six Young Refugees and Their Fight for Equality in America

Jo Napolitano - Beacon Press
Format: Hardcover

Journalist Jo Napolitano delves into the landmark ACLU case in which the School District of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, was sued for refusing to admit older, non-English speaking refugees and sending them to a high-discipline alternative school. In a legal battle that mirrors the Little Rock...
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New New Home, The: Getting the house of your dreams with your eyes wide open

Boyce Thompson Jr. - Taunton Press
Format: Print book

Today's new-home buyers face unprecedented opportunity and risk. Thanks to recent builder innovations and lower house payments, buyers have the opportunity of a lifetime to build the house of their dreams. Yet given recent history of unprecedented depreciation in home values, consumers...
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The Future of Humanity: Terraforming Mars, Interstellar Travel, Immortality, and Our Destiny Beyond Earth

MICHIO KAKU - Doubleday
Format: Hardcover

The #1 bestselling author of The Future of the Mind traverses the frontiers of astrophysics, artificial intelligence, and technology to offer a stunning vision of man's future in space, from settling Mars to traveling to distant galaxies.Formerly the domain of fiction, moving human...
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Soft Circuits: Crafting e-Fashion with DIY Electronics

Rafi Santo - The MIT Press; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

Soft Circuits introduces students to the world of wearable technology. Using Modkit, an accessible DIY electronics toolkit, students learn to create e-textile cuffs, "electrici-tee" shirts, and solar-powered backpacks. Students also...
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