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The World Without Us
A penetrating, page-turning
tour of a post-human Earth
In The World Without Us,
Alan Weisman offers an
utterly original approach to
questions of
humanity’s impact on
the planet: he asks us to
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The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century
The Pulitzer Prize-winning
New York Times columnist and
best-selling author of The
Lexus and the Olive Tree
gives a bold, timely, and
surprising picture of the
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YOU: The Owner's Manual: An Insider's Guide to the Body that Will Make You Healthier and Younger
If there ever was a pair of
docs who can make the small
intestine seem truly
intriguing, here they are.
Dr. Mehmet Oz is an
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The World Is Flat [Updated and Expanded]: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century
Updated Edition: Thomas L.
Friedman is not so much a
futurist, which he is
sometimes called, as a
presentist. His aim in The
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A Short History of Nearly Everything
From primordial nothingness to this very moment, A Short History of Nearly Everything reports what happened and how humans figured it out. To accomplish this daunting literary task, Bill Bryson ... > read more -
Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything
In just the last few years, traditional collaboration—in a meeting room, a conference call, even a convention center—has been superseded by collaborations on an astronomical scale. ... > read more -
The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl
The dust storms that terrorized the High Plains in the darkest years of the Depression were like nothing ever seen before or since. Timothy Egan's critically acclaimed account rescues this iconic ... > read more -
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21 Pounds in 21 Days: The Martha's Vineyard Diet Detox
Detox diets are making news as the quickest, easiest way to shed pounds, boost your energy, and get yourself on a wellness track. Popular in the 1970s, cleansing fasts are again all the rage among ... > read more -
The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World
Working in his garden one day, Michael Pollan hit pay dirt in the form of an idea: do plants, he wondered, use humans as much as we use them? While the question is not entirely original, the way ... > read more -
The Deep: The Extraordinary Creatures of the Abyss
On dry land, most organisms are confined to the surface, or at most to altitudes of a hundred meters—the height of the tallest trees. In the oceans, though, living space has both vertical and ... > read more -
Computer Programming
Computers and Internet
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Head First Java, 2nd Edition
It has taken four years, but with Head First Java the introductory Java book category has finally come of age. This is an excellent book, far more capable than any of the scores of Java-for-novices ... > read more -
Beautiful Code: Leading Programmers Explain How They Think (Theory in Practice (O'Reilly))
How do the experts solve difficult problems in software development? In this unique and insightful book, leading computer scientists offer case studies that reveal how they found unusual, carefully ... > read more -
Programming Collective Intelligence: Building Smart Web 2.0 Applications
Want to tap the power behind search rankings, product recommendations, social bookmarking, and online matchmaking? This fascinating book demonstrates how you can build Web 2.0 applications to mine ... > read more -
The Clean Tech Revolution: The Next Big Growth and Investment Opportunity
When industry giants such as GE, Toyota, and Sharp and investment firms such as Goldman Sachs are making multibillion-dollar investments in clean technology, the message is clear. Developing clean ... > read more
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