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The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
Bestselling author Nassim
Nicholas Taleb continues his
exploration of randomness in
his fascinating new book,
The Black Swan, in which he
examines the influence of
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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 China Study: The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted and the Startling Implications for Diet, Weight Loss and Long-term Health
Referred to as the "Grand
Prix of epidemiology" by The
New York Times, this study
examines more than 350
variables of health and
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How Doctors Think
On average, a physician will
interrupt a patient
describing her symptoms
within eighteen seconds. In
that short time, many
doctors decide on the likely
diagnosis and best
treatment. Often, decisions
... > full story
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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 -
Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi/400D Digital Field Guide
This full-color book is designed to tap the exploding market in serious digital photography with over 250 pages of new and beautiful photos, essential photography how-to information and no-fail ... > read more -
Computer Programming
Internet
Computers and Internet
Educational Policy
Consumer Behavior
Organic Chemistry
Agile Web Development with Rails, 2nd Edition
The definitive, Jolt-award winning guide to learning and using Rails is now in its Second Edition. Rails is a new approach to web-based application development that enables developers to create ... > read more -
Bird Songs
Drawing from the collection of the world-renowned Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Bird Songs presents the most notable North American birds including the rediscovered Ivory-billed ... > read more -
Send: The Essential Guide to Email for Office and Home
An April 2007 Significant 7 Editors' Pick: Funny, engaging, and oh-so-practical, Send is the ultimate etiquette handbook for email, making David Shipley and Will Schwalbe the "Miss Manners" resource ... > read more -
Excel 2003 for Dummies
Every time you turn around, you run into Excel. It’s on your PC at work. It’s on your PC at home. You get Excel files from your boss. Wouldn’t you like to understand this powerful ... > 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
Language Acquisition
Construction
Near-Earth Object Impacts
Encryption
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 -
Computer Programming
Computers and Internet
Language Acquisition
Child Development
Floods
Parkinson's Research
Essential ActionScript 3.0 (Essential)
ActionScript 3.0 is a huge upgrade to Flash's programming language. The enhancements to ActionScript's performance, feature set, ease of use, cleanliness, and sophistication are considerable. ... > read more -
Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual, Tiger Edition
It's little wonder that longtime Windows users are migrating in droves to the new Mac. They're fed up with the virus-prone Windows way of life, and they're lured by Apple's well-deserved reputation ... > read more
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