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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 Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
A New York Times bestseller
that has changed the way
readers view the ecology of
eating, this revolutionary
book by award winner Michael
Pollan asks the seemingly
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Math Doesn't Suck: How to Survive Middle-School Math Without Losing Your Mind or Breaking a Nail
From a well-known actress
and math genius—a
groundbreaking guide to
mathematics for middle
school girls, their parents,
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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 World Is Flat, as in his earlier, influential Lexus and the Olive Tree, is ... > read more -
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 -
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 -
"Live from Cape Canaveral": Covering the Space Race, from Sputnik to Today
Some fifty years ago, while a cub reporter, Jay Barbree caught space fever the night that Sputnik passed over Georgia. He moved to the then-sleepy village of Cocoa Beach, Florida, right outside Cape ... > read more -
The Loved Dog: The Playful, Nonaggressive Way to Teach Your Dog Good Behavior
Every dog owner must make a choice: Do you want a fearful and submissive pet, or do you want a happy, joyful, and well-mannered member of the family?Tamar Geller's mission in life is to teach her ... > 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 -
Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain
The act of reading is a miracle. Every new reader's brain possesses the extraordinary capacity to rearrange itself beyond its original abilities in order to understand written symbols. But how does ... > 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 -
Blessed Unrest: How the Largest Movement in the World Came into Being and Why No One Saw It Coming
One of the world's most influential environmentalists reveals a worldwide grassroots movement of hope and humanity Blessed Unrest tells the story of a worldwide movement that is largely unseen by ... > read more -
Dark Mission: The Secret History of Nasa
For most Americans, the word NASA suggests a squeaky-clean image of technological infallibility. Yet the truth is that NASA was born in a lie, and has concealed the truths about its occult origins. ... > read more
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