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Instant Egghead Guide
Physics

St. Martin's Griffin
Scientific American's daily Sixty-Second Science podcast was such an unexpected success, with millions of downloads, that a spin-off site was created around...
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Things That Go Boom or Fly, Float, and Zoom!
18 DIY Projects to Make

St. Martin's Griffin
If you like making things, the 18 machines featured in this book cover a wide range of interests and skill levels, and every one does something when it's...
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Cure Unknown
Inside the Lyme Epidemic

St. Martin's Griffin
When Pamela Weintraub, a science journalist, learned that her oldest son tested positive for Lyme disease, she thought she had found an answer to the symptoms...
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The Wolf in the Parlor
The Eternal Connection between Humans and Dogs

Henry Holt and Co.
A man and puppy exhumed from a 12,000-year-old grave sends a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning science writer on a journey to the dogs Of all the things hidden...
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Uranium Wars
The Scientific Rivalry that Created the Nuclear Age
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Palgrave Macmillan
Uranium, a nondescript element when found in nature, in the past century has become more sought after than gold. Its nucleus is so heavy that it is highly...
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A Life Worth Living
A Doctor’s Reflections on Illness in a High-Tech Era

Farrar, Straus and Giroux Paperbacks
Critical illness is a fact of life. Even those of us who enjoy decades of good health are touched by it eventually, either in our own lives or in those of our...
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The Naked Man
A Study of the Male Body

Thomas Dunne Books
Following on the international success of The Naked Woman, Desmond Morris investigates another intriguing evolutionary success story. The Naked Man is a study...
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Before the Big Bang
The Prehistory of Our Universe

St. Martin's Press
According to a recent survey, the most popular question about science from the general public was: what came before the Big Bang? We all know on some level...
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Instant Egghead Guide
The Universe

St. Martin's Griffin
Whether you're a fan of Scientific American’s wildly popular 60-Second Science Podcast or just curious about science, you’re going to want to dust off your...
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The Neuro Revolution
How Brain Science Is Changing Our World

St. Martin's Press
History has already progressed through an agricultural revolution, an industrial revolution, and an information revolution. The Neuro Revolution foretells a...
  

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A Surgeon's Notes on Performance

Picador
National Bestseller The struggle to perform well is universal: each of us faces fatigue, limited resources, and imperfect abilities in whatever we do. But...
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Getting the Love You Want, 20th Anniversary Edition
A Guide for Couples

Holt Paperbacks
REVISED AND WITH A NEW FOREWORD ARE YOU GETTING THE LOVE YOU WANT? Originally published in 1988, Getting the Love You Want has helped millions of couples...
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Emotions Revealed, Second Edition
Recognizing Faces and Feelings to Improve Communication and Emotional Life

Holt Paperbacks
“A tour de force. If you read this book, you’ll never look at other people in quite the same way again.”—Malcolm Gladwell Renowned psychologist Paul Ekman...
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The Number Devil
A Mathematical Adventure

A Metropolitan/Holt Paperbacks Book
The international best-seller that makes mathematics a thrilling exploration. In twelve dreams, Robert, a boy who hates math, meets a Number Devil, who...
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Intuitive Eating, 2nd Edition
A Revolutionary Program That Works

St. Martin's Griffin
We've all been there-angry with ourselves for overeating, for our lack of willpower, for failing at yet another diet that was supposed to be the last one. But...
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The World Without Us

Picador
Time #1 Nonfiction Book of 2007 Entertainment Weekly #1 Nonfiction Book of 2007 Finalist for the 2007 National Book Critics Circle Award Salon Book Awards...
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Get Anyone to Do Anything
Never Feel Powerless Again--With Psychological Secrets to Control and Influence Every Situation

St. Martin's Griffin
The legendary leader in the field of human behavior delivers the national bestselling, must-read phenomenon that changed the rules. Utilizing the latest...
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West with the Night

North Point Press
West with the Night is the story of Beryl Markham--aviator, racehorse trainer, beauty--and her life in the Kenya of the 1920s and '30s.
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Don't Swallow Your Gum!
Myths, Half-Truths, and Outright Lies About Your Body and Health

St. Martin's Griffin
The truth behind all those weird and worrisome things you think about your body---EXPOSED! Face it---you have more access to medical information than ever...
  
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The Right Stuff

Picador
From "America’s nerviest journalist" (Newsweek)--a breath-taking epic, a magnificent adventure story, and an investigation into the true heroism and courage of...
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Women Who Think Too Much
How to Break Free of Overthinking and Reclaim Your Life

Holt Paperbacks
“Groundbreaking research . . . Women Who Think Too Much tells why overthinking occurs, why it hurts people, and how to stop.” —USA Today ...
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On Being Certain
Believing You Are Right Even When You're Not

St. Martin's Griffin
You recognize when you know something for certain, right? You "know" the sky is blue, or that the traffic light had turned green, or where you were on the...
  
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Why People Believe Weird Things
Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our Time

Holt Paperbacks
Revised and Expanded Edition. In this age of supposed scientific enlightenment, many people still believe in mind reading, past-life regression theory, New...
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How to Ace Calculus
The Streetwise Guide

W. H. Freeman
Written by three gifted—and funny—teachers, How to Ace Calculus provides humorous and readable explanations of the key topics of calculus without...