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In Search of Time
The History, Physics, and Philosophy of Time

St. Martin's Griffin/Thomas Dunne Books
Time surrounds us. It defines our experience of the world; it echoes through our every waking hour. Time is the very foundation of conscious experience. Yet...
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Revolution in Science
How Galileo and Darwin Changed Our World
MacSci

Palgrave Macmillan
This is the compelling story of the two biggest events in the evolution of ideas: the revolutions of Galileo and Darwin. The ideological shifts that resulted...
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The Checklist Manifesto
How to Get Things Right

Metropolitan Books
The New York Times bestselling author of Better and Complications reveals the surprising power of the ordinary checklist We live in a world of great and...
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Blood and Guts
A History of Surgery

Thomas Dunne Books
Today, astonishing surgical breakthroughs are making limb transplants, face transplants, and a host of other previously un dreamed of operations possible. But...
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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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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 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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Better
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 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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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 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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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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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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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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The Living Great Lakes
Searching for the Heart of the Inland Seas

St. Martin's Griffin/Thomas Dunne Books
If fresh water is to be treasured, the Great Lakes are the mother lode. No bodies of water can compare to them. One of them, Superior, is the largest lake on...
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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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Why We Love
The Nature and Chemistry of Romantic Love

Holt Paperbacks
"If you want flashes and particular experiences of romantic love, read novels. If you want to understand this central quality of human nature to its roots,...
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Fasting and Eating for Health
A Medical Doctor's Program for Conquering Disease

St. Martin's Griffin
Precise diet and fasting programs to relieve headache, hypoglycemia, rheumatoid arthritis, asthma, heart disease, high blood pressure, diabetes, colitis,...
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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 ...