Natural sciences, general
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101 Amazing Facts about Natural Disasters
Goldstein, JackAndrews UK 2015 1. editionWhat exactly is an avalanche? Why do tropical cyclones spin in different directions? What is the deadliest heat wave ever to have been recorded? And what are the three different ty...
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50 Quick Dinosaur Facts
Andrews, PaulAndrews UK 2014 1. editionDo you love Dinosaurs? These 50 Quick Dinosaur facts are idela for younger readers, or people wanting to know more about Dinosaurs!
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Abominable Science! : Origins of the Yeti, Nessie, and Other Famous Cryptids
Loxton, Daniel; Prothero, Donald R.Columbia University Press 2013“A sharp analysis of the quest for unreal critters―cryptids, as they are called―and the people who pursue them . . . entertaining and thoroughly documented.” —The Wall Street Journ...
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Adobe After Effects CS6 Digital Classroom
Smith, Jerron; AGI Creative TeamWiley 2013Edit and apply effects for stellar visual and special effects This important resource is like having a personal instructor guiding you through each lesson, while you work at your o...
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Adventures of the Yorkshire Shepherdess
Owen, AmandaPan Macmillan 2019The Sunday Times Top 10 bestseller by the shepherdess and star of Channel 5's Our Yorkshire Farm. 'With its fizzing energy and celebration of nature and community, this is perfect...
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The Age of Wood : Our Most Useful Material and the Construction of Civilization
Ennos, RolandScribner 2020A "smart and surprising" (Booklist) "expansive history" (Publishers Weekly) detailing the role that wood and trees have played in our global ecosystem—including human evolution and...
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Altered Traits : Science Reveals How Meditation Changes Your Mind, Brain, and Body
Goleman, Daniel; Davidson, Richard J.Penguin Publishing Group 2017Two New York Times–bestselling authors unveil new research showing what meditation can really do for the brain. In the last twenty years, meditation and mindfulness have gone fr...
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Arrival of the Fittest : Solving Evolution's Greatest Puzzle
Wagner, AndreasOneworld Publications 2014The power of Darwin's theory of natural selection is beyond doubt, it explains how useful adaptations are preserved over generations. But evolution's biggest mystery eluded Darwin:...
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Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
deGrasse Tyson, NeilW. W. Norton & Company 2017Over a year on the New York Times bestseller list and more than a million copies sold. The essential universe, from our most celebrated and beloved astrophysicist. What is the na...
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The Autistic Brain : Thinking Across the Spectrum
Grandin, Temple; Panek, RichardHarperCollins 2013Temple Grandin may be the most famous person with autism, a condition that affects 1 in 88 children. Since her birth in 1947, our understanding of it has undergone a great transfor...
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Because Internet : Understanding How Language is Changing
Mcculloch, GretchenRandom House 2019THE ACCLAIMED NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. Have you ever puzzled over how to punctuate a text message? Wondered where memes came from? Fret no more: Because Internet is the perfect...
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The Beginning of Infinity : Explanations that Transform The World
Deutsch, DavidPenguin Books Ltd 2011'Science has never had an advocate quite like David Deutsch ... A computational physicist on a par with his touchstones Alan Turing and Richard Feynman, and a philosopher in the li...
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Behave : The bestselling exploration of why humans behave as they do
Sapolsky, Robert MRandom House 2017Why do human beings behave as they do? 'Awe-inspiring... You will learn more about human nature than in any other book I can think of' Henry Marsh, bestselling author of And Final...
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Being the Change : Live Well and Spark a Climate Revolution
Kalmus, PeterNew Society Publishers 2017“A plethora of insights about nature and ourselves, revealed by one man’s journey as he comes to terms with human exploitation of our planet.” —Dr. James Hansen, climate scientist...
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Below the Edge of Darkness : A Memoir of Exploring Light and Life in the Deep Sea
Widder, EdithRandom House Publishing Group 2021A pioneering marine biologist takes us down into the deep ocean to understand bioluminescence—the language of light that helps life communicate in the darkness—and what it tells us...
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The Big Picture: On the Origins of Life, Meaning, and the Universe Itself
Carroll, SeanOneworld Publications 2016'Fascinating' – Brian Cox, Mail on Sunday Books of the Year Where are we? Who are we? Do our beliefs, hopes and dreams hold any significance out there in the void? Can human purpo...
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Bioluminescence : Nature and Science at Work
Zimmer, MarcLerner Publishing Group 2015What do giant squids, mantis shrimp, and fireflies have in common? These animals, along with a wide range of creatures, are able to give off light; this is called bioluminescence....
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The Body : A Guide for Occupants
Bryson, BillTransworld 2019#1 Bestseller in both hardback and paperback: SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2020 ROYAL SOCIETY INSIGHT INVESTMENT SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE _______'A directory of wonders.' - The Guardian 'Jaw-dro...
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The Book Smugglers of Timbuktu : The Quest for this Storied City and the Race to Save Its Treasures
English, CharlieHarperCollins Publishers 2017'An exemplary work of investigative journalism that is also a wonderfully colourful book of history and travel' Observer, Books of the Year 'A piece of postmodern historiography of...
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Braiding Sweetgrass : Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants
Kimmerer, Robin WallMilkweed Editions 2013As a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer has been trained to ask questions of nature with the tools of science. As a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, she embraces the notion that...