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  • Inviting Disaster

    Lessons From the Edge of Technology: An Inside Look at Catastrophes and Why They Happen

    This "very absorbing look at technological catastrophes and why they happen"explores systemic breakdowns behind disasters from Chernobyl to the Challenger ( Booklist).Inviting Disaster delves into over fifty of history's worst catastrophes in order to show how increasingly "smart" systems leave us wide open to human tragedy. Weaving a dramatic narrative that explains how breakdowns in these ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The God Machine

    From Boomerangs to Black Hawks: The Story of the Helicopter

    From transforming the ways of war to offering godlike views of inaccessible spots, revolutionizing rescues worldwide, and providing some of our most-watched TV moments—including the cloud of newscopters that trailed O. J. Simpson’s Bronco—the helicopter is far more capable than early inventors expected. Now James Chiles profiles the many helicoptrians who contributed to the development of this ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

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    Everything We Don't Know About Space (and Why It's Important)

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    Discover the Mysteries of Our Universe Weird Universe is your gateway to the wonders of space. Have you ever looked up at the night sky and marveled at the mysteries hidden beyond the stars? This book takes that curiosity and turns it into an accessible, fun introduction to space, packed with all the weirdness we've discovered out there. Unlock the wonders of space with a fresh and exciting ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Minimalist Cooks Dinner

    More Than 100 Recipes for Fast Weeknight Meals and Casual Entertaining

    by Mark Bittman ...
    Minimize weeknight stress with easy, satisfying, and sophisticated meals from a New York Times –bestselling, six-time James Beard Award–winning food writer.Distilling recipes down to their simplest, most flavorful ingredients has become the trademark of Mark Bittman. No one does it better—and now, you can do it from home every night of the week. You don't have to rely on having perfect ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Almighty Dollar

    500 Years of the World's Most Powerful Money

    In this ambitious and groundbreaking history of the dollar, financial journalist and economic scholar Brendan Greeley makes a new argument about the origins of our money—and the people and nations who have surrendered to it.“Eye-opening, educational, exhaustively reported, and very fun to read.”—Foreign PolicyAmerica’s money is global money—nearly every nation in the world writes international ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD

  • Secret Weapons of World War II

    The Undercover Innovations in Military Armaments, 1939-45

    by Chris McNab ...
    The dropping of two atom bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and their shocking aftermath finally ended World War II in the eastern theatre. But they weren't the only experimental weaponry at the time.In this fascinating account, Chris McNab examines the development of a range of hitherto unknown and at times shockingly effective weapons that were developed and unleashed on an ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 3 Straits & A Ditch: How Chokepoints Shaped Our World

    by Norm Coady ...
    #1 Amazon Bestseller in Maritime History & PiracyThe players change. The stage stays the same.What if the most important forces in history aren't the generals, the ideologues, or the statesmen — but the narrow passages of water they're all fighting over?"A bad-boy history teacher who won't color inside the lines." — Tamim Ansary, author of Destiny DisruptedIn 3 Straits & A Ditch, Norm Coady traces ... Read more

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  • Why Do We Exist?

    The Nine Realms of Universe that Make You Possible

    A boundary-breaking astrophysicist reimagines the universe—and our place within it—in this audacious journey through the Nine Realms of the cosmos.“This book explains the universe and then quietly explains you. Which is unfair, because I was just trying to read about space. . . . Smart, funny, and unexpectedly moving.”—Sarah Silverman, comedianThe universe gave rise to everything: stars and cells, ... Read more

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  • Globemaster Down

    Soviet Espionage and the Doomed American Attempt to Sneak Nukes into Europe

    by Tod Robberson ...
    **Just in time for the 75th anniversary, the first book-length investigation into one of the great unsolved mysteries from the early days of the Cold War, when an American cargo plane allegedly carrying an atomic bomb over the Atlantic Ocean disappeared, along with the US military and nuclear specialists on board.Pulitzer-Prize winning war reporter Tod Robberson examines this shocking true story ... Read more

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  • The Best Recipes in the World

    More Than 1,000 International Dishes to Cook at Home

    by Mark Bittman ...
    "I know of only one person who could put together such a treasury of the best recipes in the world: Mark Bittman." —Chef José Andrés, founder of World Central KitchenJoin iconic, six-time James Beard Award–winning food writer Mark Bittman on a journey across the globe—not to the fanciest, most-acclaimed restaurants in the world, but to the good bars, little joints, mom-and-pop operations, and home ... Read more

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  • Tamed

    From Wild to Domesticated, the Ten Animals and Plants That Changed Human History

    by Alice Roberts ...
    An "epic and joyous" (Adam Rutherford) history of our species, using recent scientific discoveries to explore humanity's domestication of the plants and animals that have allowed human civilization to thrive."An excellent point of entry for anyone who wants to understand the new deep human history and what it portends." —The GuardianDogs became our companions.Wheat fed booming populations.Cattl... ... Read more

    $1.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Warhead

    The Quest to Build the Perfect Weapon in the Age of Modern Warfare

    **An Apple Best Book of the MonthFrom award-winning journalist and coauthor of The 15:17 to Paris, an affecting human history of the first self-steering bomb**Paveway, the first "smart" bomb, was created to be a more precise and ostensibly humane weapon, reducing civilian casualties. The true impact of the bomb, however, is ever more complex and unpredictable.In The Warhead, Jeffrey Stern tells ... Read more

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