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The Grieving Body

How the Stress of Loss Can Be an Opportunity for Healing

by Mary-Frances O'Connor ...

Series series The Grieving Brain Series
“No one has done more for the science of grief than Mary-Frances O’Connor. Deeply human and wise, The Grieving Body delivers a grounded, logical understanding of the effects of stress and loss on our bodies. O’Connor doesn’t just explain what happens and why, she offers hopeful, beautiful solutions to support ourselves and our world.” - Megan Devine, author of It’s Ok that You’re Not OkThe follow ... Read more

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“No one has done more for the science of grief than Mary-Frances O’Connor. Deeply human and wise, The Grieving Body delivers a grounded, logical understanding of the effects of stress and loss on our bodies. O’Connor doesn’t just explain what happens and why, she offers hopeful, beautiful solutions to support ourselves and our world.” - Megan Devine, author of It’s Ok that You’re Not OkThe follow
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Atlas of Botany

How Plants Have Evolved, Adapted and Thrived

by DK ...

From the earliest green shoots to dense tropical forests, discover how plants spread across the world to build our environment.Plants first emerged on a very different looking Earth 500 million years ago. As land masses moved, plants were brought together in fierce competition with one another, or separated to continue their lives in very different conditions. On this evolutionary journey, they ... Read more

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From the earliest green shoots to dense tropical forests, discover how plants spread across the world to build our environment.Plants first emerged on a very different looking Earth 500 million years ago. As land masses moved, plants were brought together in fierce competition with one another, or separated to continue their lives in very different conditions. On this evolutionary journey, they
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Into the Raging Sea

Thirty-Three Mariners, One Megastorm, and the Sinking of El Faro

by Rachel Slade ...

A NATIONAL BESTSELLERA NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOKAN NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEARONE OF JANET MASLIN’S MUST-READ BOOKS OF THE SUMMERA NEW YORK TIMES EDITOR'S CHOICEONE OF OUTSIDE MAGAZINE’S BEST BOOKS OF THE SUMMERONE OF AMAZON'S BEST NONFICTION BOOKS OF THE YEAR SO FAR“A powerful and a... ... Read more

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A NATIONAL BESTSELLERA NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOKAN NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEARONE OF JANET MASLIN’S MUST-READ BOOKS OF THE SUMMERA NEW YORK TIMES EDITOR'S CHOICEONE OF OUTSIDE MAGAZINE’S BEST BOOKS OF THE SUMMERONE OF AMAZON'S BEST NONFICTION BOOKS OF THE YEAR SO FAR“A powerful and a...
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The AGI Chronicles

The Inside Story of the Race to Create an Artificial Superintelligence

by Kevin Roose ...

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"Exciting and brilliantly reported . . . Roose makes the technology understandable while also conveying the historic nature of a new world being born." —Walter Isaacson, author of Elon Musk"[Kevin Roose] came out with the most important story in AI: how a few executives, and the relationships between them, somehow came to determine the future of everything.” ... Read more

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AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"Exciting and brilliantly reported . . . Roose makes the technology understandable while also conveying the historic nature of a new world being born." —Walter Isaacson, author of Elon Musk"[Kevin Roose] came out with the most important story in AI: how a few executives, and the relationships between them, somehow came to determine the future of everything.”
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Atlantic

Great Sea Battles, Heroic Discoveries, Titanic Storms,and a Vast Ocean of a Million Stories

by Simon Winchester ...

"Variably genial, cautionary, lyrical, admonitory, terrifying, horrifying and inspiring…A lifetime of thought, travel, reading, imagination and memory inform this affecting account." —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)Blending history and anecdote, geography and reminiscence, science and exposition, New York Times bestselling author Simon Winchester tells the breathtaking saga of the Atlantic Ocean ... Read more

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"Variably genial, cautionary, lyrical, admonitory, terrifying, horrifying and inspiring…A lifetime of thought, travel, reading, imagination and memory inform this affecting account." —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)Blending history and anecdote, geography and reminiscence, science and exposition, New York Times bestselling author Simon Winchester tells the breathtaking saga of the Atlantic Ocean
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Everything Is Tuberculosis

The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection

by John Green ...

**#1 New York Times bestseller • #1 Washington Post bestseller • #1 Indie Bestseller • USA Today BestsellerJohn Green, award-winning author and passionate advocate for global healthcare reform, tells a deeply human story illuminating the fight against the world’s deadliest infectious disease.**AN ACCLAIMED BEST BOOK OF 2025: NPR, Scientific American, Science News, Booklist, BookPage, Chicago Sun ... Read more

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**#1 New York Times bestseller • #1 Washington Post bestseller • #1 Indie Bestseller • USA Today BestsellerJohn Green, award-winning author and passionate advocate for global healthcare reform, tells a deeply human story illuminating the fight against the world’s deadliest infectious disease.**AN ACCLAIMED BEST BOOK OF 2025: NPR, Scientific American, Science News, Booklist, BookPage, Chicago Sun
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Build

An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making

by Tony Fadell ...

**New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USAToday Bestseller for May 2022**Tony Fadell led the teams that created the iPod, iPhone and Nest Learning Thermostat and learned enough in 30+ years in Silicon Valley about leadership, design, startups, Apple, Google, decision-making, mentorship, devastating failure and unbelievable success to fill an encyclopedia.So that’s what this book is. An advice ... Read more

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**New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USAToday Bestseller for May 2022**Tony Fadell led the teams that created the iPod, iPhone and Nest Learning Thermostat and learned enough in 30+ years in Silicon Valley about leadership, design, startups, Apple, Google, decision-making, mentorship, devastating failure and unbelievable success to fill an encyclopedia.So that’s what this book is. An advice
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Cosmos

by Carl Sagan ...

Renowned astronomer Carl Sagan’s classic bestseller that “dives into the past, present, and future of science, dealing with the mind-staggering enormity of the cosmos in which we exist” (Associated Press)—with an Introduction by Ann Druyan and a Foreword by Neil deGrasse Tyson“Sagan dazzles the mind with the miracle of our survival, framed by the stately galaxies of space.”—CosmopolitanTHE ... Read more

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Renowned astronomer Carl Sagan’s classic bestseller that “dives into the past, present, and future of science, dealing with the mind-staggering enormity of the cosmos in which we exist” (Associated Press)—with an Introduction by Ann Druyan and a Foreword by Neil deGrasse Tyson“Sagan dazzles the mind with the miracle of our survival, framed by the stately galaxies of space.”—CosmopolitanTHE
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The Darkest White

A Mountain Legend and the Avalanche That Took Him

by Eric Blehm ...

“Eric Blehm offers an insightful perspective on how Craig Kelly became the effortless icon that we all revered as well as sobering details of how his heroic journey tragically ended. The Darkest White is a must read, not just for fans of snowboarding, but for anyone looking for inspiration from an unlikely hero.”—Tony HawkFrom Eric Blehm, the bestselling author of The Last Season and Fearless, ... Read more

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“Eric Blehm offers an insightful perspective on how Craig Kelly became the effortless icon that we all revered as well as sobering details of how his heroic journey tragically ended. The Darkest White is a must read, not just for fans of snowboarding, but for anyone looking for inspiration from an unlikely hero.”—Tony HawkFrom Eric Blehm, the bestselling author of The Last Season and Fearless,
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When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows . . .

Common Knowledge and the Mysteries of Money, Power, and Everyday Life

by Steven Pinker ...

From one of the world’s most celebrated intellectuals, a “fascinating” (Financial Times), brilliantly insightful work that explains how we think about each other’s thoughts about each other’s thoughts, ad infinitum.It sounds impossible, but Steven Pinker shows that we do it all the time. This awareness is called common knowledge, and it has a momentous impact on our social, political, and economic ... Read more

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From one of the world’s most celebrated intellectuals, a “fascinating” (Financial Times), brilliantly insightful work that explains how we think about each other’s thoughts about each other’s thoughts, ad infinitum.It sounds impossible, but Steven Pinker shows that we do it all the time. This awareness is called common knowledge, and it has a momentous impact on our social, political, and economic
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Forged

Writing in the Name of God--Why the Bible's Authors Are Not Who We Think They Are

by Bart D. Ehrman ...

Bart D. Ehrman, the New York Times bestselling author of Jesus, Interrupted and God’s Problem reveals which books in the Bible’s New Testament were not passed down by Jesus’s disciples, but were instead forged by other hands—and why this centuries-hidden scandal is far more significant than many scholars are willing to admit. A controversial work of historical reporting in the tradition of Elaine ... Read more

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Bart D. Ehrman, the New York Times bestselling author of Jesus, Interrupted and God’s Problem reveals which books in the Bible’s New Testament were not passed down by Jesus’s disciples, but were instead forged by other hands—and why this centuries-hidden scandal is far more significant than many scholars are willing to admit. A controversial work of historical reporting in the tradition of Elaine
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The Seven Measures of the World

by Piero Martin ...

The fascinating stories behind the essential seven units of measurement that allow us to understand the physical worldFrom the beginning of history, measurement has been interwoven into the human experience, shaping our understanding of nature, personal relationships, and the supernatural. We measure the world to know our past, comprehend the present, and plan the future.Renowned physicist Piero ... Read more

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The fascinating stories behind the essential seven units of measurement that allow us to understand the physical worldFrom the beginning of history, measurement has been interwoven into the human experience, shaping our understanding of nature, personal relationships, and the supernatural. We measure the world to know our past, comprehend the present, and plan the future.Renowned physicist Piero
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Breaking History

A White House Memoir

by Jared Kushner ...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER#1 WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER#1 PUBLISHER’S WEEKLY BESTSELLER#1 AMAZON BESTSELLERJared Kushner was one of the most consequential presidential advisers in modern history. For the first time, he recounts what happened behind closed doors during the Trump presidency.Few White House advisors have had such an expansive portfolio or constant... ... Read more

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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER#1 WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER#1 PUBLISHER’S WEEKLY BESTSELLER#1 AMAZON BESTSELLERJared Kushner was one of the most consequential presidential advisers in modern history. For the first time, he recounts what happened behind closed doors during the Trump presidency.Few White House advisors have had such an expansive portfolio or constant...
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The Song of the Cell

An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human

by Siddhartha Mukherjee ...

Winner of the PROSE Award for Excellence in Biological and Life Sciences and the Chautauqua Prize!Named a New York Times Notable Book and a Best Book of the Year by The Economist, Oprah Daily, BookPage, Book Riot, the New York Public Library, and more!In The Song of the Cell, the extraordinary author of the Pulitzer Prize–winning The Emperor of All Maladies and the #1 New York Times</... ... Read more

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Winner of the PROSE Award for Excellence in Biological and Life Sciences and the Chautauqua Prize!Named a New York Times Notable Book and a Best Book of the Year by The Economist, Oprah Daily, BookPage, Book Riot, the New York Public Library, and more!In The Song of the Cell, the extraordinary author of the Pulitzer Prize–winning The Emperor of All Maladies and the #1 New York Times</...
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Livewired

The Inside Story of the Ever-Changing Brain

by David Eagleman ...

**“Vivid. . . . Livewired reads wonderfully, like what a book would be if it were written by Oliver Sacks and William Gibson, sitting on Carl Sagan’s front lawn.” —The Wall Street JournalYou will never think about your brain in the same way again.**What does drug withdrawal have in common with a broken heart? Why is the enemy of memory not time but other memories? How can a blind person learn to ... Read more

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**“Vivid. . . . Livewired reads wonderfully, like what a book would be if it were written by Oliver Sacks and William Gibson, sitting on Carl Sagan’s front lawn.” —The Wall Street JournalYou will never think about your brain in the same way again.**What does drug withdrawal have in common with a broken heart? Why is the enemy of memory not time but other memories? How can a blind person learn to
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The Science Book

by DK ...

Series series DK Big Ideas
Learn about our world, the universe, and groundbreaking discoveries in The Science Book.Part of the fascinating Big Ideas series, this book tackles tricky topics and themes in a simple and easy to follow format. Learn about Science in this overview guide to the subject, great for beginners looking to learn and experts wishing to refresh their knowledge alike! ***The Science Book***brings a fresh ... Read more

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Learn about our world, the universe, and groundbreaking discoveries in The Science Book.Part of the fascinating Big Ideas series, this book tackles tricky topics and themes in a simple and easy to follow format. Learn about Science in this overview guide to the subject, great for beginners looking to learn and experts wishing to refresh their knowledge alike! ***The Science Book***brings a fresh
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Unlocking the Keto Code

The Revolutionary New Science of Keto That Offers More Benefits Without Deprivation

by Steven R. Gundry, MD ...

Series Book 7 - The Plant Paradox
From the author of the New York Times bestselling Plant Paradox series comes this revolutionary take on the keto diet that debunks common myths and shows readers how to reap the rewards of keto with less restrictionLike many doctors and nutrition experts, bestselling author Dr. Steven Gundry has long endorsed the ketogenic diet—a style of eating that heavily restricts carbohydrate intake to make ... Read more

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From the author of the New York Times bestselling Plant Paradox series comes this revolutionary take on the keto diet that debunks common myths and shows readers how to reap the rewards of keto with less restrictionLike many doctors and nutrition experts, bestselling author Dr. Steven Gundry has long endorsed the ketogenic diet—a style of eating that heavily restricts carbohydrate intake to make
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Accidental

The Greatest (Unintentional) Science Breakthroughs and How They Changed The World

by Tim James ...

Nominated for the best popular science book of 2024 by Smart Book.'Who said science was dry? Certainly not Tim James'New York Post'James writes with infectious enthusiasm and optimism'Kirkus Reviews'A science teacher by profession, Mr. James knows how to get his audience's attention' Wall Street Journal'Humorous, yet deep' Professor Charles AntoineA ri... ... Read more

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Nominated for the best popular science book of 2024 by Smart Book.'Who said science was dry? Certainly not Tim James'New York Post'James writes with infectious enthusiasm and optimism'Kirkus Reviews'A science teacher by profession, Mr. James knows how to get his audience's attention' Wall Street Journal'Humorous, yet deep' Professor Charles AntoineA ri...
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History of Physics: The Story of Newton, Feynman, Schrodinger, Heisenberg and Einstein. Discover the Men Who Uncovered the Secrets of Our Universe.

by Jordan Maxwell ...

In this book we will cover the history of physics.From Newton to Einstein, from Maxwell to Feynman, we will cover everything about the story that crafted modern physics and knowledge of the universe.We will discover secrets and hidden physics stories you did't know yet. How physics crafted the modern world, from computers to casino and betting, from atomic power to finance.Physicists crafted our ... Read more

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In this book we will cover the history of physics.From Newton to Einstein, from Maxwell to Feynman, we will cover everything about the story that crafted modern physics and knowledge of the universe.We will discover secrets and hidden physics stories you did't know yet. How physics crafted the modern world, from computers to casino and betting, from atomic power to finance.Physicists crafted our
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After the Flying Saucers Came

A Global History of the UFO Phenomenon

by Greg Eghigian ...

Roswell, 1947. Washington, DC, 1952. Quarouble, 1954. New Hampshire, 1961. Pascagoula, 1973. Petrozavodsk, 1977. Copley Woods, 1983. Explore how sightings of UFOs and aliens seized the world's attention and discover what the fascination with flying saucers and extraterrestrial visitors says about our changing views on science, technology, and the paranormal. In the summer of 1947, a private pilot ... Read more

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Roswell, 1947. Washington, DC, 1952. Quarouble, 1954. New Hampshire, 1961. Pascagoula, 1973. Petrozavodsk, 1977. Copley Woods, 1983. Explore how sightings of UFOs and aliens seized the world's attention and discover what the fascination with flying saucers and extraterrestrial visitors says about our changing views on science, technology, and the paranormal. In the summer of 1947, a private pilot
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Climate Chaos

Lessons on Survival from Our Ancestors

by Brian Fagan, Nadia Durrani ...

A thirty-thousand-year history of the relationship between climate and civilization that teaches powerful lessons about how humankind can survive.**“A rich survey of the past.” ―**NatureHuman-made climate change may have begun in the last two hundred years, but our species has witnessed many eras of climate instability. The results have not always been pretty. From Ancient Egypt to Rome to the ... Read more

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A thirty-thousand-year history of the relationship between climate and civilization that teaches powerful lessons about how humankind can survive.**“A rich survey of the past.” ―**NatureHuman-made climate change may have begun in the last two hundred years, but our species has witnessed many eras of climate instability. The results have not always been pretty. From Ancient Egypt to Rome to the
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Broca's Brain

Reflections on the Romance of Science

by Carl Sagan ...

A fascinating book on the joys of discovering how the world works, by the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Cosmos and Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors.“Magnificent . . . Delightful . . . A masterpiece. A message of tremendous hope for humanity . . . While ever conscious that human folly can terminate man’s march into the future, Sagan nonetheless paints for us a mind-boggling future: intelligent ... Read more

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A fascinating book on the joys of discovering how the world works, by the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Cosmos and Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors.“Magnificent . . . Delightful . . . A masterpiece. A message of tremendous hope for humanity . . . While ever conscious that human folly can terminate man’s march into the future, Sagan nonetheless paints for us a mind-boggling future: intelligent
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Space

A thrilling human history by Britain's beloved astronaut Tim Peake

by Tim Peake ...

From bestselling author and British astronaut Tim Peake, an inspirational human history of space travel, from the Apollo missions to our future forays to Mars. The Right Stuff for a new generation.**THE PERFECT GIFT FOR ANY SPACE TRAVEL ENTHUSIAST____________________________________________________________________'This book is brilliant - once in a blue moon. A book for the whole family.' Chris ... Read more

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From bestselling author and British astronaut Tim Peake, an inspirational human history of space travel, from the Apollo missions to our future forays to Mars. The Right Stuff for a new generation.**THE PERFECT GIFT FOR ANY SPACE TRAVEL ENTHUSIAST____________________________________________________________________'This book is brilliant - once in a blue moon. A book for the whole family.' Chris
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Finding the Mother Tree

Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest

by Suzanne Simard ...

**INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLERNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER*WINNER of the 2021 Banff Mountain Book Prize in Mountain Environment and Natural History**WINNER of the National Outdoor Book Award for Natural History Literature**WINNER of the 2022 BC and Yukon Bill Duthie Booksellers’ Choice Award**SHORTLISTED for the 2022 BC and Yukon Hubert Evans Non-Fiction Book Prize**SHORTLISTED for the 202... ... Read more

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**INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLERNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER*WINNER of the 2021 Banff Mountain Book Prize in Mountain Environment and Natural History**WINNER of the National Outdoor Book Award for Natural History Literature**WINNER of the 2022 BC and Yukon Bill Duthie Booksellers’ Choice Award**SHORTLISTED for the 2022 BC and Yukon Hubert Evans Non-Fiction Book Prize**SHORTLISTED for the 202...
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