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Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
224 pages ; 22 cm
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"Vivid, surprising, and utterly timely, Akiko Busch's How to disappear explores the idea of invisibility in nature, art, and science, in search of a more joyful and peaceful way of living in today's increasingly surveilled and publicity-obsessed world In our increasingly networked and image-saturated lives, the notion of disappearing has never been both more enchanting and yet fanciful. Today, we are relentlessly encouraged, even conditioned, to reveal,...
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Publisher
Praeclarus Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
420 pages ; 23 cm
Description
"Suckle, Sleep, Thrive, based on over 40 years of experience, addresses almost every concern that a mother may have as she takes on the role of nourishing and nurturing her baby. The issues facing new parents, both in their development as parents and the baby's enormously busy development in every dimension, is explored."--Amazon.com.
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Gotham Books
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
390 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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A "Deadspin" columnist presents a breakthrough examination of professional wrestling and its cultural relevance that traces its evolution throughout the past century while offering insight into the intellect and sense of irony shared by athletes and fans.
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Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
vii, 421 pages ; 24 cm336 _ _ text txt
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"The future is sh*t: the literal kind. For most of human history we've been, well, disinclined to take a closer look at our body's natural product-the complex antihero of this story-save for gleaning some prophecy of our own health. But if we were to takemore than a passing look at our poop, we would spy a veritable cornucopia of possibilities. We would see potent medicine, sustainable power, and natural fertilizer to restore the world's depleted...
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DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
352 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Description
A guide to how business works includes descriptions of industry concepts, from risk management to business models to thinking outside the box, as well as big ideas from successful leaders including Andrew Carnegie, Bill Gates, and Warren Buffett.
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"Bridges are some of the most fascinating structures in our landscape. "From towering suspension bridges to humble stone crossings, this book visits them all in sweet, bouncing text with expository sidebars. But while bridges can be quite grand, this reminds us that their main purpose is bringing people together"--
Author
Publisher
Liveright Publishing Corporation
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
312 pages cm
Description
"The best-selling author of Policy Paradox, a classic on politics, delivers a pathbreaking work on the simple act of counting. Early in her extraordinary career, Deborah Stone wrote Policy Paradox, a landmark work on politics. Now, in Counting, she revolutionizes how we approach numbers and shows how counting shapes the way we see the world. Most of us think of counting as a skill so basic that we see numbers as objective, indisputable facts. Not...
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Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
340 pages ; 24 cm
Description
"National Dish peels back the layers of myth, commercialization, and fetishization around the great world cuisines. In so doing, it brings us to a deep appreciation of how the country makes the food, and the food the country"--
12) Outside, inside
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A beautiful book that describes the impact of COVID-19 on communities and why some essential workers could not quarantine.
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On January 20, 2021, Amanda Gorman became the sixth and youngest poet to deliver a poetry reading at a presidential inauguration. Taking the stage after the 46th president of the United States, Joe Biden, Gorman captivated the nation and brought hope to viewers around the globe. Including an enduring foreword by Oprah Winfrey, this keepsake celebrates the promise of America and affirms the power of poetry.
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Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
xii, 346 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Description
"In The Making of Home, Flanders traces the evolution of the house from the sixteenth to the early twentieth century across northern Europe and America, showing how the homes we know today bear only a faint resemblance to homes though history. What turned a house into a home? Why did northwestern Europe, a politically unimportant, sociologically underdeveloped region of the world, suddenly became the powerhouse of the Industrial Revolution, the capitalist...
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Publisher
Melville House
Description
"A galvanizing critique of the forces vying for our attention--and our personal information--that redefines what we think of as productivity, reconnects us with the environment, and reveals all that we've been too distracted to see about ourselves and our world Nothing is harder to do these days than nothing. But in a world where our value is determined by our 24/7 data productivity. doing nothing may be our most important form of resistance. So...
17) The oak papers
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Publisher
HarperOne, an Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
256 pages cm
Description
"In the tradition of The Hidden Life of Trees and H is for Hawk, a memoir-meets-homage to an oak tree that meditates on the mysteries of nature and the healing role it plays in our lives"--
18) The windup girl
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Publisher
Night Shade Books
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
359 p. ; 24 cm.
Description
What happens when bio-terrorism becomes a tool for corporate profits? And what happens when this forces humanity to the cusp of post-human evolution? This is a tale of Bangkok struggling for survival in a post-oil era of rising sea levels and out-of-control mutation.
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Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
xi, 273 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 24 cm
Description
"A world-renowned atmospheric physicist, revealing how the climate is an inescapable part of our daily lives, shows how the effects and impacts of weather on humans, society and the planet are changing with the times and what it means for our future,"--Amazon.com.
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