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Publisher
The Text Publishing Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
293 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Description
"In The Story of Shit, Dutch biologist Midas Dekkers presents a personal, cultural, scientific, historical and environmental account of shit, from the digestive process and the fascinating workings of the gut, to the act of defecation and toilet etiquette. With irreverent humour and a compelling narrative style, Dekkers brings a refreshing, entertaining and illuminating perspective to a once-taboo subject."--Publisher description.
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Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
354 p. ; 24 cm.
Description
The author of This Is Your Brain on Music showcases his theory of how the brain evolved to play and listen to music in six fundamental forms--for knowledge, friendship, religion, joy, comfort, and love. Preserving the emotional history of our lives and of our species, from its very beginning music was also allied to dance, as the structure of the brain confirms; developing this neurological observation, Levitin shows how music and dance enabled the...
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Publisher
Beacon Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
xvii, 214 pages ; 22 cm
Description
"We are facing a climate catastrophe. A plethora of studies describe the damage we’ve already done, the droughts, the wildfires, the super-storms, the melting glaciers, the heat waves, and the displaced people fleeing lands that are becoming uninhabitable. Many people understand that we are facing a climate emergency, but may be fuzzy on technical, policy, and social justice aspects. We need put social, racial, and economic justice front and center,...
84) On animals
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Publisher
Avid Reader Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
241 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Description
Examining animal-human relationships through captivating stories she has written over the course of her career, the author, in this book that is equal parts wonderful and profound, celebrates the cross-species connections that grace our collective existence.
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Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
xviii, 425 pages ; 24 cm
Description
"Life just gets better and better for health guru and American sweetheart Suzanne Somers as the years pass-and so do her books! At 72, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Knockout and Ageless is back with revolutionary insights and advice from the best and brightest minds in the field of anti-aging. Learn how to keep your hairy shiny, your heart strong, your hormones renewed, and your mind as sharp as ever"--
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Publisher
Free Press
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
xi, 386 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Description
The authors document how four forces--exponential technologies, the DIY innovator, the Technophilanthropist, and the Rising Billion--are conspiring to solve our biggest problems. "Abundance" establishes hard targets for change and lays out a strategic roadmap for governments, industry and entrepreneurs, giving us plenty of reason for optimism.
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Publisher
Little Brown & Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
ix, 254 pages ; 25 cm
Description
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming human society fundamentally and profoundly. Three of our most accomplished and deep thinkers come together to explore how A.I. could affect our relationship with knowledge, impact our worldviews, and change society and politics as profoundly as the ideas of the Enlightenment.
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"The acclaimed author of the influential bestseller The Black Swan, Nicholas Nassim Taleb takes a next big step with a deceptively simple concept: the "antifragile." Like the Greek hydra that grows two heads for each one it loses, people, systems, and institutions that are antifragile not only withstand shocks, they benefit from them. In a modern world dominated by chaos and uncertainty, Antifragile is a revolutionary vision from one of the most subversive...
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Co
Pub. Date
2000
Physical Desc
355 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Description
"An unprecedented look at that most commonplace act of everyday life -- throwing things out -- and how it has transformed American society. Susan Strasser's pathbreaking histories of housework and the rise of the mass market have become classics in the literature of consumer culture. Here she turns to an essential but neglected part of that culture -- the trash it produces -- and finds in it an unexpected wealth of meaning. Before the twentieth century,...
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Publisher
The Dial Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
335 pages ; 25 cm
Description
"A disarming chalk artist who thinks nothing of erasing his dazzling work and an idealistic teacher who believes that things are meant to last forge an unlikely romance marked by her powerful father's virtual reality company and a brilliant but unstable student who is obsessed with video games." --Novelist.
Author
Publisher
Crown
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
272 pages
Description
"A clear-eyed warning about the increasingly destructive influence of America's "shame industrial complex" in the age of social media and hyperpartisan politics-from the New York Times bestselling author of Weapons of Math Destruction. Shame is a powerfuland sometimes useful tool: When we publicly shame corrupt politicians, abusive celebrities, or predatory corporations, we reinforce values of fairness and justice. But as Cathy O'Neil argues in this...
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
xx, 395 p., [32] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
Description
Chronicles the history reflected by fifteen iconic car models to discuss how automobiles reflect key cultural shifts as well as developments in such areas as manufacturing, women's rights, and environmental awareness.
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The computing technology on which we are now so dependent has risen to its position of ascendency so rapidly that few of us have had the opportunity to take a step back and wonder where we are headed. This book urges us to do so.
Taking a big-picture perspective on digital technology, Living with Computers leads the reader on a whistle-stop tour of the history of information and information technology. This journey culminates in a deep exploration...
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Existe una pregunta que se repite como una especie de mantra en todas las reuniones, juntadas, cumpleaños o en cualquier evento que congregue seres humanos que hablen de películas o series: ¿está en Netflix? Esta interrogación sucede automáticamente luego de que alguien cuente algo sobre alguna producción audiovisual que le gustó o está mirando, y del otro lado, está un espectador que acopla mentalmente su búsqueda o localización a una...
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