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The Quotable Feynman
$35.00 Add to cartA treasure-trove of illuminating and entertaining quotations from beloved physicist Richard P. Feynman
“Some people say, ‘How can you live without knowing?’ I do not know what they mean. I always live- Author: Feynman, Richard P.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: September 29 2015
- ISBN10: 0691153035
- Language: English
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The Illusionist Brain: The Neuroscience of Magic
$46.58 Read moreHow magicians exploit the natural functioning of our brains to astonish and amaze us
How do magicians make us see the impossible? The Illusionist Brain takes you on an unforgettable journey through th- Author: Camí, Jordi
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: June 07 2022
- ISBN10: 0691208441
- Language: English
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Dragonflies and Damselflies of the West
$33.00 Read moreDragonflies and Damselflies of the West is the first fully illustrated field guide to all 348 species of dragonflies and damselflies in western North America. Dragonflies and damselflies are large, st
- Series: Princeton Field Guides #47
- Author: Paulson, Dennis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 536
- Publish Date: May 03 2009
- ISBN10: 0691122814
- Language: English
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The Kingdon Field Guide to African Mammals: Second Edition
$0.00 Read moreThe definitive guide to African mammals–now fully revised and updated
The Kingdon Field Guide to African Mammals is the essential companion for anyone going on safari or interested in African mammals- Author: Kingdon, Jonathan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: April 27 2015
- ISBN10: 0691164533
- Language: English
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Great Adaptations: Star-Nosed Moles, Electric Eels, and Other Tales of Evolution’s Mysteries Solved
$16.95 Read more“The irresistible enthusiasm of Great Adaptations couldn’t come at a better time.”–David P. Barash, Wall Street Journal
“Be very amazed.”–Carl Safina, author of Beyond Words and Becoming Wild How on- Author: Catania, Kenneth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: October 12 2021
- ISBN10: 0691228477
- Language: English
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When Galaxies Were Born: The Quest for Cosmic Dawn
$58.33 Read moreOne of today’s leading astronomers takes readers inside the decades-long search for the first galaxies and the origin of starlight
Astronomers are like time travelers, scanning the night sky for the o- Author: Ellis, Richard S.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: November 08 2022
- ISBN10: 0691211302
- Language: English
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What the Thunder Said: How the Waste Land Made Poetry Modern
$75.00 Read moreOn the 100th anniversary of T. S. Eliot’s modernist masterpiece, a rich cultural history of The Waste Land‘s creation, explosive impact, and enduring influence
When T. S. Eliot published The Waste Lan- Author: Rasula, Jed
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 344
- Publish Date: December 06 2022
- ISBN10: 069122577X
- Language: English
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The Ultimate Quotable Einstein
$41.58 Read moreThe most comprehensive collection of Einstein quotations ever published
Here is the definitive new edition of the hugely popular collection of Einstein quotations that has sold tens of thousands of co- Author: Einstein, Albert
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 576
- Publish Date: October 31 2010
- ISBN10: 0691138176
- Language: English
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Innate: How the Wiring of Our Brains Shapes Who We Are
$18.95 Add to cartA leading neuroscientist explains why your personal traits are more innate than you think
What makes you the way you are–and what makes each of us different from everyone else? In Innate, leading neu- Author: Mitchell, Kevin J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: March 31 2020
- ISBN10: 0691204152
- Language: English
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Zero to Birth: How the Human Brain Is Built
$46.58 Read moreA revelatory tale of how the human brain develops, from conception to birth and beyond
By the time a baby is born, its brain is equipped with billions of intricately crafted neurons wired together thr- Author: Harris, William A.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: May 24 2022
- ISBN10: 0691211310
- Language: English
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Sonorous Desert: What Deep Listening Taught Early Christian Monks–And What It Can Teach Us
$49.92 Read moreEnduring lessons from the desert soundscapes that shaped the Christian monastic tradition
For the hermits and communal monks of antiquity, the desert was a place to flee the cacophony of ordinary life- Author: Haines-Eitzen, Kim
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: July 12 2022
- ISBN10: 069123289X
- Language: English
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Back to the Moon: The Next Giant Leap for Humankind
$58.33 Read moreA scientist’s inspiring vision of our return to the Moon as humanity’s next thrilling step in space exploration
Just over half a century since Neil Armstrong first stepped foot on the lunar surface, a- Author: Silk, Joseph
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: November 01 2022
- ISBN10: 0691215235
- Language: English
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Postcards from Absurdistan: Prague at the End of History
$83.25 Read moreA sweeping history of a twentieth-century Prague torn between fascism, communism, and democracy–with lessons for a world again threatened by dictatorship
Postcards from Absurdistan is a cultural hist- Author: Sayer, Derek
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 752
- Publish Date: November 01 2022
- ISBN10: 069118545X
- Language: English
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A Lifetime in Galápagos
$35.00 Read moreA magnificent collection of photos representing fifty years of De Roy’s best work in the islands she calls home
Tui De Roy was a year old in 1955 when her family left Europe, boarding a banana boat bo- Author: de Roy, Tui
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: July 21 2020
- ISBN10: 0691194998
- Language: English
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Maria Theresa: The Habsburg Empress in Her Time
$66.58 Read moreA major new biography of the iconic Austrian empress that challenges the many myths about her life and rule
Maria Theresa (1717-1780) was once the most powerful woman in Europe. At the age of twenty-t- Author: Stollberg-Rilinger, Barbara
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 1104
- Publish Date: January 18 2022
- ISBN10: 0691179069
- Language: English
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When Eero Met His Match: Aline Louchheim Saarinen and the Making of an Architect
$35.00 Read moreA uniquely personal biographical account of Louchheim’s life and work that takes readers inside the rarified world of architecture media
Aline B. Louchheim (1914-1972) was an art critic on assignment- Author: Hagberg, Eva
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: September 13 2022
- ISBN10: 0691206678
- Language: English
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Mudlark’d: Hidden Histories from the River Thames
$39.00 Read moreA captivating history of London as told through objects recovered from the muddy banks of the Thames and the lives of the people who owned them
Mudlark’d combines insights from two hundred rare object- Author: Russell, Malcolm
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: May 10 2022
- ISBN10: 0691235783
- Language: English
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A Pocket Guide to Birds of Galápagos
$18.95 Read moreA compact, richly illustrated photographic field guide to all of the birds of Gal?pagos, from renowned photographer and writer Tui De Roy
A lifelong resident of Gal?pagos, Tui De Roy has been observin- Author: de Roy, Tui
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 136
- Publish Date: November 29 2022
- ISBN10: 0691233632
- Language: English
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Can College Level the Playing Field?: Higher Education in an Unequal Society
$49.92 Read moreWhy higher education is not a silver bullet for eradicating economic inequality and social injustice
We often think that a college degree will open doors to opportunity regardless of one’s background- Author: Baum, Sandy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: May 17 2022
- ISBN10: 0691171807
- Language: English
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When the Sahara Was Green: How Our Greatest Desert Came to Be
$22.95 Read more- Author: Williams, Martin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: November 07 2023
- ISBN10: 0691253935
- Language: English
