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Malignant Metaphor
Confronting Cancer Myths
2015
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An unprecedented take on cancer and recoveryWinner of the Lane Anderson Award for Science Writing“Mitchell does a convincing job sorting fact from fiction, diffusing fear, and challenging the manipulative language of fundraisers who aim for pocketbooks rather than intellectual honesty . . . Mitchell’s research is rooted in science, while her writing remains grippingly personal.” — Quill & QuireAlanna Mitche...
Sea Sick
The Global Ocean in Crisis
2011
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All life — whether on land or in the sea — depends on the oceans for two things:• Oxygen. Most of Earth’s oxygen is produced by phytoplankton in the sea. These humble, one-celled organisms, rather than the spectacular rain forests, are the true lungs of the planet.• Climate control. Our climate is regulated by the ocean’s currents, winds, and water-cycle activity.Sea Sick is the first book to examine the current state of the world’s oceans — the gre...
The Spinning Magnet
The Force that Created the Modern World and Could Destroy It
2018
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**Shortlisted for the 2018 Science Writers and Communicators of Canada Book AwardsShortlisted for the 2018 Lane Anderson AwardOur future might be a world without electronics or protection from lethal solar radiation**The magnetic North Pole will eventually trade places with the South Pole. Satellite evidence suggests to some scientists that the move has already begun, but most still think it won't happen for many decades. All agree that it has happened many times be...
The Spinning Magnet
The Electromagnetic Force That Created the Modern World--and Could Destroy It
- Narrated by
- P.J. Ochlan
Unabridged
9 hours 37 min
2018
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The mystery of Earth's invisible, life-supporting powerAlanna Mitchell's globe-trotting history of the science of electromagnetism and the Earth's magnetic field--right up to the latest indications that the North and South Poles may soon reverse, with apocalyptic results--will soon change the way you think about our planet.Award-winning journalist Alanna Mitchell's science storytelling introduce intriguing characters--from the thirteenth-century French inve...
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Slime
How Algae Created Us, Plague Us, and Just Might Save Us
- Narrated by
- Xe Sands
Unabridged
9 hours 7 min
2019
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Say “algae” and most people think of pond scum. What they don’t know is that without algae, none of us would exist.There are as many algae on Earth as stars in the universe, and they have been essential to life on our planet for eons. Algae created the Earth we know today, with its oxygen-rich atmosphere, abundant oceans, and coral reefs. Crude oil is made of dead algae, and algae are the ancestors of all plants. Today, seaweed production is a multi-billion dollar industry, with al...
2016
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**The New York Times bestseller from the author of The Order of Time and Reality Is Not What It Seems, Helgoland, and Anaximander“One of the year’s most entrancing books about science.”—The Wall Street Journal“Clear, elegant...a whirlwind tour of some of the biggest ideas in physics.”—The New York Times Book Review**This playful, entertaining, and mind-bending introduction to modern physics briskly expla...
2018
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New York Times BestsellerNational BestsellerWith Sapiens and Homo Deus, Yuval Noah Harari first explored the past, then the future of humankind, garnering the praise of no less than Barack Obama, Bill Gates, and Mark Zuckerberg, to name a few, and selling millions of copies in the over 30 countries it was published. In 21 Lessons for the 21st Century, he devotes himself to the present....
The Big Picture
On the Origins of Life, Meaning, and the Universe Itself
2016
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The instant New York Times bestseller about humanity's place in the universe—and how we understand it.“Vivid...impressive....Splendidly informative.”—The New York Times“Succeeds spectacularly.”—Science“A tour de force.”—SalonAlready internationally acclaimed for his elegant, lucid writing on the most challenging notions in modern physics, Sean Carroll is emerging as one of t...
Fear
Trump in the White House
2018
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OVER 2 MILLION COPIES SOLDRUNAWAY #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERSENSATIONAL #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER“Explosive.”—The Washington Post“Devastating.”—The New Yorker“Unprecedented.”—CNN“Great reporting...astute.”****—Hugh HewittTHE INSIDE STORY ON PRESIDENT TRUMP, AS ONLY BOB WOODWARD C...
Midnight in Chernobyl
The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster
2019
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A New York Times Best Book of the YearA Time Best Book of the YearA Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the Year2020 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence Winner**From journalist Adam Higginbotham, the New York Times bestselling “account that reads almost like the script for a movie” (The Wall Street Journal)—a powerful investigation into ...
The Sixth Extinction
An Unnatural History
2014
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WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZEONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW'S 10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEARA NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALISTThe 10th-anniversary edition of the instant classic, The Sixth Extinction, now with a new epilogue. Kolbert blends intellectual and natural history and field reporting into a powerful account of the mass extinction unfolding before our eyes.
Origin
A Novel
- Book 5 -
- Robert Langdon
2017
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THE #1 WORLDWIDE BESTSELLER FROM THE ICONIC AUTHOR OF THE DA VINCI CODE AND THE NEW ROBERT LANGDON THRILLER, THE SECRET OF SECRETS“Fans of The Da Vinci Code rejoice! Professor Robert Langdon is again solving the mysteries of the universe.” —People“A life-or-death adventure.” —Entertainment WeeklyRobert Langdon, Harvard professor of symbology, arrives at the ultramodern Gu...











