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Everything Is Tuberculosis

The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection

par 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 ... En savoir plus

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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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The Science of Plants

Inside Their Secret World

par DK ...

Collections series DK Secret World Encyclopedias
Combining graceful design and beautiful imagery, this ebook provides an elegant introduction to the plant kingdom.Discover the extraordinary diversity of the plant world-and how plants work-with this photographic celebration of the trees, flowers, and foliage plants that share our planet. From tiny mosses and delicate ferns to vibrant blooms and stately palms, Botany invites you to explore the ... En savoir plus

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Combining graceful design and beautiful imagery, this ebook provides an elegant introduction to the plant kingdom.Discover the extraordinary diversity of the plant world-and how plants work-with this photographic celebration of the trees, flowers, and foliage plants that share our planet. From tiny mosses and delicate ferns to vibrant blooms and stately palms, Botany invites you to explore the
... En savoir plus
Misbelief

What Makes Rational People Believe Irrational Things

par Dan Ariely ...

“In this thoughtful, moving, and well-written book, Dan Ariely narrates his personal and professional journey to understand the world of misbelievers and conspiracy theories, and offers insights and tips that will hopefully help all of us protect our fragile social fabric from being torn apart by disinformation and distrust.”—Yuval Harari, bestselling author of Sapiens“Misbelief is an urgent ... En savoir plus

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“In this thoughtful, moving, and well-written book, Dan Ariely narrates his personal and professional journey to understand the world of misbelievers and conspiracy theories, and offers insights and tips that will hopefully help all of us protect our fragile social fabric from being torn apart by disinformation and distrust.”—Yuval Harari, bestselling author of Sapiens“Misbelief is an urgent
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Bottled Lightning

Superbatteries, Electric Cars, and the New Lithium Economy

par Seth Fletcher ...

Lithium batteries may hold the key to an environmentally sustainable, oil-independent future. From electric cars to a "smart" power grid that can actually store electricity, letting us harness the powers of the sun and the wind and use them when we need them, lithium—a metal half as dense as water, found primarily in some of the most uninhabitable places on earth—has the potential to set us on a ... En savoir plus

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Lithium batteries may hold the key to an environmentally sustainable, oil-independent future. From electric cars to a "smart" power grid that can actually store electricity, letting us harness the powers of the sun and the wind and use them when we need them, lithium—a metal half as dense as water, found primarily in some of the most uninhabitable places on earth—has the potential to set us on a
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Story Genius

How to Use Brain Science to Go Beyond Outlining and Write a Riveting Novel (Before You Waste Three Years Writing 327 Pages That Go Nowhere)

par Lisa Cron ...

Following on the heels of Lisa Cron's breakout first book, Wired for Story, this writing guide reveals how to use cognitive storytelling strategies to build a scene-by-scene blueprint for a riveting story.It’s every novelist’s greatest fear: pouring their blood, sweat, and tears into writing hundreds of pages only to realize that their story has no sense of urgency, no internal logic, and so is a ... En savoir plus

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Following on the heels of Lisa Cron's breakout first book, Wired for Story, this writing guide reveals how to use cognitive storytelling strategies to build a scene-by-scene blueprint for a riveting story.It’s every novelist’s greatest fear: pouring their blood, sweat, and tears into writing hundreds of pages only to realize that their story has no sense of urgency, no internal logic, and so is a
... En savoir plus
Beyond the Self

Conversations between Buddhism and Neuroscience

par Matthieu Ricard, Wolf Singer ...

A Buddhist monk and esteemed neuroscientist discuss their converging—and diverging—views on the mind and self, consciousness and the unconscious, free will and perception, and more.Buddhism shares with science the task of examining the mind empirically; it has pursued, for two millennia, direct investigation of the mind through penetrating introspection. Neuroscience, on the other hand, relies on ... En savoir plus

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A Buddhist monk and esteemed neuroscientist discuss their converging—and diverging—views on the mind and self, consciousness and the unconscious, free will and perception, and more.Buddhism shares with science the task of examining the mind empirically; it has pursued, for two millennia, direct investigation of the mind through penetrating introspection. Neuroscience, on the other hand, relies on
... En savoir plus
Finding the Mother Tree

Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest

par 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... ... En savoir plus

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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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Scarcity Brain

Fix Your Craving Mindset and Rewire Your Habits to Thrive with Enough

par Michael Easter ...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The author of The Comfort Crisis asks: Are we hardwired to crave more? From food and stuff to information and influence, why can’t we ever get enough?“Reveals the biological and evolutionary foundations behind your brain’s fixations, so you can stop seeking and start living.”—Melissa Urban, Whole30 CEO and author of The Book of BoundariesHave you ever found yourself ... En savoir plus

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The author of The Comfort Crisis asks: Are we hardwired to crave more? From food and stuff to information and influence, why can’t we ever get enough?“Reveals the biological and evolutionary foundations behind your brain’s fixations, so you can stop seeking and start living.”—Melissa Urban, Whole30 CEO and author of The Book of BoundariesHave you ever found yourself
... En savoir plus
99 Ways to Die

And How to Avoid Them

par Ashely Alker, M.D. ...

An illuminating, hilarious, and practical guide to 99 of the most terrifying ways to die and how to avoid them from an emergency medicine doctor.Dr. Ashely Alker is a self-described death escapologist—or, in more familiar terms, an emergency medicine doctor. She has seen it all, from flesh-eating bacteria to the work of a serial killer to the more mundane but no less deadly, and her work ... En savoir plus

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An illuminating, hilarious, and practical guide to 99 of the most terrifying ways to die and how to avoid them from an emergency medicine doctor.Dr. Ashely Alker is a self-described death escapologist—or, in more familiar terms, an emergency medicine doctor. She has seen it all, from flesh-eating bacteria to the work of a serial killer to the more mundane but no less deadly, and her work
... En savoir plus
How to Make Your Brain Your Best Friend

A Neuroscientist's Guide to a Healthier, Happier Life

par Rachel Barr ...

**Your brain is the most remarkable thing in the known universe.Fun, but still deeply, rigorously researched.' - Professor Neil Shyminsky'A true masterpiece. Rachel Barr has done a phenomenal job breaking down the complexities of the human mind.' - Jeffrey Meltzer, LMHC'Insightful and relatable psychoeducation that demystifies the brain . . . it’s a resource I’ll proudly keep on my shelf as a ... En savoir plus

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**Your brain is the most remarkable thing in the known universe.Fun, but still deeply, rigorously researched.' - Professor Neil Shyminsky'A true masterpiece. Rachel Barr has done a phenomenal job breaking down the complexities of the human mind.' - Jeffrey Meltzer, LMHC'Insightful and relatable psychoeducation that demystifies the brain . . . it’s a resource I’ll proudly keep on my shelf as a
... En savoir plus
Your Brain on Art

How the Arts Transform Us

par Susan Magsamen, Ivy Ross ...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A life-altering, science-backed exploration of the healing power of art, which has now been proven to help lower stress, supercharge learning and creativity, extend your lifespan, and combat loneliness.“This book blew my mind!”—Angela Duckworth, #1 New York Times bestselling author of GritA BLOOMBERG BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • Finalist for the Inc.</st... ... En savoir plus

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A life-altering, science-backed exploration of the healing power of art, which has now been proven to help lower stress, supercharge learning and creativity, extend your lifespan, and combat loneliness.“This book blew my mind!”—Angela Duckworth, #1 New York Times bestselling author of GritA BLOOMBERG BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • Finalist for the Inc.</st...
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Food Intelligence

The Science of How Food Both Nourishes and Harms Us

par Julia Belluz, Kevin Hall PhD ...

**“Food Intelligence dispels many popular myths we have about weight loss and breaks down the real drivers of the obesity crisis based on decades of research. I really hope everyone gets a chance to read this book." —Sanjay Gupta, MD, Chief Medical Correspondent at CNN and host of Chasing LifeThe essential guide for understanding what you’re eating, and the forces that are driving you to eat it.* ... En savoir plus

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**“Food Intelligence dispels many popular myths we have about weight loss and breaks down the real drivers of the obesity crisis based on decades of research. I really hope everyone gets a chance to read this book." —Sanjay Gupta, MD, Chief Medical Correspondent at CNN and host of Chasing LifeThe essential guide for understanding what you’re eating, and the forces that are driving you to eat it.*
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Altered Traits

Science Reveals How Meditation Changes Your Mind, Brain, and Body

par Daniel Goleman, Richard J. Davidson ...

Two New York Times–bestselling authors unveil new research showing what meditation can really do for the brain.In the last twenty years, meditation and mindfulness have gone from being kind of cool to becoming an omnipresent Band-Aid for fixing everything from your weight to your relationship to your achievement level. Unveiling here the kind of cutting-edge research that has made them giants in ... En savoir plus

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Two New York Times–bestselling authors unveil new research showing what meditation can really do for the brain.In the last twenty years, meditation and mindfulness have gone from being kind of cool to becoming an omnipresent Band-Aid for fixing everything from your weight to your relationship to your achievement level. Unveiling here the kind of cutting-edge research that has made them giants in
... En savoir plus
Immune

A Journey into the Mysterious System That Keeps You Alive

par Philipp Dettmer ...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A gorgeously illustrated deep dive into the immune system that will forever change how you think about your body, from the creator of the popular science YouTube channel Kurzgesagt—In a Nutshell“Through wonderful analogies and a genius for clarifying complex ideas, Immune is a truly brilliant introduction to the human body’s vast system for fighting infections and other ... En savoir plus

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A gorgeously illustrated deep dive into the immune system that will forever change how you think about your body, from the creator of the popular science YouTube channel Kurzgesagt—In a Nutshell“Through wonderful analogies and a genius for clarifying complex ideas, Immune is a truly brilliant introduction to the human body’s vast system for fighting infections and other
... En savoir plus
Uncommon Sense Teaching

Practical Insights in Brain Science to Help Students Learn

par Terrence J. Sejnowski, Barbara Oakley PhD, Beth Rogowsky EdD ...

**Top 10 Pick for Learning Ladders’ Best Books for Educators Summer 2021A groundbreaking guide to improve teaching based on the latest research in neuroscience, from the bestselling author of A Mind for Numbers.**Neuroscientists and cognitive scientists have made enormous strides in understanding the brain and how we learn, but little of that insight has filtered down to the way teachers teach. ... En savoir plus

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**Top 10 Pick for Learning Ladders’ Best Books for Educators Summer 2021A groundbreaking guide to improve teaching based on the latest research in neuroscience, from the bestselling author of A Mind for Numbers.**Neuroscientists and cognitive scientists have made enormous strides in understanding the brain and how we learn, but little of that insight has filtered down to the way teachers teach.
... En savoir plus
This Way Up

When Maps Go Wrong (And Why It Matters)

par Map Men ...

***AN INSTANT INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER!**AUDIO BOOK NARRATED BY MARK COOPER-JONES AND JAY FOREMAN**An Audible Most Anticipated Listen!*The debut book from the YouTube sensation and all-round cartographical nerds, The Map Men!**Hello, we’re the Map Men and in the following pages, we’ve selected what we believe to be some of the very best wrong maps. Some of them are decades old, some are centuries ... En savoir plus

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***AN INSTANT INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER!**AUDIO BOOK NARRATED BY MARK COOPER-JONES AND JAY FOREMAN**An Audible Most Anticipated Listen!*The debut book from the YouTube sensation and all-round cartographical nerds, The Map Men!**Hello, we’re the Map Men and in the following pages, we’ve selected what we believe to be some of the very best wrong maps. Some of them are decades old, some are centuries
... En savoir plus
Quantum Supremacy

How the Quantum Computer Revolution Will Change Everything

par Michio Kaku ...

**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An exhilarating tour of humanity's next great technological achievement—quantum computing—which may supercharge artificial intelligence, solve some of humanity's biggest problems, like global warming, world hunger, and incurable disease, and eventually illuminate the deepest mysteries of science, by the bestselling author of The God Equation. • “Expertly describes and ... En savoir plus

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**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An exhilarating tour of humanity's next great technological achievement—quantum computing—which may supercharge artificial intelligence, solve some of humanity's biggest problems, like global warming, world hunger, and incurable disease, and eventually illuminate the deepest mysteries of science, by the bestselling author of The God Equation. • “Expertly describes and
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Gemini

Stepping Stone to the Moon, the Untold Story

par Jeffrey Kluger ...

**ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE'S MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF FALL 2025From the bestselling co-author of Apollo 13 comes the thrilling untold story of the pioneering Gemini program that was instrumental in getting Americans on the moon.**Without Gemini, there would be no Apollo.After we first launched Americans into space but before we touched down on the moon’s surface, there was the Gemini program. It was ... En savoir plus

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**ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE'S MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF FALL 2025From the bestselling co-author of Apollo 13 comes the thrilling untold story of the pioneering Gemini program that was instrumental in getting Americans on the moon.**Without Gemini, there would be no Apollo.After we first launched Americans into space but before we touched down on the moon’s surface, there was the Gemini program. It was
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Into the Magic Shop

A Neurosurgeon's Quest to Discover the Mysteries of the Brain and the Secrets ofthe Heart

par James R. Doty MD ...

**The award-winning New York Times bestseller about the extraordinary things that can happen when we harness the power of both the brain and the heart“It’s Doty’s ability to describe his journey so lyrically, and then his willingness to share his methods, that make this book a gem.”—Abraham Verghese, MD, author of Cutting for Stone**Growing up in the high desert of California, Jim Doty was poor, ... En savoir plus

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**The award-winning New York Times bestseller about the extraordinary things that can happen when we harness the power of both the brain and the heart“It’s Doty’s ability to describe his journey so lyrically, and then his willingness to share his methods, that make this book a gem.”—Abraham Verghese, MD, author of Cutting for Stone**Growing up in the high desert of California, Jim Doty was poor,
... En savoir plus
My Stroke of Insight

A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey

par Jill Bolte Taylor ...

**"Transformative...[Taylor's] experience...will shatter [your] own perception of the world."—ABC NewsThe astonishing New York Times bestseller that chronicles how a brain scientist's own stroke led to enlightenment**On December 10, 1996, Jill Bolte Taylor, a thirty-seven- year-old Harvard-trained brain scientist experienced a massive stroke in the left hemisphere of her brain. As she observed her ... En savoir plus

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**"Transformative...[Taylor's] experience...will shatter [your] own perception of the world."—ABC NewsThe astonishing New York Times bestseller that chronicles how a brain scientist's own stroke led to enlightenment**On December 10, 1996, Jill Bolte Taylor, a thirty-seven- year-old Harvard-trained brain scientist experienced a massive stroke in the left hemisphere of her brain. As she observed her
... En savoir plus
On Muscle

The Stuff That Moves Us and Why It Matters

par Bonnie Tsui ...

From the bestselling author of Why We Swim comes a mind-expanding exploration of muscle that will change the way you think about what moves us through the world.“Remarkable ... A singular book about the true meanings of strength and flexibility, about our ability to define who we are and who we might be.”—Ed Yong, New York Times bestselling author of An Immense World and I Contain Multi... ... En savoir plus

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From the bestselling author of Why We Swim comes a mind-expanding exploration of muscle that will change the way you think about what moves us through the world.“Remarkable ... A singular book about the true meanings of strength and flexibility, about our ability to define who we are and who we might be.”—Ed Yong, New York Times bestselling author of An Immense World and I Contain Multi...
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A World Appears

A Journey into Consciousness

par Michael Pollan ...

**The Instant New York Times Bestseller"Pollan’s real genius—the word is not too strong—remains intact. That is his uncanny ability to scent the direction in which the culture is headed. He did it with food and psychedelics, and now, though A World Appears focuses on AI only intermittently, he has done it again." —Charles Finch, The AtlanticFrom the #1 New York Times bestselling author of How to ... En savoir plus

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**The Instant New York Times Bestseller"Pollan’s real genius—the word is not too strong—remains intact. That is his uncanny ability to scent the direction in which the culture is headed. He did it with food and psychedelics, and now, though A World Appears focuses on AI only intermittently, he has done it again." —Charles Finch, The AtlanticFrom the #1 New York Times bestselling author of How to
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The Invention of Nature

Alexander von Humboldt's New World

par Andrea Wulf ...

**NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A biography of Alexander von Humboldt, the visionary German naturalist whose ideas changed the way we see the natural world—and in the process created modern environmentalism. • From the acclaimed author of Magnificent Rebels."Vivid and exciting.... Wulf’s pulsating account brings this dazzling figure back into a dazzling, much-deserved focus.” —The Boston Globe**Alexander ... En savoir plus

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**NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A biography of Alexander von Humboldt, the visionary German naturalist whose ideas changed the way we see the natural world—and in the process created modern environmentalism. • From the acclaimed author of Magnificent Rebels."Vivid and exciting.... Wulf’s pulsating account brings this dazzling figure back into a dazzling, much-deserved focus.” —The Boston Globe**Alexander
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The Ghost Map

The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic--and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World

par Steven Johnson ...

A National Bestseller, a New York Times Notable Book, and an Entertainment Weekly Best Book of the Year from the author of Extra Life**“By turns a medical thriller, detective story, and paean to city life, Johnson's account of the outbreak and its modern implications is a true page-turner.” —The Washington Post“Thought-provoking.” —Entertainment Weekly**It's the summer of 1854, and London is just ... En savoir plus

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A National Bestseller, a New York Times Notable Book, and an Entertainment Weekly Best Book of the Year from the author of Extra Life**“By turns a medical thriller, detective story, and paean to city life, Johnson's account of the outbreak and its modern implications is a true page-turner.” —The Washington Post“Thought-provoking.” —Entertainment Weekly**It's the summer of 1854, and London is just
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