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Object Lessons eBook Series

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  • Earth

    Series series Object Lessons
    Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.In Earth, a planetary scientist and a literary humanist explore what happens when we think of the Earth as an object viewable from space. As a “blue marble,” “a blue pale dot,” or, as Chaucer described it, “this litel spot of erthe,” the solitary orb is a challenge to scale and to human self ... Read more

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  • Ways of Being

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  • 14 Fun Facts About Venus: A 15-Minute Book

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