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  • Fastest Things on Wings

    Rescuing Hummingbirds in Hollywood

    by Terry Masear ...
    A heartwarming memoir by “one of California’s hardest-working hummingbird rehabilitators . . . will leave the average bird lover agog” (The Washington Post).Before he collided with a limousine, Gabriel, an Anna’s hummingbird with a head and throat cloaked in iridescent magenta feathers, could spiral 130 feet in the air, dive 60 miles per hour in a courtship display, hover, and fly backward. When ... Read more

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  • Out of My Later Years

    The Scientist, Philosopher, and Man Portrayed Through His Own Words

    by Albert Einstein ...
    An inspiring collection of essays, in which Albert Einstein addresses the topics that fascinated him as a scientist, philosopher, and humanitarianDivided by subject matter—“Science,” “Convictions and Beliefs,” “Public Affairs,” etc.—these essays consider everything from the need for a “supranational” governing body to control war in the atomic age to freedom in research and education to Jewish ... Read more

    $14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • All the Light We Cannot See

    A Novel

    by Anthony Doerr ...
    *COMING IN NOVEMBER AS A NETFLIX LIMITED SERIES—from producerand director Shawn Levy (Stranger Things) starringMark Ruffalo, Hugh Laurie, and newcomer Aria Mia Loberti*Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalist, the beloved instant New York Times bestseller and New York Times Book Re... ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

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  • Pity the Reader

    On Writing with Style

    by Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Suzanne McConnell ...
    **“A rich, generous book about writing and reading and Kurt Vonnegut as writer, teacher, and friend . . . Every page brings pleasure and insight.”—**Gail Godwin, New York Times bestselling authorHere is an entirely new side of Kurt Vonnegut, Vonnegut as a teacher of writing. Of course he’s given us glimpses before, with aphorisms and short essays and articles and in his speeches. But never before ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • Future Minds

    The Rise of Intelligence from the Big Bang to the End of the Universe

    by Richard Yonck ...
    For readers of Michio Kaku and Stephen Hawking, the book readers have acclaimed as "A mega-comprehensive outlook at intelligence as convincing as it is surprising" and "A truly breathtaking forecast on the future of intelligence."With the ongoing advancement of AI and other technologies, our world is becoming increasingly intelligent. From chatbots to innovations in brain-computer interfaces to ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

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  • The World as I See It

    by Albert Einstein ...
    The World As I See It reveals the idealistic, spiritual, and witty side of this great intellectual. Including letters, speeches, articles, and essays written before 1935, this collection offers a complete portrait of Einstein as a humanitarian and as a human being trying to make sense of the changing world around him. Einstein believed in the possibility of a peaceful world and in the high mission ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

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  • George Orwell

    A Life

    by Bernard Crick ...
    A sublime essayist and author of the masterful political novels 1984 and Animal Farm, George Orwell is at least as relevant in the age of Trump and Brexit as he was in his own short lifetime (1903-1950). Both of his classic novels have been hot sellers over the past two years and his name is conjured daily on newscasts and opinion pages as pundits try to make sense of the strange political moment ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • The Byzantine World War

    by Nick Holmes ...
    The Crusades shook the world. But why did they happen?Their origins are revealed in a new light. As part of a medieval world war that stretched from Asia to Europe. At its centre was an ancient empire – Byzantium.Told for the first time as a single, linked narrative are three great events that changed history: the fall of Byzantium in the eleventh century, the epic campaign of the First Crusade ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Walking to Samarkand

    The Great Silk Road from Persia to Central Asia

    by Bernard Ollivier ...
    Translated by Dan Golembeski ...
    Acclaimed journalist Bernard Ollivier continues his epic journey across Persia and Central Asia as he walks the length of the Great Silk Road.Walking to Samarkand is journalist Bernard Ollivier’s stunning account of the second leg of his 7,200-mile walk from Istanbul, Turkey, to Xi’an, China, along the Silk Road--the longest and perhaps most mythical trade route of all time. Picking up where Out ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

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  • I Escaped from Auschwitz

    The Shocking True Story of the World War II Hero Who Escaped the Nazis and Helped Save Over 200,000 Jews

    by Rudolf Vrba ...
    The Stunning and Emotional Autobiography of an Auschwitz SurvivorApril 7, 1944—This date marks the successful escape of two Slovak prisoners from one of the most heavily-guarded and notorious concentration camps of Nazi Germany. The escapees, Rudolf Vrba and Alfred Wetzler, fled over one hundred miles to be the first to give the graphic and detailed descriptions of the atrocities of Auschwitz ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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  • Beyond Tidy

    Declutter Your Mind and Discover the Magic of Organized Living

    by Annmarie Brogan, Marie Limpert ...
    The Top Ways to Declutter, Organize, and Get your Life Back in Place!Are you overwhelmed by clutter and disorganization, or are you already organized but want to take it to the “next level?” Either way, you’re in the right place! Go beyond the tidying effects of Marie Kondo and other professional organizers. Discover not only the best ways to declutter and organize, but also how to create a ... Read more

    $9.99 USD $1.99 USD

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  • We Share the Same Sky

    A Memoir of Memory & Migration

    by Rachael Cerrotti ...
    In 2009, Rachael Cerrotti, a college student pursuing a career in photojournalism, asked her grandmother, Hana, if she could record her story. Rachael knew that her grandmother was a Holocaust survivor and the only one in her family alive at the end of the war. Rachael also knew that she survived because of the kindness of strangers. It wasn’t a secret. Hana spoke about her history publicly and ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

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