Science & Math

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Emily Raboteau is a 47-year-old Black woman of mixed race, who lives in the Bronx, NY, with her husband and two adolescent sons.

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“What does matter, for us and for the rest of the world’s species, is to remember that ‘We are not doomed. We can build a better future for everyone.

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“Maybe Antarctica could teach us all not to surrender to despair, to keep investing in a world of and beyond ourselves.”

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Predicting Our Climate Future is an ambitious exploration of a critical topic.”

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Anyone interested in the brain, brain development, social evolution and the traits that make us human will find this book an engrossing read.”

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“This somewhat tongue-in-cheek narrative will captivate even the skeptics, directing their gaze upward at night.” 

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The Future of Geography is a serious and very readable book important for all people—not just scientists, generals, and politicians—to absorb and contemplate.”

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“something for history buffs, aviation enthusiast, aeronautical students and anyone interested in how America developed some the most advanced aircraft of the Cold War and into the 21st cen

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The Race for the Atom Bomb is less the story of how the Soviet Union stole the secrets of the Manhattan Project as it is a defense of J.

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"a surprisingly rich history. . . . McNeur clearly knows how to find out everything it's possible to discover about these women and the circles they moved in."

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I Must Be Dreaming is your ticket to the dreamland of a genius.”

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Whether you are a vegan or you love beef—whether you grew up on a farm or have never stepped in manure—if you care about land, air, and water quality, humane treatment of animals, thriving rural co

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For Freedom and Beauty are not fixed starts, but cut by man only from his own flesh, but lit by man, on

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“This book is a compelling plea for earth’s inhabitants to put on their science hats and come together to make a better life for everyone.”

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“Eilbert’s book is a testament to the act of seeing, of witnessing, of experiencing and still—as in, nonetheless; as in, despite it all—not turning away.”

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“It’s about time, Wicker might argue, that the fashion industry owns its part and cleans up its act.”

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“Lipsky’s dizzying no-brakes account of the progression to climate consensus—and of the dogged deniers-for-hire who have attacked it with relentless, reckless abandon—proves engaging and en

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“’The world, and its beauty, are there waiting for you,’ write Magsamen and Ross, a fitting last line in a book proving the science, the joy, and the power of experiencing life enmeshed in

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Everything That Rises is two powerful stories in one.

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“The closing words in Brown’s important and fine book put her in a class with the brilliant women whose life stories she shares.

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Bagby’s immaculate research, coupled with her keen sense for real-life character development and dramatic arcs, makes for a fascinating and surprisingly quick read on a fo

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“The changing of the guard from baby boomers to Gen X, Millennials, and Gen Z deserves our attention because of the possible scale and nature of its impact.”

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“gives a sharp analysis of how tanks and mechanized units became the primary formations in the European Theater during World War II.”

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Reading the Glass is a deeply engaging, eloquent, and colorful account of a captain's life at sea.”

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