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  • a life on our planet

    A Life on Our Planet: My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future by Sir David Attenbourough

    $23.40

    A Life on Our Planet: My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future by Sir David Attenbourough

    $23.40

    I am 93. I’ve had an extraordinary life. It’s only now that I appreciate how extraordinary.

    I have been witness to this decline. A Life on Our Planet is my witness statement, and my vision for the future. It is the story of how we came to make this, our greatest mistake — and how, if we act now, we can yet put it right.

    We have one final chance to create the perfect home for ourselves and restore the wonderful world we inherited.

    All we need is the will to do so.

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  • four cities annalee newitz

    Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age by Annalee Newitz

    $16.29

    Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age by Annalee Newitz

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    Newitz travels to all four sites and investigates the cutting-edge research in archaeology, revealing the mix of environmental changes and political turmoil that doomed these ancient settlements. Tracing the early development of urban planning, Newitz also introduces us to the often anonymous workers―slaves, women, immigrants, and manual laborers―who built these cities and created monuments that lasted millennia.

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  • the code breaker walter isaacson

    The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race by Walter Isaacson

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    The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race by Walter Isaacson

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    When Jennifer Doudna was in sixth grade, she came home one day to find that her dad had left a paperback titled The Double Helix on her bed. She put it aside, thinking it was one of those detective tales she loved. When she read it on a rainy Saturday, she discovered she was right, in a way. As she sped through the pages, she became enthralled by the intense drama behind the competition to discover the code of life. Even though her high school counselor told her girls didn’t become scientists, she decided she would.

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  • why we sleep

    Why We Sleep – Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams by Matthew Walker

    $18.85

    Why We Sleep – Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams by Matthew Walker

    $18.85

    “Why We Sleep is an important and fascinating book…Walker taught me a lot about this basic activity that every person on Earth needs. I suspect his book will do the same for you.” —Bill Gates

    A New York Times bestseller and international sensation, this “stimulating and important book” (Financial Times) is a fascinating dive into the purpose and power of slumber.

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  • The Death and Life of the Great Lakes by Dan Egan

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    The Death and Life of the Great Lakes by Dan Egan

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    The Great Lakes―Erie, Huron, Michigan, Ontario and Superior―hold 20 percent of the world’s supply of surface fresh water and provide sustenance, work and recreation for tens of millions of Americans. But they are under threat as never before, and their problems are spreading across the continent. The Death and Life of the Great Lakes is prize-winning reporter Dan Egan’s compulsively readable portrait of an ecological catastrophe happening right before our eyes, blending the epic story of the lakes with an examination of the perils they face and the ways we can restore and preserve them for generations to come.

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  • Irresistible: The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked by Adam Alter

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    Irresistible: The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked by Adam Alter

    $18.36

    Welcome to the age of behavioral addiction—an age in which half of the American population is addicted to at least one behavior. We obsess over our emails, Instagram likes, and Facebook feeds; we binge on TV episodes and YouTube videos; we work longer hours each year; and we spend an average of three hours each day using our smartphones. Half of us would rather suffer a broken bone than a broken phone, and Millennial kids spend so much time in front of screens that they struggle to interact with real, live humans.

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