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The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution
Charles Darwin, whose 1859 masterpiece "On the Origin of Species" shook society to its core, would surely have raised an incredulous eyebrow at the controversy over evolution still raging 150 years la…
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A Brief History of Black Holes: And why nearly everything you know about them is wrong
Black Holes are the universe’s strangest and most fascinating objects — Dr. Becky explains all, and why nearly everything you know about them is wrong.
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Right now, you are orbiting a black hole. The Ear… -
Over My Dead Body: Unearthing the Hidden History of America’s Cemeteries
A lively tour through the history of US cemeteries that explores how, where, and why we bury our dead
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The Power of Myth
The Power Of Myth launched an extraordinary resurgence of interest in Joseph Campbell and his work. A preeminent scholar, writer, and teacher, he has had a profound influence on millions of people. To…
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Consider the Fork: A History of How We Cook and Eat
Technology in the kitchen does not just mean the Pacojets and sous-vide of the modernist kitchen. It can also mean the humbler tools of everyday cooking and eating: a wooden spoon and a skillet, chops…
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A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum: Murder in Ancient Rome
An entertaining and informative look at the unique culture of crime, punishment, and killing in Ancient Rome
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Why There Is No God: Simple Responses to 20 Common Arguments for the Existence of God
• "Science can't explain the complexity and order of life; God must have designed it to be this way."
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• "God's existence is proven by scripture."
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Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Carl Sagan traces our exploration of space and suggests that our very survival may depend on the wise use of other worlds. This stirring book reveals how scientific disco…
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Blood and Guts: A History of Surgery
Today, astonishing surgical breakthroughs are making face transplants, limb transplants and a host of other previously undreamed of operations possible. But getting here has not been a simple story of…
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Letter to a Christian Nation
In response to The End of Faith, Sam Harris received thousands of letters from Christians excoriating him for not believing in God. Letter to A Christian Nation is his reply. Using rational argument, …
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The Sword of the Lictor (The Book of the New Sun, #3)
Beneath the dying sun the disgraced torturer, Severian, at last comes to his place of exile - Thrax, the City of Windowless Rooms. But Severian's journeying is not ended, and high in the Earth's ancie…
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The Citadel of the Autarch (The Book of the New Sun, #4)
Severian the Torturer, possessor of the miracle-producing gem, the Claw of the Conciliator, experiences strange adventures as he journeys across the savage land of Urth
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Humble Pi: A Comedy of Maths Errors
An international bestseller
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The book-length answer to anyone who ever put their hand up in math class and asked, "When am I ever going to use this in the real world?"
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The Sins of Our Fathers (The Expanse, #9.5)
Through one of the gates, a colony stands alone. Their supplies are low. Their defenses, weak. The leadership is uncertain, and the community fragile. Huge alien beasts threaten the little they have l…
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How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking
The Freakonomics of math—a math-world superstar unveils the hidden beauty and logic of the world and puts its power in our hands
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葬送のフリーレン 6 [Sōsō no Frieren 6]
英雄たちの真意を物語る後日譚ファンタジー
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魔王を倒した勇者一行の
魔法使い・フリーレン。
魔法使い試験、第二次試験は迷宮(ダンジョン)攻略です。
多彩な魔法使いたちと、紐解かれるフリーレンの本領――
物語は、魔法使い師弟の絆を紡いでいく。
英雄たちの“真意”が語られる後日譚ファンタジー! -
The Brilliant Abyss
A journey into the alien depths of the sea, and into our possible future, from a marine biologist known for "nature writing at its most engaging" (Sunday Express).
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A golden era of deep-sea discovery is…