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The Talent Code
The Talent Code
Written by Daniel Coyle
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780553806847
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The Talent Code
Greatness Isn't Born. It's Grown. Here's How.
Written by Daniel Coyle


Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: April 28, 2009
Price: $26.00

What is the secret of talent? How do we unlock it? In this groundbreaking work, journalist and New York Times bestselling author Daniel Coyle provides parents, teachers, coaches, businesspeople—and everyone else—with tools they can use to maximize potential in themselves and others.

Whether you’re coaching soccer or teaching a child to play... Read more >
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Science in Seconds
Science in Seconds
Written by Hazel Muir
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9781623650063
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Science in Seconds
200 Key Concepts Explained in an Instant
Written by Hazel Muir


Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
On Sale: September 10, 2013
Price: $12.95

Simple and accessible, Science in Seconds is a visually led introduction to 200 key scientific ideas. Each concept is readily absorbed through an easy-to-understand picture and a concise explanation.

Concepts span all of the most fundamental scientific disciplines including Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Ecology, Biotechnology, Anatomy and Physiology, Medicine, Earth Science, Energy Generation... Read more >
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Cosmos
Cosmos
Written by Carl Sagan
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780345331359
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Cosmos

Written by Carl Sagan


Format: Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: October 12, 1985
Price: $7.99

The best-selling science book ever published in the English language, COSMOS is a magnificent overview of the past, present, and future of science. Brilliant and provocative, it traces today's knowledge and scientific methods to their historical roots, blending science and philosophy in a wholly energetic and irresistible way. Read more >
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A Brief History of Time
A Brief History of Time
Written by Stephen Hawking
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780553896923
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A Brief History of Time

Written by Stephen Hawking


Format: eBook
On Sale: May 4, 2011
Price: $13.99

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

A landmark volume in science writing by one of the great minds of our time, Stephen Hawking’s book explores such profound questions as: How did the universe begin—and what made its start possible? Does time always flow forward? Is the universe unending—or are there boundaries? Are there other dimensions... Read more >
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Ten Billion
Ten Billion
Written by Stephen Emmott
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780345806475
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Ten Billion

Written by Stephen Emmott


Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: September 10, 2013
Price: $12.95

A VINTAGE ORIGINAL

Just over two hundred years ago, there were one billion humans on Earth.

There are now over seven billion of us.

And, sometime this century, the world population will reach at least ten billion.

Deforestation. Desertification. Species extinction. Global warming. Growing threats to food and water. The driving issues of our times are... Read more >
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The Talent Code
The Talent Code
Written by Daniel Coyle
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780553906493
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The Talent Code
Greatness Isn't Born. It's Grown. Here's How.
Written by Daniel Coyle


Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: April 28, 2009
Price: $13.99

What is the secret of talent? How do we unlock it? In this groundbreaking work, journalist and New York Times bestselling author Daniel Coyle provides parents, teachers, coaches, businesspeople—and everyone else—with tools they can use to maximize potential in themselves and others.

Whether you’re coaching soccer or teaching a child to play... Read more >
Also available as a hardcover.
National Geographic Angry Birds Furious Forces
National Geographic Angry Birds Furious Forces
Written by Rhett Allain, Foreword by Peter Vesterbacka
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9781426211720
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National Geographic Angry Birds Furious Forces
The Physics at Play in the World's Most Popular Game
Written by Rhett Allain
Foreword by Peter Vesterbacka


Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
On Sale: June 4, 2013
Price: $13.95

Another Angry Birds National Geographic mash-up! This fun, engaging paperback uses Angry Birds to explain the physics at work in the world--and behind the popular game.

National Geographic's trademark science blends with Angry Birds' beloved entertainment to take readers into the world of physics. Rhett Allain, physics professor and Wired blogger explains basic scientific... Read more >
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The Demon in the Freezer
The Demon in the Freezer
Written by Richard Preston
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780345466631
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The Demon in the Freezer
A True Story
Written by Richard Preston


Format: Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: August 26, 2003
Price: $7.99

“The bard of biological weapons captures
the drama of the front lines.”

-Richard Danzig, former secretary of the navy


The first major bioterror event in the United States-the anthrax attacks in October 2001-was a clarion call for scientists who work with “hot” agents to find ways of protecting civilian populations against biological weapons. In... Read more >
1493
1493
Written by Charles C. Mann
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780307278241
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1493
Uncovering the New World Columbus Created
Written by Charles C. Mann


Format: Trade Paperback, 720 pages
On Sale: July 24, 2012
Price: $16.95

A deeply engaging new history of how European settlements in the post-Colombian Americas shaped the world, from the bestselling author of 1491. Presenting the latest research by biologists, anthropologists, archaeologists, and historians, Mann shows how the post-Columbian network of ecological and economic exchange fostered the rise of Europe, devastated imperial China...

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The Hot Zone
The Hot Zone
Written by Richard Preston
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307817655
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The Hot Zone
A Terrifying True Story
Written by Richard Preston


Format: eBook, 448 pages
On Sale: March 14, 2012
Price: $7.99

A highly infectious, deadly virus from the central African rain forest suddenly appears in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. There is no cure. In a few days 90 percent of its victims are dead. A secret military SWAT team of soldiers and scientists is mobilized to stop the outbreak of this... Read more >
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