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The Happy Atheist
The Happy Atheist
Written by PZ Myers
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307907455
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The Happy Atheist

Written by PZ Myers


Format: eBook, 176 pages
On Sale: August 13, 2013
Price: $12.99

“I’m an atheist swimming in a sea of superstition, surrounded by well-meaning, good people with whom I share a culture and similar concerns, and there’s only one thing I can do. I have to laugh.” —PZ Myers
 
On his popular science blog, Pharyngula, PZ Myers has entertained millions of readers with his infectious...

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Pale Blue Dot
Pale Blue Dot
Written by Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780345376596
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Pale Blue Dot
A Vision of the Human Future in Space
Written by Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan


Format: Trade Paperback, 384 pages
On Sale: September 8, 1997
Price: $16.00

"FASCINATING . . . MEMORABLE . . . REVEALING . . . PERHAPS THE BEST OF CARL SAGAN'S BOOKS."
--The Washington Post Book World (front page review)

In Cosmos, the late astronomer Carl Sagan cast his gaze over the magnificent mystery of the Universe and made it accessible to millions of people around... Read more >
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Our Political Nature
Our Political Nature
Written by Avi Tuschman
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9781616148232
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Our Political Nature
The Evolutionary Origins of What Divides Us
Written by Avi Tuschman


Format: Hardcover, 500 pages
On Sale: September 3, 2013
Price: $24.95

The first book to tell the natural history of political orientations. 
 

     Our Political Nature is the first book to reveal the hidden roots of our most deeply held moral values. It shows how political orientations across space and time arise from three clusters of measurable personality traits. These clusters entail opposing attitudes... Read more >
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Mycelium Running
Mycelium Running
Written by Paul Stamets
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9781580085793
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Mycelium Running
How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World
Written by Paul Stamets


Format: Trade Paperback, 356 pages
On Sale: October 1, 2005
Price: $35.00

Mycelium Running is a manual for the mycological rescue of the planet. That’s right: growing more mushrooms may be the best thing we can do to save the environment, and in this groundbreaking text from mushroom expert Paul Stamets, you’ll find out how.
 
The basic science goes like this: Microscopic cells called... Read more >
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Cracking the AP Chemistry Exam, 2014 Edition
Cracking the AP Chemistry Exam, 2014 Edition
Written by Princeton Review
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307946218
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Cracking the AP Chemistry Exam, 2014 Edition

Written by Princeton Review


Format: eBook, 400 pages
On Sale: September 24, 2013
Price: $12.99

THE PRINCETON REVIEW GETS RESULTS. Get all the prep you need to ace the AP Chemistry Exam with 2 full-length practice tests, thorough topic reviews, and proven techniques to help you score higher. This eBook edition has been optimized for on-screen viewing with cross-linked questions, answers, and explanations.

Inside the Book: All... Read more >
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Rocket Girl
Rocket Girl
Written by George D. Morgan, Foreword by Ashley Stroupe, PHD
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9781616147396
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Rocket Girl
The Story of Mary Sherman Morgan, America's First Female Rocket Scientist
Written by George D. Morgan
Foreword by Ashley Stroupe, PHD


Format: Trade Paperback, 310 pages
On Sale: July 9, 2013
Price: $18.00

AN UNSUNG HEROINE OF THE SPACE AGE—HER STORY FINALLY TOLD.

     This is the extraordinary true story of America's first female rocket scientist. Told by her son, it describes Mary Sherman Morgan's crucial contribution to launching America's first satellite and the author's labyrinthine journey to uncover his mother's lost legacy--one buried...

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The Knife Man
The Knife Man
Written by Wendy Moore
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780767916530
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The Knife Man
Blood, Body Snatching, and the Birth of Modern Surgery
Written by Wendy Moore


Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: September 12, 2006
Price: $16.00

In an era when bloodletting was considered a cure for everything from colds to smallpox, surgeon John Hunter was a medical innovator, an eccentric, and the person to whom anyone who has ever had surgery probably owes his or her life. In this sensational and macabre story, we meet the surgeon... Read more >
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A Briefer History of Time
A Briefer History of Time
Written by Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780553385465
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A Briefer History of Time

Written by Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow


Format: Trade Paperback, 176 pages
On Sale: May 13, 2008
Price: $22.00

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHORS

The science classic made more accessible
• More concise • Illustrated

FROM ONE OF THE MOST BRILLIANT MINDS OF OUR TIME COMES A BOOK THAT CLARIFIES HIS MOST IMPORTANT IDEAS
 
Stephen Hawking’s worldwide bestseller A Brief History of Time remains a landmark volume in scientific writing. But for years...

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The Information
The Information
Written by James Gleick
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307379573
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The Information
A History, a Theory, a Flood
Written by James Gleick


Format: eBook, 544 pages
On Sale: March 1, 2011
Price: $11.99

James Gleick, the author of the best sellers Chaos and Genius, now brings us a work just as astonishing and masterly: a revelatory chronicle and meditation that shows how information has become the modern era’s defining quality—the blood, the fuel, the vital principle of our world.
 
The story of information begins...

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Physics of the Future
Physics of the Future
Written by Michio Kaku, Read by Feodor Chin
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
ISBN: 9780307877062
Our Price: $22.50

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Physics of the Future
How Science Will Shape Human Destiny and Our Daily Lives by the Year 2100
Written by Michio Kaku
Read by Feodor Chin


Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: March 15, 2011
Price: $22.50

Imagine, if you can, the world in the year 2100.

In Physics of the Future, Michio Kaku—the New York Times bestselling author of Physics of the Impossible—gives us a stunning, provocative, and exhilarating vision of the coming century based on interviews with over three hundred of the world’s top scientists who are...

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