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
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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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
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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