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Book Cover for: The Ministry for the Future, Kim Stanley Robinson

The Ministry for the Future

Kim Stanley Robinson
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Los Angeles Is Gone In our excerpt from Kim Stanley Robinson's new novel about climate change, "The Ministry for the Future," the author drowns L.A. "A whole river network was being revealed or half-revealed by currents in the streets," he writes. https://t.co/HoHYqRtIRn #redmars https://t.co/yGEHxIALZy

Paperback, 2021

$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Ritual: How Seemingly Senseless Acts Make Life Worth Living, Dimitris Xygalatas

Ritual: How Seemingly Senseless Acts Make Life Worth Living

Dimitris Xygalatas
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From initiations to holiday traditions to extravagant ceremonies, rituals help crystallize who we are. Go behind the scenes with Dimitris @Xygalatas, the author of the 2022 book Ritual: How Seemingly Senseless Acts Make Life Worth Living:  https://t.co/JG6N12Zget

Hardcover, 2022

$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The How of Happiness: A New Approach to Getting the Life You Want, Sonja Lyubomirsky

The How of Happiness: A New Approach to Getting the Life You Want

Sonja Lyubomirsky
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@bsgallagher has one question for @slyubomirsky, a psychologist studying the sources and benefits of happiness. She is the author of 'The How of Happiness: A New Approach to Getting the Life You Want.' Click for the interview and more from Nautilus. https://t.co/24wUNF6YHX

Paperback, 2009

$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Two Heads: A Graphic Exploration of How Our Brains Work with Other Brains, Uta Frith

Two Heads: A Graphic Exploration of How Our Brains Work with Other Brains

Uta Frith
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Pictures/words altering notions of free will and regret. Click to read the comic by Uta Frith, Chris Frith, Alex Frith, and illustrator Daniel Locke from their new graphic novel, 'Two Heads: A Graphic Exploration of How Our Brains Work with Other Brains.' https://t.co/CABJlYxov2

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Book Cover for: The Biggest Bluff: How I Learned to Pay Attention, Master Myself, and Win, Maria Konnikova

The Biggest Bluff: How I Learned to Pay Attention, Master Myself, and Win

Maria Konnikova
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Science writer Maria Konnikova wrote a book, "The Biggest Bluff," about her journey to poker fame in the face of uncertainty. https://t.co/uuZ6TXdA5A @mkonnikova @WSOP @Erik_Seidel #withscience #nautilusmag #math #psychology #TheBiggestBluff #poker #LasVegas #luck #science https://t.co/bJ86ljIYgY

Paperback, 2021

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Milky Way Smells of Rum and Raspberries: ...and Other Amazing Cosmic Facts, Jillian Scudder

The Milky Way Smells of Rum and Raspberries: ...and Other Amazing Cosmic Facts

Jillian Scudder
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Today, @bsgallagher has one question for @Jillian_Scudder, an astrophysicist at Oberlin College and author of "The Milky Way Smells of Rum & Raspberries: …And Other Amazing Cosmic Facts." Click for this and more from Nautilus. https://t.co/dschmC3ZGW

Hardcover, 2022

$21.99$10.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Father Figure: How to Be a Feminist Dad, Jordan Shapiro

Father Figure: How to Be a Feminist Dad

Jordan Shapiro
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Jordan Shapiro (@jordosh), author of Father Figure: How to Be a Feminist Dad, responds to readers who have called him a “wuss” and worse. Shapiro treats us to a trip through history, explaining how and why slurs arose and persist. https://t.co/Vw1V4LMnAZ

Hardcover, 2021

$27.00$13.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Twice as Hard: The Stories of Black Women Who Fought to Become Physicians, from the Civil War to the 21st Century, Jasmine Brown

Twice as Hard: The Stories of Black Women Who Fought to Become Physicians, from the Civil War to the 21st Century

Jasmine Brown
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.@KristenFrench spoke with Jasmine Brown, a UPenn medical student, Rhodes Scholar, and author of "Twice as Hard: The Stories of Black Women Who Fought to Become Physicians from the Civil War to the 21st Century." Click for this and more from Nautilus. https://t.co/xXGB8T5ZdY

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Book Cover for: Contact, Carl Sagan

Contact

Carl Sagan
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@danfalk reconsiders how a definitive nonbeliever in Carl Sagan left such an enduring, science-spirituality melding legacy through his novel-turned-film, 'Contact.' Click for the article and more from Nautilus. https://t.co/2c80j1napA

Paperback, 2019

$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Second Nature, Jonathan Balcombe

Second Nature

Jonathan Balcombe
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@bsgallagher has one question for Jonathan Balcombe @Jonathanpb1959, a biologist who studies animal behavior and the author of popular science books on the inner lives of animals. Click for this and more from Nautilus. https://t.co/iQFPEyfnqp https://t.co/B1zcMxL0HM

Paperback, 2011

$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book