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Book Cover for: What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions, Randall Munroe

What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions

Randall Munroe
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Randall Munroe, the xkcd author and former NASA engineer tackles our questions about science education, solvable climate issues, and his latest What If? Book. https://t.co/RmtxIyVVJX

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Book Cover for: Wool: Book One of the Silo Series, Hugh Howey

Wool: Book One of the Silo Series

Hugh Howey
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Hugh Howey's self-published novel Wool gained fame as a runaway hit, but its long-awaited adaptation on Apple TV+ faces the challenge of standing out in an oversaturated dystopia-filled streaming landscape. https://t.co/K7NtVcDezu

Paperback, 2020

$19.99Member price:$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism, and the World, Malcolm Harris

Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism, and the World

Malcolm Harris
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Malcolm Harris' book, Palo Alto, takes an unrelenting look at capitalism, California, and the tech industry. https://t.co/6LGebRUgDc

Hardcover, 2023

$36.00Member price:$18.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Dune, Frank Herbert

Dune

Frank Herbert
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Denis Villeneuve's Dune adaptation is just the latest chapter in the complex history of Frank Herbert's novel. WIRED traces the impact of the novel’s complex, prescient masterpiece. https://wired.trib.al/lZ7yAah

Paperback, 2005

$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Aesthetica, Allie Rowbottom

Aesthetica

Allie Rowbottom
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Two new novels, Ling Ling Huang’s 'Natural Beauty' and Allie Rowbottom’s 'Aesthetica', exhume old wisdom for the social media crowd: What makes us feel beautiful should also make us feel afraid. https://t.co/qorHAsuI3a 📷: Getty https://t.co/k6Xz470hNF

Paperback, 2023

$17.00Member price:$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: A House Between Earth and the Moon, Rebecca Scherm

A House Between Earth and the Moon

Rebecca Scherm
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Name a hot-button social issue and it’s likely Rebecca Scherm’s A House Between Earth and the Moon touches on it. This is a Big Ideas book. https://t.co/w5xGyiPN8A

Paperback, 2023

$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Animal Kingdom: A Collection of Portraits, Randal Ford

Animal Kingdom: A Collection of Portraits

Randal Ford
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For his series The Animal Kingdom, portrait photographer Randal Ford took pictures of 150 different animals. The collection is the culmination of nearly two years' worth of work. (From 2018) https://t.co/jaGe0D2x7T

Hardcover, 2018

$40.00Member price:$20.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Last White Man, Mohsin Hamid

The Last White Man

Mohsin Hamid
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What if whiteness were suddenly gone? Would the social order of life come undone? Would anything change? Mohsin Hamid's new novel 'The Last White Man' gives a glimpse of that striking idea. https://t.co/eJVtuE2Zdm

Paperback, 2023

$17.00Member price:$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Where We Meet the World: The Story of the Senses, Ashley Ward

Where We Meet the World: The Story of the Senses

Ashley Ward
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Written by Ashley Ward, this excerpt from 'Where We Meet the World: The Story of the Senses' explores the possibility of technologists recreating the sensitivity of certain animals when it comes to detecting signals of impending danger to save human lives. https://t.co/coMUwqifkw

Hardcover, 2023

$30.00Member price:$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story, Martin Luther King

Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story

Martin Luther King
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The comic book, titled "Martin Luther King and the Montgomery Story" was published in 1958, and has since been translated into numerous languages. (From 2013) https://t.co/5t6jqfplUZ

Paperback, 2010

$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book