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Toms River: A Story of Science and Salvation
by Dan Fagin
Hardcover: 19 Mar 2013
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| The riveting true story of sixty years in the life of a small town ravaged by industrial pollution, Toms River melds hard-hitting investigative reporting, a fascinating scientific detective story, and an unforgettable cast of characters into a sweeping narrative. |
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Darwin's Ghosts: The Secret History of Evolution
by Rebecca Stott
Hardcover: Jun 2012
Paperback: 19 Mar 2013
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| Darwin’s Ghosts tells the story of the collective discovery of evolution, from Aristotle to Al-Jahiz, an Arab writer in the first century, from Leonardo da Vinci to Denis Diderot in Paris, exploring the origins of species while under the surveillance of the secret police. |
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The International Bank of Bob: Connecting Our Worlds One $25 Kiva Loan at a Time
by Bob Harris
Hardcover: Mar 2013
Paperback: 18 Feb 2014
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| After making hundreds of microloans online, Bob wanted to see the results first-hand, so he travels from Peru and Bosnia, to Rwanda and Cambodia, introducing us to some of the most inspiring and enterprising people we've ever met. |
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The Man Without a Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin
by Masha Gessen
Hardcover: Mar 2012
Paperback: 5 Mar 2013
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| The chilling account of how Vladimir Putin, a low-level, small-minded KGB operative, ascended to the Russian presidency and destroyed years of progress to make his country once more a threat to her own people and to the world. |
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The Best Care Possible: A Physician's Quest to Transform Care Through the End of Life
by Ira Byock
Hardcover: Mar 2012
Paperback: 5 Mar 2013
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| A palliative care doctor on the front lines of hospital care illuminates one of the most important and controversial ethical issues of our time on his quest to transform care through the end of life. |
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Animal Wise: The Thoughts and Emotions of Our Fellow Creatures
by Virginia Morell
Hardcover: 26 Feb 2013
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| Noted science writer Virginia Morell explores the frontiers of research on animal cognition and emotion, offering a surprising and moving exploration into the hearts and minds of wild and domesticated animals. |
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Eighty Days: Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland's History-Making Race Around the World
by Matthew Goodman
Hardcover: 26 Feb 2013
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| 1889: Two women, successful journalists and writers, set off in a desperate rate in opposite directions, each determined to outdo Jules Verne's fictional hero Phileas Fogg and circle the globe in less than eighty days. |
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Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us
by Michael Moss
Hardcover: 26 Feb 2013
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| The explosive story of the rise of the processed food industry and its link to the emerging obesity epidemic. |
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