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Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"No matter what you eat, how much you exercise, how resilient your genes are, how skinny or young or wise you are, none of it matters if you're not breathing properly. There is nothing more essential to our health and wellbeing than breathing: take air in, let it out, repeat 25,000 times a day. Yet, as a species, humans have lost the ability to breathe correctly, with grave consequences. Science journalist James Nestor travels the world to figure...
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
In this thoughtful treatise spurred by the 2015 death of African-American academic Sandra Bland in jail after a traffic stop, New Yorker writer Gladwell aims to figure out the strategies people use to assess strangers-to "analyze, critique them, figure out where they came from, figure out how to fix them," in other words: to understand how to balance trust and safety. He uses a variety of examples from history and recent headlines to illustrate that...
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English
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"Wouldn't you like to live longer? And better? In this operating manual for longevity, Dr. Peter Attia draws on the latest science to deliver innovative nutritional interventions, techniques for optimizing exercise and sleep, and tools for addressing emotional and mental health. For all its successes, mainstream medicine has failed to make much progress against the diseases of aging that kill most people: heart disease, cancer, Alzheimer's disease,...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Following victory in Sicily, while the central command planned the spring 1944 invasion of France, Allied troops crossed into southern Italy in September 1943, expecting to drive Axis forces north and liberate Rome by Christmas. Italy quickly surrendered but German divisions fiercely resisted, and the hoped-for quick victory descended into one of the most challenging and protracted battles of the entire war.
6) Gravity
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
48 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Presents the basic principles of gravity, a history of how the theory was developed, the revisions made by Albert Einstein, and descriptions of how gravity works in space, with examples from America's space program.
7) Prehistoric
Author
Publisher
WoEB, What On Earth Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
45 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
A look at the history of life on Earth starts in the present and goes back hundreds of millions of years to the Ediacaran Period, profiling the creatures that existed at each time.
8) Energy
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
48 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"What gives our bodies the energy they need to move, think, and grow? Food! The food we eat provides chemical energy when our bodies break it down."--Back cover.
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic, Inc
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
48 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"This book details the science of electricity and magnetism. It explains how these forces work, how they are related, what uses people have found for them, and more."--
Author
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
88 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 19 x 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Unicorns may not be real, but people have been thinking and talking about them throughout much of human history. This is the entirely true history of how these magnificent mythical creatures have captured our imaginations for thousands of years"--Page [4] of cover.
Author
Publisher
An Imagine Book published by Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
211 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"A must-have guide for bargain-hunting fashionistas looking to make a statement without sabotaging their budgets. In this photo-filled, easy-to-use resource, shoppers will learn to navigate the racks of their local consignment shop, spot name brands like Versace, Dior, and Burberry, select the best quality items, and repair secondhand clothes that need some love"--
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
328 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"If you were to present the feats of modern science to someone from the past, those feats would surely be considered magic. Theoretical physicist Felix Flicker proves that they are indeed magic--just familiar magic. The name for this magic is "condensed matter physics." Most people haven't heard of the field, yet more than a third of physicists identify as condensed matter researchers, making it the most active area in the subject--with good reason....
17) Matter
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
48 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"This book details the science of matter. It explains what forms matter can take, how and why matter goes through changes, and more."--
18) The moon book
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Language
English
Description
Identifies the moon as our only natural satellite, describes its movement and phases, and discusses how we have observed and explored it over the years.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"Corn. Chocolate. Fishing hooks. Boats that float. Recorded history and folklore. Lifesaving disinfectant. Forest-fire management. Our lives would be unrecognizable without these and countless other scientific discoveries and technological inventions from Indigenous North Americans. From transportation to civil engineering, hunting technologies to astronomy, and architecture to agriculture, Indigenous Ingenuity is an unforgettable introduction to...
Author
Publisher
Storey Publishing
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
143 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Food is a fun way to celebrate diversity, and in her new kids' cookbook, author Deanna F. Cook leads young chefs on a tasty tour of global cultures and cuisines. Kids gain practical kitchen skills through preparing breakfasts, drinks, snacks, dinners, and desserts from around the world"--
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