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As a tour guide through every inch of our physical being, travel writer Bill Bryson wanders from the brain to the bowels at a brisk pace that keeps you engaged and intrigued at all times. “The Body” will reveal just how hard your physical self works to protect your well-being, and will encourage you to be kinder to your body.
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Everybody lies. It’s the truth. Former Google data scientist Seth Stephens-Davidowitz has a deep understanding of our psyche and the questions we desperately want answered. He unmasks what we’re all really doing — regardless of what we want others to believe — online and off.
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Bird populations are plummeting in North America, according to new research. Scientists blame climate change, urbanization, and habitat loss. “The Most Perfect Thing” takes an ordinary object, a bird’s egg, and tells a thrilling story of survival. A hopeful study in the midst of grim news.
Superhuman…
Dr. Paul Farmer seems like a superhuman in his quest to eradicate infectious disease and his work traveling the world to do so. Journalist Tracy Kidder captures Farmer’s tirelessness in this inspiring biographical book. Author John Green selected “Mountains Beyond Mountains” as his September 2019 pick for his book club, Life’s Library.
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Antarctic sea ice levels suddenly plunged from a record high to record lows, while scientists at the opposite pole are racing to uncover climate secrets in Greenland’s rapidly melting ice sheets. Find out what that ice can tell us about not only earth’s history, but humanity’s future.
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