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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
by Rebecca Skloot
Staff Pick
This is an absolutely fascinating account of a line of cells that would proliferate to such a degree that they became immortal. Shaved from a tumor in a poor black woman in the 1950s, cultured without her knowledge, and grown to amazing proportions... (read more)

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Computers
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Beginning Glassblowing
Beginning Glassblowing
by Edward T. Scmid
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Formerly Ed's Big Handbook of Glassblowing (now out of print), this fully revised and completely illustrated book covers all aspects on how to blow hot glass from the furnace. Learn the tools, techniques and concepts involved in the time-honored... (read more)

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Hobby Electronics
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Build Your Own Underwater Robot: And Other Wet Projects
Build Your Own Underwater Robot: And Other Wet Projects
by Harry Bohm
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Unlike fish, whales or frogs, humans are not designed to live in water. Yet we have an amazing ability to survive and function underwater because of our invented technology. This book shows you how to use some of that amazing technology to construct... (read more)

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Aisle 49
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Anvils in America
Anvils in America
by Richard A. Postman
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Hailed as the definitive resource and standard reference book for blacksmiths, anvil collectors, and anyone interested in historical tools, Richard Postman's Anvils in America is the culmination of 15 years of meticulous research. In 1982, while... (read more)

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The Hidden Reality: Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos
The Hidden Reality: Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos
by Brian Greene
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In the first chapter of The Hidden Reality, Brian Greene writes, "There was a time when 'universe' meant 'all there is.' Everything. The whole shebang." Well, those days are over. From string theory to the Inflationary Multiverse scenario to artificial... (read more)

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Biology
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The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science (James H. Silberman Books)
The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science (James H. Silberman Books)
by Norman Doidge
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An astonishing new science called neuroplasticity is overthrowing the centuries- old notion that the human brain is immutable. In this revolutionary look at the brain, psychiatrist and psychoanalyst Norman Doidge, M.D., provides an introduction to both... (read more)

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What Do I Do With This Thing?
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How to Run a Lathe: The Care and Operation of a Screw Cutting Lathe,  1942 edtion
How to Run a Lathe: The Care and Operation of a Screw Cutting Lathe, 1942 edtion
by South Bend Lathe Works
Publisher Comments
You get everything you need to set up a lathe and get it running. This is the lathe manual that Dave Gingery raves about. You get eleven chapters: history and development of the lathe, setting up and leveling the lathe, operation of the lathe, lathe... (read more)

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Mathematics & Physics
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The Photographic Card Deck of the Elements: With Big Beautiful Photographs of All 118 Elements in the Periodic Table
The Photographic Card Deck of the Elements: With Big Beautiful Photographs of All 118 Elements in the Periodic Table
by Theodore Gray
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This gorgeous photographic card deck is a more portable version of Theodore Gray's bestselling book The Elements, and it's just as impossible to stop flipping through. With a beautifully represented element on every card, this deck is a wonderful... (read more)

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Craft in America: Celebrating Two Centuries of Artists and Objects (PBS  Series Tie-In)
Craft in America: Celebrating Two Centuries of Artists and Objects (PBS Series Tie-In)
by Jo Lauria
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For two centuries, Americans have made stunning, utilitarian objects by hand. Each tells a storyabout the person who laid his or her hands to the work; about the historical moment in which it was created; and about the political mood, community, and... (read more)

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Color Atlas of Anatomy: A Photographic Study of the Human Body
Color Atlas of Anatomy: A Photographic Study of the Human Body
by Johannes Rohen
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Books for College Libraries, 3d ed. includes this extraordinary atlas among its selections; the first edition was published in 1983. Now considerably revised and enhanced, the Atlas continues its mission of presenting human anatomy using color photos of... (read more)

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Bestsellers

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February 16, 2012
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
  1. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
    by Rebecca Skloot
  2. Beginning Glassblowing
    by Edward T. Scmid
  3. iPad 2 (Portable Genius)
    by Paul McFedries
  4. Build Your Own Underwater Robot: And Other Wet Projects
    by Harry Bohm
  5. iPhone 4 (Portable Genius)
    by Paul McFedries
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