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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) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper 
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot Staff Pick The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks tells the tale of a woman whose cells were used — without her knowledge — in breakthrough medical research after her 1951 death. Skloot's moving story of faith, family, and science uses the past to teach us about... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $12.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements by Sam Kean Staff Pick Sam Kean proves that chemistry makes for great storytelling with this entertaining look at the human stories behind the elements found in the periodic table. A delightful history of science, The Disappearing Spoon makes for both an engaging and... (read more) Your price: $14.99 New - Trade Paper
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Tiny Homes: Simple Shelter: Scaling Back in the 21st Century by Lloyd Kahn Staff Pick The house I grew up in (with my sister, my two parents, a constant but ever-changing assortment of critters, and all the associated clutter one might expect) was 800 sq. ft. In a word: tiny. But the homes in Lloyd Kahn's Tiny Homes: Simple Shelter give... (read more) Your price: $26.95 New - Trade Paper
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A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction by Christopher Alexander and Sara Ishikawa and Murray Silverstein Staff Pick Although I am not an architect, I keep this book on my bedside table at all times, so that I can pick it up and read about how the world should be, according to Christopher Alexander. The world is made of "patterns" that work organically. These patterns... (read more) List Price $65.00 Your price: $37.00 Used - Hardcover
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Backyard Ballistics by William Gurstelle Staff Pick As tempting as it sounds to spend the afternoon with the two digital puppies wrestling under Lara Croft's wife-beater, nothing is really more entertaining than plain ol' throwing rocks at stuff. Or, better still, shooting said rocks out of a homemade... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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101 Things I Learned in Architecture School by Matthew Frederick Staff Pick This small, pocket-size book, 101 Things I Learned in Architectural School, is a surprise smash hit — over 100,00 copies have been sold since it was published in September 2007. As a working architect and urban planner, Matthew Frederick distills... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $12.95 New - Hardcover
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More Show Me How: Everything We Couldn't Fit in the First Book Instructions for Life from the Everyday to the Exotic by Lauren Smith Staff Pick Is this a strangely entertaining reference book or a reference book of strange entertainment? I'm not sure, but I know this much: you'll laugh just as often as you'll learn, whether it's how to divide a unibrow, paint a car, shoot sexy home movies, or... (read more) List Price $24.99 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Flexible
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The Homebrewer's Garden: How to Easily Grow, Prepare, and Use Your Own Hops, Brewing Herbs, Malts by Joe Fisher and Dennis Fisher Staff Pick A marriage of two of my all-time favorite things (beer and gardening), Joe and Dennis Fisher's The Homebrewer's Garden is an essential reference for any homebrewer looking to adopt a more holistic approach. With information on growing, preparing, and... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Rocks and Minerals: A Gem of a Read! (Basher Science) by Dan Green and Simon Basher Staff Pick Dan Green and Simon Basher have done it again! Rocks and Minerals is the fifth book in their basic science series, and it's truly a "gem of a read." It features clear factual information and delightful illustrations that highlight the unique... (read more) List Price $8.99 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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How to Build a Fire: And Other Handy Things Your Grandfather Knew by Erin Bried Staff Pick This cute collection draws on the wisdom of 10 real grandfathers, with advice on how to grow and maintain a beard, change a flat, tie a bow tie, season a cast-iron skillet, and more. A charming, back-to-basics resource for young gentlemen and ladies... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Cooking for Geeks: Real Science, Great Hacks, and Good Food by Jeff Potter Staff Pick Cooking for Geeks is not only one of my favorite cookbooks of 2010, it may be one of my top five books of the year, period. It's that readable. I'd say that Jeff Potter is like Harold McGee or Alton Brown for the nerd herd, but, really, any DIY foodista... (read more) List Price $34.99 Your price: $24.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Logicomix: An Epic Search for Truth by Apostolos Doxiadis and Christos Papadimitriou Staff Pick Bertrand Russell hasn't been this entertaining since Bruce Duffy's 1987 novel The World As I Found It. Logicomix is an astoundingly entertaining graphic novel about the most unlikely of subjects: Bertrand Russell's struggle to find the logical foundation... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price: $12.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Home Brewing (Self-Sufficiency) by John Parkes Staff Pick This charming primer on home brewing resembles a child's colorful library book, but the information inside is strictly for grownups. John Parkes, a professional brewer from Devon, England, lays out the basics of beer history and home brewing 101 for... (read more) Your price: $12.95 New - Hardcover
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Build Your Own Paper Robots: 100s of Mecha Model Designs on CD to Print Out and Assemble [With CDROM] by Julius Perdana and Josh Buczynski Staff Pick It feels so good to get back to basics. Get some paper, fold and glue it, and you can create any number of amazing creatures. Julius Perdana's new book, Build Your Own Paper Robots, goes way beyond paper-crane origami. The CD with this book has hundreds... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $10.95 Used - Hardcover
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Paris Underground: The Maps, Stations, and Design of the Metro by Mark Ovenden Staff Pick In 1986, during my freshman year of high-school French class, "Madame" put Xeroxed copies of the Paris metro on each of our desks. After conjugating the verb etre, we spent the rest of the period learning how to navigate the Paris metro through its... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $21.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Photographic Card Deck of the Elements: With Big Beautiful Photographs of All 118 Elements in the Periodic Table by Theodore Gray Staff Pick 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) Your price: $24.95 Gifts - Miscellaneous
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