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Imagine: How Creativity Works by Jonah Lehrer Publisher Comments New York Times best-selling author Jonah Lehrer shows us how we can all learn to be more creative. Did you know that the most creative companies have centralized bathrooms? That brainstorming meetings are a terrible idea? That the color blue can help... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $18.20 Sale - Hardcover 
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The Tell-Tale Brain: A Neuroscientist's Quest for What Makes Us Human by V S Ramachandran Publisher Comments In this landmark work, V. S. Ramachandran investigates strange, unforgettable cases -- from patients who believe they are dead to sufferers of phantom limb syndrome. With a storyteller's eye for compelling case studies and a researcher's flair for new... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $11.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Creative Destruction of Medicine: How the Digital Revolution Will Create Better Health Care by Eric Topol Publisher Comments What if your cell phone could detect cancer cells circulating in your blood or warn you of an imminent heart attack? Mobile wireless digital devices, including smartphones and tablets with seemingly limitless functionality, have brought about radical... (read more) List Price $27.99 Your price: $19.50 Used - Hardcover
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Before the Lights Go Out: Conquering the Energy Crisis Before It Conquers Us by Maggie Koerth-baker Publisher Comments What you need to know now about America's energy future We all know America has an energy problem—even if we can't all agree on what, specifically, the problem is. Rising costs, changing climate, peak oil, foreign oil, public safety—the... (read more) Your price: $27.95 New - Hardcover
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Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything by Joshua Foer Publisher Comments The blockbuster phenomenon that charts an amazing journey of the mind while revolutionizing our concept of memory. An instant bestseller that is poised to become a classic, Moonwalking with Einstein recounts Joshua Foer's yearlong quest to improve his... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $14.00 Used - Hardcover
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This Will Make You Smarter: New Scientific Concepts to Improve Your Thinking by John (edt) Brockman Publisher Comments Featuring a foreword by David Brooks, This Will Make You Smarter presents brilliant—but accessible—ideas to expand every mind. What scientific concept would improve everybody’s cognitive toolkit? This is the question John Brockman... (read more) Your price: $15.99 New - Trade Paper
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The Human Brain Book by Rita Carter Publisher Comments The Human Brain Book is a complete guide to the one organ in the body that makes each of us what we are - unique individuals. It combines the latest findings from the field of neuroscience with expert text and state-of-the-art illustrations and imaging... (read more) List Price $40.00 Your price: $14.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Hot: Living Through the Next Fifty Years on Earth by Mark Hertsgaard Publisher Comments "Hot bravely takes aim at perhaps the greatest climate threat of all: apathy." — Eric Schlosser, author of Fast Food Nation "Hertsgaards answers . . . are lucid, realistic, and offer reason for hope." — Christian Science Monitor For... (read more) Your price: $15.95 New - Trade Paper
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The Moral Molecule: The Source of Love and Prosperity by Paul J Zak Publisher Comments A Revolution in the Science of Good and Evil Why do some people give freely while others are cold hearted? Why do some people cheat and steal while others you can trust with your life? Why are some husbands more faithful than others—and why do... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $18.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars: Dispatches from the Front Lines by Michael E. Mann Publisher Comments In its 2001 report on global climate, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change of the United Nations prominently featured the Hockey Stick, a chart showing global temperature data over the past one thousand years. The Hockey Stick demonstrated that... (read more) Your price: $28.95 New - Hardcover
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Feathers: The Evolution of a Natural Miracle by Thor Hanson Publisher Comments Feathers are an evolutionary marvel: aerodynamic, insulating, beguiling. They date back more than 100 million years. Yet their story has never been fully told. In Feathers, biologist Thor Hanson details a sweeping natural history, as feathers have... (read more) List Price $25.99 Your price: $10.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Dolphin Confidential: Confessions of a Field Biologist by Maddalena Bearzi Publisher Comments Who hasn’t fantasized about the unique thrill of working among charismatic and clever dolphins in the wild? We need not live this solely in our imaginations anymore. With Dolphin Confidential Maddalena Bearzi invites all of us shore-bound dreamers... (read more) Your price: $26.00 New - Hardcover
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Solar Water Heating: A Comprehensive Guide to Solar Water and Space Heating Systems (Mother Earth News Books for Wiser Living) by Bob Ramlow Publisher Comments Heating water with the sun is a practice almost as old as humankind itself. Solar Water Heating, now completely revised and expanded, is the definitive guide to this clean and cost-effective technology. Beginning with a review of the history of solar... (read more) Your price: $24.95 New - Trade Paper
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A Great Aridness: Climate Change and the Future of the American Southwest by William Debuys Publisher Comments With its soaring azure sky and stark landscapes, the American Southwest is one of the most hauntingly beautiful regions on earth. Yet staggering population growth, combined with the intensifying effects of climate change, is driving the oasis-based... (read more) List Price $27.95 Your price: $19.50 Used - Hardcover
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Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain by David Eagleman Publisher Comments If the conscious mind—the part you consider to be you—is just the tip of the iceberg, what is the rest doing? In this sparkling and provocative new book, the renowned neuroscientist David Eagleman navigates the depths of the... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $14.00 Used - Hardcover
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Connectome: How the Brain's Wiring Makes Us Who We Are by Sebastian Seung Publisher Comments We know that each of us is unique, but science has struggled to pinpoint where, precisely, our uniqueness resides. Is it in our genes? The structure of our brains? Our genome may determine our eye color and even aspects of our personality. But our... (read more) Your price: $27.00 New - Hardcover
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Solar Home Heating Basics by Dan Chiras Publisher Comments As fossil fuel supplies dwindle, home heating will be one of the major challenges in temperate and cold climates in upcoming years. The reserves of natural gas used to heat the majority of North American buildings are rapidly being depleted. This latest... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $11.49 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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A Field Guide to the Birds of Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore by Allen Jeyarajasingam Publisher Comments This new edition is the most comprehensive field guide to the birds of Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore, covering all 673 species known to occur in the region. The birds are illustrated in a series of 74 stunning full-colour plates, painted for this... (read more) Your price: $73.95 New - Trade Paper
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Crossing the Hudson: Historic Bridges and Tunnels of the River by Donald E. Wolf Publisher Comments Crossing the Hudson reveals the often multileveled stories of the river's bridges and tunnels, from timber arch and truss bridges on stone piers to long-span suspension and cantilevered bridges, railroad tunnels, and improvements in iron and steel... (read more) Your price: $26.50 New - Hardcover
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Signal Processing and Integrated Circuits by Hussein Baher Publisher Comments This book provides a balanced account of analog, digital and mixed-mode signal processing with applications in telecommunications. Part I Perspective gives an overview of the areas of Systems on a Chip (Soc) and mobile communication which are used to... (read more) Your price: $90.00 New - Hardcover
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