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The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives
by Leonard Mlodinow  
Publisher Comments In this irreverent and illuminating book, acclaimed writer and scientist Leonard Mlodinow shows us how randomness, change, and probability reveal a tremendous amount about our daily lives, and how we misunderstand the significance of everything from a...
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The Canon: A Whirligig Tour of the Beautiful Basics of Science
by Natalie Angier
Powells.com Staff Pick Another winner from one of the best science writers around, The Canon, like Bill Bryson's Short History of Nearly Everything, provides a pleasurable understanding of science. Recommended by Beth, Powells.com...
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How to Open Locks with Improvised Tools: Practical, Non-Destructive Ways of Getting Back into Just about Everything When You Lose Your Keys
by Hans Conkel Publisher Comments Practical, real-world solutions to lockouts. Learn to open doorknobs, deadbolts, car doors, padlocks, handcuffs, et cetera. This book sold out as Lock Bypass Methods, and has proven to be the best manual on keyless entry available. Since your resources...
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Plants of the Pacific Northwest Coast : Washington, Oregon, BC and Alaska (Rev 04 Edition)
by Jim Pojar Publisher Comments This is a revised edition of our bestselling book Plants of the Pacific Northwest Coast marking the 10th anniversary of publication. This superb reference book features 794 species of trees, shrubs, wildflowers, aquatic plants, grasses, ferns, mosses and...
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The Secret Life of Plants
by Peter Tompkins and Christopher Bird
Powells.com Staff Pick I can't believe I hadn't heard about this book before I found it on the shelf. Published in the 1970s, it explores the relationship between humans and plant life. Numerous scientific studies with lie detector tests, electrodes, and other '70s high-tech...
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The Craftsman
by Richard Sennett Publisher Comments Defining craftsmanship far more broadly than "skilled manual labor," Richard Sennett maintains that the computer programmer, the doctor, the artist, and even the parent and citizen engage in a craftsman's work. Craftsmanship names the basic human impulse...
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Sibley Field Guide To Birds of Western North America (03 Edition)
by David Allen Sibley Publisher Comments America's premier bird artist has prepared two guides specifically designed for use in the field--and eminently portable. Each has essential information and thousands of illustrations, with at least six views of each species. 4,000+ full-color...
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Transit Maps of the World
by Mark Ovenden Publisher Comments Using glorious, colorful graphics, Ovenden traces the story of mass transit in this comprehensive collection of historic and current maps of every rapid-transit system around the world....
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Sneakier Uses for Everyday Things
by Cy Tymony Publisher Comments Science-savvy author Tymony shows readers how to transform ordinary objects into the extraordinary, and how to create more than 40 handy gadgets and gizmos for almost any situation, including survival, security, self-defense, and silly applications that...
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Birdsongs of the Pacific Northwest with CD (Audio)
by Martyn Stewart and Stephen R. Whitney and Elizabeth Briars Hart Publisher Comments Identify Pacific Northwest birds by song and by sight with the help of this audio CD and companion field guide....
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How to Scrimshaw & Carve Ivory
by Blackie Collins and Michael Collins Publisher Comments Detailed step-by-step instructions explain how you can enjoy practicing America's first art form. This book includes information on basic scrimshaw techniques, scrimshaw tools and how to make them, preparation of the ivory, and a very useful page of...
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The Complete Compost Gardening Guide
by Barbara Pleasant and Deborah L. Martin Publisher Comments Barbara Pleasant and Deborah L. Martin turn the compost bin upside down with their liberating system of keeping compost heaps right in the garden, rather than in some dark corner behind the garage. The compost and the plants live together from the...
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Smithsonian Field Guide to the Birds of North America with CD (Audio)
by Ted Floyd Publisher Comments This new field guide provides a suite of modern tools to effectively aid in the identification of more than 750 species of birds across North America. It introduces a "whole bird" approach by concisely gathering a collection of information about birds...
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Pocket Reference
by Thomas J Glover Publisher Comments Among the many topics covered in this handy, pocket-sized guide are air and gases, computers, electronics, geology, math, surveying and mapping, and weights and measures. Includes tables, charts, drawings, lists & formulas....
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Rebels, Mavericks, and Heretics in Biology
by Oren Harman and Michael R. Dietrich Publisher Comments This book is the first devoted to modern biology’s innovators and iconoclasts: men and women who challenged prevailing notions in their fields. Some of these scientists were Nobel Prize winners, some were considered cranks or gadflies, some were...
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Apocalypse 2012: An Investigation Into Civilization's End
by Lawrence E. Joseph Publisher Comments Don’t look up It won’t help. You can’t get out of the way, you can’t dig a hole deep enough to hide. The end is coming, and there’s nothing you can do about it. So why read this book? Because you can’t look away when...
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Illustrator CS3 for Windows and Mac. : Vis. Quick. (08 Edition)
by Weinmann Publisher Comments "Visual QuickStart Guide"--the quick and easy way to learn! Now revised and updated, this book uses simple step-by-step instructions, loads of screen shots, and an array of time-saving tips and tricks, serving both as the quickest route to Illustrator...
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Einstein and Oppenheimer: The Meaning of Genius
by Silvan S. Schweber Publisher Comments Albert Einstein and J. Robert Oppenheimer, two iconic scientists of the twentieth century, belonged to different generations, with the boundary marked by the advent of quantum mechanics. By exploring how these men differed (in their worldview, in their...
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Flash CS3 Pro. for Windows and Mac : Vis. Quickst. (08 Edition)
by Ulrich Publisher Comments With Adobe's acquisition of Macromedia, millions of Photoshop users may be installing Flash for the first time and Flash CS3 Professional for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide is there to show them what to do. From basic first steps, such as...
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Butterflies Through Binoculars: The West
by Jeffrey Glassberg
Publisher Comments Featuring an extensive array of photographs, this field guide offers a comprehensive display of all the magnificent butterflies of the western region, stretching from the plains of middle America to the Pacific coast, and from southwestern Canada all the...
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