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Dr. Denise Herzing began her research with a pod of spotted dolphins in the 1980s. Now, almost three decades later, she has forged strong ties with many of these individuals, has witnessed and recorded them feeding, playing, fighting, mating, giving birth and communicating. Dolphin Diaries is an account of Herzing's research and her surprising findings on wild dolphin behavior, interaction, and communication. Readers will be drawn into the highs and...
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A fascinating look at near-future advances, inventions, products, services, and everyday conveniences that will change how we live and work. Marvin Cetron and Owen Davies explore these changes and the impact they will have on everyday life. For example, by the year 2010:
-Personal computers will offer the power of today's super machines and artificial intelligence.
-A telecommunications network will supply the world with services from the contents...
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A maritime archeologist recounts twenty years of remarkable discoveries and adventures both in and under the waters of South Carolina.
Through personal anecdotes and archeological data, Carl Naylor documents his experiences in the service of the Maritime Research Division of the South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology. Along the way he shares a unique foray into the Palmetto State's history and prehistory.
Naylor's fascinating career...
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The author served with the Pinkerton National Detective Agency for twenty-two years, and he publishes revelations from the inside.
These stories of the methods of the Pinkertons were so objectionable to the private detectives that Mr. Siringo has been subjected to persistent persecution. Efforts have been made to exclude his book from the mails; and he himself has been arrested on warrants charging him with libel.
In his book, Mr. Siringo deals...
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Kendra's going to drag humanity to the stars no matter who stands in her wayKendra and Aiyana Cassidy's dreams are coming true.Aiyana's teleportals are growing in popularity, and Kendra's starship is nearly complete.But the Artemis Colony is throttling the planet's supply of rare earth metals.If Artemis isn't stopped soon, in twenty years ¾ of the population will be dead.They don't want a war, but if Artemis insists, Kendra's never learned how to...
10) LONG ISLAND
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OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK * Named a Most Anticipated Book by The New York Times, The Washington Post, Financial Times, Star Tribune (Minneapolis), Good Housekeeping, AARP, and more *
From the beloved, critically acclaimed New York Times bestselling author comes a spectacularly moving and intense novel of secrecy, misunderstanding, and love, the story of Eilis Lacey, the complex and enigmatic...
From the beloved, critically acclaimed New York Times bestselling author comes a spectacularly moving and intense novel of secrecy, misunderstanding, and love, the story of Eilis Lacey, the complex and enigmatic...
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Eagle Mountain is home to survivors of the Great Comet. After the villagers find comfort in the new way of life, predators from the toxic valley air invade, decimating the farm. With no hope of another harvest, it's only a matter of time before the food stores run bare for good. The future is bleak until siblings Faith and Chance find a gift from the new world that helps their father rediscover the power of steam. For the first time in twenty years,...
12) Moon Luck
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If you have noted the recent news and celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Moon landing, then there should be little doubt that within the next ten years, we will return to the Moon. In twenty years, there will be one or more active stations permanently located on the Moon. Very likely, both the Western countries and the Chinese will be there. Also, very likely, the venture to the Moon will be the result of a cooperative arrangement among NASA,...
13) Damned
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Police officer Ty McIntyre was cursed to find a girl no one had seen in twenty years. And it was his job to save her from the dark forces swirling around her.
He found her locked away in a psychiatric hospital, where she thought she was losing her mind. Born a witch, Irina Cooper was able to read other people's thoughts. She had never known the source of her power, or her true heritage-until now.
Irina could read Ty's true intentions and sense...
14) Stone Flag
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Cutbacks in federal funding force a dingy urban mental institution to shutter its doors. Bewildered patients are given a bag lunch and shown the door. A nameless man wanders the streets of this strange new world homeless and scared. For the first time in twenty years his meds are wearing off. This whirling city begins to offer hint, long-lost recollection he was once a part of things. Burdened by the most basic questions -- Who am I? What am I? Where...
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Longlisted for THE STORY PRIZE | A New Yorker BEST BOOK of 2023 | MOST ANTICIPATED by NylonRolling Stone The Millions
From multi-award-winning author Yan Ge, a shimmering, genre-bending English-language debut that announces the next phase in a major literary career.
"As haunting, dreamlike, and addictive as a melatonin-induced slumber." —Nylon
"Deft......
From multi-award-winning author Yan Ge, a shimmering, genre-bending English-language debut that announces the next phase in a major literary career.
"As haunting, dreamlike, and addictive as a melatonin-induced slumber." —Nylon
"Deft......
16) Hell's Belles
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Shaking it up at the stop-n-bowl
The belles of hell-four best friends growing up in Haddes, Georgia-had a plan. Right before graduating high school, and setting off to capture their dreams, they decided to create a "time capsule"-a letter describing their fantasies for the future. In twenty years they'd meet and see if fantasy had met with reality.
MATTIE: At forty, was the man of her dreams still miles away?
DELLA: Her old prom dress no...
17) Her Lawman
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Attraction hits Mark and Eliza at the worst possible time.Deputy Mark Hunter's past returns full force when the first murder in twenty years happens on his watch in the usually quiet small town of Lovely, Montana. This is definitely not the time to fall in love. Especially with the beautiful witness Eliza Brock, who could be involved.The last twenty-four hours have been hell, between a fight with her ex that left her with a bruised face and now finding...
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Trouble big as all hell.
Retired sheriff's detective Al Quinn hasn't spoken to his brother, Maury, in twenty years. When Maury lands in the hospital under suspicious circumstances, though, Al reluctantly abandons his quiet country seclusion to look into the matter. A second attempt to take Maury out drives the brothers back to Al's lakeside home, where Al knows the territory, but they're not alone for long. ICE agents demand that Maury rat on his...
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Alice never imagined she would end up like this, so anxious after hearing about the dangers of meteorites that she makes her children wear bike helmets in the wading pool. Her husband, David, has taught their four-year-old to list every animal represented in Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf. But the more they push their children, the more things there are to worry about. It seems no amount of gluten rationing or herbal teas can improve their children's...
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Women in comedy have traditionally been pegged as either "pretty" or "funny." Attractive actresses with good comic timing such as Katherine Hepburn, Lucille Ball, and Julia Roberts have always gotten plum roles as the heroines of romantic comedies and television sitcoms. But fewer women who write and perform their own comedy have become stars-and often they've been successful because they were willing to be funny-looking, from Fanny Brice and Phyllis...