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"From a neurologist whose work offers one of the most promising paths to unraveling the mystery of consciousness, an exploration of consciousness unlike any other. Somehow our soul, our consciousness, our world, all is generated by what's inside our skull. This is the essential question of neurology. Consciousness cannot just rest inside the shroud of science, because consciousness is more than an object of science: it is its subject, too. In PHI,...
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Pavilion Studios
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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So we meet the characters one at a time. Bogart is grumbling about everything being so late. Robby has been in a state of sustained carnival wonder since the early 80s. Paul is jammin’ in Trinidad with Mac Farlane for the first time, lookin’ forward to the party. Jhawhan is a folk dancer with dreams of being the king of carnival. Brian is ambitious and determined and Jenette is a first-time costume maker with stars in her eyes and memories of...
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Bloomsbury Sigma
Pub. Date
2019.
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English
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"In 1977, a team led by the great Carl Sagan was put together to create a record that would travel to the stars on the back of NASA's Voyager probe. They were responsible for creating a playlist of music, sounds and pictures that would represent not just humanity, but would also paint a picture of Earth for any future alien races that may come into contact with the probe. The Vinyl Frontier tells the whole story of how the record was created, from...
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Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2016.
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English
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"An entertaining and provocative account of India's past, written by one of the country's leading thinkers. For all of India's myths, its sea of stories and moral epics, Indian history remains a curiously unpeopled place. In Incarnations, Sunil Khilnani fills that space, recapturing the human dimension of how the world's largest democracy came to be. His trenchant portraits of emperors, warriors, philosophers, film stars, and corporate titans-- some...
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Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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"After a few billion years of bearing witness to life on Earth, of watching one hundred billion humans go about their day-to-day lives, of feeling unbelievably lonely, and of hearing its own story told by others, the Milky Way would like a chance to speak for itself. All one hundred billion stars and fifty undecillion tons of gas of it. It all began some thirteen billion years ago, when clouds of gas scattered through the universe's primordial plasma...
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Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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Celeste Bergstein moves to a small town in Montana to escape her past, only to become embroiled in her new home town's twisted secrets when the school's star athlete--who is also the subject of Celeste's writings--is found dead at the mouth of a cave.
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Spiegel & Grau
Pub. Date
2012.
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English
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"Does your home tell the story of who you are? In The Things That Matter, Nate Berkus shares intimate stories from his life, introduces us to people who influenced him and helped him forge his sense of style, and opens up about the remarkable experiences that have left him forever changed. All of which find expression in how he lives today--from his most cherished flea market finds, to his beloved books and photos, to the many extraordinary mementos...
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Disney Educational Productions
Pub. Date
2009
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English
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"All day long our lives are made easier by one invention or another, but we may not realize that not every invention is carefully planned. Some of the most valuable ones came about by accident! In Inventions, Bill, with the help of Samuel L. Jackson, examines the process of inventing."--Container.
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Canary Street Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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"When an international warning siren accidentally goes off, convincing everyone that a meteor shower may just be the end of life as they know it, six couples--friends, exes, crushes and rivals--must take shelter. Inhibitions are abandoned, confessions are made and love blossoms, but what happens when the world doesn't end? Filled with humor, heat and hope, this riveting collection of interconnected multicultural stories by acclaimed authors Lane Clarke,...
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Scientific American/Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2012.
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English
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"We've long understood black holes to be the points at which the universe as we know it comes to an end. Often billions of times more massive than the Sun, they lurk in the inner sanctum of almost every galaxy of stars in the universe. They're mysterious chasms so destructive and unforgiving that not even light can escape their deadly wrath. Recent research, however, has led to a cascade of new discoveries that have revealed an entirely different...
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Beacon Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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"This book provides a cultural, political, and social survey through the most American of pastimes that continues to thrive today. With narrative, accessible criticism, research, and popular cultural touchstones we can all recognize, I'd like to introduce readers to the black presence that holds up daily life as they know it. It is a crucial account of the people, stories, and culture that create the hilarious, crazy wonder that is life in the 21st...