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Training for the New Alpinism_ A Manual for the Climber as Athlete - Steve House & Scott Johnston
In Training for the New Alpinism: A Manual for the Climber as Athlete, Steve House, world-class climber and Patagonia ambassador, and Scott Johnston, coach of US National Champions... -
To Explain the World_ The Discovery of Modern Science - Steven Weinberg
In this rich, irreverent, compelling history, Nobel Prize-winning physicist Steven Weinberg takes us from ancient Miletus to medieval Baghdad and Oxford, from Plato's Academy and t... -
The Obamas_ The Untold Story of - Peter Firstbrook
FromStarred Review The most famous family in Kenya—and, indeed, the world—provides the context for exploring the broader history of that nation as documentary filmmaker First... -
Sweetbitter - Stephanie Danler
<b>A lush, raw, thrilling novel of the senses about a year in the life of a uniquely beguiling young woman, set in the wild, alluring world of a famous downtown New York restaurant... -
Stuff Matters_ Exploring the Marvelous Materials That Shape Our Man-Made World - Mark Miodownik
Stuff Matters: Exploring the Marvelous Materials That Shape Our Man-Made World -
short history of nearly everything, A - Bill Bryson
EDITORIAL REVIEW: One of the world’s most beloved and bestselling writers takes his ultimate journey -- into the most intriguing and intractable ... -
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Starting with the publication of their seminal bestseller, <i>Future Shock</i>, Alvin and Heidi Toffler have given millions of readers new ways to think about personal life in toda... -
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Toffler argues that while headlines focus on shifts of power at the global level, equally significant shifts are taking place in our everyday world--supermarkets, hospitals, ban... -
Sophie's World_ A Novel About the History of Philosophy - Jostein Gaarder
Amazon.com ReviewWanting to understand the most fundamental questions of the universe isn't the province of ivory-tower intellectuals alone, as this book's enormous popularity has ... -
Scarcity_ Why Having Too Little Means So Much - Sendhil Mullainathan & Eldar Sharif
Why can we never seem to keep on top of our workload, social diary or chores? Why does poverty persist around the world? Why do successful people do things at the last minute in...
