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American Moonshot : John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race
by Douglas Brinkley
The historian author of Cronkite draws on new primary source material and firsthand interviews in a reassessment of the space program that examines the political, cultural and scientific factors that launched NASA and the space race.
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Blueprint : the Evolutionary Origins of a Good Society
by Nicholas A Christakis
The co-author of Connected presents a cutting-edge exploration of the biological roots of positive social behavior that reveals how human genes have countered violence and self-interest with equally inherent, society-building tendencies toward friendship, cooperation and learning.
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The Club : Johnson, Boswell, and the Friends Who Shaped an Age
by Leopold Damrosch
Brings to life a brilliant and eccentric cast of characters known simply as “the Club,” a group of extraordinary writers, artists and thinkers who gathered weekly at a London tavern, whose friendship with Samuel Johnson and James Boswell stand at the heart of the narrative, conjuring the exciting, often brutal world of late 18th-century Britain.
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The Five : the Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper
by Hallie Rubenhold
Researched portraits of the five women murdered by Jack the Ripper in 1888 challenge popular beliefs to reveal each victim's historically relevant and diverse background while discussing the cultural and gender disadvantages that rendered them vulnerable.
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The Friendship Cure : Reconnecting to the Modern World
by Kate Leaver
Drawing on groundbreaking research from academics, scientists and psychotherapists, a journalist looks at what friendship means, how it can survive, why we need it and what we can do to get the most from it.
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Gardenlust : a Botanical Tour of the World's Best New Gardens
by Christopher Woods
A renowned gardening authority explores the world's most beautiful gardens in an illustrated guide to over 50 locations in the Americas, Europe, Africa, Australia and Asia including the Geelong Botanic Gardens, Sunnylands Center and Gardens and the Golden Rock Inn.
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The Honey Bus : A Memoir of Loss, Courage and a Girl Saved by Bees
by Meredith May
Meredith May recalls the first time a honeybee crawled on her arm. She was five years old, her parents had recently split and suddenly she found herself in the care of her grandfather, an eccentric beekeeper who made honey in a rusty old military bus in the yard. That first close encounter was at once terrifying and exhilarating for May, and in that moment she discovered that everything she needed to know about life and family was right before her eyes, in the secret world of bees.
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Ladies Who Punch : the Explosive Inside Story of "The View"
by Ramin Setoodeh
Draws on host interviews and unprecedented access in a dishy backstage tour of the influential morning television show that shares first-person insights into its strong personalities, power struggles and interpersonal dynamics.
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A Mad Love : an Introduction to Opera
by Vivien Schweitzer
An introductory primer on the opera offers a tour of the art form's past and present, from Monteverdi's L'Orfeo in 1607, to classics even non-opera fans have heard of, like Carmen, to recent additions to the craft.
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Off the Rails : a Train Trip Through Life
by Beppe Severgnini
The popular columnist and best-selling author of Chio, America! presents a lively collection of travel tales that explore his longtime obsession with trains and what his rail journeys have taught him about culture and identity.
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Nodding Off : the Science of Sleep from Cradle to Grave
by Alice Gregory
A well-respected sleep expert takes readers on a scientific journey through slumber, exploring every aspect of sleep, from the different stages of sleep all the way to what happens when getting some shut-eye becomes more of a trial than a pleasure.
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The Pandemic Century : One Hundred Years of Panic, Hysteria, and Hubris
by Mark Honigsbaum
Chronicles the last century of scientific struggle against deadly contagious disease—from the 1918 Spanish influenza pandemic to the recent SARS, Ebola and Zika epidemics—examining related epidemiological mysteries and the role of disease in exacerbating world conflicts.
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Return of the Wolf : Conflict & Coexistence
by Paula Wild
Wolves were once common throughout North America and Eurasia. But by the early twentieth century, bounties and organized hunts had drastically reduced their numbers. Today, the wolf is returning to its ancestral territories, and the “coywolf”―a smaller, bolder wolf-coyote hybrid―is becoming more common.
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The Scar : a Personal History of Depression and Recovery
by Mary Cregan
A candid memoir interweaves medical and cultural history into wrenching personal insights, in an unstinting portrait of the pain and ongoing stigma of clinical depression that shares compassionate, hopeful recommendations for illness management.
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The World Only Spins Forward : the Ascent of Angels in America
by Isaac Butler
Commemorating the 25th anniversary of the show's Broadway premiere, an oral history of Angels in America, a generation-defining classic and moving account of the AIDS era, is told through nearly 200 voices in vibrant conversation and debate and is both a rollicking theater saga and an uplifting testament to one of the great works of art of the past century.
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