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Waiwai

For over a century, business interests and political insiders controlled waters across the Hawaiian Islands to benefit a privileged few at the expense of stream ecology, taro farmers, and our islands' fut…

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Shoshana Weider,
The Magic and Mystery of Space

"Launch out of Earth's atmosphere, past the Moon and across our solar system, into mystifying deep space. Journey across the cosmos and witness exploding stars, discover hidden dark matter, and join …

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Walter Brandmuller
The Case of Galileo and the Church

Throughout the modern era, Galileo Galilei has been presented as a victim of cruel torture of conscience, theological narrow-mindedness, and ecclesiastical harassment typical of a dark, closed-minded Chur…

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Tim Wu
The Age of Extraction

Tech platforms manipulate attention, extract wealth, and deepen inequality. In this new book, Tim Wu (The Attention Merchants ) explains how we can reclaim control and create a balanced economy that works…

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Lionel Barber
Gambling Man

Originally published: Great Britain: Allen Lane, 2021.

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Cynthia Levinson, Jennifer Swanson
Who Owns the Moon?

Today's teens may travel to the Moon in their lifetimes. This primer on what to know for a future in space combines technology and science with law and policy for a fascinating look at a very timely subje…

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Peter S Goodman
How the World Ran Out of Everything

By the New York Times's Global Economics Correspondent, an extraordinary journey to understand the worldwide supply chain ---exposing both the fascinating pathways of manufacturing and transportation that…

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Tom Zaniello
Epidemic Films to Die for

A comprehensive chronical that unfolds the cinematic dimensions of epidemic films through an analysis of film history and how epidemics are reflected in popular media.

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Kate Peridot,
Satellites

"An informative and beautiful guide to satellites for children. Satellites introduces children aged 7-9 to smart satellite technology and the ways satellites monitor the planet's health and help us t…

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Kerry O'Malley Cerra,
The Gallaudet Eleven

Explore the history of the moon landing through this true story of eleven deaf men who helped NASA and America win the space race!What did it take to put a man in space? To land him safely on the moon? It…

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Yossi Cohen
The Sword of Freedom

"A memoir from the former head of the Mossad, following a career through Israel's greatest victories"--

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Megan Hoyt,
Bartali's Bicycle: The True Story of Gino Bartali, Italy's Secret Hero

This 2021 National Jewish Book Award finalist by author Megan Hoyt and illustrator Iacopo Bruno brings to light the inspiring, true story of Gino Bartali, a beloved Italian cyclist and secret champion in …

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Courtney Ann Roby
The Mechanical Tradition of Hero of Alexandria

"The first sustained study of Hero, who is a key figure in the history of technology in antiquity and the early modern period. It also contributes much to the history of the book and to an understand…

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Moujan Matin, Michael Tite
Glazed Ceramics of the Islamic World 700-1600 CE

Of all the material culture of the Islamic World prior to the sixteenth century, only ceramics survive in a way which forms a continuous representative visual history. As such, ceramics provide a unique c…

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Moujan Matin, Michael Tite
Glazed Ceramics of the Islamic World 700-1600 CE

Of all the material culture of the Islamic World prior to the sixteenth century, only ceramics survive in a way which forms a continuous representative visual history. As such, ceramics provide a unique c…

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Hans Blumenberg's History and Philosophy of Science

This book highlights and develops a hitherto neglected area of Hans Blumenberg's contributions, i.e., history and philosophy of science. It covers both Blumenberg's works on the history of ideas and conce…

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Dieter Unger
Lifts and Escalators

This book offers everyone who plans, builds or operates lifts and escalators a comprehensive overview of the important topics: starting with the standards and technical rules through to the history of tec…

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Umberto Meneghetti
A Brief History of Cams and Cam Mechanisms

This book offers a description of the evolution of cams and their uses from the Middle Ages to the present day, highlighting their contribution to the development of technology. Usually, in the history of…

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An Intellectual History of Science in the Renaissance

This second of a two-part volume (Book II) extends the historical--scientific inquiry of first-part volume (Book I) by considering other specific case studies within cultural, fundamental & technologi…

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Gerardo Ienna,
Genesis and Development of French Historical Epistemology

This book forms an important part of the current revival of the debate around the category of historical epistemology. The term "historical epistemology" designates a methodology or research pro…

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