-Book and dagger: How scholars and librarians became the unlikely spies of world war II-
The untold story of the academics who became OSS spies, invented modern spycraft, and helped turn the tide of the war At the start of WWII, the U.S. found itself in desperate need of an intelligence agency.
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-- In defense of food: an eater's manifesto --
Michael Pollan’s bracing and eloquent manifesto shows us how we can start making thoughtful food choices that will enrich our lives, enlarge our sense of what it means to be healthy, and bring pleasure back to eating.
The making of a doctor :the hidden realities of medicine
Through the perspectives of patients, physicians, clinicians, medical students, and nurses, The Making of a Doctor highlights the challenges faced by both patients and healthcare providers.
Do plants know math?
This book tells the stories of the physicists, mathematicians, and biologists who found themselves magnetically drawn to Fibonacci spirals in plants, seeking an answer to why these beautiful and seductive patterns occur in botanical forms as diverse as pine cones, cabbages, and sunflowers.
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How to think more and better :being reasonable in unreasonable times
This book offers a philosopher's guide to cultivating rational, evidence-based thought amid political polarization and the spread of disinformation.
foghorns..
we lower a kayak
into the sound.
-- haiku by Christopher Herold from book "Haiku in English"
-- Meaning: a very short introduction --
In this book, Emma Borg and Sarah Fisher use meaning in language as a case study for exploring meaning. They focus on three possible sources for word meaning: things in the world, things in the mind, and social practices, exploring the key approaches thinkers have put forward in each of these arenas. They end by looking at some concrete applications of the ideas and approaches introduced in the book.
-- Children playing before a statue of Hercules --
edited by David Sedaris
David Sedaris selects some of his favorite short fiction from Flannery O'Connor to Tobias Wolff.
-- How to teach physics to your dog --
by Chad Orzel
The book covers topics like wave-particle duality, quantum tunneling, and the uncertainty principle, using Emmy's everyday dog-related questions as a framework for the explanations.
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