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The Secret History of Kindness: Learning from How Dogs Learn
By Melissa Holbrook Pierson
Interweaving science, philosophy, and personal anecdotes, the author explores the history of animal training.
Ships, Clocks, and Stars: The Quest for Longitude
By Richard Dunn and Rebekah Higgitt
Beautiful illustrations accompany this tale of the search for a direct route across the world’s oceans.
Bee Time: Lessons from the Hive
By Mark L. Winston
The buzz on bees and what humans can learn from them.
The Sonic Boom: How Sound Transforms the Way We Think, Feel, and Buy
Joel Beckerman with Tyler Gray
Hear that? According to this engaging new book, it’s all part of the plan.
What If? Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
By Randall Munroe
There are no stupid questions. Oh, wait. Yes, there are. But this book makes answering them a whole lot of fun.
Planet of the Bugs: Evolution and the Rise of Insects
By Scott Richard Shaw
What’s the most dominant species on the planet? Hint: It isn’t us.
Whatever Happened to the Metric System? How America Kept Its Feet
John Bemelmans Marciano
An engaging look at why meters, et al, never took hold in the States.
How We Got to Now: Six Innovations That Made the Modern World
By Steven Johnson
Appreciate the genius and life changing power of innovations that continue to revolutionize life today.
