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  • Life at the Extremes

    The debut of a female Steve Jones – likeable, literate, lucid and laconic. A sprightly, lavishly illustrated book on the science of human survival.How do people survive extremes of heat, cold, depth, speed and altitude? This book explores the limits of human survival and the physiological adaptations which enable us to exist under extreme conditions. In man’s battle for survival in the harshest of ... En savoir plus

    $11.99 CAD

  • The Spark of Life: Electricity in the Human Body

    Electricity in the Human Body

    A lively exploration of the surprising role that electricity plays in our bodies.What happens during a heart attack? Can someone really die of fright? What is death, anyway? How does electroshock treatment affect the brain? What is consciousness? The answers to these questions lie in the electrical signals constantly traveling through our bodies, driving our thoughts, our movements, and even the ... En savoir plus

    $18.19 CAD

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    A Practical Guide and Action Plan to Handle Assets, Benefits, Taxes, Debts, Minors, and Much More

    Learn how to prepare your estate and settle the estates of loved ones.What needs to be done at the death of a loved one? There are four basic steps that must be followed. First is the arrangements for burial or cremation. Then the assets of the deceased have to be inventoried, followed by getting all debts paid and legal requirements met, followed by distributing the assets to the people who are ... En savoir plus

    $14.99 CAD

  • The Spoils of War

    Power, Profit and the American War Machine

    par Andrew Cockburn ...
    Why does the United States go to war? A leading Harper’s commentator on U.S. foreign affairs offers a withering exposé of runaway military spending and the profit-driven U.S. war machine.America has a long tradition of justifying war as the defense of democracy. The War on Terror was waged to protect the West from the dangers of Islamists. The US soldiers stationed in over 800 locations across the ... En savoir plus

    $11.99 CAD

  • Europe

    A Natural History

    par Tim Flannery ...
    A tale of cave bears and comet strikes and a hundred million years of history by the bestselling author of Here on Earth: "Marvelous."— Publishers Weekly (starred review)In Europe: A Natural History, world-renowned scientist, explorer, and conservationist Tim Flannery applies the eloquent interdisciplinary approach he used in his ecological histories of Australia and North America to the story of ... En savoir plus

    $19.99 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • The Lost Gutenberg

    The Astounding Story of One Book's Five-Hundred-Year Odyssey

    **“A lively tale of historical innovation, the thrill of the bibliophile’s hunt, greed and betrayal.” – The New York Times Book Review"An addictive and engaging look at the ‘competitive, catty and slightly angst-ridden’ heart of the world of book collecting.” - The Houston ChronicleThe never-before-told story of one extremely rare copy of the Gutenberg Bible, and its impact on the lives of the ... En savoir plus

    Prix courant $13.99 CAD Maintenant $11.99 CAD

  • The Annotated Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant

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    With kaleidoscopic, trenchant, path-breaking insights, Elizabeth D. Samet has produced the most ambitious edition of Ulysses Grant’s Memoirs yet published.One hundred and thirty-three years after its 1885 publication by Mark Twain, Elizabeth Samet has annotated this lavish edition of Grant’s landmark memoir, and expands the Civil War backdrop against which this monumental American life is ... En savoir plus

    $45.59 CAD

  • Wayfinding

    The Science and Mystery of How Humans Navigate the World

    par M. R. O'Connor ...
    In this "marvel of storytelling," a journalist pursues the mysteries of human navigation across continents and deep within the brain ( Kirkus Reviews, starred review).Biologists have been trying to solve the mystery of how organisms have the ability to migrate and orient with such precision—especially since our own adventurous ancestors spread across the world without maps or instruments. In ... En savoir plus

    $23.99 CAD

  • Squeezed

    Why Our Families Can't Afford America

    par Alissa Quart ...
    "An eye-opening look at the forces that make it harder than ever for the middle class to survive" ( People ).One of TIME's Best New Books to Read This Summer"Brilliant—a keen, elegantly written, and scorching account of the American family today. Through vivid stories, sharp analysis and wit, Quart anatomizes the middle class's fall while also offering solutions and hope." —Barbara Ehrenrei... ... En savoir plus

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  • The Network

    The Battle for the Airwaves and the Birth of the Communications Age

    par Scott Woolley ...
    The astonishing story of America's airwaves, the two friends—one a media mogul, the other a famous inventor—who made them available to us, and the government which figured out how to put a price on air.This is the origin story of the airwaves—the foundational technology of the communications age—as told through the forty-year friendship of an entrepreneurial industrialist and a brilliant inventor ... En savoir plus

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  • A Rift in the Earth

    Art, Memory, and the Fight for a Vietnam War Memorial

    A Distinguished and Bestselling Historian and Army Veteran Revisits the Culture War that Raged around the Selection of Maya Lin's Design for the Vietnam MemorialA Rift in the Earth tells the remarkable story of the ferocious “art war” that raged between 1979 and 1984 over what kind of memorial should be built to honor the men and women who died in the Vietnam War. The story intertwines art, ... En savoir plus

    $29.99 CAD

  • Inventing English

    A Portable History of the Language

    par Seth Lerer ...
    A history of English from the age of Beowulf to the rap of Eminem, "written with real authority, enthusiasm and love for our unruly and exquisite language" ( The Washington Post).Many have written about the evolution of grammar, pronunciation, and vocabulary, but only Seth Lerer situates these developments within the larger history of English, America, and literature. This edition of his ... En savoir plus

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