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The Stronger Sex: What Science Tells Us About the Power of the Female Body

This well-researched look at athletic performance in the human body deflates many common misperceptions about the role of gender in sports. Highly recommended for teens and adults.

Lost Animals, Disappearing Worlds: Stories of Extinction

By giving voices and representation to 31 extinct species, Allen shows how these creatures lived and how to listen wholeheartedly to them and the other species (estimates range from 20,000 to two million) that went extinct during the last century.
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Sea of Grass: The Conquest, Ruin, and Redemption of Nature on the American Prairie

An engaging read that provides a well-rounded portrait of agriculture on the American prairie.
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V Is for Venom: Agatha Christie’s Chemicals of Death

Fans of Christie’s novels, especially readers interested in the use of chemistry and poisons in crime fiction, will find this book worthwhile.
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The Salmon Cannon and the Levitating Frog: And Other Serious Discoveries of Silly Science

An entertaining and heartfelt romp through some of the odder fields of scientific inquiry, and a counter to the sciences’ sometimes stodgy reputation. Ideal for high school and college students curious about pursuing scientific study and for general audiences.
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Top Ten Ideas of Physics: Foundations for Understanding the Universe

Like physics itself, this book blurs the boundaries between the factual and fantastical by describing how scientists established the 10 ideas at its heart, explaining the concepts’ meaning and implications, and suggesting how these universal laws extend across time and space in ways (and worlds) humanity has yet to discover.

Bodypedia: A Brief Compendium of Human Anatomical Curiosities

A fun, sometimes gross, mostly fascinating A–Z anatomical compendium of facts about the surreal realities of human bodies.

We Should All Be Birds: A Memoir

Readers will love this fascinating and wise work, a highly recommended memoir for public and upper school libraries.
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Elusive Cures: Why Neuroscience Hasn’t Solved Brain Disorders―and How We Can Change That

Written at an accessible level, this thorough summation explains neuroscience research and possible pathways forward to students, patients, caregivers, and educators.
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