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Out There: A Scientific Guide to Alien Life, Antimatter, and Human Space Travel (For the Cosmically Curious)Michael Wall★★★★★4.4(334)This look at some of the key questions of the cosmos and human interactions--it is brain food with flair, and nearly...
Verilog Hdl: A Guide to Digital Design and SynthesisSamir Palnitkar★★★★★4.4(310)VERILOG HDL, Second Edition by Samir Palnitkar With a Foreword by Prabhu Goel Written forboth experienced and new...
Brannigan's Building Construction for the Fire ServiceFrancis L. Brannigan★★★★★4.4(290)About the Author National Fire Protection Association is a provider of fire, electrical, and building safety products...
Celestial Navigation: Learn How to Master One of the Oldest Mariner's ArtsTom Cunliffe★★★★★4.4(281)Tom's warm and humorous writing style makes the book easy to digest, while still explaining the subject in detail."...
Perfume: The Alchemy of ScentJean-Claude Ellena★★★★★4.4(268)“(This book) makes you want to run to a perfume counter and test your impressions against the author's romantic...
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Ghost Ship: The Mysterious True Story of the Mary Celeste and Her Missing CrewBrian Hicks★★★★★4.4(258)“Spellbinding . . . Brian Hicks takes us on a gripping voyage into the sea’s greatest mystery.”—CLIVE CUSSLER...
Eight Amazing Engineering Stories: Using the Elements to Create Extraordinary TechnologiesBill Hammack★★★★★4.4(250)Make magazine's blog called the EngineerGuy video team "brilliant science and technology documentarian[s]", whose...
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Into the Abyss: An Extraordinary True Story by Shaben, Carol (2014) PaperbackCarol Shaben★★★★★4.3(5.8K)Gripping and emotionally affecting. . . a deep and satisfying book."― Washington Post "[Shaben] vividly recreates how...
Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless FutureMartin Ford★★★★★4.3(2.8K)“A careful and courageous examination of automation and its possible impact on society.” — Kirkus Reviews “In...
Tesla: Inventor of the Electrical AgeW. Bernard Carlson★★★★★4.3(538)From Booklist *Starred Review* Nikola Tesla once noted that the men who worked for him sometimes “thought I was some...
The Big Necessity: The Unmentionable World of Human Waste and Why It MattersRose George★★★★★4.3(433)“Rose George writes smart books about subjects we mostly prefer not to think about.… The Big Necessity is among the...
Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution--and How It Can Renew AmericaThomas L. Friedman★★★★★4.3(369)At the intersection of leveled economic and technological access (flat) with an aggravated environment (hot), and a...
How to Drive: Real World Instruction and Advice from Hollywood's Top DriverBen Collins★★★★★4.3(332)Driving is a skill, people, not a talent, so we could all do with some 'real-world instruction and advice from...
Coal: A Human HistoryBarbara Freese★★★★★4.3(238)Barbara Freese is an environmental attorney and energy policy analyst, who for more than twelve years helped enforce...
The One Percenter Code: How to Be an Outlaw in a World Gone SoftDave Nichols★★★★★4.3(228)About the Author Dave Nichols has been involved in many forms of media both in front and behind the camera since 1978....
A Million Years in a Day: A Curious History of Everyday Life from the Stone Age to the Phone AgeGreg Jenner★★★★★4.2(1.2K)Praise for A Million Years in a Day "[Jenner] crafts some fine aphorisms ('History doesn’t repeat itself―people...
Computing: A Concise History (The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series)Paul E. Ceruzzi★★★★★4.2(253)Paul E. Ceruzzi is Curator at the National Air and Space Museum at the Smithsonian Institution. He is the author of...
Blackett's War: The Men Who Defeated the Nazi U-Boats and Brought Science to the Art of WarfareStephen Budiansky★★★★★4.2(242)“[A] terrific story, exciting, illuminating, well told.xa0 And what a movie it would make, especially in 3-D . . ....
Camouflaged Killer: The Shocking Double Life of Canadian Air Force Colonel Russell WilliamsDavid A. Gibb★★★★★4.2(227)About the Author David A. Gibb is a respected investigative consultant and journalist, who spent twenty-five years as a...
Raspberry Pi Projects for the Evil Genius(Electrical engineer) Donald Norris★★★★★4.2(223)About the Author Donald Norris is an avid electronics hobbyist and maker. He is also an electronics engineer with an...
Extra Lives: Why Video Games MatterTom Bissell★★★★★4.2(222)“Winning. . . . The most fun you’ll ever have reading about videogames.”— The Wall Street Journal “Bissell...