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Drawing on the latest scientific research and his prodigious imagination, a renowned astronomer and science communicator takes us on an immersive tour of the universe to view ten of the most spectacular sights outer space has to offer, including the strange, beautiful shadows cast by a hundred thousand stars.
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Highlights everything needed to learn about Latin music. Glossary of key words Index Reviewed Table of contents Music is the universal language! Kids will have fun learning about all kinds of music while they explore the history, instruments, rhythms, greats, production, collecting, and varied activities in this series. Each book contains cool activities that will inspire young people to appreciate the specific genre by making their own instruments,...
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"We have the impression that the solar system is perfectly regular like a clock, or a planetarium instrument. On a short timescale it is. But, seen in a longer perspective, the planets, and their satellites, have exciting lives, full of events - for example, did you know that Saturn's moon, Titan, boasts lakes which contain liquid methane surrounded by soaring hills and valleys, exactly as the earth did before life evolved on our fragile planet? Or...
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"Earth is not well. The promise of starting life anew somewhere far, far away--no climate change, no war, no Twitter--beckons, and settling the stars finally seems within our grasp. Or is it? Critically acclaimed, bestselling authors Kelly and Zach Weinersmith set out to write the essential guide to a glorious future of space settlements, but after years of research, they aren't so sure it's a good idea. Space technologies and space business are progressing...
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"After a few billion years of bearing witness to life on Earth, of watching one hundred billion humans go about their day-to-day lives, of feeling unbelievably lonely, and of hearing its own story told by others, the Milky Way would like a chance to speakfor itself. All one hundred billion stars and fifty undecillion tons of gas of it. It all began some thirteen billion years ago, when clouds of gas scattered through the universe's primordial plasma...
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From indoor herbs and container gardens to backyard vegetables, annuals, and perennials, gardening is a rewarding endeavor. You can liven up your home-- and cut down on your grocery list. VanZile provides hundreds hacks to help you go from seed to harvest, whether you're just getting started or trying to improve your output. -- adapted from back cover.
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"Menopause is inevitable, but suffering through it is not! This is the empowering approach to self-advocacy that pioneering women's health advocate Dr. Mary Claire Haver takes for women in the midst of hormonal change in The New Menopause. A comprehensive, authoritative book of science-backed information and lived experience, it covers every woman's needs: From changes in your appearance and sleep patterns to neurological, musculoskeletal, psychological,...
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"Activate your weight-loss autopilot--use the power of simple on/off fasting to lose the pounds and keep them off, from Hollywood trainer and #1 New York Times bestselling author Jorge Cruise. Timing is everything when it comes to losing weight. Or, as celebrity trainer Jorge Cruise explains:When we eat is as important as what we eat. Building on the scientifically proven but hard-to-sustain day-on, day-off technique known as "intermittent fasting,"...
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Viewers of FOX's Cosmos have recognized the author's talent for guiding them through the mysteries of outer space with clarity and enthusiasm. Bringing together more than forty of Tyson's favorite essays, this book explores a myriad of cosmic topics, from the movie industry's feeble efforts to get its night skies right to what it would be like to be inside a black hole. As one of America's best-known astrophysicists, the author is a natural teacher...
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"The entire history of popular music over the past fifty years refracted through the big genres that have defined and dominated it-including rock, country, punk, R&B, dance and hip-hop-woven together into a cosmic reckoning with music's evolution as a popular art form, as a huge cultural and economic force, and as an essential component to our identities, from Black Sabbath to Black Flag to Beyoncae, and beyond"--.
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Based on his 13-part television series, discusses science in a broad human context summarizing how science and civilization grew up together, considers the findings on life elsewhere, and the directions our science might take in the future.
19) reputation
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After leaving some cryptic clues on social media, Taylor Swift announced her return to music and the release of her sixth studio album. Fans are already talking about the first single, Look What You Made Me Do.
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