The story of the invention of a global network of weights, scales and instruments for measurement-from the use of flutes to measure distance in ancient China to efforts to devise an œabsolute system of measurement.
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House Beautiful Style 101
by
Lisa Cregan
Softcover
Are you Glam, New Ruralist, Traditional with a Twist, Modernist or an Accessorator? Discover your style and bring out your best with quizzes, creative ideas and savvy designer tips. Color photos.
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Flunking Sainthood
by
Jana Riess
Softcover
This wry memoir covers 12 different spiritual practices in a quest to become more saintly. Jana Riess attempts to master fasting, fixed-hour prayer, the Jesus prayer, gratitude, Sabbath-keeping and generosity.
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The Hollow Bone
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Colleen Deatsman
Softcover
Shamanism as it's practiced today is revealed. Sandra Ingerman's foreword, a glossary, resources for finding teachers, and rare photographs and illustrations put you on this powerful path to spirituality and healing.
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The Pale King
by
David Foster Wallace
Softcover
From the late author of Infinite Jest-a brilliant, imaginative and wholly original unfinished novel about a crew of IRS agents coping with a job so tedious, they have to receive boredom-survival training.
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Earth: The Operators' Manual
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Richard Alley
Softcover
Alley explores the fascinating history of our energy use over the centuries, and, after demonstrating how already-high levels of carbon dioxide are causing global warming, he surveys alternative options.
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Plastic
by
Susan Freinkel
Softcover
Freinkel uses eight objects-the comb, the chair, the Frisbee, the IV bag, the disposable lighter, the grocery bag, the soda bottle and the credit card-to tell the story of plastic and our uneasy relationship with it.
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Periodic Tales
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Hugh Aldersey-Williams
Softcover
Weavingtogether stories about the elements, this book draws as much on history and other disciplines as on chemistry to paint a portrait of the cultural impact the elements have had on everything around us.
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Herald of Death
by
Kate Kingsbury
Hardcover
A killer is afoot in Badger's End, cutting a lock of hair from each victim and sticking a gold angel on their heads. Chasing through the snow, Cecily Sinclair Baxter must find this angel of death-and clip its wings!
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Darkness All Around
by
Doug Magee
Hardcover
In one week, Risa's husband disappears and her best friend is brutally murdered. A man was convicted of the crime, but 11 years later, her guilt-ridden husband returns, sending her on a treacherous quest for the truth.
