The Pandemic Century by Mark Honigsbaum
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The book is unfailingly fascinating reading, despite its appalling subject matter, with vividly drawn portraits of many of the people at the front lines.
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Left To Their Own Devices by Julie M. Albright
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Young digital natives deserve better than this hyperventilating wad of pseudoscience.
Read MoreThe World of Dinosaurs: An Illustrated Tour by Mark A. Norell
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This author is well-practiced at conveying vast amounts of complex scientific information in a smooth and accessible narration.
Read MoreManual for Survival: A Chernobyl Guide to the Future by Kate Brown
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A damning portrait not only of callous Soviet bureaucracy but also of the shocking complicity of international regulatory bodies.
Read MoreZucked by Roger McNamee
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This book traces the author’s personal history and the well-known origin story of Facebook.
Read MoreAmerican Cosmic by D. W. Pasulka
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Pasulka deals with two general groups of people who “interpret, spin, produce, and market the story of UFO events to the general public.”
Read MoreWatch Me Play: Twitch and the Rise of Game Live Streaming by T.L. Taylor
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A study of Twitch, live streaming, and the far-reaching impact it has on gaming culture and modern media consumption.
Read MoreThe Last Whalers by Doug Bock Clark
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The story of the world’s last remaining subsistence whalers.
Read MoreThe End of Ice by Dahr Jamail
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Jamail’s journalistic skills allow him to evoke details with a succinct power that many other accounts might lack.
Read MoreIn Search of the Canary Tree by Lauren E. Oakes
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Oakes takes us along as she and her team fight the damp and cold of the Alaskan wilderness to gather data.
Read More8 Bit Apocalypse by Alex Rubens
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Video game writer Alex Rubens sets out to chronicle the game’s creation as well as its lasting impact on both gaming and popular culture.
Read MoreNever Home Alone by Rob Dunn
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The revelation – thrilling and unsettling in equal measure – that the plain old precincts of our homes are alien wonderlands of the exotic and the unexpected.
Read MorePenguins on Parade: The Penguin Book of Outer Space Exploration!
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Space programs all around the world are testing ever more ambitious plans and this book belongs in the library of every readers who’s been following that journey.
Read MoreEscaping the Rabbit Hole by Mick West
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How to deal with people who believe bunk, falsehoods, mistakes, and outright lies
Read MoreLikeWar by P.W. Singer & Emerson T. Brooking
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Technology, politics, and war have merged into a new battlefield where strategies are played out on smartphones.
Read MoreFuture Politics by Jamie Susskind
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Outlines how emerging technologies shape our democracy and culture, and how this might look in the future.
Read MoreSleepyhead by Henry Nicholls
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Science writer Henry Nicholls pens a charming account of his efforts to uncover the secrets of a good night’s sleep.
Read MoreClick Here to Kill Everybody by Bruce Schneier
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This book advocates for common-sense precautions by companies, governments, and individuals so we can enjoy the benefits of technolgoy without falling prey to its vulnerabilities.
Read MoreTwitterbots by Tony Veale & Mike Cook
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A fascinating and fun account of the lives of autonomous software systems in the social media universe.
Read MoreExtreme Conservation by Joel Berger
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Berger goes to back-of-beyond places, observing animals as well as hardy groups of humans.
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