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Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse TysonThe notable host of StarTalk reveals just what people need to be fluent and ready for the next cosmic headlines: from the Big Bang to black holes, from quarks to quantum mechanics, and from the search for planets to the search for life in the universe.
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The Ceo Pay Machine : How It Trashes America and How to Stop It
by Steven Clifford
A former top CEO examines the scandalous and corrupt reasons behind why corporate executives receive lucrative pay packages at the expense of the rest of the working force, outlining strategic approaches to understanding how the process works, why it hurts and how it can be stopped.
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The Fact of a Body : A Murder and a Memoir by Alexandria Marzano-lesnevichA National Endowment for the Arts fellow documents the story of how a summer job at a Louisiana law firm and the case of a convicted murderer and child molester changed her views about the death penalty and forced her to confront traumatic secrets in her own family.
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On Edge : A Journey Through Anxiety by Andrea PetersenA compassionate account of living with anxiety, complemented by deep reportage on the science of anxiety disorders, traces the author's personal journey of trying to understand and manage her own case from neuroscientific, spiritual and genetic perspectives.
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We Have No Idea : A Guide to the Unknown Universe by Jorge ChamThe creator of PHD Comics and a University of California particle physicist blend infographics, cartoons and lighthearted scientific explanations to fill in gaps in layperson cosmological knowledge, offering coverage of topics ranging from quarks and neutrinos to gravitational wave and exploding black holes.
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