September 2019 list by Dan Berube
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Archaeology From Space: How the Future Shapes Our Past
by Sarah Parcak
The National Geographic Fellow and TED Prize winner tours the modern world of satellite-driven "space archaeology" and its role in significantly advancing human discoveries and understandings about the ancient world.
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The Bastard Brigade
by Sam Kean
The best-selling author of The Disappearing Spoon traces the remarkable story of how a renegade group of soldiers, scientists and spies prevented Hitler from obtaining a nuclear bomb.
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Crisis in the Red Zone
by Richard Preston
The #1 best-selling author of The Hot Zone offers an account of the doctors and scientists fighting to protect people from an Ebola epidemic and provides an urgent wake-up call about the future of emerging viruses, in a book that is soon to be a National Geographic original miniseries.
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Foraging the Rocky Mountains
by Liz Brown Morgan
This guide uncovers the edible wild foods and healthful herbs of the Rockies. Helpfully organized by environmental zone, the book is an authoritative guide for nature lovers, outdoors people, and gastronomes.
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Gods of the Upper Air
by Charles King
Chronicles the story and legacy of cultural anthropology founder Franz Boas and his circle of women scientists, outlining how their team upended American views about race, gender and sexuality in the 1920s and 1930s.
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The Intelligence Trap: Why Smart People Make Dumb Mistakes
by David Robson
Draws on cutting-edge understandings in expertise and intelligence to reveal how smart people are equally or more prone to making mistakes, citing lessons that can be learned from the setbacks of intellectuals ranging from Benjamin Franklin to Richard Feynman.
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