Prometheus Books
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L.A. Birdmen: West Coast Aviators and the First Airshow in America
$29.95 Read moreAlthough most credit Wilbur and Orville Wright with America’s first powered flight, two months before the brothers lifted off the sands of Kitty Hawk, a French immigrant named August Greth flew the Ca
- Author: Goodrich, Richard J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: July 02 2024
- ISBN10: 1493084399
- Language: English
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Damn You, Entropy!: 1,001 of the Greatest Science Fiction Quotes
$24.95 Add to cartScience fiction has hosted some of the greatest minds and most innovative thinkers in human history. From H.G. Wells to Octavia Butler, Star Trek to Star Wars, in books, on television, and at the movi
- Author: Harrison, Guy P.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 178
- Publish Date: June 04 2024
- ISBN10: 163388984X
- Language: English
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Race for a Remedy: The Science and Scientists Behind the Next Life-Saving Cancer Medicine
$29.95 Read moreHow does a mere molecule–a chemical structure–become a drug? And, how do we know that it works safely? In a one-trillion-dollar pharmaceutical industry with high-stakes profits and perils, battles a
- Author: Ahmed, Makhdum
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: July 16 2024
- ISBN10: 1633889521
- Language: English
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Snake Eyes: Murder in a Southern Town
$25.95 Read moreBy 1966, Hot Springs, Arkansas wasn’t your typical sleepy little Southern town. Once a favorite destination for mobsters like Al Capone and Lucky Luciano, illegal activities continued to lure out-of-s
- Author: Martin, Bitty
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: May 15 2022
- ISBN10: 1633887766
- Language: English
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Evil Genes: Why Rome Fell, Hitler Rose, Enron Failed, and My Sister Stole My Mother’s Boyfriend
$18.99 Read moreHave you ever heard of a person who left you wondering, “How could someone be so twisted? So evil?” Prompted by clues in her sister’s diary after her mysterious death, author Barbara Oakley takes the … [more below]
- Series: Psychology
- Author: Oakley, Barbara
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 478
- Publish Date: October 21 2008
- ISBN10: 1591026652
- Language: English
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Explore the Cosmos Like Neil deGrasse Tyson: A Space Science Journey
$14.99 Add to cartCatch the thrill of the cosmos and space science through the life of Neil deGrasse Tyson. The author interweaves up-to-date information about the universe and the science of astrophysics with a biogra… [more below]
- Author: Saucier, Cap
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: March 03 2015
- ISBN10: 1633880141
- Language: English
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Marie Curie
$17.00 Add to cartThere is probably no woman scientist more famous than Marie Curie (1867-1934). She made one of the most important theoretical breakthroughs of the twentieth century when she postulated that radiation … [more below]
- Author: Ogilvie, Marilyn Bailey
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: December 12 2010
- ISBN10: 1616142162
- Language: English
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Maybe Yes, Maybe No: A Guide for Young Skeptics
$17.99 Add to cartIn today’s media-flooded world, there is no way to control all of the information, claims, and enticements that reach young people. The best thing to do is arm them with the sword of critical thinking… [more below]
- Series: Maybe Guides
- Author: Barker, Dan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 80
- Publish Date: January 01 1990
- ISBN10: 0879756071
- Language: English
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Negroes and the Gun: The Black Tradition of Arms
$19.95 Add to cartChronicling the underappreciated black tradition of bearing arms for self-defense, law professor Nicholas Johnson presents an array of examples reaching back to the pre-Civil War era that demonstrate … [more below]
- Author: Johnson, Nicholas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: January 14 2014
- ISBN10: 161614839X
- Language: English
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The Murder of Cleopatra: History’s Greatest Cold Case
$20.00 Add to cartA world-renowned criminal profiler takes a fascinating look at one of the most tragic mysteries in history. For more than two thousand years, the great pharaoh Cleopatra VII has been portrayed as a fa… [more below]
- Author: Brown, Pat
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: February 19 2013
- ISBN10: 1616146508
- Language: English
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The Essential William James
$18.00 Add to cartWilliam James (1842-1910) was one of the most original and influential American thinkers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. As a professor at Harvard University he published many works that ha… [more below]
- Author: Shook, John R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 422
- Publish Date: May 24 2011
- ISBN10: 1616144394
- Language: English
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Epitome of Copernican Astronomy and Harmonies of the World
$14.99 Add to cartThe brilliant German mathematician Johannes Kepler (1571-1630), one of the founders of modern astronomy, revolutionized the Copernican heliocentric theory of the universe with his three laws of motion… [more below]
- Series: Great Minds
- Author: Kepler, Johannes
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 254
- Publish Date: November 01 1995
- ISBN10: 1573920363
- Language: English
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The Fabulous Fibonacci Numbers
$22.95 Add to cartThe most ubiquitous, and perhaps the most intriguing, number pattern in mathematics is the Fibonacci sequence. In this simple pattern beginning with two ones, each succeeding number is the sum of the … [more below]
- Author: Posamentier, Alfred S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 385
- Publish Date: February 10 2023
- ISBN10: 1633889068
- Language: English
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Freedom at Last: Healing the Shame of Childhood Sexual Abuse
$21.95 Add to cartIn this groundbreaking book, leading psychologist Dr. Beverly Engel reveals the truth about how childhood sexual abuse affects victims, dispels common myths surrounding this type of abuse, explains th
- Author: Engel, Beverly
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 286
- Publish Date: December 15 2022
- ISBN10: 1633888045
- Language: English
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Why I Became an Atheist: A Former Preacher Rejects Christianity (Revised & Expanded)
$21.00 Add to cartFor about two decades John W. Loftus was a devout evangelical Christian, an ordained minister of the Church of Christ, and an ardent apologist for Christianity. With three degrees–in philosophy, theo… [more below]
- Author: Loftus, John W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 540
- Publish Date: March 27 2012
- ISBN10: 1616145773
- Language: English
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The Einstein of Money: The Life and Timeless Financial Wisdom of Benjamin Graham
$25.00 Add to cartWarren Buffett-widely considered the most successful investor of all time-has repeatedly acknowledged Benjamin Graham as the primary influence on his investment approach. Indeed, there is a direct lin… [more below]
- Author: Carlen, Joe
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: July 24 2012
- ISBN10: 1616145579
- Language: English
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The Complete Book of Bone Health
$21.00 Add to cartThis book compiles the latest information about bolstering bones, from prevention to treatment, into a single, easy-to-understand resource. The author, a leading expert on osteoporosis, covers everyth… [more below]
- Author: Schneider, Diane L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 492
- Publish Date: September 20 2011
- ISBN10: 1616144351
- Language: English
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Believing Bullshit: How Not to Get Sucked into an Intellectual Black Hole
$19.00 Add to cartThis book identifies eight key mechanisms that can transform a set of ideas into a psychological flytrap. The author suggests that, like the black holes of outer space, from which nothing, not even li… [more below]
- Author: Law, Stephen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: April 26 2011
- ISBN10: 1616144114
- Language: English
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The Legacy of Jihad: Islamic Holy War and the Fate of Non-Muslims
$20.99 Add to cartThis book reveals how, for well over a millennium and across three continents – Asia, Africa, and Europe – non-Muslims who were vanquished by jihad wars became forced tributaries (called dhimmi in Ara… [more below]
- Author: Bostom, Andrew G.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 759
- Publish Date: June 01 2008
- ISBN10: 1591026024
- Language: English
