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2010: Odyssey Twoby Arthur C. ClarkeISBN 0345303067 (0-345-30306-7)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: '2010: Odyssey Two'Book summary:"A daring romp through the solar system and a worthy successor to 2001."
*Carl Sagan
Nine years after the disastrous Discovery mission to Jupiter in 2001, a joint U.S.-Soviet expedition sets out to rendezvous with the derelict spacecraft *to search the memory banks of the mutinous computer HAL 9000 for clues to what went wrong . . . and what became of Commander Dave Bowman.
Without warning, a Chinese expedition targets the same objective, turning the recovery mission into a frenzied race for the precious information Discovery may hold about the enigmatic monolith that orbits Jupiter.
Meanwhile, the being that was once Dave Bowman *the only human to unlock the mystery of the monolith *streaks toward Earth on a vital mission of its own . . .
"Clarke deftly blends discovery, philosophy, and a newly acquired sense of play."
*Time
"2010 is easily Clarkes' best book in over a decade."
*The San Diego Tribune [via] 
3001by Arthur C. ClarkeISBN 0345423496 (0-345-42349-6)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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› Find signed collectible books: '3001'Book summary:One thousand years after the Jupiter mission to explore the mysterious Monolith had been destroyed, after Dave Bowman was transformed into the Star Child, Frank Poole drifted in space, frozen and forgotten, leaving the supercomputer HAL inoperable. But now Poole has returned to life, awakening in a world far different from the one he left behind--and just as the Monolith may be stirring once again . . . [via]
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Adventures in the Atomic Age: From Watts to Washingtonby Glenn T. Seaborg, Eric SeaborgISBN 0374299919 (0-374-29991-9)
Hardcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Adventures in the Atomic Age: From Watts to Washington'Book summary:America's greatest twentieth-century scientist tells his own story.[via]
Glenn T. Seaborg (1912-1999) won a Nobel Prize before he was forty. He discovered the element that makes atomic bombs explode and the isotopes used to treat millions of cancer patients. He ran the University of California at Berkeley and advised nine U.S. presidents. Here is his autobiography -- the extraordinary story of a modest Swedish American who never strayed from his strong basic commitments throughout a career that gave him national and international fame. Seaborg's story begins in Michigan with his Scandinavian parents, but shifts quickly to California, where he got himself an education he didn't think he could afford during the dark days of the Depression. During World War II, he led the Manhattan Project group that devised the chemical extraction processes producing plutonium 239. He also shares the drama of scientific discovery and the inner history of his pioneering work on the many transuranium elements he co-discovered at the Radiation Laboratory at Berkeley -- work that earned him the Nobel Prize in 1951. As chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission under three presidents, Seaborg fought for the Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty and argued in favor of the peaceful uses and international controls of atomic energy. His is the riveting account of a life like no other -- a model of the best in our nation.More editions of Adventures in the Atomic Age: From Watts to Washington:
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The Amber Spyglassby Philip PullmanISBN 0345413377 (0-345-41337-7)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Amber Spyglass'Book summary:From the very start of its very first scene, The Amber Spyglass will set hearts fluttering and minds racing. All we'll say here is that we immediately discover who captured Lyra at the end of The Subtle Knife, though we've yet to discern whether this individual's intent is good, evil, or somewhere in between. We also learn that Will still possesses the blade that allows him to cut between worlds, and has been joined by two winged companions who are determined to escort him to Lord Asriel's mountain redoubt. The boy, however, has only one goal in mind--to rescue his friend and return to her the alethiometer, an instrument that has revealed so much to her and to readers of The Golden Compass and its follow-up. Within a short time, too, we get to experience the "tingle of the starlight" on Serafina Pekkala's skin as she seeks out a famished Iorek Byrnison and enlists him in Lord Asriel's crusade:
A complex web of thoughts was weaving itself in the bear king's mind, with more strands in it than hunger and satisfaction. There was the memory of the little girl Lyra, whom he had named Silvertongue, and whom he had last seen crossing the fragile snow bridge across a crevasse in his own island of Svalbard. Then there was the agitation among the witches, the rumors of pacts and alliances and war; and then there was the surpassingly strange fact of this new world itself, and the witch's insistence that there were many more such worlds, and that the fate of them all hung somehow on the fate of the child.
Meanwhile, two factions of the Church are vying to reach Lyra first. One is even prepared to give a priest "preemptive absolution" should he succeed in committing mortal sin. For these tyrants, killing this girl is no less than "a sacred task."In the final installment of his trilogy, Philip Pullman has set himself the highest hurdles. He must match its predecessors in terms of sheer action and originality and resolve the enigmas he already created. The good news is that there is no critical bad news--not that The Amber Spyglass doesn't contain standoffs and close calls galore. (Who would have it otherwise?) But Pullman brings his audacious revision of Paradise Lost to a conclusion that is both serene and devastating. In prose that is transparent yet lyrical and 3-D, the author weaves in and out of his principals' thoughts. He also offers up several additional worlds. In one, Dr. Mary Malone is welcomed into an apparently simple society. The environment of the mulefa (again, we'll reveal nothing more) makes them rich in consciousness while their lives possess a slow and stately rhythm. These strange creatures can, however, be very fast on their feet (or on other things entirely) when necessary. Alas, they are on the verge of dying as Dust streams out of their idyllic landscape. Will the Oxford dark-matter researcher see her way to saving them, or does this require our young heroes? And while Mary is puzzling out a cure, Will and Lyra undertake a pilgrimage to a realm devoid of all light and hope, after having been forced into the cruelest of sacrifices--or betrayals.
Throughout his galvanizing epic, Pullman sustains scenes of fierce beauty and tenderness. He also allows us a moment or two of comic respite. At one point, for instance, Lyra's mother bullies a series of ecclesiastical underlings: "The man bowed helplessly and led her away. The guard behind her blew out his cheeks with relief." Needless to say, Mrs. Coulter is as intoxicating and fluid as ever. And can it be that we will come to admire her as she plays out her desperate endgame? In this respect, as in many others, The Amber Spyglass is truly a book of revelations, moving from darkness visible to radiant truth. --Kerry Fried [via]
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As She Climbed Across the Tableby Jonathan LethemISBN 0375700129 (0-375-70012-9)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'As She Climbed Across the Table'Book summary:Particle physics, false vacuum bubbles, an alternate universe--this is the stuff of Jonathan Lethem's novel As She Climbed Across the Table. The tale echoes Alice in Wonderland in its mad tumble through a rearranged reality. Narrator Phillip Engstrand is a university professor who has made a career out of studying academic environments. Engstrand is in love with Alice Coombs, a particle physicist engaged in a bold attempt to replicate the origins of the universe. The result of the experiment is Lack, a very selective black hole that sucks some things into its void--a cat, a pair of socks, a strawberry--and rejects others, namely, a love-struck Alice. As Alice's unrequited obsession with Lack grows, Phillip becomes so desperate to save his beloved from this empty rival that he risks a journey down the metaphysical rabbit hole.
Here the language of physics becomes the language of love: describing physics' "observer problem," Alice says, "Some people think the observer's consciousness determines the spin or even the existence of the electron." Later, as he stumbles to explain Alice's importance to him, Phillip tells her, "I'm not sure I really exist except under your observation." In this memorable little book, Lethem explores the cosmic possibilities of love. [via]
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Beautiful Swimmers: Watermen, Crabs and the Chesapeake Bayby William W. WarnerISBN 0316923354 (0-316-92335-4)
Softcover, Little Brown & Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Beautiful Swimmers: Watermen, Crabs and the Chesapeake Bay'Book summary:William Warner exhibits his skill as a naturalist and as a writer in this Pulitzer Prize-winning study of the pugnacious Atlantic blue crab and of its Chesapeake Bay territory. Penguin Nature Library. [via]
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Black Holesby John Gerald TaylorISBN 0380468050 (0-380-46805-0)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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A Book of Bees...and How to Keep Themby Sue Hubbell, Sam PotthoffISBN 0345342615 (0-345-34261-5)
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A Color of His Ownby Leo LionniISBN 0375810919 (0-375-81091-9)
Hardcover, Random House Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Color of His Own'Book summary:Every animal has a color of its own. "Parrots are green, elephants are gray, pigs are pink." But chameleons change color wherever they go. "On lemons they are yellow. In the heather they are purple." One chameleon is not pleased with his changeable appearance. He thinks, "If I remain on a leaf, I shall be green forever, and so I too will have a color of my own." Of course, what he doesn't take into account is the changes wrought by autumn, and soon the green chameleon is yellow, then red, and then tumbled to the ground for the long black winter night. It isn't until he befriends another older, wiser chameleon that our hero begins to find inner peace, even as his outer surface is transformed again and again.
Leo Lionni, children's book creator extraordinaire, author of such beloved picture books as Frederick, Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse, Swimmy, and Inch by Inch, all Caldecott Honor winners, introduces color concepts in an exquisite and touching story. This small board book edition of the classic tale of self-acceptance and friendship will be a favorite for toddlers and parents alike. (Baby to preschool) --Emilie Coulter [via]
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Companion to the Cosmosby Mary Gribbin, John R. Gribbin, Geoffrey KloskeISBN 0316328359 (0-316-32835-9)
Hardcover, Little Brown & Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Companion to the Cosmos'Book summary:For the first time, a renowned science writer describes in detail the tremendous advances in astronomy over the last decade, with an extended essay that sums up the present state of knowledge about the universe, in a comprehensive guide to the cosmos. By the author of Schro+a5dinger's Cat. [via]
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Compilers : Principles, Techniques, and Toolsby Alfred V. Aho, Monica S. Lam, Ravi Sethi, Jeffrey D. UllmanISBN 0321486811 (0-321-48681-1)
Hardcover, Pearson Education Canada
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Compilers : Principles, Techniques, and Tools'Book summary:Compilers: principles, techniques and tools, known to professors, students, and developers worldwide as the "dragon book," is available in a new edition. every chapter has been completely revised to reflect developments in software engineering, programming languages, and computer architecture that have occurred since 1986, when the last edition published. the authors, recognizing that few readers will ever go on to construct a compiler, retain their focus on the broader set of problems faced in software design and software development [via]
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Conceptual Physicsby Paul HewittISBN 0321052021 (0-321-05202-1)
Hardcover, Addison-Wesley
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Conceptual Physics: Practicing Physicsby Paul G. HewittISBN 032100972X (0-321-00972-X)
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The Cosmic Frontiers of General Relativityby William J. KaufmannISBN 0316483419 (0-316-48341-9)
Softcover, Little Brown & Co
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Darwin's Radioby Greg BearISBN 0345435249 (0-345-43524-9)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Darwin's Radio'Book summary:All the best thrillers contain the solution to a mystery, and the mystery in this intellectually sparkling scientific thriller is more crucial and stranger than most. Why are people turning against their neighbors and their newborn children? And what is causing an epidemic of still births? A disgraced paleontologist and a genetic engineer both come across evidence of cover-ups in which the government is clearly up to no good. But no one knows what's really going on, and the government is covering up because that is what, in thrillers as in life, governments do. And what has any of this to do with the discovery of a Neanderthal family whose mummified faces show signs of a strange peeling?
Greg Bear has spent much of his recent career evoking awe in the deep reaches of space, but he made his name with Blood Music, a novel of nanotechnology that crackled with intelligence. His new book is a workout for the mind and a stunning read; human malignancy has its role in his thriller plot, but its real villain, as well as its last best hope, is the endless ingenious cruelty of the natural world and evolution. --Roz Kaveney, Amazon.co.uk [via]
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Darwin's Radio : In the Next Stage of Evolution, Humans Are Historyby Greg BearISBN 0345459814 (0-345-45981-4)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
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The Devil's Doctor: Paracelsus And the World of Renaissance Magic And Scienceby Philip BallISBN 0374229791 (0-374-22979-1)
Hardcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux
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Dinosaur Huntersby Kate McMullan, John R. JonesISBN 0375824502 (0-375-82450-2)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books
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Dinosaurs: A Nonfiction Companion to Dinosaurs Before Darkby Mary Osborne, Sal MurdoccaISBN 0375802967 (0-375-80296-7)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dinosaurs: A Nonfiction Companion to Dinosaurs Before Dark'Book summary:Magic Tree House Research Guides are now Magic Tree House Fact Trackers! Track the facts with Jack and Annie!
When Jack and Annie got back from their adventure in Magic Tree House #1: Dinosaurs Before Dark, they had lots of questions. When did the dinosaurs live? What other animals lived at that time? Which dinosaur was biggest? How do we know about dinosaurs? Find out the answers to these questions and more as Jack and Annie track the facts. Filled with up-to-date information, photos, illustrations, and fun tidbits from Jack and Annie, the Magic Tree House Fact Trackers are the perfect way for kids to find out more about the topics they discovered in their favorite Magic Tree House adventures. [via]More editions of Dinosaurs: A Nonfiction Companion to Dinosaurs Before Dark:
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The Elementary Particlesby Michel HouellebecqISBN 0375727019 (0-375-72701-9)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Elementary Particles'Book summary:Bruno and Michel are half-brothers, born to a hippie mother who believed in following her bliss. As boys they live in ignorance of each other--at one point attending the same school without knowing of their blood connection. As grown men they're not truly close, but they occasionally phone each other late at night. Bruno's a hopeless sexual obsessive, often drunk or on his way there, and Michel's a molecular biologist, distant and inaccessible.
Michel Houellebecq's The Elementary Particles follows these brothers through the latter half of the 20th century. Bruno and Michel are buffeted by history, vessels of disappointment and desire rocked by the ocean of time. Shuttled away to a boarding school where he's sexually abused by other boys, Bruno grows up full of twisted sexual longings and a contempt for aging women so palpable that at times it's stomach-churning. At a commune in the country, Bruno takes stock:
The women were intolerable at breakfast, but by cocktail hour the mystical tarts were hopelessly vying with younger women once again. Death is the great leveler. On Wednesday afternoon he met Catherine, a fifty-year-old who had been a feminist of the old school. She was tanned, with dark curly hair; she must have been very attractive when she was twenty. Her breasts were still in good shape, he thought when he saw her by the pool, but she had a fat ass.
Michel doesn't hate women; he doesn't even notice them. Instead of leering at bodies by the pool, he stares at particles in microscopes. He wins prizes for his experiments, but never experiences the rush of life. For both men, the damage has been done by history, by mother, before the story begins. What interests Houellebecq are the permutations and recapitulations of damage--the way the particles of the self can never be completely reconstituted. --Emily White [via]More editions of The Elementary Particles:
Empires Of Light: Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse, And The Race To Electrify The Worldby Jill JonnesISBN 0375758844 (0-375-75884-4)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Empires Of Light: Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse, And The Race To Electrify The World'Book summary:Jill Jonnes's compelling Empires of Light: Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse, and the Race to Electrify the World offers a multi-sided tale of America's turn-of-the-20th-century quest for cheap, reliable electrical power. Along the way, the book profiles key personalities in both the science and industry of electrification and dramatizes the transformation of American society that accompanied the technological revolution. As her sub-title suggests, Jonnes's focus is on the three great personalities behind the building of the electricity industry. But, as she makes clear, the electrification of America was much more than a pathbreaking scientific quest. The genius of such poet-scientists as Nikola Tesla depended on the more finely tuned business skills of George Westinghouse and the towering capital of J.P. Morgan to achieve actualization. And even Thomas Edison and Westinghouse--innovative industrial combatants in the war between AC and DC current--were victims of the far more powerful and conservative financial forces of Wall Street. Indeed, for Jonnes, the story of electricity is as much about the legions of patent attorneys and bankers who controlled the flow of industry as it is about the circulation of current. Her sophisticated portrait of Gilded Age science, business, and society brings new light to the forces that underlie technological revolutions. As she reveals, it is not so much the great public men of science who directed the destiny of America's eventual empire of light; rather, the path was solidified by those men behind the scenes who were wise enough (and perhaps ruthless enough) to impose their legal, financial, and political dominance onto the scientific innovation--a valuable message for all eras. --Patrick OKelley [via]
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Evolutionary Ecologyby Eric R. PiankaISBN 0321042883 (0-321-04288-3)
Hardcover, Benjamin-Cummings Pub Co
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Extraordinary Popular Delusions: And the Madness of Crowdsby Charles MacKayISBN 0374502765 (0-374-50276-5)
Softcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Extraordinary Popular Delusions: And the Madness of Crowds'Book summary:Why do otherwise intelligent individuals form seething masses of idiocy when they engage in collective action? Why do financially sensible people jump lemming-like into hare-brained speculative frenzies--only to jump broker-like out of windows when their fantasies dissolve? We may think that the Great Crash of 1929, junk bonds of the '80s, and over-valued high-tech stocks of the '90s are peculiarly 20th century aberrations, but Mackay's classic--first published in 1841--shows that the madness and confusion of crowds knows no limits, and has no temporal bounds. These are extraordinarily illuminating,and, unfortunately, entertaining tales of chicanery, greed and naivete. Essential reading for any student of human nature or the transmission of ideas.
In fact, cases such as Tulipomania in 1624--when Tulip bulbs traded at a higher price than gold--suggest the existence of what I would dub "Mackay's Law of Mass Action:" when it comes to the effect of social behavior on the intelligence of individuals, 1+1 is often less than 2, and sometimes considerably less than 0. [via]
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Fact and Fancyby Isaac AsimovISBN 0380011743 (0-380-01174-3)
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Fate of the Earthby Jonathan SchellISBN 0380613255 (0-380-61325-5)
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Fever Trail in Search of the Cure for Malaria: In Search of the Cure for Malariaby Mark HonigsbaumISBN 0374154694 (0-374-15469-4)
Hardcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux
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Flesh and Machines: How Robots Will Change Usby Rodney A. BrooksISBN 037572527X (0-375-72527-X)
Softcover, Vintage Books
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Flesh and Machines: How Robots Will Changes Usby Rodney Allen BrooksISBN 0375420797 (0-375-42079-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Flesh and Machines: How Robots Will Changes Us'Book summary:The world of HAL and Data, of sentient machines, is fast approaching. Indeed, in some ways it has already arrived, as humans incorporate bionic technology and as humanlike machines increasingly take on the work of humans.
Rodney Brooks, a professor of engineering at MIT, has been involved in this transformation for decades. He has helped design robots that reason, at least after a fashion. The machines are as yet primitive, but, Brooks writes, in five years the boundary between what is now fantasy and fact will be breached, and intelligent machines will come into their own. With them will come a host of ethical problems, as we wrestle with the implications of Asimov's laws of robotics and with the very real possibility that we have created a new kind of slave. There's no way of getting around this future, it would seem, and, adds Brooks, our species will change in the bargain: "With all these trends we will become a merger between flesh and machines."
Antitechnologists may shudder at the story line, but readers interested in the gee-whiz possibilities of the digital age will be fascinated by Brooks's vision of what is and what will be. --Gregory McNamee [via]
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Foucault's Pendulumby Umberto EcoISBN 0345368754 (0-345-36875-4)
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THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
Three clever book editors, inspired by an extraordinary fable they heard years befoe, decide to have a little fun. Randomly feeding esoteric bits of knowledge into an incredible computer capable of inventing connections between all their entires, they think they are creating a long lazy game--until the game starts taking over....
Here is an incredible journey of thought and history, memory and fantasy, a tour de force as enthralling as anything Umberto Eco--or indeed anyone--has ever devised.
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The Genome War: How Craig Venter Tried To Capture The Code Of Life And Save The Worldby James ShreeveISBN 0345433742 (0-345-43374-2)
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On May 10, 1998, biologist Craig Venter, director of the Institute for Genomic Research, announced that he was forming a private company that within three years would unravel the complete genetic code of human lifeseven years before the projected finish of the U.S. governments Human Genome Project. Venter hoped that by decoding the genome ahead of schedule, he would speed up the pace of biomedical research and save the lives of thousands of people. He also hoped to become very famous and very rich. Calling his company Celera (from the Latin for speed ), he assembled a small group of scientists in an empty building in Rockville, Maryland, and set to work.
At the same time, the leaders of the government program, under the direction of Francis Collins, head of the National Human Genome Research Institute at the National Institutes of Health, began to mobilize an unexpectedly unified effort to beat Venter to the prizeknowledge that had the potential to revolutionize medicine and society.
The stage was set for one of the most thrillingand importantdramas in the history of science. The Genome War is the definitive account of that dramathe race for the greatest prize biology has had to offer, told by a writer with exclusive access to Venters operation from start to finish. It is also the story of how one mans ambition created a scientific Camelot where, for a moment, it seemed that the competing interests of pure science and commercial profit might be gloriously reconciledand the national repercussions that resulted when that dream went awry. [via]More editions of The Genome War: How Craig Venter Tried To Capture The Code Of Life And Save The World:
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The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violenceby Gavin De BeckerISBN 0316235024 (0-316-23502-4)
Hardcover, Little Brown & Company
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence'Book summary:Each hour, 75 women are raped in the United States, and every few seconds, a woman is beaten. Each day, 400 Americans suffer shooting injuries, and another 1,100 face criminals armed with guns. Author Gavin de Becker says victims of violent behavior usually feel a sense of fear before any threat or violence takes place. They may distrust the fear, or it may impel them to some action that saves their lives. A leading expert on predicting violent behavior, de Becker believes we can all learn to recognize these signals of the "universal code of violence," and use them as tools to help us survive. The book teaches how to identify the warning signals of a potential attacker and recommends strategies for dealing with the problem before it becomes life threatening. The case studies are gripping and suspenseful, and include tactics for dealing with similar situations.
People don't just "snap" and become violent, says de Becker, whose clients include federal government agencies, celebrities, police departments, and shelters for battered women. "There is a process as observable, and often as predictable, as water coming to a boil." Learning to predict violence is the cornerstone to preventing it. De Becker is a master of the psychology of violence, and his advice may save your life. --Joan Price [via]
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Guide to Bird Behaviorby Donald W. StokesISBN 0316817228 (0-316-81722-8)
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A Guide to Bird Behavior: In the Wild and at Your Feederby Lillian Q. Stokes, Donald W. and Lillian Q. StokesISBN 0316817260 (0-316-81726-0)
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His Dark Materialsby Philip PullmanISBN 0375823360 (0-375-82336-0)
Softcover, Alfred a Knopf Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'His Dark Materials'Book summary:In the epic trilogy His Dark Materials, Philip Pullman unlocks the door to worlds parallel to our own. Dæmons and winged creatures live side by side with humans, and a mysterious entity called Dust just might have the power to unite the universes--if it isn't destroyed first. The three books in Pullman's heroic fantasy series, published as trade paperbacks, are united here in one dazzling boxed set that includes The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, and The Amber Spyglass. In these new editions, each chapter opens with artwork by Pullman himself, along with chapter quotations from the likes of Milton, Donne, Black, Byron, and the Bible that did not appear in earlier editions. Join Lyra, Pantalaimon, Will, and the rest as they embark on the most breathtaking, heartbreaking adventure of their lives. The fate of the universe is in their hands. (Ages 13 and older) [via]
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His Dark Materials Omnibus: The Golden Compass / the Subtle Knife / the Amber Spyglassby Philip PullmanISBN 0375847227 (0-375-84722-7)
Softcover, Alfred a Knopf Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'His Dark Materials Omnibus: The Golden Compass / the Subtle Knife / the Amber Spyglass'Book summary:In the epic trilogy His Dark Materials, Philip Pullman unlocks the door to worlds parallel to our own. Dæmons and winged creatures live side by side with humans, and a mysterious entity called Dust just might have the power to unite the universes--if it isn't destroyed first. The three books in Pullman's heroic fantasy series, published as trade paperbacks, are united here in one dazzling boxed set that includes The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, and The Amber Spyglass. In these new editions, each chapter opens with artwork by Pullman himself, along with chapter quotations from the likes of Milton, Donne, Black, Byron, and the Bible that did not appear in earlier editions. Join Lyra, Pantalaimon, Will, and the rest as they embark on the most breathtaking, heartbreaking adventure of their lives. The fate of the universe is in their hands. (Ages 13 and older) [via]
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxyby Douglas AdamsISBN 0345391802 (0-345-39180-2)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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Together, this dynamic pair began a journey through space aided by a galaxyful of fellow travelers: Zaphod Beeblebrox, the two-headed, three-armed, ex-hippie and totally out-to-lunch president of the galaxy; Trillian (formerly Tricia McMillan), Zaphods girlfriend, whom Arthur tried to pick up at a cocktail party once upon a time zone; Marvin, a paranoid, brilliant, and chronically depressed robot; and Veet Voojagig, a former graduate student obsessed with the disappearance of all the ballpoint pens hes bought over the years.
Where are these pens? Why are we born? Why do we die? For all the answers, stick your thumb to the stars! [via]More editions of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy:
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I'm Ok-You're Okby Thomas HarrisISBN 038000772X (0-380-00772-X)
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In Suspect Terrainby John McPheeISBN 0374517940 (0-374-51794-0)
Softcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux
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In Suspect Terrain is the second book in a series on geology and geologists, presenting a cross section of North America along the fortieth parallel, and gathered under the overall title Annals of the Former World. The other books in the series are Basin and Range, Rising from the Plains, and Assembling California. -
Influenceby Robert B. CialdiniISBN 0321011473 (0-321-01147-3)
Softcover, Allyn & Bacon
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The Interpretation of Dreamsby Sigmund FreudISBN 0380010003 (0-380-01000-3)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Interpretation of Dreams'Book summary:Freud's Revolutionary Theory This ground-breaking work, which Freud considered his most valuable, forever changed the way we think. Now, in this definitive and bestselling translation by James Strachey, Freud's timeless exploration of the unconscious through the dream world is clearly and precisely rendered. Including dozens of case histories and detailed analyses of actual dreams, The Interpretation of Dreams remains an invaluable tool in helping us all discover the truth about ourselves. [via]
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The Lost Dinosaurs of Egyptby Josh Smith, William NothdurftISBN 0375507957 (0-375-50795-7)
Hardcover, Random House Publishing Group
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The Lost Dinosaurs of Egypt : The Astonishing and Unlikely True Story of One of the Twentieth Century's Greatest Paleontological Discoveriesby William NothdurftISBN 0375759794 (0-375-75979-4)
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Meta Math!: The Quest For Omegaby GREGORY CHAITINISBN 0375423133 (0-375-42313-3)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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Mountains Beyond Mountainsby Tracy KidderISBN 0375506160 (0-375-50616-0)
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On The Wing: To The Edge Of The Earth With The Peregrine Falconby Alan TennantISBN 0375415513 (0-375-41551-3)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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Our Dreaming Mindby Robert L. Van De CastleISBN 0345396669 (0-345-39666-9)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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Our Dreaming Mind: A Sweeping Exploration of the Role That Dreams Have Played in Politics, Art, Religion, and Psychology, from Ancient Civilizationsby Robert L. Van De CastleISBN 034536435X (0-345-36435-X)
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The Physicistsby C.P. SnowISBN 0316802212 (0-316-80221-2)
Hardcover, Little Brown & Co
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Population Bombby Paul R. EhrlichISBN 0345338340 (0-345-33834-0)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
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Practicing Physics: Conceptual Physicsby Paul G. HewittISBN 032105153X (0-321-05153-X)
Softcover, Addison-Wesley
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Primary Science: Taking the Plungeby Wynne Harlen, Sheila Jelly, Jos ElstgeestISBN 0325003866 (0-325-00386-6)
Softcover, Heinemann
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The Race to Save the Lord God Birdby Phillip M. HooseISBN 0374361738 (0-374-36173-8)
Hardcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux
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The Reasons for Seasonsby Linda AllisonISBN 0316034401 (0-316-03440-1)
Softcover, Little Brown & Co
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Rendezvous with Ramaby Arthur C. ClarkeISBN 0345350561 (0-345-35056-1)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Rendezvous with Rama'Book summary:An all-time science fiction classic, Rendezvous with Rama is also one of Clarke's best novels--it won the Campbell, Hugo, Jupiter, and Nebula Awards. A huge, mysterious, cylindrical object appears in space, swooping in toward the sun. The citizens of the solar system send a ship to investigate before the enigmatic craft, called Rama, disappears. The astronauts given the task of exploring the hollow cylindrical ship are able to decipher some, but definitely not all, of the extraterrestrial vehicle's puzzles. From the ubiquitous trilateral symmetry of its structures to its cylindrical sea and machine-island, Rama's secrets are strange evidence of an advanced civilization. But who, and where, are the Ramans, and what do they want with humans? Perhaps the answer lies with the busily working biots, or the sealed-off buildings, or the inaccessible "southern" half of the enormous cylinder. Rama's unsolved mysteries are tantalizing indeed. Rendezvous with Rama is fast moving, fascinating, and a must-read for science fiction fans. Clarke collaborated with Gentry Lee in writing several Rama sequels, beginning with Rama II. [via]
The Romeo Error: A Matter of Life and Deathby Lyall WatsonISBN 0340191368 (0-340-19136-8)
Hardcover, Hodder and Stoughton
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Rum Affair: A True Story of Botanical Fraudby Karl SabbaghISBN 0374252823 (0-374-25282-3)
Hardcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux
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The Scalpel and the Butterfly: The War Between Animal Research and Animal Protectionby Deborah RudacilleISBN 0374254206 (0-374-25420-6)
Hardcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux
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The Seekers: The Story of Man's Continuing Quest to Understand His Worldby Daniel J. BoorstinISBN 0375704752 (0-375-70475-2)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Seekers: The Story of Man's Continuing Quest to Understand His World'Book summary:Renowned historian Daniel J. Boorstin completes the trilogy he began with The Discoverers and The Creators. The first volume covered explorers, scientists, and historians in their quest for raw knowledge, while the second book describes writers, painters, and composers in their pursuit of inspiring art; The Seekers describes people searching for an understanding of human existence--"Man is the asking animal," notes Boorstin. It's a big, bold theme, and although The Seekers is the shortest work in the trilogy, it's still vintage Boorstin: incredibly learned, richly anecdotal, and casually profound. It begins with the prophets of the Holy Land and the philosophers of ancient Greece, continues through the Renaissance, and concludes with the modern era of the social sciences. "In this long quest [for understanding], Western culture has turned from seeking the end or purpose to seeking causes--from the Why to the How," writes Boorstin. That's a neat summary of Western intellectual development over several thousand years. What other author could put it so succinctly? Boorstin is generally stronger with material that is more recent and more secular, but this is an accomplished book and a worthy capstone to an outstanding three-volume effort. --John J. Miller [via]
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Sphereby Michael CrichtonISBN 0345353145 (0-345-35314-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sphere'Book summary:Jurassic Park author Michael Crichton is possibly the best science teacher for the masses since H.G. Wells, and Sphere, his thriller about a mysterious spherical spaceship at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, is classic Crichton. A group of not-very-complex characters (portrayed in the film by Sharon Stone, Dustin Hoffman, Samuel L. Jackson, and Queen Latifah) assemble to solve a cleverly designed roller coaster of a mystery while attempting (with mixed success) to avoid sudden death and expounding (much more successfully) on the latest, coolest scientific ideas, including the existence of black holes. Somehow, Crichton manages to convey the complicated stuff in utterly simplistic prose, making him, as his old pal Steven Spielberg puts it, "the high priest of high concept." Yet there is more to Crichton than science and big-ticket show biz. He is also, as any reader of his startling memoir Travels knows, a bit of a mystic--he is entirely open to notions spouted by spoon-bending psychics that most science writers would scorn. Sphere is not only a gratifying sci-fi suspense tale; it also reflects Crichton's keen interest in the unexplained powers of the human mind. When something passes through a black hole in Crichton's fiction, a lesson is learned. The book also contains another profound lesson: when you're staring down a giant squid with an eyeball the size of a dinner plate, don't blink first. [via]
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The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors and the Collision of Two Culturesby Anne FadimanISBN 0374525641 (0-374-52564-1)
Softcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux
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Stokes Beginner's Guide to Birds: Western Regionby Donald Stokes, Lillian StokesISBN 0316818119 (0-316-81811-9)
Softcover, Little Brown & Co
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Stokes Field Guide To Birds: Eastern Regionby Donald Stokes, Lillian StokesISBN 0316818097 (0-316-81809-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Stokes Field Guide To Birds: Eastern Region'Book summary:The easiest-to-use and most comprehensive field guide to North American birds-from the country's preeminent writers on birds and nature Drawing on more than twenty years' experience as bird and wildlife experts, Donald and Lillian Stokes have produced field guides that are factually, visually, and organizationally superior to any other books you can buy. You'll find: * All the identification information on a single page-color photographs, range map, and detailed description. No more fumbling to match photos with text! * For fast reference-a compact alphabetical index inside the front and back covers. * More than 900 high-resolution color identification photographs. * An illustrated Quick Guide to the most common backyard and feeder birds. * Convenient colored tabs keyed to each bird group. * Concise and comprehensive text, with information on habitat; plumage variation; feeding, nesting, and mating behavior; bird feeder proclivity; and-for the first time in any guide-population trends and conservation status. [via]
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Stokes Guide to Bird Behaviorby Donald StokesISBN 0316817171 (0-316-81717-1)
Softcover, Little Brown & Co
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Suspiciously Simple History of Science & Invention: Without the Boring Bitsby John FarmanISBN 0330328077 (0-330-32807-7)
Softcover, Trans-Atlantic Pubns
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Teach Yourself Geologyby David RotheryISBN 0340867531 (0-340-86753-1)
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Time Traveler: In Search of Dinosaurs and Ancient Mammals from Montana to Mongoliaby Michael NovacekISBN 0374278806 (0-374-27880-6)
Hardcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux
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Time Traveler: In Search of Dinosaurs and Other Fossils from Montana to Mongoliaby Michael NovacekISBN 0374528764 (0-374-52876-4)
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The Tree of Lifeby Peter SisISBN 0374456283 (0-374-45628-3)
Hardcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux
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The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxyby Douglas AdamsISBN 0345453743 (0-345-45374-3)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'Book summary:At last in paperback in one complete volume, here are the five classic novels from Douglas Adamss beloved Hitchiker series.
The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
Seconds before the Earth is demolished for a galactic freeway, Arthur Dent is saved by Ford Prefect, a researcher for the revised Guide. Together they stick out their thumbs to the stars and begin a wild journey through time and space.
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
Facing annihilation at the hands of warmongers is a curious time to crave tea. It could only happen to the cosmically displaced Arthur Dent and his comrades as they hurtle across the galaxy in a desperate search for a place to eat.
Life, the Universe and Everything
The unhappy inhabitants of planet Krikkit are sick of looking at the night sky so they plan to destroy it. The universe, that is. Now only five individuals can avert Armageddon: mild-mannered Arthur Dent and his stalwart crew.
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
Back on Earth, Arthur Dent is ready to believe that the past eight years were all just a figment of his stressed-out imagination. But a gift-wrapped fishbowl with a cryptic inscription conspires to thrust him back to reality. So to speak.
Mostly Harmless
Just when Arthur Dent makes the terrible mistake of starting to enjoy life, all hell breaks loose. Can he save the Earth from total obliteration? Can he save the Guide from a hostile alien takeover? Can he save his daughter from herself? [via]More editions of The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy:
Visions of Heaven : The Mysteries of the Universe Revealed by the Hubble Space Telescopeby Mark Rosselli, Tom WilkieISBN 0340717343 (0-340-71734-3)
Hardcover, Hodder General Publishing Division
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Visions of Heaven: The Mysteries of the Universe Revealed by the Hubble Space Telescopeby Tom Wilkie, Mark RosselliISBN 0340717351 (0-340-71735-1)
Softcover, Hodder & Stoughton Canada
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Whose Science?: Whose Knowledge? Thinking from Women's Livesby Sandra HardingISBN 033509760X (0-335-09760-X)
Softcover, McGraw-Hill
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The Wild Insideby Linda AllisonISBN 0316034347 (0-316-03434-7)
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Worms, Shadows, and Whirlpools: Science in the Early Childhood Classroomby Sharon Grollman, Karen WorthISBN 0325005737 (0-325-00573-7)
Softcover, Heinemann
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Worms, Shadows, and Whirlpools: Science in the Early Childhood Classroom'Book summary:This book represents a new way to think about science education for young children. Based on the growing understanding that even the littlest learners are powerful thinkers and theory makers, it identifies important science inquiry skills and concepts appropriate for the very young. What's more, it makes a strong case for integrating science into the curriculum right from the start - creating a context for the development of language, mathematical thinking, and social skills.
Authors Karen Worth and Sharon Grollman define and illustrate what science education can and should be. They draw upon what is known about the learning, effective teaching, and science education of young children by using the daily work of teachers and children in Head Start, kindergarten, day care, and preschool programs. They fill their book with teacher stories, photographs, and examples of children's work, plus commentary highlighting particular teaching strategies and child learning.
Read this book and understand what a quality science program encompasses. Then see what the youngest students can do given the opportunity to explore phenomena and materials that draw upon their natural curiosity, captivate, motivate, and prepare them for ideas important to later learning.
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You Just Don't Understand : Women and Men in Conversationby Deborah TannenISBN 0345372050 (0-345-37205-0)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'You Just Don't Understand : Women and Men in Conversation'Book summary:"A chatty, earnest and endearing book that promises here-and-now rewards for taking the trouble to listen more carefully to what others are saying--and to be more sensitive to what others are hearing."LOS ANGELES TIMESDiscover how men and women can interpret the same conversation differently, even when there is no apparent misunderstanding. Discover why sinscere attempts to communicate are so often confounded, and how we can prevent or relieve some of the frustration. This fascinating, helpful, and controversial book--on the NEW YORK TIMES Bestseller list for two years!--explores, in depth the differing style men and women articulate, and how to work through it and get to the heart of the matter. [via]
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