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Book	Author	Dewey Number	Description
Spare Parts	Davis, Joshua	629.892 DAV	Wonderful, uplifting true story of 4 undocumented teenagers and the robot they create to win a national robotics championship.
The Moon By Whale Light	Ackerman, Diane	591 ACK	Rock star science author, Diane Ackerman, writes about animals, humans and their relationship.
Time, Love, Memory	Weiner, Jonathan	591.5 WEI	Pulitzer prize winner turns his attention to the work of maverick scientist ,Seymor Benzer, on genes and behavior.
Homo Deus	Harari, Yuval Noah	909.83 HAR	Brand new book by bestselling author of Sapiens—with predictions about humanity’s future.
Testosterone Rex	Fine, Cordelia	155.3 FIN	Psychologist explores latest research that draws on evolutionary science, neuroscience and endocrinology in relation to biological sex.
The Nature Fix	Williams, Florence	155.9 WIL	Author argues that our connection to nature is more important to our cognition than we think.
The Moth Snowstorm	McCarthy, Michael	304.28 MCC	Environmental journalist looks at the role nature plays in inspiring joy, wonder and even love.
Cure	Marchant, Jo	616.891 MAR	Award-winning science writer with PhDs in genetics and microbiology explores the mind’s ability to heal the body.
Hallucinations	Sacks, Oliver	616.89 SAC	From the always fascinating mind an pen of Oliver Sacks, a thorough examination of mind-altering experiences.
The Mind’s Eye	Sacks, Oliver	616.855 SAC	Examination of adaptation, creativity, and language in the face of loss of vital senses and abilities, such as vision.
The Future of Life	Wilson, Edward O.	333.95	Pulitzer winning author looks at the biosphere and its current challenges.
Summer World	Heinrich, Bernd	591.43 HEI	Author looks at the animal kingdom in the extremes of the warmer months.
The Man Who Touched His Own Heart	Dunn, Rob	612.17 DUN	The evolution and history of the human heart is the subject of this evolutionary biologist and author.
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks	Skloot, Rebecca	92 LAC	Now a documentary, a fascinating examination of bioethics.
Human	Gazzaniga, Michael	612.823 GAZ	Neuroscientist looks at the science behind what makes us unique.
Rise of the Rocket Girls	Holt, Nathalia	629.13 HOL	Women recruited during WWII to work as human computers and their role in space exploration.
Into the Black	White, Rowland	629.454 WHI	The story of the first flight of the space shuttle Columbia.
The Hidden Reality	Greene, Brian	530.12	Physicist writes of parallel universes and the deep laws of the cosmos.
The Sixth Extinction	Kolbert, Elizabeth	576.84 KOL	Award-winning title provides a frank, entertaining and moving account of what might be the 6^th great extinction.
Reading the Forested Landscape	Wessels, Tom	577.309 WES	Book teaches us how to read the New England landscape the way we might solve a mystery.