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New Book Explores What Happens when Fracking Comes to a Rural CommunityNatural gas can be one solution to the oil crisis but does it carry its own environmental costs? This new book explores the effect of drilling in one region of the United States.
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Planning for Tomorrow's City TodayHow do zoning rules impact the way a city grows, changes, and serves its citizens? A new book examines the history of planning and shows ways that innovation and zoning can go hand in hand.
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Customer Centricity: The Art of Targeted Customer ServiceWhat does true customer service mean? A new book leads the way toward a new customer centric business model.
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Orchids, Greed, and the Pursuit of One Extraordinary FlowerWho owns the rights to a rare and beautiful flower blooming in the Peruvian wild? This new book looks at the dramatic case that exposed the shadowy world of flower collecting to public scrutiny
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Tapping into the Wisdom of Top Scientists to Live a Better LifeThe author interviews scientists who reveal tips on how to solve all sorts of practical problems such as how to avoid a parking ticket, lose weight and more.
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One Man's Journey Toward Understanding What it Means to HuntA peace-loving vegan reconsiders his relationship with nature and food when he decides to learn how to hunt deer.
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Can Examining the Past Lead Us to a Brighter Future?Why do some countries prosper while others suffer? This new book by an economist at MIT and a political science professor at Harvard takes a long look at history and uncovers the keys to prosperity
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Do Slot Machines Have a Spiritual Connection?Is part of the addiction to slot machine play about trying to fill a spiritual void? A psychiatrist who spent studying the subject explores the inexplicable lure of the flashing machines.
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A Wild and Untamed Place: A Look at Illinois 200 Years AgoThe Illinois territory at the time of the War of 1812 was still a battleground as settlers from several countries and local tribes struggled to survive.
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Does Organization Start in the Mind?Organization isn't just about taming clutter, it's also about learning to deal with the distractions of the modern world.
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Will the Next Financial Crisis Undo the U.S. Dollar?What will the future of global currency be? Economist James Rickards takes a look at scenarios for our potential financial future.
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'Lincoln, Inc.: Selling the Sixteenth President in Contemporary America'Abraham Lincoln is our most revered president and he's also an industry, inspiring museums, books, collectibles and much more. How we honor and remember the president says a great deal about our current culture.
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The Instant Survivor by Jim Moorhead ReviewedJim Moorhead's four-step plan for surviving anything life throws at you
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Steamboats and the Rise of the Cotton Kingdom by Robert GudmestadThe invention of the steamboat turned the mighty Mississippi into a water highway for goods and people in the 1800s, leading to the growth of new cities and tensions in the pre-war South.
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Book Review: One Click by Richard BrandtAmazon.com started with books and now dominates much of online commerce. This book examines the rise of Amazon.com and where its enigmatic founder may be headed next.
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Book Review: Neurogastronomy by Gordon M. ShepherdSavoring, cooking and describing food are a core part of what makes us human. How do our brains process flavor and what is the future of food?
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Glock: The Rise of America's Gun by Paul M. BarrettThe Glock handgun has become the gun of choice in the U.S., used by both law enforcement and criminals. How and why this gun became so popular is a story of marketing, engineering and greed.
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Book Review: Walmart in China, Edited by Anita ChanWalmart doesn't just get goods from China, it sells them there too, a new book takes a deep look at this complicated relationship.
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Book Review: 'Debt' by David GraeberThe origins of debt merit serious study and David Graeber gives the subject full due in his new book.
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Was Agriculture the Beginning of the End? Book Review: Pandora's Seed by Spencer WellsThe shift from hunter gatherer behavior to agricultural societies set in motion all of human civilization. How did the decisions our ancient ancestors made change the world and what's next?
