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It's Tradition: Favorite Re-Reads

A season of warmth and reminiscence is upon us, and nothing gets the cozy feelings started like time-honored winter traditions. A good book makes an especially inviting tradition, and these timeless staff favorites are perfect re-readables that make coming back to them each year a welcome seasonal treat.

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It's Not Rocket Science: Astronomy Explained Simply

 

Everybody has asked questions about the things that lay beyond the night sky, but the study of astronomy and physics can be both alluring and daunting.  How can a person be expected to find out more about such a fascinating science when it's all muddled up by complicated vocabulary and mathematics?  Don't give up on your curiosity just yet, because these seven books make big ideas much easier to digest.  These scientists work carefully to unravel the meaning, not the equations, behind the universe's deep mysteries.  Not a rocket scientist?  Then you're in the right place.

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