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In this sequel to "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland", Alice is playing with her kittens — a black kitten and a white kitten, the offspring of Dinah, Alice's cat in the first book — when she ponders what the world is like on the other side of a mirror's reflection... (summary from Wikipedia)

AN OBSERVER BOOK OF THE YEAR ‘A peerless intellectual biography. The Glass Universe shines and twinkles as brightly as the stars themselves’ The Economist #1 New York Times bestselling author Dava Sobel returns with a captivating, little-known true story of women in science In the...

In The Glass Cage, bestselling author Nicholas Carr digs behind the headlines about factory robots and self-driving cars, wearable computers and digitized medicine, as he explores the hidden costs of granting software dominion over our work and our leisure. Even as they bring ease to our lives, these programs are stealing something essential from us.

Set in 1823, just after the Leavenworth campaign against the Arikara Indians, this gripping poem chronicles the perilous journey of Major Andrew Henrys expedition across the Trans-Missouri region. At its heart lies the intense relationship between two trappers, Hugh Glass and Jamie, whose bond deepens through shared trials of hunting and survival. However, betrayal shatters their camaraderie when Jamie abandons Hugh, leaving him for dead by the unforgiving Missouri River. Against all odds, Hugh survives, fueled by a burning desire for revenge as he seeks out the friend who forsook him. The ...

What's in a cloud? What separates a tropical storm from a winter blizzard? And what exactly is El Niño? Elliot Rappaport, a professional captain of traditional sailing ships, has spent three decades at sea, where understanding weather could be the difference between life and death. In Reading the Glass, he offers a sailor's-eye view of the moving parts of our atmosphere and unveils the larger patterns it holds: global winds, storms, air masses, jet streams, and the longer arc of our climate.

The sequel to “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” finds Alice back in Wonderland and a piece in a surreal chess game. This weird and wonderful book includes the poems “Jabberwocky” and “The Walrus and the Carpenter,” a talking pudding, and that immortal line “Jam yesterday, jam tomorrow, but never jam today.” Lewis Carroll was the nom de plume of Charles Dodgson (1832-1890) an Anglican clergyman, photographer, and mathematician.

A young man is murdered for his prized pet fish. An Asian tycoon buys a single specimen for $150,000. Meanwhile, a pet detective chases smugglers through the streets of New York. Delving into an outlandish realm of obsession, paranoia, and criminality, The Dragon Behind the Glass tells the story of a fish like none other: a powerful predator dating to the age of the dinosaurs.

Who really makes science happen? First bilingual podcast (Spanish & English)! We pull back the curtain on the hidden figures behind the scenes: scientists, engineers, field workers, data analysts, social leaders, and more, who rarely make the headlines but whose work shapes our world. Through powerful storytelling and personal interviews from across continents, we explore the passions, challenges, and human experiences that drive science forward. Two hosts. Two languages. One mission: to humanise science, one voice at a time.

Eileen Collins was an aviation pioneer her entire career, from her crowning achievements as the first woman to command an American space mission as well as the first to pilot the space shuttle to her early years as one of the Air Force's first female pilots. She was in the first class of women to earn pilot's wings at Vance Air Force Base and was their first female instructor pilot. She was only the second woman admitted to the Air Force's elite Test Pilot Program at Edwards Air Force Base. 

Looking Glass returns for a third series, focusing on the crucial role physics must play if we are to navigate the climate crisis. In Looking Glass: Climate Solutions, science journalist, podcaster and author Gemma Milne speaks with physicists and other scientists to discuss what hope science has to offer as we face the prospect of a rapidly a warming planet. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Time to punch in at the Broken Glass Factory, and there's always something to talk about! Get down on the factory floor with Chris Chacon, Andrew Chesterman, Hunter Daly, Ben Thomson, and Martin Trogani as they discuss topics in the world of engineering and invention.