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  • Featured Books: covers of How Far the Light Reaches, Race on the Brain, and The Milky Way

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  • Kids Books: image shows covers of Nell Plants a Tree; Baby Loves Aerospace Engineering; & The Firekeeper's Daughter

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Welcome to Catalyst Books & Gifts!

Catalyst Books & Gifts is a mostly online bookstore with occasional in-person pop-up events. We are a Specific Benefit Corporation, with a mission to celebrate and support diversity, equity, and inclusion in STEM (science, technology, engineering & math/medicine). A portion of our profits will be donated to organizations doing meaningful work to support minoritized scientists and improve the culture of science and academia. Learn more on the About Us page.

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Spring 2023 Featured (click for full list)

How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures By Sabrina Imbler Cover Image
Maladies of Empire: How Colonialism, Slavery, and War Transformed Medicine By Jim Downs Cover Image
Race on the Brain: What Implicit Bias Gets Wrong about the Struggle for Racial Justice By Jonathan Kahn Cover Image
The Milky Way: An Autobiography of Our Galaxy By Moiya McTier Cover Image
Vagina Obscura: An Anatomical Voyage By Rachel E. Gross Cover Image
The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred By Chanda Prescod-Weinstein Cover Image

Kids Featured (click for full list)

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Nell Plants a Tree By Anne Wynter, Daniel Miyares (Illustrator) Cover Image
Molly on the Moon By Mary Robinette Kowal, Diana Mayo (Illustrator) Cover Image
Amara and the Bats By Emma Reynolds, Emma Reynolds (Illustrator) Cover Image
The Kitchen Pantry Scientist Math for Kids: Fun Math Games and Activities Inspired by Awesome Mathematicians, Past and Present; with 20+ Illustrated Biographies of Amazing Mathematicians from Around the World By Rebecca Rapoport, Liz Lee Heinecke (Editor), Allanna Chung, Kelly Anne Dalton (Illustrator) Cover Image
Mimic Makers: Biomimicry Inventors Inspired by Nature By Kristen Nordstrom, Paul Boston (Illustrator) Cover Image
The Magnificent Makers #1: How to Test a Friendship By Theanne Griffith, Reggie Brown (Illustrator) Cover Image

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Chemistry of Tea Mug
Edible Chemistry Kit
Tardigrade Stickers
Trilobite Earrings
Seaweed Softcover Notebook
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