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All Ways of Looking at SharksISBN 0749614749 (0-7496-1474-9)
Hardcover, Franklin Watts
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Audubon North American Birdfeeder Guideby Robert Burton, Stephen W. KressISBN 0756608503 (0-7566-0850-3)
Hardcover, Dk Pub
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Badger Valleyby Monica le Doux EdwardsISBN 0718114884 (0-7181-1488-4)
Hardcover, Joseph
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The Barn Owlby Iain R. TaylorISBN 0747800243 (0-7478-0024-3)
Softcover, Lubrecht & Cramer Ltd
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Between the Woods and the Water: On Foot to Constantinople from the Hook of Holland The Middle Danube to the Iron Gatesby Patrick Leigh FermorISBN 0719542642 (0-7195-4264-2)
Hardcover, J. Murray
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Between the Woods and the Water: On Foot to Constantinople from the Hook of Holland The Middle Danube to the Iron Gates'Book summary:'Between the Woods and the Water' continues Patrick Leigh Fermor's celebrated epic account of his journey at the age of eighteen, in 1933, from the Hook of Holand to Constantinople. Here he travels down the Danube from Budapest, across the Great Hungarian Plain on horseback, and over the Rumanian border into Transylvania. [via]
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The Big Year: A Tale of Man, Nature, and Fowl Obsessionby Mark ObmascikISBN 0743245466 (0-7432-4546-6)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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Biology of Plants, 7e (Ise)by Peter H. Raven, Ray F. Evert, Susan E. EichhornISBN 0716762846 (0-7167-6284-6)
Hardcover, W H Freeman & Co
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Bold Science : Seven Scientists Who Are Changing Our Worldby Ted AntonISBN 0716735121 (0-7167-3512-1)
Hardcover, Freeman & Company, W. H.
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Bold Science : Seven Scientists Who Are Changing Our World'Book summary:Science is at a crossroads. Cold War-era easy money for grand-scale projects has become a thing of the past. And yet, in this new environment, science seems to be reinvigorating itself, moving away from an overly specialized, bureaucratic mindset to a more streamlined, multidisciplinary approach.
In a number of fields, innovative teams led by gifted researchers are combining imaginative methods with inexpensive tools to chip away at the previously impenetrable secrets of the body, the mind, the planet, and the universe. In the process, they are demonstrating the same kind of inspired drive toward discovery that led Galileo to invent the telescope.
Bold Science examines this "scientific new wave" by profiling the work of some remarkable researchers: gene hunter Craig Venter, neuroscientist Susan Greenfield, astronomer Geoffrey Marcy, immunologist Polly Matzinger, cosmologist Saul Perlmutter, ecologist Gretchen Daily, and evolutionist Carl Woese. Headstrong, iconoclastic, visionary, these scientists have risen to the pinnacles of their fields at a pivotal moment-and are producing amazing breakthroughs with bold, sometimes controversial methods.
In exploring their scientific lives and times, Bold Science shows readers why we are at the dawning of a new era of understanding ourselves and our universe. [via]
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Bones of Contention: The Archaeopteryx Scandalsby Paul ChambersISBN 0719560543 (0-7195-6054-3)
Hardcover, John Murray
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British Wild AnimalsISBN 0721400957 (0-7214-0095-7)
Hardcover, Ladybird Books Ltd
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Children of the Ice Age: How a Global Catastrophe Allowed Humans to Evolveby Steven M. StanleyISBN 0716731983 (0-7167-3198-3)
Softcover, Freeman & Company, W. H.
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The Complete Guide to Ireland's Birdsby Eric Dempsey, Michael O'CleryISBN 0717134016 (0-7171-3401-6)
Hardcover, Gill & Macmillan
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The Concise British Flora in Colourby W. Keble Martin, Douglas H. KentISBN 0718140281 (0-7181-4028-1)
Hardcover, Ebury Press : Joseph
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Darwin Among the Machines: The Evolution of Global Intelligenceby George DysonISBN 0738200301 (0-7382-0030-1)
Softcover, Perseus Books
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Darwin's Black Box: The Biochemical Challenge to Evolutionby Michael J. BeheISBN 0743290313 (0-7432-9031-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Darwin's Black Box: The Biochemical Challenge to Evolution'Book summary:Michael J. Behe, a biochemist at Lehigh University, presents here a scientific argument for the existence of God. Examining the evolutionary theory of the origins of life, he can go part of the way with Darwin--he accepts the idea that species have been differentiated by the mechanism of natural selection from a common ancestor. But he thinks that the essential randomness of this process can explain evolutionary development only at the macro level, not at the micro level of his expertise. Within the biochemistry of living cells, he argues, life is "irreducibly complex." This is the last black box to be opened, the end of the road for science. Faced with complexity at this level, Behe suggests that it can only be the product of "intelligent design." [via]
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Dinosaurby David Norman, Angela Milner, Colin KeatesISBN 0756606470 (0-7566-0647-0)
Hardcover, Dk Pub
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Dinosaurs from China: Including Catalogue to the Exhibition in the National Museum of Victoria and the Australian Museum, Sydneyby Brian J. Smith, Australian Museum, National Museum of Victoria, Esso Australia Ltd.ISBN 0724146253 (0-7241-4625-3)
Softcover, Council of the National Museum of Victoria
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Discordant Harmonies: A New Ecology for the Twenty-First Centuryby Daniel B. BotkinISBN 0735104115 (0-7351-0411-5)
Hardcover, Replica Books
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Does Anything Eat Wasps?: And 101 Other Unsettling, Witty Answers to Questions You Never Thought You Wanted to Askby New ScientistISBN 0743297261 (0-7432-9726-1)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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Dogby Juliet Clutton-BrockISBN 0756606772 (0-7566-0677-2)
Hardcover, Dk Pub
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The Double Helixby James D. WatsonISBN 074321630X (0-7432-1630-X)
Softcover, Touchstone Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Double Helix'Book summary:"Science seldom proceeds in the straightforward logical manner imagined by outsiders," writes James Watson in The Double Helix, his account of his codiscovery (along with Francis Crick) of the structure of DNA. Watson and Crick won Nobel Prizes for their work, and their names are memorized by biology students around the world. But as in all of history, the real story behind the deceptively simple outcome was messy, intense, and sometimes truly hilarious. To preserve the "real" story for the world, James Watson attempted to record his first impressions as soon after the events of 1951-1953 as possible, with all their unpleasant realities and "spirit of adventure" intact.
Watson holds nothing back when revealing the petty sniping and backbiting among his colleagues, while acknowledging that he himself was a willing participant in the melodrama. In particular, Watson reveals his mixed feelings about his famous colleague in discovery, Francis Crick, who many thought of as an arrogant man who talked too much, and whose brilliance was appreciated by few. This is the joy of The Double Helix--instead of a chronicle of stainless-steel heroes toiling away in their sparkling labs, Watson's chronicle gives readers an idea of what living science is like, warts and all. The Double Helix is a startling window into the scientific method, full of insight and wit, and packed with the kind of science anecdotes that are told and retold in the halls of universities and laboratories everywhere. It's the stuff of legends. --Therese Littleton [via]
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The Dragon Seekers: How an Extraordinary Circle of Fossilists Discovered the Dinosaurs and Paved the Way for Darwinby Christopher McGowanISBN 0738206733 (0-7382-0673-3)
Softcover, Perseus Books Group
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In this lucid and lively book, Christopher McGowan, a Canadian zoologist, examines the contributions to 19th-century science of Anning and other self-taught fossil-hunters, from difficult eccentrics like Thomas Hawkins to superb scholars like Richard Owen, all of whom had to battle plenty of orthodoxies in their status-conscious time. They succeeded admirably, McGowan suggests, and they should provide inspiration for other amateurs in science. For, he writes, "the future for paleontological discoveries looks very bright ... [and] many of the most important finds will be made by those who are not employed as paleontologists." --Gregory McNamee [via]
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Ecologyby Robert E. Ricklefs, Gary L. MillerISBN 071672829X (0-7167-2829-X)
Hardcover, W H Freeman & Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ecology'Book summary:[via]In the decade since the last edition of this classic text, vast changes have occurred in the ecological landscape. There is increased awareness of the importance of scale, the role of disturbance, the necessity for conservation, the potential for restoration, and the power of genetics in understanding relationships among organisms. Building on traditional foundations--evolution and adaptation, energy flow, population and community interactions, and behavioral ecology--the new edition of Ecology emphasizes modern concepts and approaches to present an accessible and comprehensive treatment of the field of ecology. 
Ecologyby DkISBN 0756613965 (0-7566-1396-5)
Hardcover, Dk Pub
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Every Australian Bird IllustratedISBN 0727000098 (0-7270-0009-8)
Hardcover, Australia in Print
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The Explorer King : Adventure, Science, and the Great Diamond Hoax--Clarence King in the Old Westby Robert WilsonISBN 0743260252 (0-7432-6025-2)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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Extinctby Anton Gill, Alex WestISBN 0752261622 (0-7522-6162-2)
Hardcover, Trafalgar Square
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Eyewitness Amphibianby Dk, Frank Greenaway, Geoff BrightlingISBN 0756613809 (0-7566-1380-9)
Hardcover, Dk Pub
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A Field Guide to Australian Native Shrubsby Ivan Holliday, Geoffrey WattonISBN 0727006002 (0-7270-0600-2)
Hardcover, Rigby
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A Field Guide to the Tracks & Traces of Australian Animalsby R. G. B. MorrisonISBN 0727014897 (0-7270-1489-7)
Hardcover, Rigby
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Fundamentals of Ecologyby Eugene OdumISBN 0721669417 (0-7216-6941-7)
Hardcover, W B Saunders Co
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The Garden of the Godsby Gerald DurrellISBN 0755111893 (0-7551-1189-3)
Hardcover, House of Stratus, Incorporated
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General Zoologyby Robert D. Barnes, Warren F. Walker, Claude Alvin VilleeISBN 0721690386 (0-7216-9038-6)
Hardcover, Saunders
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A History of Antarcticaby Stephen MartinISBN 0731066014 (0-7310-6601-4)
Hardcover, State Library of New South Wales Press
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The Hive: The Story of the Honeybee and Usby Bee WilsonISBN 0719564093 (0-7195-6409-3)
Hardcover, John Murray
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Hive: The Story of the Honeybee and Us'Book summary:Ever since men first hunted for honeycomb in rocks and daubed pictures of it on cave walls, the honeybee has been seen as one of the wonders of nature: social, industrious, beautiful, terrifying. No other creature has inspired in humans an identification so passionate, persistent or fantastical. The Hive recounts the astonishing tale of all the weird and wonderful things that humans believed about bees and their 'society' over the ages. It ranges from the honey delta of ancient Egypt to the Tupelo forests of modern Florida, taking in a cast of characters including Alexander the Great and Napoleon, Sherlock Holmes and Mohammed Ali. The Hive is also a history of ideas, taking us through the evolution of science, religion and politics, and a social history which explores the bee's impact on food and human ritual. In this beautifully illustrated book, Bee Wilson shows how humans will always view the hive as a miniature universe with order and purpose, and look to it to make sense of their own. [via]
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Hope Is the Thing With Feathers: A Personal Chronicle of Vanished Birdsby Christopher CokinosISBN 0756761654 (0-7567-6165-4)
Hardcover, Diane Pub Co
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Humanby Robert Winston, Don E. WilsonISBN 0756605202 (0-7566-0520-2)
Hardcover, Dk Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Human'Book summary:A highly comprehensive and illustrated account of what makes us what we are: how we evolved, how our bodies work and develop, and how we think and behave, this unbelievable reference examines the qualities all humans share but also highlights the diversity of human society and culture. Profiling more than 250 peoples who inhabit the world and examining fascinating facts - from environmental and health issues to beliefs and customs - Human is the definitive illustrated guide to our species. [via]
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Humboldt and the Cosmosby Douglas BottingISBN 0718111370 (0-7181-1137-0)
Hardcover, Joseph
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Huxley: From Devil's Disciple to Evolution's High Priestby Adrian DesmondISBN 0756761549 (0-7567-6154-9)
Softcover, Diane Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Huxley: From Devil's Disciple to Evolution's High Priest'Book summary:T. H. Huxley (18251895) was Darwins bloody-fanged bulldog. His giant scything intellect shook a prim Victorian society; his Devils gospel of evolution outraged. He put agnostic into the vocabulary and cave men into the public consciousness. Adrian Desmonds fiery biography with its panoramic view of Dickensian life explains how this agent provocateur rose to become the centurys greatest prophet.Synoptic in its sweep and evocative in its details, Desmonds biography reveals the poverty and opium-hazed tragedies of young Tom Huxleys life as well as the accolades and triumphs of his later years. The drug-grinders apprentice knew sots and scandals and breakdowns that signaled a genius close to madness. As surgeons mate on the cockroach-infested frigate Rattlesnake, he descended into hell on the Barrier Reef, but was saved by a golden-haired girl in the penal colony.Huxley pulled himself up to fight Darwins battles in the 1860s, but left Darwin behind on the most inflammatory issues. He devasted angst-ridden Victorian society with his talk of ape ancestors, and tantalized and tormented thousands-from laborers to ladies of society, cardinals to Karl Marxwith his scintillating lectures. Out of his provocations came our image of science warring with theology. And out of them, too, came the Wests new faith-agnosticism (he coined the new word).Champion of modern education, creator of an intellectually dominant profession, and president of the Royal Society, in Desmonds hands Huxley epitomizes the rise of the middle classes as the clawed power from the Anglican elite. His modern godless universe, intriguing and terrifying, millions of years in the making, was explored in his laboratory at South Kensington; his last pupil, H. G. Wells, made it the foundation of twentieth-century science fiction.Touching the crowning achievements and the crushing depths of both the man and his times, this is the epic story of a courageous genius whose life summed up the social changes from the Victorian to the modern age. Written with enormous zest and passion, Huxley is about the making of our modern Darwinian world.[via]More editions of Huxley: From Devil's Disciple to Evolution's High Priest:
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Huxley: The Devil's Discipleby Adrian J. DesmondISBN 0718136411 (0-7181-3641-1)
Hardcover, M. Joseph
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Huxley: The Devil's Disciple'Book summary:T.H. Huxley (1825-1895) - "Darwin's bulldog" - led a far more fascinating and outgoing life than the reclusive Darwin. He did battle with God and Gladstone, sat on royal commissions and campaigned for elementary education. He carried Darwin's fight to the public and outraged the old order with his talk of the material basis of life. It was a life lived at high speed and to the full, embracing all the Victorian hopes and fears. Desperately trying to scratch a living in his young days, he suffered mental collapses as he failed to bring his fiancee over from Sydney (he raised the cash after four years). The author of this book uses the life of Huxley to illustrate and illuminate the second - and far more turbulent - half of the 19th century. Adrian Desmond is the author of "Darwin" which won the James Tait Black Prize in Britain, the Comisso Prize in Italy and the Watson Davis Prize in America. [via]
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Into the Blue: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Beforeby Tony HorwitzISBN 0747560471 (0-7475-6047-1)
Hardcover, Bloomsbury
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Introduction to Genetic Analysisby Anthony J.F. GriffithsISBN 0716749394 (0-7167-4939-4)
Hardcover, W H Freeman & Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Introduction to Genetic Analysis'Book summary:[via]An Introduction to Genetic Analysis (IGA) stands out from its peers in this course in that it provides a clear introduction to the techniques and experiments of scientists past and present, not just an "encyclopedia" of information. This experimental emphasis, together with a solid pedagogical framework in the chapters, provides the clearest, most cutting-edge text available. IGA is also well-known for its outstanding problem sets, an integral part of the genetics course at any school.More editions of Introduction to Genetic Analysis:
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Introduction to Genetic Analysisby Richard C. Lewontin, Jeffrey H. Miller, David T. Suzuki, Anthony J.F. Griffiths, William M. GelbartISBN 0716726041 (0-7167-2604-1)
Hardcover, W H Freeman & Co
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Invertebrate Zoologyby Robert D. BarnesISBN 0721615627 (0-7216-1562-7)
Hardcover, Saunders
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Isaac Newton: The Last Sorcererby Michael WhiteISBN 073820143X (0-7382-0143-X)
Softcover, Perseus Books Group
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Jacobson's Organ and the Remarkable Nature of Smellby Lyall WatsonISBN 0756761018 (0-7567-6101-8)
Hardcover, Diane Pub Co
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Janet Marsh's Nature Diaryby Janet MarshISBN 0718117964 (0-7181-1796-4)
Hardcover, Joseph
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Key Guide to Australian Wildflowersby Leonard CroninISBN 0730101916 (0-7301-0191-6)
Hardcover, Reed
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Life at the Edge: Readings from Scientific American Magazineby James L. Gould, Carol Grant GouldISBN 0716720116 (0-7167-2011-6)
Softcover, W H Freeman & Co
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Living Europe: Exploring the Continent's Natural Boundariesby Nick UptonISBN 0752211005 (0-7522-1100-5)
Hardcover, Trans-Atlantic Pubns
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Mammoth: The Resurrection of an Ice Age Giantby Richard StoneISBN 0738207756 (0-7382-0775-6)
Softcover, Perseus Books Group
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Measure of All Thingsby Ken AlderISBN 0743216768 (0-7432-1676-8)
Softcover, Free Pr
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The Measure of All Things : The Seven-Year Odyssey and Hidden Error That Transformed the Worldby Ken AlderISBN 074321675X (0-7432-1675-X)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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Monkeyluv: And Other Essays On Our Lives As Animalsby Robert M. SapolskyISBN 0743260163 (0-7432-6016-3)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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In these essays -- updated for this volume -- Robert M. Sapolsky once again applies his curiosity, compassion, and generous insight into the human condition to make a case for the science of behavioral biology that tells us who we are, why we are, and how we are.
The first section, "Genes and Who We Are," addresses the physiology of genes, featuring a dissertation on "The 50 Most Beautiful People in the World" and tackling the vital question: How did they wind up on the list? Another essay explains the invisible genetic warfare that takes place between men and women as they conceive a baby and that continues as the fetus develops. As Sapolsky says, "Warning: this essay does not make pleasant wedding-night reading."
The second section, "Our Bodies and Who We Are," focuses on our physical natures and dwells on such diverse topics as why dreams are in fact dreamlike, why we are sexually attracted to one another, and why Alzheimer's disease tends to be a postmenopausal phenomenon. As Sapolsky writes, "Sometimes, all you need to do is think a thought and you change the functioning of virtually every cell in your body."
In the third section, "Society and Who We Are," Sapolsky takes his interdisciplinary curiosity out into the wilds of civilization and poses such interesting questions as: When and why do our preferences in food become fixed? Why do desert cultures tend to be monotheistic and sexually repressed, whereas rainforest cultures tend to be sexually relaxed and polytheistic? Why do different cultures think differently about dead bodies? "We are shaped by the sort of society in which we live," Sapolsky tells us, "and we would not be the same person if we had grown up elsewhere."
In each of these investigations, we see a brilliant mind synthesizing his and others' research in a thoughtful, engaging, and witty voice that reveals the enormous complexity of simply being human. Charming and erudite in equal measure, this collection will appeal to the inner monkey in all of us. [via]
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The Natural History of Britain and Irelandby Heather AngelISBN 0718125576 (0-7181-2557-6)
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Natural History of the Lake Districtby John Anthony Godsmark Barnes, George Aiden Kingsford HerveyISBN 0723211272 (0-7232-1127-2)
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Nature Day and Nightby Richard Adams, David A. Goddard, Max D. HooperISBN 072265359X (0-7226-5359-X)
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Night Comes to the Cretaceous: Dinosaur Extinction and the Tranformation of Modern Geologyby James Lawrence PowellISBN 0716731177 (0-7167-3117-7)
Hardcover, W H Freeman & Co
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The Nobleman and His Housedog: Tycho Brahe and Johannes Kepler the Strange Partnership That Revolutionised Scienceby Kitty FergusonISBN 0747270228 (0-7472-7022-8)
Hardcover, Review
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The Observer's Book of Insects of the British Isles: With a Section on Spidersby E. F. LinssenISBN 072321574X (0-7232-1574-X)
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Ocean: The World's Last Wilderness Revealedby DK Publishing, Inc., Fabien CousteauISBN 0756622050 (0-7566-2205-0)
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On Methuselah's Trail: Living Fossils and the Great Extinctionsby Peter Douglas WardISBN 071672488X (0-7167-2488-X)
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The Origin of Modern Humansby Roger LewinISBN 0716760231 (0-7167-6023-1)
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The Origin of Modern Humans : A Scientific American Library Volumeby Roger LewinISBN 0716750392 (0-7167-5039-2)
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Parallax : The Race to Measure the Cosmosby Alan W. HirshfeldISBN 0716737116 (0-7167-3711-6)
Hardcover, Freeman & Company, W. H.
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The Power of Babel : A Natural History of Languageby John H. McWhorterISBN 0716744732 (0-7167-4473-2)
Hardcover, Holt & Company, Henry
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In this irreverent romp through territory too often claimed by stodgy grammarians, McWhorter ranges across linguistic theory, geography, history, and pop culture to tell the fascinating story of how thousands of very different languages have evolved from a single, original source in a natural process similar to biological evolution. While laying out how languages mix and mutate over time, he reminds us of the variety within the species that speaks them, and argues that, contrary to popular perception, language is not immutable and hidebound, but a living, dynamic entity that adapts itself to an ever-changing human environment.
Full of humor and imaginative insight, The Power of Babel draws its examples from languages around the world, including pidgins, creoles, patois and nonstandard dialects. McWhorter also discusses current theories on what the first language might have been like, why dialects should not be considered "bad speech" and why most of today's languages will be extinct in 100 years.
The first book written for the layperson about the natural history of language, Power of Babel is a dazzling tour de force that will leave readers anything but speechless.More editions of The Power of Babel : A Natural History of Language:
The River Where America Began: A Journey Along the Jamesby Bob DeansISBN 0742551725 (0-7425-5172-5)
Hardcover, Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc
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Scotland After the Ice Age: Environment, Archaeology and History 8000 Bc-Ad 1000by Kevin J. Edwards, Ian B. RalstonISBN 0748617361 (0-7486-1736-1)
Softcover, Columbia Univ Pr
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The Secret of Life : Redesigning the Living Worldby Joseph Levine, David SuzukiISBN 0716733110 (0-7167-3311-0)
Softcover, Freeman & Company, W. H.
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The Shell Collectorby Anthony DoerrISBN 0743212746 (0-7432-1274-6)
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A Sheltered Life: The Unexpected History of the Giant Tortoiseby Paul ChambersISBN 0719565286 (0-7195-6528-6)
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The Social Lives of Dogs: The Grace of Canine Companyby Elizabeth Marshall Thomas, Jared Taylor WilliamsISBN 0743422368 (0-7434-2236-8)
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A Time of Giftsby Patrick Leigh FermorISBN 0719533481 (0-7195-3348-1)
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To Sail beyond the Sunset: Natural History in Australia, 1699-1829by C. M. FinneyISBN 0727018817 (0-7270-1881-7)
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The Tower Menagerie: Being the Amazing True Story of the Royal Collection of Wild and Ferocious Beastsby Daniel HahnISBN 0743220811 (0-7432-2081-1)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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Tree Wisdomby Jacqueline M. PatersonISBN 0722534086 (0-7225-3408-6)
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Tyrannosaurus Sue: The Extraordinary Saga of the Largest, Most Fought over t Rex Ever Foundby Steve FifferISBN 0716794624 (0-7167-9462-4)
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Universeby Robert DinwiddieISBN 0756613647 (0-7566-1364-7)
Hardcover, Dk Pub
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Vertebrate Biologyby Robert Thomas OrrISBN 0721670180 (0-7216-7018-0)
Hardcover, Saunders
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When The Mississippi Ran Backwards: Empire, Intrigue, Murder, And The New Madrid Earthquakesby Jay FeldmanISBN 0743242785 (0-7432-4278-5)
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Where Worlds Collide: The Wallace Lineby Penny Van OosterzeeISBN 0730104702 (0-7301-0470-2)
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Wild Animals of the British Islesby Maurice BurtonISBN 0723209243 (0-7232-0924-3)
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The Wild Flower Key: A Guide to Plant Identification in the Field, with and without Flowers over 1400 Speciesby Francis RoseISBN 0723224196 (0-7232-2419-6)
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Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of Historyby Stephen Jay GouldISBN 0735100314 (0-7351-0031-4)
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Gould describes how the Burgess Shale fauna was discovered, reassembled, and analyzed in detail so clear that the reader actually gets some feeling for what paleobiologists do, in the field and in the lab. The many line drawings are unusually beautiful, and now can be compared to a wonderful collection of photographs in Fossils of the Burgess Shale by Derek Briggs, one of Gould's students.
Burgess Shale animals have been called a "paleontological Rorschach test," and not every geologist by any means agrees with Gould's thesis that they represent a "road not taken" in the history of life. Simon Conway Morris, one of the subjects of Wonderful Life, has expressed his disagreement in Crucible of Creation. Wonderful Life was published in 1989, and there has been an explosion of scientific interest in the pre-Cambrian and Cambrian periods, with radical new ideas fighting for dominance. But even though many scientists disagree with Gould about the radical oddity of the Burgess Shale animals, his argument that the history of life is profoundly contingent--as in the movie It's a Wonderful Life, from which this book takes its title--has become more accepted, in theories such as Ward and Brownlee's Rare Earth hypothesis. And Gould's loving, detailed exposition of the labor it took to understand the Burgess Shale remains one of the best explanations of scientific work around. --Mary Ellen Curtin [via]
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The World's Great ClassicsISBN 0717200019 (0-7172-0001-9)
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Find This BookBook summary:Odyssey, The: The World's Great Classics, by Homer; tr. by S.H. Butcher and Andrew Lang [via]
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The Yearlingby Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Edward ShentonISBN 0743225252 (0-7432-2525-2)
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An instant bestseller when it was released in 1938, this Pulitzer Prize winner has been read and loved by school-age children across the nation for more than fifty years. In this classic story of the Baxter family and their wild, hard, and satisfying life in remote central Florida, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings has written one of the great novels of our times. A rich and varied tale -- tender in its understanding of boyhood, crowded with the excitement of the backwoods hunt, with vivid descriptions of the primitive, beautiful hammock country, written with humor and earthy philosophy -- The Yearling is a novel for readers of all ages. Its glowing picture of a life refreshingly removed from modern patterns of living is universal in its revelation of simple courageous people and the beliefs they must live by.
This edition, complete with a new introduction by author Ivan Doig, will be cherished for years to come and will make a welcome addition to any booklover's shelf. [via]
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The Zoo Quest Expeditions: Travels in Guyana, Indonesia, and Paraguayby David AttenboroughISBN 0718824652 (0-7188-2465-2)
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Guias Visuales AnfibiosISBN 0756604141 (0-7566-0414-1)
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Find This BookBook summary:Stunning real-life photographs of frogs and toads, newts and salamanders, and rare caecilians, offer a unique 'eyewitness' view of the double lives of amphibians - on land and in water.
Favorite Eyewitness titles are now available in Spanish-language editions for American readers. With the help of special language consultants, each book has been expertly translated with U.S. Spanish speakers in mind, offering native speakers and language students alike the opportunity to experience the truly unique resource that is Eyewitness. [via]More editions of Guias Visuales Anfibios:
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