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All Creatures Great and Smallby James HerriotISBN 0312330855 (0-312-33085-5)
Softcover, Griffin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'All Creatures Great and Small'Book summary:"This book shines with humor, pathos, superb tale-telling and a rarity above all these, what seems a richly justified love of life. whether on his back in a much-filled stable with his arm inside a cow, trying to turn a calf into the proper position to be born, or calming a wealty dowager with an overfed Peckingses, or comforting a lonely old man companion -a dog -has died, James Herriot needed all the bedside manner, stamina, skill, and gift of humanity of the best of family doctors. [via]
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All Things Bright And Beautifulby James HerriotISBN 0312330863 (0-312-33086-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'All Things Bright And Beautiful'Book summary:The world's most beloved animal doctor delightfully continues where he left off in All Creatures Great and Small with new adventures through the Yorkshire dales-- and a whole new menagerie of memorable patients.[via]
Young James, now married and working as a small-town vet, encounters a cast of extraordinary characters as he makes his way through the Yorkshire countryside tending to sick cattle, pregnant ewes, ailing dogs-- and their eccentric owners. As always, Herriot's warmth, humor, and singular view of life make us laugh and cry, as we marvel at the everyday miracles he creates.More editions of All Things Bright And Beautiful:
Animals at Warby Carolyn BarberISBN 0356039013 (0-356-03901-3)
Hardcover, Macdonald and Co
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The Artful Universe: The Cosmic Source of Human Creativityby John D. BarrowISBN 0316082422 (0-316-08242-2)
Softcover, Little Brown & Co
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Asian and Jungian Views of Ethicsby Carl B. BeckerISBN 0313304521 (0-313-30452-1)
Hardcover, Greenwood Pub Group
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The Bad & the Beautiful: Hollywood in the Fiftiesby Sam Kashner, Jennifer MacnairISBN 0316847380 (0-316-84738-0)
Hardcover, Little, Brown
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Basin and Rangeby John McPheeISBN 0374109141 (0-374-10914-1)
Hardcover, Farrar, Straus & Giroux
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Beastly Neighborsby Mollie Rights, Kim SolgaISBN 0316745774 (0-316-74577-4)
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Beastly Neighbors Rsby Mollie Rights, Kim SolgaISBN 0316745766 (0-316-74576-6)
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Biological Exuberance: Animal Homosexuality and Natural Diversityby Bruce Bagemihl, John MegahanISBN 031225377X (0-312-25377-X)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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Birds of Britain and Europeby Nicholas HammondISBN 0330260235 (0-330-26023-5)
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Blue Latitudes: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Beforeby Tony HorwitzISBN 0312422601 (0-312-42260-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Blue Latitudes: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before'Book summary:Captain James Cook's three epic 18th-century explorations of the Pacific Ocean were the last of their kind, literally completing the map of the world. Yet despite his monumental discoveries, principally in the South Pacific, Cook the man has remained an enigma. In retracing key legs of the circumnavigator's journey, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Tony Horwitz chronicles the cultural and environmental havoc wrought by the captain's opening of the unspoiled Pacific to the West, as well as the alternately indifferent and passionate reactions Cook's name evokes during the writer's journeys through Polynesia, Australia, the Aleutians, and the explorer's native England. Horwitz skillfully weaves a biography and travel narrative with warm humor that is natural and human-scale, and his restless inquisitiveness quickly infects the reader. While striking dichotomies abound throughout that journey--Maori toughs who adopt Nazi imagery to symbolize their own fight against white domination, millennia-old Polynesian sexual mores that would shame the Reeperbahn, a sense that Christianity decimated native cultures at least as effectively as Western venereal diseases did--few are more poignant than the ones that abound in Cook's own life. This fine work is an adventurous reminder that answers to historical riddles are elusive at best--and seldom as compelling as the myriad new questions they pose. --Jerry McCulley [via]
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Blueprintsby Maitland A. Edey, Donald C. JohansonISBN 0316210765 (0-316-21076-5)
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Coasts and Estuariesby Bruce Campbell, James Ferguson-Lees, R.S.K. Barnes, Franklyn PerringISBN 0340231548 (0-340-23154-8)
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The Coming Plagueby Laurie GarrettISBN 0374126461 (0-374-12646-1)
Hardcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux
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Connectionsby James BurkeISBN 0316116726 (0-316-11672-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Connections'Book summary:You can make all the plans you will, plot to make a fortune in the commodities market, speculate on developing trends: all will likely come to naught, for "however carefully you plan for the future, someone else's actions will inevitably modify the way your plans turn out." So writes the English scholar and documentary producer James Burke in his sparkling book Connections, a favorite of historically minded readers ever since its first publication in 1978. Taking a hint from Jacob Bronowski's Ascent of Man, Burke charts the course of technological innovation from ancient times to the present, but always with a subversive eye for things happening in spite of, and not because of, their inventors' intentions. Burke gives careful attention to the role of accident in human history. In his opening pages, for instance, he writes of the invention of uniform coinage, an invention that hinged on some unknown Anatolian prospector's discovering that a fleck of gold rubbed against a piece of schist--a "touchstone"--would leave a mark indicating its quality. Just so, we owe the invention of modern printing to Johann Gutenberg's training as a goldsmith, for his knowledge of the properties of metals enabled him to develop a press whose letterforms would not easily wear down. With Gutenberg's invention, Burke notes, came a massive revolution in the European economy, for, as he writes, "the easier it is to communicate, the faster change happens." Burke's book is a splendid and educational entertainment for our fast-changing time. --Gregory McNamee [via]
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The Day the Universe Changedby James BurkeISBN 0316117048 (0-316-11704-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Day the Universe Changed'Book summary:[via]When humans understood that the earth was flat and it was the center of the universe, all life revolved around that truth. Then, Galileo introduced his telescope. And with that single innovation, architecture, music, literature, science, politics--all of it changed, mirroring the new view of truth. This program is James Burke's examination of the moments in history when a change in knowledge radically altered man's understanding of himself and the world around him.Few people are able to look at human history and see it not as a jumble of half-remembered names and dates, but as an intricate mosaic of neatly interlocking pieces. Fewer still can describe the patterns and explain the parts of the puzzle so that it not only makes sense, but so that it also fascinates and intrigues, excites and entertains. James Burke tells history like it's the plot of the most interesting mystery ever written.More editions of The Day the Universe Changed:
Don Coyote: The Good Times and the Bad Times of a Maligned American Originalby Dayton O. HydeISBN 0345347048 (0-345-34704-8)
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Dragons of Eden: Specutaltions on the Evolution of Human Intelligenceby Carl SaganISBN 0345346297 (0-345-34629-7)
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"A history of the human brain from the big bang, fifteen billion years ago, to the day before yesterday...It's a delight."
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Ecologyby Charles J. KrebsISBN 0321068793 (0-321-06879-3)
Hardcover, Benjamin-Cummings Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ecology'Book summary:This best-selling majors ecology book continues to present ecology as a series of problems for readers to critically analyze. No other text presents analytical, quantitative, and statistical ecological information in an equally accessible style. Reflecting the way ecologists actually practice, the book emphasizes the role of experiments in testing ecological ideas and discusses many contemporary and controversial problems related to distribution and abundance. Throughout the book, Krebs thoroughly explains the application of mathematical concepts in ecology while reinforcing these concepts with research references, examples, and interesting end-of-chapter review questions. Thoroughly updated with new examples and references, the book now features a new full-color design and is accompanied by an art CD-ROM for instructors.
The field package also includes The Ecology Action Guide, a guide that encourages readers to be environmentally responsible citizens, and a subscription to The Ecology Place (www.ecologyplace.com), a web site and CD-ROM that enables users to become virtual field ecologists by performing experiments such as estimating the number of mice on an imaginary island or restoring prairie land in Iowa. For college instructors and students.
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Ecology and Field Biologyby Robert Leo Smith, Thomas M. SmithISBN 0321042905 (0-321-04290-5)
Hardcover, Benjamin-Cummings Publishing Company
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Ecology : The Experimental Analysis of Distribution and Abundance, Packageby Charles J. KrebsISBN 0321042891 (0-321-04289-1)
Hardcover, Pearson Education, Limited
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ecology : The Experimental Analysis of Distribution and Abundance, Package'Book summary:This best-selling ecology book continues to present ecology as a series of problems for readers to critically analyze. No other book presents analytical, quantitative, and statistical ecological information in an equally accessible style. Reflecting the way ecologists actually practice, the book emphasizes the role of experiments in testing ecological ideas and discusses many contemporary and controversial problems related to distribution and abundance. Throughout the book, Krebs thoroughly explains the application of mathematical concepts in ecology while reinforcing these concepts with research references, examples, and interesting end-of-chapter review questions. Thoroughly updated, the book includes new chapters on disease ecology (15) and the human impact on ecosystem health (28). Chapters on conservation biology, community organization, and primary production are extensively revised, and coverage of evolutionary and functional biology is more integrated. Thirty-four new essays provide interesting insights into relevant topics, exploring some of the problems ecologists deal with in their attempt to understand nature. For anyone interested in ecology. [via]
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Eucalyptusby Murray BailISBN 031242731X (0-312-42731-X)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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Evolutionary Ecologyby Eric R. PiankaISBN 0321042883 (0-321-04288-3)
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Fields and Lowlandsby Bruce Campbell, James Ferguson-Lees, Franklyn Perring, Derrick BoatmanISBN 034023153X (0-340-23153-X)
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Fishes of the Caribbean Reefs, the Bahamas and Bermudaby Ian F. TookISBN 0333258746 (0-333-25874-6)
Hardcover, Macmillan
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Flowers of the Caribbean, the Bahamas, and Bermudaby G. W. Lennox, S. A. SeddonISBN 0333269683 (0-333-26968-3)
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Forest Peopleby Colin M. TrunbullISBN 0330243160 (0-330-24316-0)
Hardcover, Pan Books
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A Gathering of Wonders : Behind the Scenes at the American Museum of Natural Historyby Joseph WallaceISBN 0312280394 (0-312-28039-4)
Softcover, St. Martin's Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Gathering of Wonders : Behind the Scenes at the American Museum of Natural History'Book summary:Founded in 1869 and opened to the public in 1877, the American Museum of Natural History has been both a much-beloved New York institution and an important center of international scientific research in many fields--notably, paleontology, herpetology, ornithology, entomology, botany, and anthropology. The museum's eminence in these and other areas has come from many sources, from generous patrons to death-defying field researchers and patient laboratory workers. It continues to grow, writes Joseph Wallace in this close-up view of the work of the museum and its staff, as the AMNH involves itself in such matters as the conservation of Komodo dragons, the genetic study of unisex lizards, the surprisingly controversial classification (or, better, reclassification) of the world's birds, and the cataloguing of artifacts of lost species and cultures.
As visitors tour the halls of the museum, taking in images of Siberian shamans and Texas dinosaurs and countless other wonders, they will find many of these points mentioned in the placards that accompany each exhibit. Joseph Wallace's book can be thought of as a set of learned, highly readable footnotes to these placards--a fine companion for a tour, to be sure, but also a lively survey of the many sciences that enter into that great institution's work. --Gregory McNamee [via]
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Great Black Dragon Fire: A Chinese Infernoby Harrison Evans SalisburyISBN 0316809039 (0-316-80903-9)
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A Guide to Amphibians and Reptilesby Thomas F. Tyning, Donald W. Stokes, Lillian Q. StokesISBN 0316817139 (0-316-81713-9)
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Hayduke Lives!by Edward AbbeyISBN 0316004138 (0-316-00413-8)
Softcover, Little Brown & Co
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The Henry Williamson Animal Sagaby Henry WilliamsonISBN 0356017362 (0-356-01736-2)
Hardcover, Macdonald and Janes (Macdonald)
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The Hive: The Story of the Honeybee and Usby Bee WilsonISBN 0312342616 (0-312-34261-6)
Hardcover, St. Martin's Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Hive: The Story of the Honeybee and Us'Book summary:[via]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 Muhammed Ali.
The history of humans and honeybees is also a history of ideas, taking us through the evolution of science, religion, and politics, and a social history that 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.More editions of The Hive: The Story of the Honeybee and Us:
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In the Devil's Garden: A Sinful History of Forbidden Foodby Stewart Lee AllenISBN 0345440161 (0-345-44016-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'In the Devil's Garden: A Sinful History of Forbidden Food'Book summary:Lust, gluttony, pride, sloth, greed, blasphemy, and anger--the seven deadly sins have all been linked to food. Matching the food to the sin, Stewart Lee Allen's In the Devil's Garden: A Sinful History of Forbidden Foods offers a high-spirited look at the way foods over time have been forbidden, even criminalized, for their "evil" effects. Food has often been, shockingly, morally weighted, from the tomato, originally called the love apple and thought to excite lust; to the potato, whose popularity in Ireland led British Protestants to associate it with sloth; to foods like corn or bread whose use was once believed to delineate "lowness," thus inflaming class pride. Allen's approach to this incredible history also includes tales of personal journeys to, for example, a Mount Athos monastery, where a monk reveals the sign of Satan in an apple, and to San Francisco to investigate dog eating. If his history is sometimes too glancing and facetious, even beyond the sensible need to entertain, it is always fascinating.
The book also features "forbidden" menus--such as the one devoted to gluttony that includes an entire steer stuffed with a whole lamb, stuffed with a pig, stuffed with a chicken, and served with sausages--and quite doable and delicious recipes, such as a dynamite hot and sweet banana ketchup and Lo Han Jai, a mushroom-replete vegetarian feast. But the real focus is on the human response to a primal pleasure--eating--and the way people have sought to control it, in every society and every culture, through prohibition. It's quite a tale. --Arthur Boehm [via]
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In Wildness Is the Preservation of the World, from Henry David Thoreauby Henry David Thoreau, Eliot Porter, Sierra ClubISBN 0345243137 (0-345-24313-7)
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The Invention of Clouds: How an Amateur Metorologist Forged the Language of the Skiesby Richard HamblynISBN 0312420013 (0-312-42001-3)
Softcover, Picador USA
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Life and Death of the Salt Marshby John Teal, Mildred TealISBN 0345310276 (0-345-31027-6)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
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The Living Great Lakes: Searching for the Heart of the Inland Seasby Jerry DennisISBN 0312331037 (0-312-33103-7)
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The Lunar Men: Five Friends Whose Curiosity Changed the Worldby Jennifer S. UglowISBN 0374194408 (0-374-19440-8)
Hardcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux
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Uglow's spirited look at this group of remarkable "lunaticks" captures a critical, short-lived moment of early modern history. Readers who share their conviction that knowledge brings power will find this book a rewarding adventure. --Gregory McNamee [via]
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The Making of the English Landscapeby W. G. HoskinsISBN 0340566485 (0-340-56648-5)
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Moby Dickby Herman Melville, John Bryant, Haskell SpringerISBN 0321228006 (0-321-22800-6)
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Nature's Engraver: A Life of Thomas Bewickby Jennifer S. UglowISBN 0374112363 (0-374-11236-3)
Hardcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux
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The Ninemile Wolvesby Rick BassISBN 034538251X (0-345-38251-X)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
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The Pig Who Sang to the Moon: The Emotional World of Farm Animalsby Jeffrey Moussaieff MassonISBN 0345452828 (0-345-45282-8)
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Weaving history, literature, anecdotes, scientific studies, and Massons own vivid experiences observing pigs, cows, sheep, goats, and chickens over the course of five years, this important book at last gives voice, meaning, and dignity to these gentle beasts that are bred to be milked, shorn, butchered, and eaten. Can we ever know what makes an animal happy? Many animal behaviorists say no. But Jeffrey Masson has a different view: An animal is happy if it can live according to its own nature. Farm animals suffer greatly in this regard. Chickens, for instance, like to perch in trees at night, to avoid predators and to nestle with friends. The obvious conclusion: They cannot be happy when confined twenty to a cage.
From field and barn, to pen and coop, Masson bears witness to the emotions and intelligence of these remarkable farm animals, each unique with distinct qualities. Curious, intelligent, self-reliantmany will find it hard to believe that these attributes describe a pig. In fact, there is much that humans share with pigs. They dream, know their names, and can see colors. Mother cows mourn the loss of their calves when their babies are taken away to slaughter. Given a choice between food that is nutritious or lacking in minerals, sheep will select the former, balancing their diet and correcting the deficiency. Goats display quite a sense of humor, dignity, and fearlessness (Indian goats have been known to kill leopards). Chickens are naturally sociablethey will gather around a human companion and stand there serenely preening themselves or sit quietly on the ground beside someone they trust.
For far too long farm animals have been denigrated and treated merely as creatures of instinct rather than as sentient beings. Shattering the abhorrent myth of the dumb animal without feelings, Jeffrey Masson has written a revolutionary book that is sure to stir human emotions far and wide.
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Pilgrim on the Great Bird Continent: The Importance of Everything and Other Lessons from Darwin's Lost Notebooksby Lyanda HauptISBN 0316836648 (0-316-83664-8)
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Previnby Helen Drees RuttencutterISBN 0312642083 (0-312-64208-3)
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Rats, Lice and History: Being a Study in Biography, Which, After Twelve Preliminary Chapters Indispensable for the Preparation of the Lay Reader, Deby Hans ZinsserISBN 0316988960 (0-316-98896-0)
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To Zinsser, scientific research was high adventure and the investigation of infectious disease, a field of battle. Yet at the same time he maintained a love of literature and philosophy. His goal in Rats, Lice and History was to bring science, philosophy, and literature together to establish the importance of disease, and especially epidemic infectious disease, as a major force in human affairs. Zinsser cast his work as the "biography" of a disease. In his view, infectious disease simply represented an attempt of a living organism to survive. From a human perspective, an invading pathogen was abnormal; from the perspective of the pathogen it was perfectly normal.
This book is devoted to a discussion of the biology of typhus and history of typhus fever in human affairs. Zinsser begins by pointing out that the louse was the constant companion of human beings. Under certain conditionsto wash or to change clothinglice proliferated. The typhus pathogen was transmitted by rat fleas to human beings, who then transmitted it to other humans and in some strains from human to human.
Rats, Lice and History is a tour de force. It combines Zinsser's expertise in biology with his broad knowledge of the humanities
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Realms of the Russian Bear: A Natural History of Russia and the Central Asian Republicsby John SparksISBN 0316804940 (0-316-80494-0)
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Reflections of Eden: My Years With the Orangutans of Borneoby Birute M. F. GaldikasISBN 0316301868 (0-316-30186-8)
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Relicby Douglas Preston, Lincoln ChildISBN 031285630X (0-312-85630-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Relic'Book summary:A series of bizarre and brutal murders is taking place in the halls of the New York Museum of Natural History, only days before a massive exhibition is set to open. Margo Green knows that the killer is something not human, something that's not even supposed to exist. Where did it come from, how did it get into the museum, and how can it be stopped? [via]
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Reverence for Woodby Eric SloaneISBN 0345319915 (0-345-31991-5)
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Rocks, Minerals and Fossils of the Worldby Chris PellantISBN 0316697966 (0-316-69796-6)
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Rocks, Minerals and Fossils of the Worldby Roger Phillips, Chris PellantISBN 0316697974 (0-316-69797-4)
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Rosesby Roger Phillips, Martyn RixISBN 0330299972 (0-330-29997-2)
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Rum Affair: A True Story of Botanical Fraudby Karl SabbaghISBN 0374252823 (0-374-25282-3)
Hardcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux
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The Salmon of Doubtby Douglas AdamsISBN 0345455290 (0-345-45529-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Salmon of Doubt'Book summary:On Friday, May 11, 2001, the world mourned the untimely passing of Douglas Adams, beloved creator of The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, dead of a heart attack at age forty-nine. Thankfully, in addition to a magnificent literary legacywhich includes seven novels and three co-authored works of nonfictionDouglas left us something more. The book you are about to enjoy was rescued from his four computers, culled from an archive of chapters from his long-awaited novel-in-progress, as well as his short stories, speeches, articles, interviews, and letters.
In a way that none of his previous books could, The Salmon of Doubt provides the full, dazzling, laugh-out-loud experience of a journey through the galaxy as perceived by Douglas Adams. From a boys first love letter (to his favorite science fiction magazine) to the distinction of possessing a nose of heroic proportions; from climbing Kilimanjaro in a rhino costume to explaining why Americans cant make a decent cup of tea; from lyrical tributes to the sublime pleasures found in music by Procol Harum, the Beatles, and Bach to the follies of his hopeless infatuation with technology; from fantastic, fictional forays into the private life of Genghis Khan to extended visits with Dirk Gently and Zaphod Beeblebrox: this is the vista from the elevated perch of one of the tallest, funniest, most brilliant, and most penetrating social critics and thinkers of our time.
Welcome to the wonderful mind of Douglas Adams.
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Saving Graces: Sojourns of a Backyard Biologistby Roger B. Swain, Abigail RorerISBN 0316824836 (0-316-82483-6)
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The Sea Brings Forthby Jack RudloeISBN 035602363X (0-356-02363-X)
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The Secret Knowledge of Water: Discovering the Essence of the American Desertby Craig Leland ChildsISBN 0316610690 (0-316-61069-0)
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Seeds of Change: Five Plants That Transformed Mankindby Hobhouse S.ISBN 0333582632 (0-333-58263-2)
Softcover, McClelland & Stewart Ltd
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Seeds of Change: Six Plants That Transformed Mankindby Henry HobhouseISBN 0333736281 (0-333-73628-1)
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Seeds of Wealth: Five Plants That Made Men Richby Henry HobhouseISBN 0333903552 (0-333-90355-2)
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Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors: A Search for Who We Areby Carl Sagan, Ann DruyanISBN 0345384725 (0-345-38472-5)
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World renowned scientist Carl Sagan and acclaimed author Ann Druyan have written a ROOTS for the human species, a lucid and riveting account of how humans got to be the way we are. It shows with humor and drama that many of our key traits--self-awareness, technology, family ties, submission to authority, hatred for those a little different from ourselves, reason, and ethics--are rooted in the deep past, and illuminated by our kinship with other animals. Astonishing in its scope, brilliant in its insights, and an absolutely compelling read, SHADOWS OF FORGOTTEN ANCESTORS is a triumph of popular science. [via]More editions of Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors: A Search for Who We Are:
Stokes Beginner's Guides to Batsby Kim Williams, Donald Stokes, Lillian Stokes, Rob MiesISBN 0316816582 (0-316-81658-2)
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Stokes Beginner's Guides to Butterfliesby Donald Stokes, Lillian Stokes, Justin L. BrownISBN 0316816922 (0-316-81692-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Stokes Beginner's Guides to Butterflies'Book summary:Beginners Guide to Butterflies. Whether you want to identify or attract butterflies you ll find everything you need in this easy-to-use guide. The Stokes Beginner s Guide to Butterflies is factually visually and organizationally superior to any other beginner s guide. Coverage of more than 100 of the most common and beautiful species of butterflies. Unique organization by shape and size of butterflies. User-friendly color tab index for quick reference. Brilliant full-color photographs of each species. Details on butterfly gardening and conservation. Useful tips for finding and attracting butterflies from caterpillars to dazzling flying adults. Information on habitat life cycle population trend migratory patterns food preferences and much more. Dimensions (H x W x L) : 4.5 x 0.25 x 7 [via]
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Stormby A. B. C. Whipple, Time-Life BooksISBN 0316203459 (0-316-20345-9)
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Supernature: The Natural History of the Supernaturalby Lyall WatsonISBN 0340173688 (0-340-17368-8)
Hardcover, Hodder and Stoughton
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Time Traveler: In Search of Dinosaurs and Ancient Mammals from Montana to Mongoliaby Michael NovacekISBN 0374278806 (0-374-27880-6)
Hardcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux
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Towns and Gardensby Denis Frank OwenISBN 0340226145 (0-340-22614-5)
Hardcover, Hodder & Stoughton
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The Track of the Wild Otterby John Busby, Hugh MilesISBN 0312811861 (0-312-81186-1)
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A Whale for the Killingby Farley MowatISBN 0316586919 (0-316-58691-9)
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Why God Won't Go Away : Brain Science and the Biology of Beliefby Andrew Newberg, Eugene D'Aquili, Vince RauseISBN 0345440331 (0-345-44033-1)
Hardcover, Random House Publishing Group
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Why God Won't Go Away: Brain Science and the Biology of Beliefby Eugene G. D'Aquili, Vince Rause, Andrew NewbergISBN 034544034X (0-345-44034-X)
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Researchers Newberg and D'Aquili used high-tech imaging devices to peer into the brains of meditating Buddhists and Franciscan nuns. As the data and brain photographs flowed in, the researchers began to find solid evidence that the mystical experiences of the subjects "were not the result of some fabrication, or simple wishful thinking, but were associated instead with a series of observable neurological events," explains Newberg. "In other words, mystical experience is biologically, observably and scientifically real.... Gradually, we shaped a hypothesis that suggests that spiritual experience, at its very root, is intimately interwoven with human biology." Lay readers should be warned that although the topic is fascinating, the writing is geared toward scientific documentation that defends the authors' hypothesis. For a more palatable discussion, seek out Deepak Chopra's How to Know God, in which he also explores this fascinating evidence of spiritual hard-wiring. --Gail Hudson [via]
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Wild Foodby Roger PhillipsISBN 0316706116 (0-316-70611-6)
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Wolfwatchingby Ted HughesISBN 0374291993 (0-374-29199-3)
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The Year of the Tawny Owlby Paul ThomasISBN 0312896298 (0-312-89629-8)
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Yellowlegsby John JanovyISBN 0312896433 (0-312-89643-3)
Hardcover, St. Martin's Press
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