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The Agile Gene: How Nature Turns on Nurtureby Matt RidleyISBN 006000679X (0-06-000679-X)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Agile Gene: How Nature Turns on Nurture'Book summary:In the follow-up to his bestseller, Genome, Matt Ridley takes on a centuries-old question: is it nature or nurture that makes us who we are? Ridley asserts that the question itself is a "false dichotomy." Using copious examples from human and animal behavior, he presents the notion that our environment affects the way our genes express themselves.
Ridley writes that the switches controlling our 30,000 or so genes not only form the structures of our brains but do so in such a way as to cue off the outside environment in a tidy feedback loop of body and behavior. In fact, it seems clear that we have genetic "thermostats" that are turned up and down by environmental factors. He challenges both scientific and folk concepts, from assumptions of what's malleable in a person to sociobiological theories based solely on the "selfish gene."
Ridley's proof is in the pudding for such touchy subjects as monogamy, aggression, and parenting, which we now understand have some genetic controls. Nevertheless, "the more we understand both our genes and our instincts, the less inevitable they seem." A consummate popularizer of science, Ridley once again provides a perfect mix of history, genetics, and sociology for readers hungry to understand the implications of the human genome sequence. --Therese Littleton [via]
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All the Backyard Birds: East and Westby Jack GriggsISBN 0060533366 (0-06-053336-6)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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The Annie Dillard Readerby Annie DillardISBN 0060171588 (0-06-017158-8)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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Arctic Wildby Lois CrislerISBN 0060109173 (0-06-010917-3)
Hardcover, Harper & Row
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The Badgerby Ernest G. NealISBN 0002130289 (0-00-213028-9)
Hardcover, Collins
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A Beginner's Guide to Constructing the Universe: The Mathematical Archetypes of Nature, Art, and Scienceby Michael SchneiderISBN 0060169397 (0-06-016939-7)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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The Big Snowby Elmer Hader, Berta HaderISBN 0027379108 (0-02-737910-8)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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Bird Egg Feather Nestby Maryjo KochISBN 0002554569 (0-00-255456-9)
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Birds of Britain & Europeby J. Nicolai, D. Singer, K. WootheISBN 0002199955 (0-00-219995-5)
Softcover, Trafalgar Square
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Birds of Britain & Europe: With North Africa & the Middle Eastby Hermann Heinzel, Richard Sidney Richmond Fitter, John Leonard Frederick ParslowISBN 0002120348 (0-00-212034-8)
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Hardcover, Collins - The Birds of Britain and Europe with North Africa and the Middle East: ISBN 0002120348 (0-00-212034-8)
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Birds of Britain and Europeby Guy Mountfort, Roger Tory Peterson, P.A.D. HollomISBN 0002199009 (0-00-219900-9)
Hardcover, Trafalgar Square
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Birds Song & Calls of Britain & Northern Europeby Geoff SampleISBN 0002200376 (0-00-220037-6)
Hardcover, Trafalgar Square Books
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The Blue Jay's Danceby Louise ErdrichISBN 0060171324 (0-06-017132-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Blue Jay's Dance'Book summary:Mothers often cling to single moments, small gestures, and specific memories in order to grasp all that happens in the first blurry year of a baby's life. In The Blue Jay's Dance, writer Louise Erdrich has assembled a photo album of snapshots such as these: the days and images that collectively define the passion, ambivalence, yearnings, and satisfactions of carrying, birthing, and nurturing a baby. "Any sublime effort has its dark moments," says Erdrich, referring to a rather bleak snapshot of mother isolation. "Perhaps, if anything, the meaning in this book for others may be this: Here is a job in which it is not unusual to be, at the same instant, wildly joyous and profoundly stressed." The Blue Jay's Dance is a fresh and masterful book that avoids all the sticky clichés while still managing to articulate the depths of mother-baby love. [via]
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Challenging Nature: The Clash of Science and Spirituality at the New Frontiers of Lifeby Lee M. SilverISBN 0060582677 (0-06-058267-7)
Hardcover, Ecco Pr
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Collins Handguide to the Native Trees of New Zealandby Ken StewartISBN 000216597X (0-00-216597-X)
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Collins Nature Guide Trees of Britain & Europeby G. Aas, A. Riedmiller, Martin WaltersISBN 0002199939 (0-00-219993-9)
Softcover, Trafalgar Square
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Collins Pocket Guide : Birds of Britain and Europeby H. Heinzel, Richard S. Fitter, J. ParslowISBN 0002198940 (0-00-219894-0)
Softcover, HarperCollins Canada, Limited
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Collins Pocket Guide : Birds of Britain and Europe'Book summary:[via]Every one of the 887 species of birds found in Britain and Europe is described and illustrated - including all rarities and introduced species. The book provides the information needed to identify every species - whatever its age or sex - and special pages highlight groups of birds that are difficult to identify.More editions of Collins Pocket Guide : Birds of Britain and Europe:
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The Complete Guide to British Wildlifeby A. Fitter, R. Fitter, N. ArlottISBN 0002192128 (0-00-219212-8)
Softcover, Trafalgar Square
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Complete Guide to British Wildlife'Book summary:This is a photographic guide to British woldlife. [via]
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Weatherby Mel Goldstein, Alpha GroupISBN 0028627091 (0-02-862709-1)
Softcover, Alpha Books
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Crinkleroot's Guide to Walking in Wild Placesby Jim ArnoskyISBN 0027058425 (0-02-705842-5)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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Cross Creekby Marjorie Kinnan RawlingsISBN 0020238207 (0-02-023820-7)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Cross Creek'Book summary:Originally published in 1942, Cross Creek has become a classic in modern American literature. For the millions of readers raised on The Yearling, here is the story of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings's experiences in the remote Florida hamlet of Cross Creek, where she lived for thirteen years. From the daily labors of managing a seventy-two-acre orange grove to bouts with runaway pigs and a succession of unruly farmhands, Rawlings describes her life at the Creek with humor and spirit. Her tireless determination to overcome the challenges of her adopted home in the Florida backcountry, her deep-rooted love of the earth, and her genius for character and description result in a most delightful and heartwarming memoir. [via]
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Do Penguins Have Knees?: An Imponderables Bookby David Feldman, Kassie SchwanISBN 0060740914 (0-06-074091-4)
Softcover, Quill
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What happens to your Social Security number when you die?
Why are peanuts listed as an ingredient in plain M&Ms?
Why is Barbie's hair made out of nylon, but Ken's hair is plastic?
What makes up the ever-mysterious "new-car smell"?Pop-culture guru David Feldman demystifies these topics and so much more in Do Penguins Have Knees? -- the unchallenged source of answers to civilization's most perplexing questions.
Part of the Imponderables® series, Do Penguins Have Knees? arms readers with the knowledge about everyday life that encyclopedias, dictionaries, and almanacs just don't have. And think about it, where else are you going to get to the bottom of how beer was kept cold in the Old West?
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Earth and Other Ethics: The Case for Moral Pluralismby Christopher StoneISBN 0060157313 (0-06-015731-3)
Hardcover, Harper & Row
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A Field Guide to Birds of Britain and Europeby Guy Mountfort, P.A.D. Hollom, Peterson, Roger Tory & Mountfourt, Buy & Hollom, P. A. D.ISBN 0002120208 (0-00-212020-8)
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A Field Guide to the Trees of Britain and Northern Europeby Alan MitchellISBN 0002192136 (0-00-219213-6)
Hardcover, Trafalgar Square
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A Fine and Pleasant Miseryby Jack Samson, Patrick McManusISBN 0030591724 (0-03-059172-4)
Softcover, Holt, Rinehart, and Winston
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A Fine and Pleasant Miseryby Patrick McManusISBN 0030228115 (0-03-022811-5)
Hardcover, Holt, Rinehart and Winston
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A Fish Caught in Time: The Search for the Coelacanthby Samantha WeinbergISBN 0060194952 (0-06-019495-2)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Fish Caught in Time: The Search for the Coelacanth'Book summary:In 1938, an alert young South African museum curator named Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer came upon a curious specimen in a fisherman's nets: a fish with "four limb-like fins and a strange little puppy dog tail," one that she thought resembled not a living being so much as a china ornament. When she could turn up no written descriptions of the find, she turned to other scientists for help, touching off a worldwide wave of interest in the creature that would come to be called the "coelacanth," long thought to be extinct, and now celebrated as one of the world's oldest species.
That interest took many forms, writes journalist Samantha Weinberg in her entertaining and instructive case study in scientific detective work. It spurred the development of new deep-sea craft to explore the farthest reaches of the ocean; it touched off more than one controversy over the coelacanth's lineage, and even over which nation claimed sovereignty over its oceanic haunts; and it launched or advanced the careers of dozens of researchers. The coelacanth continues to make news. In 1998, a young American scholar found a specimen in Indonesia, far from the western Indian Ocean waters where the coelacanth was thought to dwell. Although some scientists decried the discovery as a hoax at worst and an aberration at best, the find showed that the creature's range was widespread. It demonstrated, too, that international cooperation was necessary if the coelacanth were to be protected in the future, "continuing to exist," as Weinberg writes, "after this extraordinary duration of time." --Gregory McNamee [via]
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Frankensteinby Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyISBN 0020252706 (0-02-025270-6)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Frankenstein'Book summary:Frankenstein, loved by many decades of readers and praised by such eminent literary critics as Harold Bloom, seems hardly to need a recommendation. If you haven't read it recently, though, you may not remember the sweeping force of the prose, the grotesque, surreal imagery, and the multilayered doppelgänger themes of Mary Shelley's masterpiece. As fantasy writer Jane Yolen writes of this (the reviewer's favorite) edition, "The strong black and whites of the main text [illustrations] are dark and brooding, with unremitting shadows and stark contrasts. But the central conversation with the monster--who owes nothing to the overused movie image & but is rather the novel's charnel-house composite--is where [Barry] Moser's illustrations show their greatest power ... The viewer can all but smell the powerful stench of the monster's breath as its words spill out across the page. Strong book-making for one of the world's strongest and most remarkable books." Includes an illuminating afterword by Joyce Carol Oates. [via]
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Frankenstein or the Modern Prometheus With Connectionsby Mary . ShelleyISBN 0030564727 (0-03-056472-7)
Hardcover, Holt Rinehart & Winston
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Frankenstein or the Modern Prometheus With Connections'Book summary:After days and nights of incredible labour and fatigue, Isucceding in disco- vering the cause of generation and life I became myself capable of bestowing animation upon lifeless matter... [via]
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From Caterpillar to Butterflyby Deborah Heiligman, Bari WeissmanISBN 0060242647 (0-06-024264-7)
Hardcover, Harpercollins Childrens Books
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From Stone Orchard: A Collection of Memoriesby Timothy FindleyISBN 0002557290 (0-00-255729-0)
Hardcover, HarperFlamingo Canada
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In Praise of Wolvesby R.D. LawrenceISBN 0030015979 (0-03-001597-9)
Hardcover, Henry Holt & Co
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Insect Natural Historyby Augustus Daniel ImmsISBN 0002131021 (0-00-213102-1)
Hardcover, Collins
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An Introduction to Ornithologyby George John Wallace, Harold D. MahanISBN 0024239801 (0-02-423980-1)
Hardcover, Macmillan
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Jonathan Livingston Seagullby Richard Bach, Russell MunsonISBN 0025045415 (0-02-504541-5)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Jonathan Livingston Seagull'Book summary:"Most gulls don't bother to learn more than the simplest facts of flight--how to get from shore to food and back again," writes author Richard Bach in this allegory about a unique bird named Jonathan Livingston Seagull. "For most gulls it is not flying that matters, but eating. For this gull, though, it was not eating that mattered, but flight." Flight is indeed the metaphor that makes the story soar. Ultimately this is a fable about the importance of seeking a higher purpose in life, even if your flock, tribe, or neighborhood finds your ambition threatening. (At one point our beloved gull is even banished from his flock.) By not compromising his higher vision, Jonathan gets the ultimate payoff: transcendence. Ultimately, he learns the meaning of love and kindness. The dreamy seagull photographs by Russell Munson provide just the right illustrations--although the overall packaging does seem a bit dated (keep in mind that it was first published in 1970). Nonetheless, this is a spirituality classic, and an especially engaging parable for adolescents. --Gail Hudson [via]
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Joyful Noiseby Paul Fleischman, Eric BeddowsISBN 0060218525 (0-06-021852-5)
Hardcover, Harpercollins Childrens Books
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Julie's Wolf Packby Jean Craighead George, Wendell MinorISBN 0060274069 (0-06-027406-9)
Hardcover, HarperCollins Canada, Limited
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Julie's Wolf Pack'Book summary:From the author of the Newbery Medalwinning Julie of the Wolves and its sequel, Julie, comes a third exciting adventure about the wolf pack that saved the life of a young girl when she was lost on the tundra. Julie has returned to her family, but her wolf pack has a story all its own. Fearless but inexperienced Kapu is now the new leader of the pack. He must protect his wolves from the threats of famine and disease and, at the same time, defend himself from bitter rivals, both inside and outside the pack, who are waiting for their chance to overthrow him. The strength of Kapu's leadership will determine not just the well-being of the pack but its very survival.
Jean Craighead George's research and first-hand observation form this engrossing, epic tale that's sure to draw readers into the fascinating world of wolves. [via]
Kayaking the Full Moon: A Journey Down the Yellowstone River to the Soul of Montanaby Steve ChappleISBN 0060168765 (0-06-016876-5)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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Life in the Balance: A Companion to the Audubon Television Specialsby David Rains WallaceISBN 0015151611 (0-01-515161-1)
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Life of Birdsby Joel Carl Welty, Luis Felipe BaptistaISBN 0030689236 (0-03-068923-6)
Hardcover, Harcourt College Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Life of Birds'Book summary:This leading undergraduate text in ornithology is now in its fourth edition, and still provides a comprehensive coverage of avian biology: systematics, physiology, ecology and behaviour. This edition includes expanded material on physiology and ecology, more artwork and a new design format. [via]
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The Living Seaby Jacques Yves CousteauISBN 0060108754 (0-06-010875-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Living Sea'Book summary:The second volume of memoirs of jacques coustou, pioneer undersea explorer. Adventures in exploring coral reefs, discovering and excavating wrecks, improving techniques of diving and undersea exploration. Jacques cousteau is still active at nearly 80 and embarked recently on a major expedition to the south pacific. Follow up to the "silent world" reissued in earloy 1988 by elm tree. 15/02/88 launch agreed 2250x265px$13.95(2000x272p).240x164mm,256pp incl.32pp pics on text paper.f&g sheets imported from usa. UK YES [via]
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The Magic Apple Tree: A Country Yearby Susan HillISBN 0030633990 (0-03-063399-0)
Hardcover, Henry Holt & Co
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The Map That Changed the Worldby Simon WinchesterISBN 0060501812 (0-06-050181-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Map That Changed the World'Book summary:Once upon a time there lived a man who discovered the secrets of the earth. He traveled far and wide, learning about the world below the surface. After years of toil, he created a great map of the underworld and expected to live happily ever after. But did he? Simon Winchester (The Professor and the Madman) tells the fossil-friendly fairy tale life of William Smith in The Map That Changed the World.
Born to humble parents, Smith was also a child of the Industrial Revolution (the year of his birth, 1769, also saw Josiah Wedgwood open his great factory, Etruria, Richard Arkwright create his first water-powered cotton-spinning frame, and James Watt receive the patent for the first condensing steam engine). While working as surveyor in a coal mine, Smith noticed the abrupt changes in the layers of rock as he was lowered into the depths. He came to understand that the different layers--in part as revealed by the fossils they contained--always appeared in the same order, no matter where they were found. He also realized that geology required a three-dimensional approach. Smith spent the next 20 some years traveling throughout Britain, observing the land, gathering data, and chattering away about his theories to those he met along the way, thus acquiring the nickname "Strata Smith." In 1815 he published his masterpiece: an 8.5- by 6-foot, hand-tinted map revealing "A Delineation of the Strata of England and Wales."
Despite this triumph, Smith's road remained more rocky than smooth. Snubbed by the gentlemanly Geological Society, Smith complained that "the theory of geology is in the possession of one class of men, the practice in another." Indeed, some members of the society went further than mere ostracism--they stole Smith's work. These cartographic plagiarists produced their own map, remarkably similar to Smith's, in 1819. Meanwhile the chronically cash-strapped Smith had been forced to sell his prized fossil collection and was eventually consigned to debtor's prison.
In the end, the villains are foiled, our hero restored, and science triumphs. Winchester clearly relishes his happy ending, and his honey-tinged prose ("that most attractively lovable losterlike Paleozoic arthropod known as the trilobite") injects a lot of life into what seems, on the surface, a rather dry tale. Like Smith, however, Winchester delves into the strata beneath the surface and reveals a remarkable world. --Sunny Delaney [via]
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The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geologyby Simon WinchesterISBN 0060193611 (0-06-019361-1)
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Born to humble parents, Smith was also a child of the Industrial Revolution (the year of his birth, 1769, also saw Josiah Wedgwood open his great factory, Etruria, Richard Arkwright create his first water-powered cotton-spinning frame, and James Watt receive the patent for the first condensing steam engine). While working as surveyor in a coal mine, Smith noticed the abrupt changes in the layers of rock as he was lowered into the depths. He came to understand that the different layers--in part as revealed by the fossils they contained--always appeared in the same order, no matter where they were found. He also realized that geology required a three-dimensional approach. Smith spent the next 20 some years traveling throughout Britain, observing the land, gathering data, and chattering away about his theories to those he met along the way, thus acquiring the nickname "Strata Smith." In 1815 he published his masterpiece: an 8.5- by 6-foot, hand-tinted map revealing "A Delineation of the Strata of England and Wales."
Despite this triumph, Smith's road remained more rocky than smooth. Snubbed by the gentlemanly Geological Society, Smith complained that "the theory of geology is in the possession of one class of men, the practice in another." Indeed, some members of the society went further than mere ostracism--they stole Smith's work. These cartographic plagiarists produced their own map, remarkably similar to Smith's, in 1819. Meanwhile the chronically cash-strapped Smith had been forced to sell his prized fossil collection and was eventually consigned to debtor's prison.
In the end, the villains are foiled, our hero restored, and science triumphs. Winchester clearly relishes his happy ending, and his honey-tinged prose ("that most attractively lovable losterlike Paleozoic arthropod known as the trilobite") injects a lot of life into what seems, on the surface, a rather dry tale. Like Smith, however, Winchester delves into the strata beneath the surface and reveals a remarkable world. --Sunny Delaney [via]
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Moby Dick Or, the Whaleby Herman Melville, Charles FeidelsonISBN 0023367202 (0-02-336720-2)
Softcover, Macmillan Coll Div
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Moby Dick Or, the Whale'Book summary:Avec Moby Dick, Melville a donné naissance à un livre-culte et inscrit dans la mémoire des hommes un nouveau mythe : celui de la baleine blanche. Fort de son expérience de marin, qui a nourri ses romans précédents et lui a assuré le succès, l'écrivain américain, alors en pleine maturité, raconte la folle quête du capitaine Achab et sa dernière rencontre avec le grand cachalot. Véritable encyclopédie de la mer, nouvelle Bible aux accents prophétiques, parabole chargée de thèmes universels, Moby Dick n'en reste pas moins construit avec une savante maîtrise, maintenant un suspense lent, qui s'accélère peu à peu jusqu'à l'apocalypse finale. L'écriture de Melville, infiniment libre et audacieuse, tour à tour balancée, puis hachée au rythme des houles, des vents et des passions humaines, est d'une richesse exceptionnelle. Il faut remonter à Shakespeare pour trouver l'exemple d'une langue aussi inventive, d'une poésie aussi grandiose. --Scarbo [via]
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The Mushroom Trailguideby Phyllis G. GlickISBN 0030183014 (0-03-018301-4)
Hardcover, Holt, Rinehart Winston
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Nature Via Nurture: Genes, Experience, and What Makes Us Humanby Matt RidleyISBN 0060006781 (0-06-000678-1)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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One Earth: Photographed by More Than 80 of the World's Best Photojournalistsby Kenneth BrowerISBN 0006376606 (0-00-637660-6)
Softcover, Collins Publishers
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The Perfection of the Morning: An Apprenticeship in Natureby Sharon ButalaISBN 0002550636 (0-00-255063-6)
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The Picnic and Suchlike Pandemoniumby Gerald Malcolm DurrellISBN 000216731X (0-00-216731-X)
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Pond Lake River Seaby Maryjo KochISBN 0002554577 (0-00-255457-7)
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The Rarest of the Rare: Stories Behind the Treasures at the Harvard Museum of Natural Historyby Nancy Pick, Mark SloanISBN 0060537183 (0-06-053718-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Rarest of the Rare: Stories Behind the Treasures at the Harvard Museum of Natural History'Book summary:Where do you find Nabokov's butterflies, George Washington's pheasants, and the only stuffed bird remaining from the Lewis and Clark expedition? The vast collections of animals, minerals, and plants at the Harvard Museum of Natural History are among the oldest in the country, dating back to the 1700s. In the words of Edward O. Wilson, the museum stands as both "cabinet of wonder and temple of science." Its rich and unlikely history involves literary figures, creationists, millionaires, and visionary scientists from Asa Gray to Stephen Jay Gould. Its mastodon skeleton -- still on display -- is even linked to one of the nineteenth century's most bizarre and notorious murders.
The Rarest of the Rare tells the fascinating stories behind the extinct butterflies, rare birds, lost plants, dazzling meteorites, and other scientific and historic specimens that fill the museum's halls. You'll learn about the painting that catches Audubon in a shameful lie, the sand dollar collected by Darwin during the voyage of the Beagle, and dozens of other treasures in this surprising, informative, and often amusing tour of the natural world. [via]
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The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Natureby Matt RidleyISBN 0060556579 (0-06-055657-9)
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The Sas Survival Handbookby John WisemanISBN 0002171856 (0-00-217185-6)
Softcover, Lewis Intl Inc
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Sas Survival Handbook: How to Survive in the Wild, in Any Climate, on Land or at Seaby John WisemanISBN 0007158998 (0-00-715899-8)
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The Secret Life of Lobsters: How Fishermen and Scientists Are Unraveling the Mysteries of Our Favorite Crustaceanby Trevor Corson, Jim SollersISBN 0060555599 (0-06-055559-9)
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In revelations from the laboratory and the sea that are by turns astonishing and humorous, the lobster proves itself to be not only a delicious meal and a sustainable resource but also an amorous master of the boudoir, a lethal boxer, and a snoopy socializer with a nose that lets it track prey and paramour alike with the skill of a bloodhound.
The Secret Life of Lobsters is a rollicking oceanic odyssey punctuated by salt spray, melted butter, and predators lurking in the murky depths. [via]
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A Sketchbook of Birdsby Charles Frederick TunnicliffeISBN 0030523265 (0-03-052326-5)
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The Stationary Arkby Gerald DurrellISBN 0002167425 (0-00-216742-5)
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A Study of the Cat, with Reference to Human Beingsby Joel Carl WeltyISBN 0030579171 (0-03-057917-1)
Hardcover, Saunders College Pub
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The Ten Trusts: What We Must Do to Care for the Animals We Loveby Marc Bekoff, Jane GoodallISBN 0060556110 (0-06-055611-0)
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Combining her life's work living among the chimpanzees with her spiritual perspective on the relationship between humans and animals, legendary behavioral scientist Jane Goodall sets forth ten trusts that we as humans have as custodians of the planet:
1. Respect all life
2. Live as part of the Animal Kingdom
3. Educate our children to respect animals
4. Treat animals as you would like to be treated
5. Be a steward
6. Value the sounds of nature and help preserve them
7. Do not harm life in order to learn about it
8. Have the courage of your convictions
9. Act knowing that your actions make a difference
10. Act knowing that you are not alone.
Filled with inspirational stories, The Ten Trusts provides lessons Jane Goodall has learned from a lifetime of experience, with the warmth and emotion her readers have come to expect from her. Marc Bekoff, cofounder of the Roots and Shoots program with Jane, also contributes his profound insights and research, which Jane has come to rely on. Together, they share their hope and vision for humanity and all the earth's creatures, distilled into ten eloquent spiritual lessons. Within these ten trusts, Goodall reveals how we can gain true enlightenment by living in harmony with the animal kingdom and honoring the interconnection between all species.
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The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution and Future of the Human Animalby Jared M. DiamondISBN 0060183071 (0-06-018307-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal'Book summary:Jared Diamond states the theme of his book up-front: "How the human species changed, within a short time, from just another species of big mammal to a world conqueror; and how we acquired the capacity to reverse all that progress overnight." The Third Chimpanzee is, in many ways, a prequel to Diamond's prize-winning Guns, Germs, and Steel. While Guns examines "the fates of human societies," this work surveys the longer sweep of human evolution, from our origin as just another chimpanzee a few million years ago. Diamond writes:
It's obvious that humans are unlike all animals. It's also obvious that we're a species of big mammal down to the minutest details of our anatomy and our molecules. That contradiction is the most fascinating feature of the human species.
The chapters in The Third Chimpanzee on the oddities of human reproductive biology were later expanded in Why Is Sex Fun? Here, they're linked to Diamond's views of human psychology and history.
Diamond is officially a physiologist at UCLA medical school, but he's also one of the best birdwatchers in the world. The current scientific consensus that "primitive" humans created ecological catastrophes in the Pacific islands, Australia, and the New World owes a great deal to his fieldwork and insight. In Diamond's view, the current global ecological crisis isn't due to modern technology per se, but to basic weaknesses in human nature. But, he says, "I'm cautiously optimistic. If we will learn from our past that I have traced, our own future may yet prove brighter than that of the other two chimpanzees." --Mary Ellen Curtin [via]
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A Tree Is Niceby Janice May Udry, Marc SimontISBN 0060261552 (0-06-026155-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Tree Is Nice'Book summary:"Trees are very nice," says Janice May Udry in her first book for children. She goes on to explain that even one tree is nice, if it is the only one you happen to have.
Some of the reasons why trees are so good to have around are funny. Some are indisputable facts. But in all of them there is a sense of poetic simplicity and beauty which will be sure to entrance any young child. Whether he knows one tree or many, he will relish the descriptions of the delights to be had in, with, or under a tree.
Marc Simont's joyous pictures, half of them in full color, accentuate the child-like charm of the words. And each painting of a tree or trees shows just how very nice they can be.
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Trees: A Quick Reference Guide to Trees of North Americaby Robert Mohlenbrock, John W. ThieretISBN 0020634307 (0-02-063430-7)
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Trees of Britain & Northern Europeby Mitchell, Alan & Wilkinson, JohnISBN 0002198576 (0-00-219857-6)
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The Trumpet of the Swanby E. B. WhiteISBN 0060284102 (0-06-028410-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Trumpet of the Swan'Book summary:Although he lacks a voice in the traditional "Ko-hoh!" sense, trumpeter swan Louis learns to speak to the world with a trumpet stolen from a music store by his father. With the support of an unusual boy named Sam, who helps Louis learn how to read and write, the swan has some rather unswanlike adventures and ultimately wins the love--and the freedom--of a beautiful swan named Serena.
For over 30 years, E.B. White's masterpiece has captured the fancy of countless readers. Now, with stunning new art by award-winning illustrator Fred Marcellino, the beloved story can be experienced anew. The sepia-colored drawings lend an old-fashioned charm to the story--it's almost as if, with their complementary dry wit and uniquely creative talents, White and Marcellino originally worked together. Marcellino received the Caldecott Honor for his illustrations in Charles Perrault's Puss in Boots. (Ages 8 to 12) --Emilie Coulter [via]
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Turbulent Mirror: An Illustrated Guide to Chaos, Theory and the Science of Wholenessby John Briggs, F. David PeatISBN 0060160616 (0-06-016061-6)
Hardcover, Harper & Row
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No better introduction to this find could be found than John Briggs and F. David Peat's Turbulent Mirror. Together, they explore the many faces of chaos and reveal how its law direct most of the processes of everyday life and how it appears that everything in the universe is interconnected -- discovering an "emerging science of wholeness."
Turbulent Mirror introduces us to the scientists involved in study this endlessly strange field; to the theories that are turning our perception of the world on its head; and to the discoveries in mathematics, biology, and physics that are heralding a revolution more profound than the one responsible for producing the atomic bomb. With practical applications ranging from the control of traffic flow and the development of artifical intelligence to the treatment of heart attacks and schizophrenia, chaos promises to be an increasingly rewarding area of inquiry -- of interest to everyone.
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When Did Wild Poodles Roam the Earth?by David Feldman, Kassie SchwanISBN 0060169087 (0-06-016908-7)
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When the Wind Stopsby Charlotte Zolotow, Stefano VitaleISBN 0060254262 (0-06-025426-2)
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Where the Red Fern Growsby Wilson RawlsISBN 0030547741 (0-03-054774-1)
Hardcover, Holt Rinehart & Winston
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Where the Red Fern Grows'Book summary:Author Wilson Rawls spent his boyhood much like the character of this book, Billy Colman, roaming the Ozarks of northeastern Oklahoma with his bluetick hound. A straightforward, shoot-from-the-hip storyteller with a searingly honest voice, Rawls is well-loved for this powerful 1961 classic and the award-winning novel Summer of the Monkeys. In Where the Red Fern Grows, Billy and his precious coonhound pups romp relentlessly through the Ozarks, trying to "tree" the elusive raccoon. In time, the inseparable trio wins the coveted gold cup in the annual coon-hunt contest, captures the wily ghost coon, and bravely fights with a mountain lion. When the victory over the mountain lion turns to tragedy, Billy grieves, but learns the beautiful old Native American legend of the sacred red fern that grows over the graves of his dogs. This unforgettable classic belongs on every child's bookshelf. (Ages 9 and up) [via]
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Wild Flowers of Britain and Northern Europeby Marjorie Blamey, Fitter, Richard & Alastair & Blamey, MarjorieISBN 0002190699 (0-00-219069-9)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Wild Flowers: The Wild Flowers of Britain and Northern Europeby Alastair Fitter, Marjorie Blamey, Richard Sidney Richmond FitterISBN 000219757X (0-00-219757-X)
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Wild Food in Australiaby A.B. CribbISBN 0006344364 (0-00-634436-4)
Softcover, Intl Specialized Book Service Inc
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Wildflowers of Britain and Northern Europeby Alistair Fitter, M. Blamey, Richard FitterISBN 0002200627 (0-00-220062-7)
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Wind in the Rockby Ann ZwingerISBN 006014209X (0-06-014209-X)
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The Writing Lifeby Annie DillardISBN 0060161566 (0-06-016156-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Writing Life'Book summary:Annie Dillard has spent a lot of time in remote, bare-bones shelters doing something she claims to hate: writing. Slender though it is, The Writing Life richly conveys the torturous, tortuous, and in rare moments, transcendent existence of the writer. Even for Dillard, whose prose is so mellifluous as to seem effortless, the act of writing can seem a Sisyphean task: "When you write," she says, "you lay out a line of words.... Soon you find yourself deep in new territory. Is it a dead end, or have you located the real subject? You will know tomorrow or this time next year." Amid moving accounts of her own writing (and life) experiences, Dillard also manages to impart wisdom to other writers, wisdom having to do with passion and commitment and taking the work seriously. "One of the few things I know about writing is this: spend it all, shoot it, play it, lose it, all, right away, every time. Do not hoard what seems good for a later place.... Something more will arise for later, something better." And, if that is not enough, "Assume you write for an audience consisting solely of terminal patients," she says. "That is, after all, the case.... What could you say to a dying person that would not enrage by its triviality?"
This all makes The Writing Life seem a dense, tough read, but that is not the case at all. Dillard is, after all, human, just like the rest of us. During one particularly frantic moment, four cups of coffee and not much writing down, Dillard comes to a realization: "Many fine people were out there living, people whose consciences permitted them to sleep at night despite their not having written a decent sentence that day, or ever." --Jane Steinberg [via]
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Wuthering Heightsby Emily BronteISBN 0030514894 (0-03-051489-4)
Hardcover, Harcourt School
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