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After the Ice Age: The Return of Life to Glaciated North Americaby E. C. PielouISBN 0226668126 (0-226-66812-6)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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Attending Marvels: A Patagonian Journalby George Gaylord SimpsonISBN 0809437279 (0-8094-3727-9)
Softcover, Grand Central Pub
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Barosaurusby William LindsayISBN 1564581233 (1-56458-123-3)
Hardcover, Dk Pub
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The Bone Museum: Travels in the Lost Worlds of Dinosaurs and Birdsby Wayne GradyISBN 1568582617 (1-56858-261-7)
Softcover, Thunder's Mouth Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Bone Museum: Travels in the Lost Worlds of Dinosaurs and Birds'Book summary:Are birds descended from dinosaurs? The question has engaged natural historians and geologists for 200 years. Just when it seems settled by one generation, it's reopened by the next. That pattern promises to extend into the future, though the worldwide studies of Canadian palaeontologists offer hope of establishing, once and forever, that the theropods of old took to the skies--and flit among us today.
Grady's reportage on the results of their excavations is a pleasure to read, drawing on a vast range of references and travels to places including China, Patagonia, and Saskatchewan. The work of palaeontology itself, as he wryly notes, was nowhere near as pleasurable as the telling, for Grady and the scientists he accompanies spend most of their time in his book choking on dust and narrowly avoiding disaster on one remote road or another. When they are not doing so, they are engaged in formulating and testing hypotheses, practising science in the best tradition. As Grady writes, "Science is about accurate measurements, though percolated through time as groundwater sifts through layers of sand and rock, not conjectures bubbling up out of nowhere like hot springs."
But Grady's narrative is far from slow. Quite apart from describing the painstaking work of palaeontology, it touches on matters of pressing concern today--including the appalling number of species that, by the second, are being driven to extinction in a wave of death that rivals the one that closed the age of the dinosaurs. Drawing sobering connections between that era and our own, The Bone Museum will engage both readers interested in the distant past and those with a concern for contemporary environmental issues. --Gregory McNamee [via]
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Common Fossil Plants of Western North Americaby William D. TidwellISBN 1560987588 (1-56098-758-8)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Common Fossil Plants of Western North America'Book summary:Illustrated with more than eight hundred drawings and photographs, this informative, hands-on guide will help amateur fossil collectors identify and assess the significance of their finds. Introductory chapters describe the types of plant preservation and outline the development of such groups as ferns, fern allies, and seed plants including cycads, ginkgos, conifers, and flowering plants. Generic accounts include brief characterizations; one or more line drawings; lists of formations in which the fossil plant occurs; and, in some, discussions of the ecological conditions under which the plant may have grown. Half of the listings describe fossil woods. A table of more than one hundred localities from British Columbia to northern New Mexico and from California as far east as South Dakota lists the period and epoch in which each site's fossils probably originated. Because fossil plants are found worldwide, the book can be used in many areas other than the western United States.
First published in 1975, this second edition has been completely revised and expanded to include more than 350 new or modified illustrations, an outline key, an amplified glossary, and discussion of seventy-nine additional genera of compressional and petrified material. For geologists, botanists, land managers, naturalists, and anyone interested in hunting and identifying fossil plants, this comprehensive guide is an indispensable reference. [via]More editions of Common Fossil Plants of Western North America:
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Dinosaurby David NormanISBN 0132181401 (0-13-218140-1)
Hardcover, Pearson Education Canada
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Dinosaur Dictionaryby Donald F. GlutISBN 0806502835 (0-8065-0283-5)
Hardcover, Citadel Press
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Dinosaur Hunters: Eccentric Amateurs and Obsessed Professionalsby David A. E. SpaldingISBN 1559585900 (1-55958-590-0)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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The Dinosaursby William StoutISBN 0553013351 (0-553-01335-1)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Dinosaurs: A Fantastic New View of a Lost Eraby William Stout, Byron PreissISBN 0792453573 (0-7924-5357-3)
Hardcover, B D D Promotional Book Company, Incorporated
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Dinosaurs: A Global Viewby Sylvia J. Czerkas, Stephen A. CrerkasISBN 0792456068 (0-7924-5606-8)
Hardcover, Bdd Promotional Book Co
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Dinosaurs Past and Presentby Everett Claire Olson, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Sylvia J. CzerkasISBN 0938644238 (0-938644-23-8)
Softcover, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County in association with University of Washington Press, Seattle and London
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Dinosaurs: The Textbookby Spencer G. LucasISBN 0697144291 (0-697-14429-1)
Softcover, McGraw-Hill College
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dinosaurs: The Textbook'Book summary:Written for an introductory level course, this text combines background material, dinosaur classes and general topics. Now in its second edition, the book has been fully revised and updated to include current discoveries, interpretations and debates. [via]
Dinosaurus: The Complete Guide to Dinosaursby Steve ParkerISBN 1552977722 (1-55297-772-2)
Hardcover, Firefly Books Ltd
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Discovering Dinosaurs: Evolution, Extinction, and the Lessons of Prehistoryby Lowell Dingus, Mark Norell, Eugene S. GaffneyISBN 0520225015 (0-520-22501-5)
Softcover, Univ of California Pr
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This handsome book addresses the questions of what the fossil record tells us about the evolution and extinction of dinosaurs, what their relationship to the rest of the organic world was, and what we can learn from them about our own place in the history of life on our planet. This edition has been updated throughout, with a new final chapter that details exciting recent discoveries such as the feathered dinosaur fossils in China.
ALERT: ONE LINE IS MISSING FROM PAGE XIII OF THIS BOOK. THE COMPLETE LINE SHOULD READ:
"We hope that the following pages will introduce you to some of these questions."
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Discovering Dinosaurs: In the American Museum of Natural Historyby Lowell Dingus, Eugene Gaffney, Mark A. NorellISBN 0679433864 (0-679-43386-4)
Hardcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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Eight Little Piggies: Reflections in Natural Historyby Stephen Jay GouldISBN 0393311392 (0-393-31139-2)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Eight Little Piggies: Reflections in Natural History'Book summary:What story lies behind the bent tail of an ichthyosaur? How did hearing bones evolve? Is it possible that our five fingers and toes just happened to be and were not ordained? Here are Gould's thoughts on extinction and on the ecological crisis, as he proposes a Golden Rule of our Earth: we should treat all species as we would ourselves. Drawings. [via]
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Ever Since Darwin: Reflections in Natural Historyby Stephen Jay GouldISBN 0393308189 (0-393-30818-9)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Extinction: How Life on Earth Nearly Ended 250 Million Years Agoby Douglas H. ErwinISBN 0691005249 (0-691-00524-9)
Hardcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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Feathered Dinosaursby Christopher Sloan, Philip J. CurrieISBN 0792272196 (0-7922-7219-6)
Hardcover, Natl Geographic Soc Childrens books
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The First Fossil Hunters: Paleontology in Greek and Roman Timesby Adrienne MayorISBN 0691089779 (0-691-08977-9)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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Fossilsby David J. Ward, Cyril Alexander WalkerISBN 1564580717 (1-56458-071-7)
Softcover, Dk Pub
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Fossils: Evidence of Vanished Worldsby Yvette Gayrard-ValyISBN 0810928248 (0-8109-2824-8)
Softcover, Abrams , Incorporated, Harry N.
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Fossils: The Key to the Pastby Richard ForteyISBN 0442226152 (0-442-22615-2)
Hardcover, Van Nostrand Reinhold
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From Lucy to Languageby Donald Johanson, Blake Edgar, David L. BrillISBN 0743280644 (0-7432-8064-4)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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Full House : The Spread of Excellence from Plato to Darwinby Stephen Jay GouldISBN 0609801406 (0-609-80140-6)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Full House: The Spread of Excellence from Plato to Darwin'Book summary:The human mind has a trusty device for simplifying a complex world: reduce to averages and identify trends. Although valuable, the risk is that we ignore variations and end up with a skewed view of reality. In evolutionary terms, the result is a view in which humans are the inevitable pinnacle of evolutionary progress, instead of, as Stephen Jay Gould patiently argues, "a cosmic accident that would never arise again if the tree of life could be replanted." The implications of Gould's argument may threaten certain of our philosophical and religious foundations but will in the end provide us with a clearer view of, and a greater appreciation for, the complexities of our world. [via]
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Gaining Ground : The Origin and Evolution of Tetrapodsby Jennifer A. ClackISBN 0253340543 (0-253-34054-3)
Hardcover, Indiana University Press
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Gilded Dinosaur: The Fossil War Between E.D. Cope and O.C. Marsh and the Rise of American Scienceby Mark JaffeISBN 0609807056 (0-609-80705-6)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Hen's Teeth and Horse's Toesby Stephen Jay GouldISBN 0393311031 (0-393-31103-1)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Human Ancestors: Readings from Scientific Americanby Richard E. Leakey, Glynn Llywelyn IsaacISBN 0716711001 (0-7167-1100-1)
Softcover, W. H. Freeman
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Human Ancestors: Readings from Scientific American'Book summary:Introduction By Glynn Isaac and Richard E. F. Leakey. Some of the articles in the book are Tools and Human Evolution by Sherwood L. Washburn, The Early Relatives of Man and Ramapithecus by Elwyn L. Simons, The Evolution of the Hand and The Antiquity of Human Walking by John Napier, The Hominids of East Turkana by Alan Walker and Richard E. F. Leakey, The Casts of Fossil Hominid Brains by Ralph L. Holloway, Homo Erectus by William W. Howells, Stone Tools and Human Behavior by Sally R. And Louis R. Binford, The Functions of Paleolithic Flint Tools by Lawrence H. Keeley, and The Food-Sharing Behavior of Protohuman Hominids by Glynn Isaac. [via]
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I Have Landed: The End of a Beginning in Natural Historyby Stephen Jay GouldISBN 1400048044 (1-4000-4804-4)
Softcover, Three Rivers Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'I Have Landed: The End of a Beginning in Natural History'Book summary:Here is bestselling scientist Stephen Jay Goulds tenth and final collection based on his remarkable series for Natural History magazineexactly 300 consecutive essays, with never a month missed, published from 1974 to 2001. Both an intellectually thrilling journey into the nature of scientific discovery and the most personal book he has ever published, I Have Landed marks the end of a significant chapter in the career of one of the most acclaimed and widely read scientists of our time.
Gould writes about the themes that have defined his career, which his readers have come to expect and celebrate, casting new light upon them and conveying the ideas that science professionals exchange among themselves (minus the technical jargon). Here, of course, is Charles Darwin, from his centrality to any sound scientific education to little-known facts about his life. Gould touches on subjects as far-reaching and disparate as feathered dinosaurs, the scourge of syphilis and the frustration of the man who identified it, and Freuds evolutionary fantasy. He writes brilliantly of Nabokovs delicately crafted drawings of butterflies and the true meaning of biological diversity. And in the poignant title essay, he details his grandfathers journey from Hungary to America, where he arrived on September 11, 1901. It is from his grandfathers journal entry of that day, stating simply I have landed, that the books title was drawn. This landing occurred 100 years to the day before our greatest recent tragedy, also explored, but with optimism, in the concluding section of the book.
Presented in eight parts, I Have Landed begins with a remembrance of a moment of wonder from childhood. In Part II, Gould explains that humanistic disciplines are not antithetical to theoretical or applied sciences. Rather, they often share a commonality of method and motivation, with great potential to enhance the achievements of each other, an assertion perfectly supported by essays on such notables as Nabokov and Frederic Church.
Part III contains what no Gould collection would be complete without: his always compelling mini intellectual biographies, which render each subject and his work deserving of reevaluation and renewed significance. In this collection of figures compelling and strange, Gould exercises one of his greatest strengths, the ability to reveal a significant scientific concept through a finely crafted and sympathetic portrait of the person behind the science. Turning his pen to three key figuresSigmund Freud, Isabelle Duncan, and E. Ray Lankester, the latter an unlikely attendee of the funeral of Karl Marxhe highlights the effect of the Darwinian revolution and its resonance on their lives and work.
Part IV encourages the readerthrough what Gould calls intellectual paleontology to consider scientific theories of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries in a new light and to recognize the limitations our own place in history may impose on our understanding of those ideas. Part V explores the op-ed genre and includes two essays with differing linguistic formats, which address the continual tug-of-war between the study of evolution and creationism.
In subsequent essays, in true Gould fashion, we are treated to moments of good humor, especially when he leads us to topics that bring him obvious delight, such as Dorothy Sayers novels and his enduring love of baseball and all its dramas. There is an ardent admiration of the topsy-turvy world of Gilbert and Sullivan (wonderfully demonstrated in the jacket illustration), who are not above inclusion in all things evolutionary.
This is truly Goulds most personal work to date. How fitting that this final collection should be his most revealing and, in content, the one that reflects most clearly the complexity, breadth of knowledge, and optimism that characterize Gould himself. I Have Landed succeeds in reinforcing Goulds underlying and constant theme from the series commencement thirty years agothe study of our own scientific, intellectual, and emotional evolutionbringing reader and author alike to what can only be described as a brilliantly written and very natural conclusion.
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Ice Age Mammals of North America: A Guide to the Big, the Hairy, and the Bizarreby Ian M. LangeISBN 0878424032 (0-87842-403-2)
Softcover, Mountain Pr
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The Immense Journeyby Loren C. EiseleyISBN 0809436515 (0-8094-3651-5)
Softcover, Time-Life Books
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In Search of Deep Time: Beyond the Fossil Record to a New History of Lifeby Henry GeeISBN 0801487137 (0-8014-8713-7)
Softcover, Cornell Univ Pr
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In the Blink of an Eyeby Andrew ParkerISBN 0738206075 (0-7382-0607-5)
Hardcover, Perseus Books Group
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In the Presence of Dinosaursby Larry Felder, John ColagrandeISBN 0737000899 (0-7370-0089-9)
Hardcover, Grand Central Pub
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Jurassic ParkISBN 0793527775 (0-7935-2777-5)
Softcover, Hal Leonard Corp
Find This BookBook summary:Unless your species evolved sometime after 1993, when Jurassic Park hit theatres, you're no doubt familiar with this dinosaur-bites-man disaster tale set on an island theme park gone terribly wrong. But if Speilberg's amped-up CGI creation left you longing for more scientific background and ... well, character development, check out the original Michael Crichton novel. Although not his best book (get a hold of sci-fi classic The Andromeda Strain for that), Jurassic Park fills out the film version's kinetic storyline with additional scenes, dialogue and explanations while still maintaining Crichton's trademark thrills-'n'-chills pacing. As ever, the book really is better than the movie. --Paul Hughes, Amazon.com [via]
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Jurassic Park Piano Solosby John WilliamsISBN 0793526892 (0-7935-2689-2)
Softcover, Hal Leonard Corp
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* Welcome to Jurassic Park
* My Friend, the Brachiosaurus
* A Tree for My Bed
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Life: A Natural History of the First Four Billion Years of Life on Earthby Richard ForteyISBN 037570261X (0-375-70261-X)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Life: A Natural History of the First Four Billion Years of Life on Earth'Book summary:"The excitement of discovery cannot be bought, or faked, or learned from books," London Natural History Museum senior paleontologist Richard Fortey writes in Life. The first chapter, an engrossing account of an Arctic fossil-hunting expedition he undertook as a university student, will bring shivers to anyone who has ever ignored cold hands, hunger, and filthy socks to keep looking for something new, some piece of rock or bit of plant that may hold the key to the gleaming certainty of understanding. Fortey's descriptions of scruffy field assistants and eccentrically brilliant scientists are easily as interesting as the billions of years of evolution he so imaginatively describes. After all, the fossil record has not been accepted without controversy, and the arguments among fallible evolutionary biologists as they refined their theories make for great reading. But it is the little animals that make up our distant ancestry that are the focus here. The often mysterious fossils they left behind are like a history book in a language we don't know--the history of bugs and birds, humans and cauliflowers. One by one, Fortey reveals how the puzzles of paleontology have been subjected to the scientific method and to the politics and personal ambitions of academia, until a beautifully clear path is traced from the very first traces of life all the way across the eons to the advent of Homo sapiens. Fortey's elegantly written tour lets us share his passion for ancient seas and the animals that frolicked in them, and understand how time and chance contributed to the biography of us all. --Therese Littleton [via]
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The Lost Dinosaurs of Egyptby Josh Smith, William NothdurftISBN 0375507957 (0-375-50795-7)
Hardcover, Random House Publishing Group
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The Lost Dinosaurs of Egypt : The Astonishing and Unlikely True Story of One of the Twentieth Century's Greatest Paleontological Discoveriesby William NothdurftISBN 0375759794 (0-375-75979-4)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
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Lucy, the Beginnings of Humankindby Donald C. Johanson, Maitland Armstrong EdeyISBN 0446370363 (0-446-37036-3)
Softcover, Warner Books Inc
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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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The New Dinosaurs: An Alternative Evolutionby Dougal DixonISBN 0881623016 (0-88162-301-6)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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The Panda's Thumb: More Reflections in Natural Historyby Stephen Jay GouldISBN 0393308197 (0-393-30819-7)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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With sales of well over one million copies in North America alone, the commercial success of Gould's books now matches their critical acclaim. Reissued in a larger format, with a handsome new cover, The Panda's Thumb will introduce a new generation of readers to this unique writer, who has taken the art of the scientific essay to new heights. [via]More editions of The Panda's Thumb: More Reflections in Natural History:
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Parque Jurasico/Jurassic Parkby Michael CrichtonISBN 8401325218 (84-01-32521-8)
Hardcover, Distribooks Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Parque Jurasico/Jurassic Park'Book summary:En esta espectacular novela, los dinosaurios vuelven a conquistar la Tierra. En una isla remota, un grupo de hombres y mujeres emprende una carrera contra el tiempo para evitar un desastre mundial provocado por la desmedida ambicion de comercializar la ingenieria genetica. Pero todos los esfuerzos resultaran vanos cuando el inescrupuloso proyecto quede fuera de control y el mundo a merced de unas bestias monstruosas... Parque Jurasico, la novela mas celebre de Michael Crichton y una de las mas leidas en los ultimos anos, fue adaptada al cine por Steven Spielberg en una pelicula que se convirtio en el gran acontecimiento cinematografico de 1993 y en el origen del fenomeno de masas llamado ""dinomania"". [via]
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Principles of Paleontologyby David M. RaupISBN 0716700220 (0-7167-0022-0)
Hardcover, W H Freeman & Co
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Raptor Redby Robert T. BakkerISBN 0553575619 (0-553-57561-9)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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Rex Appeal: The Amazing Story Of Sue, The Dinosaur That Changed Science, The Law, And My Lifeby Kristin DonnanISBN 1931229384 (1-931229-38-4)
Softcover, Invisible Cities Pr
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Rex Appeal : The Amazing Story of Sue, the Dinosaur That Changed Science, the Law, and My Lifeby Peter L. Larson, Kristin DonnanISBN 1931229074 (1-931229-07-4)
Hardcover, Invisible Cities Press
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The Scientific American Book of Dinosaursby Gregory s PaulISBN 0312310080 (0-312-31008-0)
Softcover, Griffin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Scientific American Book of Dinosaurs'Book summary:Discover how dinosaurs evolved, how they looked, where they lived, how they behaved, and why they died: the current state of knowledge about the Monsters of the Mesozoic, complete in one volume.[via]
Acclaimed dinosaur paleontologist and paleo-artist Gregory S. Paul conducts this definitive tour through the 140-million-year existence of the most exotic and interesting group of animals ever to walk the earth, assisted by the world's leading dinosaur experts.
Here you'll find remarkable stories about the first discoveries of dinosaur fossils, the beginnings of dinosaur paleontology, how the field has changed with modern technology, the most sensational finds, and the latest theories. You'll also explore the answers to such questions as:
- Did dinosaurs have feathers?
- Did dinosaurs fly?
- Were the dinosaurs sluggish, cold-blooded reptilians, or something
radically different?
- What are the different dinosaur families, how were they named,
and how are they related?
- What was the dinosaurs' world like, and how did it change during
their reign?
- Are the birds of today the living descendants of predatory dinosaurs?
- How and why did the major dinosaur famihes become extinct?
Filled with spectacular full-color illustrations of dinosaurs in action, plus black-and-white art and graphics. The Scientific American Book of Dinosaurs features the latest information from the field of dinosaur paleontology, presented in a fascinating and accessible format.
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Sea Dragons: Predators Of The Prehistoric Oceansby Richard EllisISBN 0700613943 (0-7006-1394-3)
Softcover, Univ Pr of Kansas
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Smithsonian Handbooks: Fossilsby David Ward, Cyril WalkerISBN 0789489848 (0-7894-8984-8)
Softcover, Dk Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Smithsonian Handbooks: Fossils'Book summary:Smithsonian Handbook to Dinosaurs and Other Prehistoric Animals covers everyone's favorite beasts: dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures, from wooly mammoths to Archaeopteryx. With detailed profiles of 200 dinosaur species, fullcolor illustrations and photographs to show actual excavation sites, this is the most comprehensive guide to these early creatures and the world they inhabited millions of years ago. [via]
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The Sternberg Fossil Hunters: A Dinosaur Dynastyby Katherine RogersISBN 0878424040 (0-87842-404-0)
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Triceratopsby William LindsayISBN 1564582264 (1-56458-226-4)
Hardcover, Dk Pub
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Tyrannosaur Canyonby Douglas J. PrestonISBN 0765349655 (0-7653-4965-5)
Softcover, Forge
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Tyrannosaurusby Mark Norell, William LindsayISBN 0789442728 (0-7894-4272-8)
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Tyrannosaurusby William LindsayISBN 1564581241 (1-56458-124-1)
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Unearthing the Dragon: The Great Feathered Dinosaur Discoveryby Mark Norell, Mick EllisonISBN 0131862669 (0-13-186266-9)
Hardcover, Pi Pr
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Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolutionby Robert L. CarrollISBN 0716718227 (0-7167-1822-7)
Hardcover, Freeman & Company, W. H.
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The Wheel of Darknessby Douglas Preston, Lincoln ChildISBN 0446580287 (0-446-58028-7)
Hardcover, Grand Central Pub
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When Life Nearly Died: The Greatest Mass Extinction of All Timeby Michael BentonISBN 050028573X (0-500-28573-X)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Today it is common knowledge that the dinosaurs were wiped out by a meteorite impact 65 million years ago that killed half of all species then living. Far less known is a much greater catastrophe that took place at the end of the Permian period 251 million years ago: ninety percent of life was destroyed, including saber-toothed reptiles and their rhinoceros-sized prey on land, as well as vast numbers of fish and other species in the sea.
This book documents not only what happened during this gigantic mass extinction but also the recent rekindling of the idea of catastrophism. Was the end-Permian event caused by the impact of a huge meteorite or comet, or by prolonged volcanic eruption in Siberia? The evidence has been accumulating through the 1990s and into the new millennium, and Michael Benton gives his verdict at the end of the volume.
From field camps in Greenland and Russia to the laboratory bench, When Life Nearly Died involves geologists, paleontologists, environmental modelers, geochemists, astronomers, and experts on biodiversity and conservation. Their working methods are vividly described and explained, and the current disputes are revealed. The implications of our understanding of crises in the past for the current biodiversity crisis are also presented in detail. 46 illustrations. [via]More editions of When Life Nearly Died: The Greatest Mass Extinction of All Time:
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Dinopark/Jurassic Parkby Michael CrichtonISBN 3426600218 (3-426-60021-8)
Softcover, Distribooks Inc
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Parque Jurasico / Jurassic Parkby Michael Crichton, DANIEL YAGOLKOLWSKIISBN 840149236X (84-01-49236-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Parque Jurasico / Jurassic Park'Book summary:En esta espectacular novela, los dinosaurios vuelven a conquistar la Tierra. En una isla remota, un grupo de hombres y mujeres emprende una carrera contra el tiempo para evitar un desastre mundial provocado por la desmedida ambicion de comercializar la ingenieria genetica. Pero todos los esfuerzos resultaran vanos cuando el inescrupuloso proyecto quede fuera de control y el mundo a merced de unas bestias monstruosas... Parque Jurasico, la novela mas celebre de Michael Crichton y una de las mas leidas en los ultimos anos, fue adaptada al cine por Steven Spielberg en una pelicula que se convirtio en el gran acontecimiento cinematografico de 1993 y en el origen del fenomeno de masas llamado ""dinomania"". [via]
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