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The Spell of the Sensuous: Perception and Language in a More-Than-Human World by David Abram Publisher Comments David Abram draws on sources as diverse as the philosophy of Merleau-Ponty, Balinese shamanism, Apache storytelling, and his own experience as an accomplished sleight-of-hand magician to reveal the subtle dependence of human cognition on the natural... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper 
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Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond Publisher Comments A global account of the rise of civilization that is also a stunning refutation of ideas of human development based on race. Until around 11,000 b.c., all peoples were still Stone Age hunter/gatherers. At that point, a great divide occurred in the... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World by Michael Pollan Publisher Comments In 1637, one Dutchman paid as much for a single tulip bulb as the going price of a town house in Amsterdam. Three and a half centuries later, Amsterdam is once again the mecca for people who care passionately about one particular plant -- though this... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Creature ABC by Andrew Zuckerman Staff Pick Creature ABC, a smaller, alphabetized (and more affordable!) version of Zuckerman's hit Creature, is equally as magical as the original. Kids and adults alike will be awed and mesmerized by the stunning, detailed photos of wild animals, from alligators... (read more) Your price: $19.99 New - Hardcover
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The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science (James H. Silberman Books) by Norman Doidge Publisher Comments An astonishing new science called neuroplasticity is overthrowing the centuries-old notion that the human brain is immutable. Psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, Norman Doidge, M.D., traveled the country to meet both the brilliant scientists championing... (read more) Your price: $16.00 New - Trade Paper
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Out of Control: The New Biology of Machines, Social Systems, and the Economic World by Kevin Kelly Publisher Comments Out of Control chronicles the dawn of a new era in which the machines and systems that drive our economy are so complex and autonomous as to be indistinguishable from living things.... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price: $12.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Animals Make Us Human: Creating the Best Life for Animals by Temple Grandin and Catherine Johnson Publisher Comments The best-selling animal advocate Temple Grandin offers the most exciting exploration of how animals feel since The Hidden Life of Dogs. In her groundbreaking and best-selling book Animals in Translation, Temple Grandin drew on her own experience with... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $17.95 Used - Hardcover
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Animals in Translation: Using the Mysteries of Autism to Decode Animal Behavior by Temple Grandin and Catherine Johnson Staff Pick One of the most revealing, readable books about the mind to come along in years. A simply fascinating glimpse into animal behavior ... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Entropy and the Magic Flute by Harold J Morowitz Publisher Comments Harold Morowitz has long been regarded highly both as an eminent scientist and as an accomplished science writer. The essays in The Wine of Life, his first collection, were hailed by C.P. Snow as "some of the wisest, wittiest and best informed that I... (read more) List Price $44.50 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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