by Mary Roach  
Powells.com Staff Pick Following her usual template, Mary Roach finds a subject in the scientific community that is equal parts fascinating and scandalous, and writes an extensively researched and thoroughly amusing book about it. Beyond the initial titillation stemming from a... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your Price $16.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies 
by Roger Burrows Publisher Comments This definitive field guide is a must for Oregon birding enthusiasts, covering more than 325 species found in the state. Each account includes a full-color illustration of the bird, a range map, identifying features, habitat, nesting and feeding... (read more) Your Price $21.95 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
by NFPA Publisher Comments User-friendly and up-to-date, these National Electrical Code«Tabs are a great way to organize the NEC« 2008. These self-adhesive tabs can reduce the time spent searching to find key information. Tabs are durable and allow for positioning... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your Price $14.95 (New - Miscellaneous) check for used and sale copies
by Paul Scherz Publisher Comments THE BOOK THAT MAKES ELECTRONICS MAKE SENSEThis intuitive, applications-driven guide to electronics for hobbyists, engineers, and students doesn't overload readers with technical detail. Instead, it tells you-and shows you-what basic and advanced... (read more) Your Price $14.98 (Sale - Trade Paper) check for used copies
by James Kavanagh Publisher Comments Oregon Birds, An Introduction to Familiar Species, is a must-have, reference guide for beginners and experts alike. Whether you're on a nature hike or in your own backyard, you'll want to take along a copy of this indispensable guide. The Pocket... (read more) Your Price $5.95 (New - Pamphlet) check for used and sale copies
by Barbara Kingsolver
Publisher Comments In her new essay collection, the beloved author of High Tide in Tucson brings to us, out of one of history's darker moments, an extended love song to the world we still have. Whether she is contemplating the Grand Canyon, her vegetable garden, motherhood,... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your Price $7.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Ray Kurzweil
Powells.com Staff Pick The future of humanity in Kurzweil's eyes is a startling vision of humans moving beyond our biological bodies to join with computers — the human machine. Controversial and insightful, Singularity illuminates the technologies that are pushing the... (read more) Your Price $18.00 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
by Cy Tymony Publisher Comments How to Turn a Calculator into a Metal Detector, Carry a Survival Kit in a Shoestring, Make a Gas Mask with a Balloon, Turn Dishwashng Liquid into a Copy Machine, Convert a Styrofoam Cup into a Speaker, and Make a James Bond Spy Jacket with Everyday... (read more) List Price $10.99 Your Price $4.98 (Sale - Trade Paper) check for used copies
by Phillip Manning Publisher Comments Many of us have seen dinosaur bones and skeletons, maybe even dinosaur eggs...but what did those fearsome animals really look like in the flesh? Soft-tissue fossils give tantalizing clues about the appearance and physiology of the ancient animals. In... (read more) Your Price $19.50 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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Wednesday May 14, 2008
by Brandon Broll Publisher Comments A journey into everyday life through spectacular microscopic images. This substantial volume brings together extraordinary images produced through the latest technologies in microphotography. Most of the 205 stunning, full-color photographs have... (read more) Your Price $29.95 (New - Hardcover) check for used and sale copies
by Siva Vaidhyanathan Publisher Comments The Anarchist in the Library is the first guide to one of the most important cultural and economic battlegrounds of our increasingly plugged-in world. Siva Vaidhyanathan draws the struggle for information that will determine much of the culture and... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your Price $7.98 (Sale - Trade Paper) check for used copies
by Jonathan Zittrain Publisher Comments This extraordinary book explains the engine that has catapulted the Internet from backwater to ubiquity, and reveals that it is sputtering precisely because of its runaway success. With the unwitting help of its users, the generative Internet is on a... (read more) Your Price $30.00 (New - Hardcover) check for used and sale copies
by Marshall Brain Publisher Comments Marshall Brain's How Stuff Works is a lavish, full-color, highly visual resourcefor those people with hungry minds" who crave an understanding of the waythings work around them-from submarine ships to digital technology to toilets! With over 1,000 full... (read more) Your Price $14.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
by Michael Collier Publisher Comments Explores the geological forces that shape the landscape of planet Earth, with detailed, full-color, large-format photographs that cover the geology and features of every major mountain range in the United States, as well as easy-to-understand... (read more) Your Price $29.95 (New - Hardcover) check for used and sale copies
by National Audubon Society Publications Publisher Comments Interest in our nation's weather patterns is rising -- as witnessed in the popularity of the Weather Channel -- and this guide is the most popular reference to every type of weather system, cloud formation, and atmospheric phenomenon common to North... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your Price $10.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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