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The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal (P.S.) by Jared Diamond Publisher Comments The Development of an Extraordinary Species We human beings share 98 percent of our genes with chimpanzees. Yet humans are the dominant species on the planet -- having founded civilizations and religions, developed intricate and diverse forms of... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper 
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot Staff Pick This is an absolutely fascinating account of a line of cells that would proliferate to such a degree that they became immortal. Shaved from a tumor in a poor black woman in the 1950s, cultured without her knowledge, and grown to amazing proportions... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $11.20 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Human Body: A Basic Guide to the Way You Fit Together (Wooden Books) by Moff Betts Publisher Comments From single-celled embryo to fully grown human, Dr. Betts charts the major systems of the body, its interrelated organs and the revelations of microbiology. Find out why you couldnt live without bacteria or cholesterol; how your kidneys and lungs are... (read more) List Price $10.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Evolution's Captain: The Story of the Kidnapping That Led to Charles Darwin's Voyage aboard the Beagle by Peter Nichols Publisher Comments This is the story of the man without whom the name Charles Darwin might be unknown to us today. That man was Captain Robert FitzRoy, who invited the 22-year-old Darwin to be his companion on board the Beagle. This is the remarkable story of how a... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $6.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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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 — on the farm, at home, and even in the mirror.... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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How We Decide by Jonah Lehrer Publisher Comments Praise for Jonah Lehrer and How We Decide “Jonah Lehrer is a brilliant young writer. His clear and vivid writing—incisive and thoughtful, yet sensitive and modest—is a special pleasure.”—Oliver Sacks “Cash or... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Stuff of Life: A Graphic Guide to Genetics and DNA by Mark Schultz Publisher Comments Lets face it: From adenines to zygotes, from cytokinesis to parthenogenesis, even the basics of genetics can sound utterly alien. So who better than an alien to explain it all? Enter Bloort 183, a scientist from an asexual alien race threatened by... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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How We Live & Why We Die: The Secret Lives of Cells by Lewis Wolpert Publisher Comments Everything about our existence-movement and memory, imagination and reproduction, birth, and ultimately death-is governed by our cells. They are the basis of all life in the universe, from bacteria to the most complex animals. In the tradition of the... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Cartoon Guide to Genetics by Larry Gonick Publisher Comments Have you ever asked yourself: Are spliced genes the same as mended Levis? Watson and Crick? Aren't they a team of British detectives? Plant sex? Can they do that? Is Genetic Mutation the name of one of those heavy metal bands? Asparagine? Which of the... (read more) List Price $17.99 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Sense and Nonsense: Evolutionary Perspectives on Human Behaviour by Kevin Laland Publisher Comments Evolutionary theory is one of the most wide-ranging and inspiring of scientific ideas. It offers a battery of methods that can be used to help us understand human behavior. Nevertheless, the legitimacy of this exercise is at the center of a heated... (read more) List Price $50.00 Your price: $24.98 Sale - Hardcover
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The Tell-Tale Brain: A Neuroscientist's Quest for What Makes Us Human by V. S. Ramachandran Publisher Comments In this landmark work, V. S. Ramachandran investigates strange, unforgettable cases -- from patients who believe they are dead to sufferers of phantom limb syndrome. With a storyteller's eye for compelling case studies and a researcher's flair for new... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $12.57 Sale - Trade Paper
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Remarkable Creatures: Epic Adventures in the Search for the Origins of Species by Sean B Carroll Publisher Comments An award-winning biologist takes us on the dramatic expeditions that unearthed the history of life on our planet. Just 150 years ago, most of our world was an unexplored wilderness. Our sense of its age was vague and vastly off the mark, and much... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Biography of a Germ by Arno Karlen Synopsis This unusual examination of "Borrelia burgdorfieri" (Bb), the bacteria that causes Lyme disease, follows the microbe's path through from mouse to tick to deer to human and discusses the history and evolution of Lyme disease and its impact on our changing... (read more) List Price $22.00 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Hardcover
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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: $8.24 Sale - Hardcover
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Exploring Animal Behavior: Readings from American Scientist, 4th Edition by Paul W. (edt) Sherman Publisher Comments This anthology contains 34 articles published since 1977 in "American Scientist", the journal of the scientific society Sigma Xi. Articles illustrate how behaviourists think about and conduct their research, and provide greater insight into the behaviour... (read more) List Price $27.95 Your price: $9.95 Sale - Trade Paper
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Animals Make Us Human: Creating the Best Life for Animals by Temple Grandin and Catherine Johnson Publisher Comments How can we give animals the best life — for them? What does an animal need to be happy? In her groundbreaking, best-selling book Animals in Translation, Temple Grandin drew on her own experience with autism as well as her experience as an animal... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Sensing the Past: Seeing, Hearing, Smelling, Tasting, and Touching in History by Mark M. Smith Synopsis Do we rely on different senses now than the ones we relied on in the past? How have our senses affected history? How have the senses themselves changed? What role have the senses played in the ways we discriminate? Exploring illuminating examples from... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Climbing Mount Improbable by Richard Dawkins Publisher Comments The human eye is so complex and works so precisely that surely, one might believe, its current shape and function must be the product of design. How could such an intricate object have come about by chance? Tackling this subject--in writing that the New... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Origins: Selected Letters of Charles Darwin 1822-1859 by Frederick Burkhardt Publisher Comments Charles Darwin changed the direction of modern thought by establishing the basis of evolutionary biology. This fascinating selection of letters, offers a glimpse of his daily experiences, scientific observations, personal concerns and friendships... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your price: $13.95 Sale - Hardcover
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The Hidden Brain: How Our Unconscious Minds Elect Presidents, Control Markets, Wage Wars, and Save Our Lives by Shankar Vedantam Publisher Comments The hidden brain is the voice in our ear when we make the most important decisions in our lives—but we’re never aware of it. The hidden brain decides whom we fall in love with and whom we hate. It tells us to vote for the white candidate and... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $12.50 Sale - Trade Paper
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