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Animal Eyes by Michael F. Land Publisher Comments Animal Eyes provides a comparative account of all known types of eye in the animal kingdom, outlining their structure and function with an emphasis on the nature of the optical systems and the physical principles involved in image formation. A universal... (read more) Available May 2012 Your price: $69.95 New - Trade Paper 
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Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic by David Quammen Publisher Comments The emergence of strange new diseases is a frightening problem that seems to be getting worse. In this age of speedy travel, it threatens a worldwide pandemic. We hear news reports of Ebola, SARS, AIDS, and something called Hendra killing horses and... (read more) Available October 2012 Your price: $28.95 New - Hardcover
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Air: The Restless Shaper of the World by William Bryant Logan Publisher Comments Air sustains the living. Every creature breathes to live, exchanging and changing the atmosphere. Water and dust spin and rise, make clouds and fall again, fertilizing the dirt. Twenty thousand fungal spores and half a million bacteria travel in a square... (read more) Available August 2012 Your price: $26.95 New - Hardcover
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How Species Interact: Altering the Standard View on Trophic Ecology by Roger Arditi Publisher Comments Understanding the functioning of ecosystems requires the understanding of the interactions between consumer species and their resources. How do these interactions affect the variations of population abundances? How do population abundances determine the... (read more) Available May 2012 Your price: $69.75 New - Hardcover
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Schistosomes and Schistosomiasis in South Asia by Prof Mahesh Chandra Agrawal Publisher Comments Through all of the recent progress and publications on Schistosoma haematobium, S. mansoni and S. japonicum and diseases these parasites cause in human beings - engulfing Africa, South America and East Asia, it has become necessary to fill the gaps from... (read more) Available June 2012 Your price: $200.95 New - Hardcover
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Signaling for Rescue: A Waterproof Pocket Guide to Helping Searchers Find You (Pathfinders Outdoor Survival Guide) by Dave Canterbury About the Author Dave Canterbury is a master woodsman with over 20 years of experience working in many dangerous environments. He has taught survival and survival methods to hundreds of students and professionals in the US and around the world. His common sense approach... (read more) Your price: $6.95 New - Folded 
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Methods in Molecular Biology #886: Kidney Development: Methods and Protocols by Odyss Michos Publisher Comments Over the last decade the development of new molecular biology tools, advanced microscopy, live imaging and systems biology approaches have revolutionized our conception of how embryonic development proceeds.... (read more) Available May 2012 Your price: $150.50 New - Hardcover
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Advances in Stem Cell Research (Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine) by Hossein Baharvand Publisher Comments Stem cells, whose impact will be revolutionary, provide enormous opportunities for both biological and future clinical applications. This book addresses state-of-the art concepts on stem cell nano-engineering, pluripotent stem cells, and cellular... (read more) Available May 2012 Your price: $219.75 New - Hardcover
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October, or Autumnal Tints by Henry David Thoreau Publisher Comments Originally delivered as a lecture shortly before the writer's own death, Henry David Thoreau's classic "Autumnal Tints" is an ode to autumn not as the season of death and decay, but of ripeness, fullness, and maturity. It is perhaps the best piece ever... (read more) Available September 2012 Your price: $17.95 New - Hardcover
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Human Genes and Genomes: Science, Health, Society by Leon Rosenberg Publisher Comments In the nearly 60 years since Watson and Crick proposed the double helical structure of DNA, the molecule of heredity, waves of discoveries have made genetics the most thrilling field in the sciences. The study of genes and genomics today explores all... (read more) Available June 2012 Your price: $103.75 New - Hardcover
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Physiological Adaptations for Breeding in Birds by Tony D. Williams Publisher Comments Physiological Adaptations for Breeding in Birds is the most current and comprehensive account of research on avian reproduction. It develops two unique themes: the consideration of female avian reproductive physiology and ecology, and an emphasis on... (read more) Available August 2012 Your price: $84.95 New - Hardcover
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Genetics (Bullet Guides) by James Napier Publisher Comments Readers will learn how genes work, look at the latest technologies, tackle controversial issues, and understand who they are.... (read more) Available May 2012 Your price: $6.95 New - Trade Paper
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On Extinction: How We Became Estranged from Nature by Melanie Challenger Synopsis Realizing the link between her own estrangement from nature and the cultural shifts that led to a dramatic rise in extinctions, award-winning writer Melanie Challenger travels in search of the stories behind these losses. From an exploration of an... (read more) Available December 2012 Your price: $27.00 New - Hardcover
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Epigenetic Regulation and Epigenomics by Robert A. Meyers Publisher Comments This 2-volume work contains a collection of essential articles covering key topics in Epigenetics. The first volumed covers the fundamentals of Epigenetics starting from molecular and cellular processes and the epigenenome. The second volume focuses on... (read more) Available June 2012 Your price: $430.50 New - Hardcover
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Death: The Scientific Facts to Help Us Understand It Better by Richard Beliveau Publisher Comments Our love of life makes the inevitability of death very difficult to accept. Death is a comprehensive examination of that inevitable and universal human experience. To better our understanding of death--and so perhaps fear it less--the book explains the... (read more) Available September 2012 Your price: $29.95 New - Trade Paper
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Molecular Medicine: Genomics to Personalized Healthcare by Trent Ron Publisher Comments Molecular Medicine is the application of genetic or DNA-based knowledge to the modern practice of medicine. Molecular Medicine, 4e, provides contemporary insights into how the genetic revolution is influencing medical thinking and practice. The new... (read more) Available August 2012 Your price: $103.75 New - Hardcover
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Biotechnology for Medicinal Plants: Micropropagation and Improvement by Suman Chandra Publisher Comments Plant-based medicines play an important role in all cultures, and have been indispensable in maintaining health and combating diseases. The identification of active principles and their molecular targets from traditional medicine provides an enormous... (read more) Available June 2012 Your price: $219.75 New - Hardcover
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Methods in Molecular Biology #450: Germline Stem Cells by Steven X. Hou Publisher Comments The knowledge gained by studying germline stem cells, the source of human and animal reproduction, may find immediate application in preserving endangered wildlife, managing commercial livestock, overcoming fertility problems in humans, and treating... (read more) Available July 2012 Your price: $140.25 New - Trade Paper
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Innovations in Biomolecular Modeling and Simulations: Volume 2 by Rsc Publisher Comments The chemical and biological sciences face unprecedented opportunities in the 21st century. A confluence of factors from parallel universes - advances in experimental techniques in biomolecular structure determination, progress in theoretical modeling and... (read more) Available May 2012 Your price: $400.95 New - Hardcover
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Fundamentals of Geobiology by Andrew H. Knoll Publisher Comments For more than fifty years scientists have been concerned with the interrelationships of Earth and life. Over the past decade, however, geobiology ? the name given to this interdisciplinary endeavour ? has emerged as an exciting and rapidly expanding... (read more) Available May 2012 Your price: $98.95 New - Trade Paper
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