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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: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper 
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot Staff Pick The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks tells the tale of a woman whose cells were used — without her knowledge — in breakthrough medical research after her 1951 death. Skloot's moving story of faith, family, and science uses the past to teach us about... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $10.95 Used - Hardcover
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Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex by Mary Roach 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 $15.95 Your price: $7.95 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) List Price $19.99 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Hardcover
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The Web of Life: A New Scientific Understanding of Living Systems by Fritjof Capra Staff Pick The Web of Life is a very succinct explanation for the interstices between chaotic math systems and Gaia theory. This book explains the concepts of autopoetic networks and the theories of AI without becoming mired in the incredibly dense math associated... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Last American Man by Elizabeth Gilbert Staff Pick Elizabeth Gilbert first met Eustace Conway in New York City, on the sidewalk in front of her apartment. He'd traveled from North Carolina, dressed in handmade buckskin clothing and "carrying an impressive knife on his belt." Gilbert, a regular... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Female Brain by Louann Brizendine Staff Pick Although initially turned off by the title, The Female Brain was one the most revealing gender studies I have ever read. More a case for feminism than a case for gender superiority, Brizendine explores the physiological reasons behind the differences in... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Sex Sleep Eat Drink Dream: A Day in the Life of Your Body by Jennifer Ackerman Staff Pick Be ready to geek out over your own body. A delightful and engaging book, Sex Sleep Eat Drink Dream will fill you with wonder. Science writer Jennifer Ackerman lays out the latest developments and theories about the human body in a way that will keep you... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Richness of Life: The Essential Stephen Jay Gould by Stephen Jay Gould and Stephen Rose Staff Pick If you are a fan, this collection of forty-four of Stephen Jay Gould's best known essays, as well as a few never before published speeches, will make a wonderful keepsake; a beautiful volume that will be pulled from your bookshelf and savored, time and... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $12.98 Sale - Hardcover
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The Mind's Eye (Vintage) by Oliver Sacks Staff Pick Oliver Sacks, as fascinating, empathetic, and formidably talented as always, focuses on six individuals who've lost what we think of as essential abilities, including reading, face recognition, and speech. The Mind's Eye is a mesmerizing and exhilarating... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex by Mary Roach 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: $8.50 Used - Hardcover
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A Country Year: Living the Questions by Sue Hubbell Staff Pick Sue Hubbell makes me yearn to be a beekeeper in the Ozarks — to rely on a place for my survival and my happiness. Divorced and alone on her hundred acre farm, Hubbell heals as she writes about her work as a commercial beekeeper and her peninsula of... (read more) Your price: $15.95 New - Trade Paper
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The Earth Moved: On the Remarkable Achievements of Earthworms by Amy Stewart Staff Pick A blind, lungless little plow that sifts our soil a teaspoon at a time is responsible for engineering our entire ecosystem. Amy Stewart has uncovered the earthworm's purposeful cycle into a delightful read that also serves as a reminder to savor our... (read more) List Price $23.95 Your price: $11.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution by Richard Dawkins Staff Pick Just when you were almost out of topics to argue about, here comes Richard Dawkins with another defense of evolution. But hang on — The Greatest Show on Earth isn't some enraged polemic, but a well-reasoned, intriguing counter-attack on Intelligent... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your price: $11.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology by Ray Kurzweil 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) List Price $21.00 Your price: $11.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Ancestor's Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Evolution by Richard Dawkins Staff Pick "Despite my qualms with the 'Canterbury' chapter and Dawkins's general emphasis on heredity over organismal biology, The Ancestor's Tale is still an engaging history of life on our backwater planet....The pilgrimage metaphor describes the book well. Like... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your price: $17.95 Used - Hardcover
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Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human by Richard Wrangham Staff Pick Richard Wrangham's lucid, fascinating book presents a strong case that the act of harnessing the power of fire to cook food might have created modern humanity. Convincing, thoughtful, and beautifully written, Catching Fire is a surprising look at the... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $15.95 Used - Hardcover
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An Alchemy of Mind: The Marvel and Mystery of the Brain by Diane Ackerman Staff Pick Diane Ackerman writes with grace and wisdom. Her prose is lyrical, sensuous, and utterly charming. I've never been disappointed in a work by Ackerman, but An Alchemy of Mind takes the cake. Here she covers neurochemistry and -physiology and the concept... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $6.95 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 — on the farm, at home, and even in the mirror.... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Earth Moved: On the Remarkable Achievements of Earthworms by Amy Stewart Staff Pick A blind, lungless little plow that sifts our soil a teaspoon at a time is responsible for engineering our entire ecosystem. Amy Stewart has uncovered the earthworm's purposeful cycle into a delightful read that also serves as a reminder to savor our... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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