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California Natural History Guides #107: Field Guide to the Common Bees of California: Including Bees of the Western United States
California Natural History Guides #107: Field Guide to the Common Bees of California: Including Bees of the Western United States
by Gretchen Lebuhn
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This engaging and easy-to-use natural history guidebook provides a thorough overview of native and honey bee biology and offers tools for identifying the most common bees of California and the Western United States. Full-color illustrations introduce... (read more)

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The Story of the Human Body: Evolution, Health, and Disease
The Story of the Human Body: Evolution, Health, and Disease
by Daniel Lieberman
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In this landmark book of popular science, Daniel E. Lieberman—chair of the department of human evolutionary biology at Harvard University and a leader in the field—gives us a lucid and engaging account of how the human body evolved over... (read more)

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Let's Review: Biology, the Living Environment (Let's Review)
Let's Review: Biology, the Living Environment (Let's Review)
by Gregory Scott Hunter
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This updated biology review book covers all topics prescribed by the New York State Board of Regents and serves as a valuable companion to high school biology textbooks. Two comprehensive study units cover the following material-- Unit One explains the... (read more)

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The Spark of Life: Electricity in the Human Body
The Spark of Life: Electricity in the Human Body
by Frances Ashcroft
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What happens during a heart attack? Can someone really die of fright? What is death, anyway? How does electroshock treatment affect the brain? What is consciousness? The answers to these questions lie in the electrical signals constantly traveling... (read more)

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California Natural History Guides #107: Field Guide to the Common Bees of California: Including Bees of the Western United States
California Natural History Guides #107: Field Guide to the Common Bees of California: Including Bees of the Western United States
by Gretchen Lebuhn
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This engaging and easy-to-use natural history guidebook provides a thorough overview of native and honey bee biology and offers tools for identifying the most common bees of California and the Western United States. Full-color illustrations introduce... (read more)

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Deadly Outbreaks: How Medical Detectives Save Lives Threatened by Killer Pandemics, Exotic Viruses, and Drug-Resistant Parasites
Deadly Outbreaks: How Medical Detectives Save Lives Threatened by Killer Pandemics, Exotic Viruses, and Drug-Resistant Parasites
by Alexandra Levitt
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Despite advances in health care, infectious microbes continue to be a formidable adversary to scientists and doctors. Vaccines and antibiotics, the mainstays of modern medicine, have not been able to conquer infectious microbes because of their amazing... (read more)

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Sightlines: A Conversation with the Natural World
Sightlines: A Conversation with the Natural World
by Kathleen Jamie
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"When the day ended with time for questions, I had some turning in my head . . . About 'nature,' mostly, which we were exhorted to reconnect with. What was it, exactly, and where did it reside?" With her poet's eye and naturalist's affinity for wild... (read more)

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Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic
Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic
by David Quammen
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A New York Times Notable Book of the Year, a Scientific American Best Book of the Year, and a Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award Ebola, SARS, Hendra, AIDS, and countless other deadly viruses all have one thing in common: the bugs that... (read more)

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An Appetite for Wonder: The Making of a Scientist
An Appetite for Wonder: The Making of a Scientist
by Richard Dawkins
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With the 2006 publication of The God Delusion, the name Richard Dawkins became a byword for ruthless skepticism and "brilliant, impassioned, articulate, impolite" debate (San Francisco Chronicle). his first memoir offers a more personal view. His... (read more)

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Animal Behavior (Beginner's Guides)
Animal Behavior (Beginner's Guides)
by John A. Byers
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Why do birds have regional accents? Can horses learn math? What do animals without eyes see? Questions such as these have fascinated scientists and animal lovers alike long before ethology — the study of animal behavior — became recognized as a... (read more)

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The Story of the Human Body: Evolution, Health, and Disease
The Story of the Human Body: Evolution, Health, and Disease
by Daniel Lieberman
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Preface   Like most people, I am fascinated by the human body, but unlike most folks, who sensibly relegate their interest in people’s bodies to evenings and weekends, I have made the human body the focus of my career. In fact, I am extremely... (read more)

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Discovering Intelligent Design: A Journey Into the Scientific Evidence
Discovering Intelligent Design: A Journey Into the Scientific Evidence
by Gary Kemper
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Developed for middle-school-age students to adults, Discovering Intelligent Design is the textbook component of a comprehensive curriculum that presents both the biological and cosmological evidence in support of the scientific theory of intelligent... (read more)

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The Consolations of the Forest: Alone in a Cabin on the Siberian Taiga
The Consolations of the Forest: Alone in a Cabin on the Siberian Taiga
by Sylvain Tesson
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A meditation on escaping the chaos of modern life and rediscovering the luxury of solitude. Winner of the Prix Médicis for nonfiction, The Consolations of the Forest is a Thoreau-esque quest to find solace, taken to the extreme. No stranger to... (read more)

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Darwin: Portrait of a Genius
Darwin: Portrait of a Genius
by Paul Johnson
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A “riveting” (The Wall Street Journal) biography of one of the most influential and controversial scientists in Western history Acclaimed historian and biographer Paul Johnson turns his keen eye on Charles Darwin, the towering figure whose... (read more)

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The End of Plagues: The Global Battle Against Infectious Disease (MacSci)
The End of Plagues: The Global Battle Against Infectious Disease (MacSci)
by John Rhodes
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At the turn of the twentieth century, smallpox claimed the lives of two million people per year. By 1979, the disease had been eradicated and victory was declared across the globe. Yet the story of smallpox remains the exception, as today a host of... (read more)

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An Epidemic of Absence: A New Way of Understanding Allergies and Autoimmune Diseases
An Epidemic of Absence: A New Way of Understanding Allergies and Autoimmune Diseases
by Moises Velasquez-manoff
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From asthma to Crohn's disease, everyone knows someone who suffers from an allergic or autoimmune disorder. And if it appears that the prevalence of these maladies has increased recently, that's because it has--to levels never before seen in human... (read more)

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Bugs Rule!: An Introduction to the World of Insects
Bugs Rule!: An Introduction to the World of Insects
by Whitney Cranshaw
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"Breadth classes dealing with insects have been extremely popular among science and nonscience majors for decades. The photographs, illustrations, little known facts, and sidebars in Bugs Rule! bring to life the fascinating world of insects. Bugs Rule... (read more)

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The Cancer Chronicles: Unlocking Medicine's Deepest Mystery
The Cancer Chronicles: Unlocking Medicine's Deepest Mystery
by George Johnson
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A provocative, intellectually vibrant, eloquently written look at recent advances in the war on cancer that will challenge everything you thought you knew about the disease — and provide hope for tomorrow and into the future. When science writer... (read more)

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The Secret World of Sleep: The Surprising Science of the Mind at Rest
The Secret World of Sleep: The Surprising Science of the Mind at Rest
by Penelope A. Lewis
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In recent years neuroscientists have uncovered the countless ways our brain trips us up in day-to-day life, from its propensity toward irrational thought to how our intuitions deceive us. The latest research on sleep, however, points in the opposite... (read more)

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Primer on the Metabolic Bone Diseases and Disorders of Mineral Metabolism
Primer on the Metabolic Bone Diseases and Disorders of Mineral Metabolism
by Clifford J. Rosen, M.d. (edt)
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The Primer on the Metabolic Bone Diseases and Disorders of Mineral Metabolism, Eighth Edition is the comprehensive revision of the field-leading reference on bone and mineral health. Chapters look to explain basic biological factors of healthy... (read more)

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