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Selfish Gene New Edition
Selfish Gene New Edition
by Richard Dawkins
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This nontechnical description of modern genetics is based on the insight that replicating structures have a built-in drive for self-preservation. A fascinating and provocative popular account.... (read more)

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The Birder's Handbook: A Field Guide to the Natural History of North American Birds: Including All Species That Regularly Breed North of Mexi
The Birder's Handbook: A Field Guide to the Natural History of North American Birds: Including All Species That Regularly Breed North of Mexi
by Paul R Ehrlich
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This is the most complete and authoritative reference book about the birds of North America -- up to date and in field-guide format. The Birder's Handbook is the first of its kind: a portable library of fascinating information not included in your... (read more)

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1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created
1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created
by Charles C. Mann
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As fascinating as his bestseller 1491, Mann's 1493 recounts how the world was forever changed by a "Columbian Exchange," when plants, animals, commodities, and people crossed oceans for the first time. Entertaining and insightful, this scientific history... (read more)

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Campbell Essential Biology
Campbell Essential Biology
by Eric J Simon
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 Intended for those interested in learning the essentials of... (read more)

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Western Birds : Complete New Guide ((3RD)90 Edition)
Western Birds : Complete New Guide ((3RD)90 Edition)
by Roger Tory Peterson
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This updated volume features the unique Peterson Identification System covering all birds of North America west of the 100th meridian and north of Mexico.... (read more)

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Nature of Order Book 1: The Phenomenon of Life
Nature of Order Book 1: The Phenomenon of Life
by Christopher Alexander
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In Book One of this four-volume work, Alexander describes a scientific view of the world in which all space-matter has perceptible degrees of life, and establishes this understanding of living structures as an intellectual basis for a new architecture... (read more)

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The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe without Design
The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe without Design
by Richard Dawkins
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Twenty years after its original publication, The Blind Watchmaker, framed with a new introduction by the author, is as prescient and timely a book as ever. The watchmaker belongs to the eighteenth-century theologian William Paley, who argued that just as... (read more)

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Encyclopedia Prehistorica Dinosaurs
Encyclopedia Prehistorica Dinosaurs
by Robert Sabuda
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From renowned pop-up masters Robert Sabuda and Matthew Reinhart comes an awe-inspiring tribute to the world's most beloved extinct animals and their 180-million-year reign on our planet. Open this book and a massive T. REX springs out, flashing a... (read more)

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The Lives of a Cell: Notes of a Biology Watcher
The Lives of a Cell: Notes of a Biology Watcher
by Lewis Thomas
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Elegant, suggestive, and clarifying, Lewis Thomas's profoundly humane vision explores the world around us and examines the complex interdependence of all things.  Extending beyond the usual limitations of biological science and into a vast and... (read more)

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National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Birds: Western Region (Audubon Society Field Guide)
National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Birds: Western Region (Audubon Society Field Guide)
by National Audubon Society
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Regional guides to birds, animals, trees, wildflowers, insects, weather, nature preserves, and much more within these western states. Beautifully illustrated with 1,500 photographs, drawings, and maps. The essential guide to the West's natural world.... (read more)

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Campbell Biology (9TH 11 Edition)
Campbell Biology (9TH 11 Edition)
by Jane B. Reece
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Helping Students Make Connections Across Biology   Campbell BIOLOGY is the unsurpassed leader in introductory biology. The text’s hallmark values–accuracy, currency, and passion for teaching and learning–have made it the most... (read more)

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Human Evolution: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
Human Evolution: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
by Bernard Wood
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This "Very Short Introduction traces the history of paleoanthropology from its I beginnings in the eighteenth century to today's latest fossil finds. Concentrating on the fossil evidence for human evolution, it makes reference to the relevant... (read more)

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Hidden Forest : Biography of an Ecosystem (06 Edition)
Hidden Forest : Biography of an Ecosystem (06 Edition)
by Jon R. Luoma
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The tallest species of spruce, hemlock, fir, cedar, and pine trees on earth coexist in the old growth of the H. J. Andrews Experimental Forest in Oregon's Cascade Range. Set aside as a living laboratory by the U.S. Forest Service in 1948, the 16,000... (read more)

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Darwin's Origin of Species: A Biography (Books That Changed the World)
Darwin's Origin of Species: A Biography (Books That Changed the World)
by Janet Browne
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Charles Darwin’s foremost biographer, Janet Browne, delivers a vivid and accessible introduction to the book that permanently altered our understanding of what it is to be human.  A sensation on its publication in 1859, The Origin of the... (read more)

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Salmon Without Rivers : a History of the Pacific Salmon Crisis (99 Edition)
Salmon Without Rivers : a History of the Pacific Salmon Crisis (99 Edition)
by Jim Lichatowich
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"Fundamentally, the salmon's decline has been the consequence of a vision based on flawed assumptions and unchallenged myths.... We assumed we could control the biological productivity of salmon and 'improve' upon natural processes that we didn't even... (read more)

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Power, Sex, Suicide: Mitochondria and the Meaning of Life
Power, Sex, Suicide: Mitochondria and the Meaning of Life
by Nick Lane
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If it weren't for mitochondria, scientists argue, we'd all still be single-celled bacteria. Indeed, these tiny structures inside our cells are important beyond imagining. Without mitochondria, we would have no cell suicide, no sculpting of embryonic... (read more)

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The Selfish Gene: 30th Anniversary Edition With a New Introduction by the Author
The Selfish Gene: 30th Anniversary Edition With a New Introduction by the Author
by Richard Dawkins
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Richard Dawkins' brilliant reformulation of the theory of natural selection has the rare distinction of having provoked as much excitement and interest outside the scientific community as within it. His theories have helped change the whole nature of the... (read more)

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Endless Forms Most Beautiful: The New Science of Evo Devo and the Making of the Animal Kingdom
Endless Forms Most Beautiful: The New Science of Evo Devo and the Making of the Animal Kingdom
by Sean B. Carroll
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'Evo Devo is evolutionary developmental biology, the third revolution in evolutionary biology. The first was marked by the publication of The Origin of Species. The second occurred in the early twentieth century, when Darwin\'s theories were merged with... (read more)

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Pacific Coast (Audubon Guide)
Pacific Coast (Audubon Guide)
by Bayard Mcconnaughey
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A comprehensive field guide, fully illustrated with color photographs, to the birds, plants, fishes, insects, seashore creatures, and other natural wonders of North America's western shores, from Alaska to southern California.... (read more)

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Exploring the Way Life Works : the Science of Biology (01 Edition)
Exploring the Way Life Works : the Science of Biology (01 Edition)
by Mahlon Hoagland
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The perfect answer for any instructor seeking a more concise, meaninful, and flexible alternative to the standard introductory biology text.... (read more)

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