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Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters
by Matt Ridley  
From Powells.com Matt Ridley's Genome is one of the best, and most popular, works of popular science of recent years, in line with such instant classics as Richard Rhodes's The Making of the Atomic Bomb or Brian Greene's The Elegant Universe. Ever since James Watson and...
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Pacific Coast Fern Finder (Nature Study Guides)
by Glenn Keator Publisher Comments These pocket-sized Nature Study Guides describe plants and animals in easy-to-understand language. They include drawings, keys, terms, symbols, and glossaries. Each book covers a specific region....
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The Journey of Man: A Genetic Odyssey
by Spencer Wells Publisher Comments Around 60,000 years ago, a man—genetically identical to us—lived in Africa. Every person alive today is descended from him. How did this real-life Adam wind up as the father of us all? What happened to the descendants of other men who lived...
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The Evolution Explosion: How Humans Cause Rapid Evolutionary Change
by Stephen R Palumbi Synopsis Evolution happens quickly--so frequently that it changes how people live: drugs fail because diseases evolve; insects overcome powerful pesticides; HIV and tuberculosis develop resistance to new drugs in a few months. "The Evolution Explosion" examines...
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First Guide To Insects (87 Edition)
by Roger Tory Peterson Publisher Comments The first books the beginning naturalist needs. Simplified versions of the full-size guides, they make it easy to get started in the field....
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Field Guide to the Grasses, Sedges, and Rushes of the Northern United States
by Edward Knobel Publisher Comments Easily used, pictorially organized, keyed survey of important varieties. Modernized. 500 illustrations....
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The Ten Trusts: What We Must Do to Care for the Animals We Love
by Jane Goodall Publisher Comments Now in paperback– the ten things we must do to ensure a safe and peaceful world, from legendary environmentalist Jane Goodall and brilliant animal behaviorist, Marc Bekoff. Combining her life's work living among the chimpanzees with her spiritual...
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Microbiology (Essentials)
by Tammy S. Race Mccormick Publisher Comments Subjects include the history of microbiology, equipment and techniques, diversity of microorganisms, genetics, metabolism, transport of molecules, role of microbes in disease, microbes in the environment, and microbes in industry....
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Insects
by Herbert Spencer Zim Synopsis A guide to North American insects which gives popular name, describes life and reproduction cycles and feeding habits, and includes a range guide....
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Fear Falls Away: And Other Essays from Hard and Rocky Places
by Janice Emily Bowers Publisher Comments Jan Bowers lives in the right place. A lover of nature and the outdoors, an avid hiker and backpacker, she is surrounded by mountain ridges, peaks, and canyons of almost every description. In this book, she invites us to come along and find out why some...
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Metamorphosis: Nature's Magical Transformations
by Alvin Silverstein Publisher Comments With this easy-to-read book, children will discover the facts behind the seemingly magical conversions that transform a wooly caterpillar into a graceful butterfly and a swimming tadpole into a leaping frog. This book presents a well-illustrated look at...
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Virus X: Tracking the New Killer Plagues
by Frank Ryan Publisher Comments In a book that takes readers into the "hot zones" of today's most dangerous viral outbreaks, Dr. Frank Ryan presents a radical theory about the origins of these deadly microbes, and reveals what research scientists and doctors are doing to try and...
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Second Creation Dolly & the Age of Biolo
by Ian Wilmut Synopsis With help from an award-winning science writer, the two Roslin Institute researchers who cloned Dolly from the cell of an adult sheep in 1997 explain the scientific possibilities and examine the ethical implications of their pioneering genetic...
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The Shattered Self: The End of Natural Evolution
by Pierre Baldi Publisher Comments Throughout history, we have selected and manipulated the genomes of plants, animals, and even ourselves. Until now, however, such control could be exerted only at the level of the entire organism. Scientific and technological advances now allow us to...
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Mac's Field Guide to Midwest Garden Bugs (Mac's Guides)
by Craig Macgowan Synopsis Two-sided plastic laminated cards developed by a teacher of marine science. Color drawings, common and scientific names, information on size and habitat....
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The Touchstone of Life: Molecular Information, Cell Communication, and the Foundations of Life
by Werner Loewenstein Publisher Comments No one can escape a sense of wonder when looking at an organism from within. From the humblest amoeba to man, from the smallest cell organelle to the amazing human brain, life presents us with example after example of highly ordered cellular matter...
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Pocket Naturalist Everglades Wildlif 1ST Edition
by James Kavanagh Publisher Comments Everglades Wildlife is a practical guide to the most commonly seen birds, reptiles, marine life and mammals in this Florida sanctuary. Printed on weatherproof material, this guide offers quick and easy information for the eco-minded tourist....
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Rapture: How Biotech Became the New Religion
by Brian Alexander Publisher Comments In California, a woman desperately hoping to usher in a new spiritual age conspires with her scientist boyfriend to clone herself. In Massachusetts, the founder of a famous biotech company strives to deliver on the apocalyptic vision of human immortality....
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Penguin Dictionary of Biology 9TH Edition
by M Thain Publisher Comments 'The Penguin Dictionary of Biology defines some 6,000 terms relating to this rich, complex, and constantly expanding subjectfrom amino acids, bacteria, and the cell cycle to X-ray diffraction, Ychromosomes, and zygotes. Long established as the definitive...
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Seashore Life: National Geographic My First Pocket Guides (National Geographic My First Pocket Guides)
by Jenna Kinghorn Publisher Comments A close-up look at seashore life—both in the ocean and on the beach. Examines the sea horse, sea cucumber, octopus, four types of crab, six birds, seashells such as periwinkles, and many other engaging creatures....
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