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Guns, Germs and Steel : the Fates of Human Societies (97 Edition)
by Jared Diamond  
Publisher Comments A global account of the rise of civilization that is also a stunning refutation of ideas of human development based on race. Until around 11,000 b.c., all peoples were still Stone Age hunter/gatherers. At that point, a great divide occurred in the...
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The Female Brain
by Louann Brizendine
Powells.com 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...
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Kluge: The Haphazard Construction of the Human Mind
by Gary Marcus Publisher Comments How the accidents of evolution created our quirky, imperfect minds; and what we can do about it. Are we noble in reason? Perfect, in God's image? Far from it, says New York University psychologist Gary Marcus. In this lucid and revealing book, Marcus...
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In Pursuit of the Gene: From Darwin to DNA
by James Schwartz Publisher Comments If you have ever wondered what goes on in a genetics lab, here is the answer. In this sparkling and timely book James Schwartz reveals the remarkable history of the gene from its nineteenth-century origins as an entirely imaginary concept to the modern...
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Survival of the Sickest: The Surprising Connections Between Disease and Longevity (P.S.)
by Sharon Moalem Publisher Comments Joining the ranks of modern myth busters, Dr. Sharon Moalem turns our current understanding of illness on its head and challenges us to fundamentally change the way we think about our bodies, our health, and our relationship to just about every other...
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On the Surface of Things: Images of the Extraordinary in Science
by Felice Frankel and George M. Whitesides Publisher Comments Using innovative photographic technology, Felice Frankel finds startling abstract beauty on the surfaces of objects all around us. Chemist George M. Whitesides explains each photograph, describing why and how each of these phenomena occur....
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A Walk Around the Pond: Insects in and Over the Water
by Gilbert Waldbauer Publisher Comments A water strider darts across a pond, its feet dimpling the surface tension; a giant water bug dives below, carrying his mate's eggs on his back; hidden among plant roots on the silty bottom, a dragonfly larva stalks unwary minnows. Barely skimming the...
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A Grain of Sand: Nature's Secret Wonder
by Gary Greenberg Publisher Comments Every grain of sand is a jewel waiting to be discovered. That’s what Dr. Gary Greenberg found when he first turned his specially designed 3-D microscope on beach sand. Gemlike mineral grains, colorful coral fragments, and delicate microscopic...
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Microcosm: E. Coli and the New Science of Life
by Carl Zimmer Publisher Comments -Within days of being born, we are infected with billions of E. coli, They will inhabit each and every one of us until we die. E. coli is notorious for making people gravely ill, but engineered strains of the bacteria save millions of lives each year...
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Primeval Kinship: How Pair-Bonding Gave Birth to Human Society
by Bernard Chapais Publisher Comments At some point in the course of evolution (from a primeval social organization of early hominids) all human societies, past and present, would emerge. In this account of the dawn of human society, Bernard Chapais shows that our knowledge about kinship...
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What Is Life? Investigating the Nature of Life in the Age of Synthetic Biology
by Ed Regis Publisher Comments In 1944, the Nobel Prize–winning physicist Erwin Schrödinger published a groundbreaking little book called What Is Life? In fewer than one hundred pages, he argued that life was not a mysterious or inexplicable phenomenon, as many people...
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Art Forms in Nature: The Prints of Ernst Haeckel
by Ernst Haeckel Synopsis The geometric shapes and natural forms, captured with exceptional precision in Ernst Haeckel's prints, still influence artists and designers to this day. This volume highlights the research and findings of this natural scientist....
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Deadly Companions: How Microbes Shaped Our History
by Dorothy H. Crawford Publisher Comments Ever since we started huddling together in caves, the story of human history has been inextricably wed to the story of microbes. Bacteria and viruses have evolved and spread among us, shaping our society even as our changing human culture has shaped...
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Darwin's Origin of Species: A Biography (Books That Changed the World)
by Janet Browne Publisher Comments 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...
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Shroom: A Cultural History of the Magic Mushroom
by Andy Letcher Publisher Comments Did mushroom tea kick-start ancient Greek philosophy? Was Alice's Adventures in Wonderland a thinly veiled psychedelic mushroom odyssey? Is Santa Claus really a magic mushroom in disguise? The world of the magic mushroom is a place where shamans and...
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The Five-Second Rule and Other Myths about Germs: What Everyone Should Know about Bacteria, Viruses, Mold, and Mildew
by Anne E. Maczulak Publisher Comments They're everywhere! In water, food, air, and soil. On the kitchen counter and in the bathroom. On our skin, in our intestines, and even swimming in our mouths! They affect us every second of our lives, but most microbes are terribly misunderstood. The...
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Northwest Coastal Invertebrates (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 Grandest of Lives: Eye to Eye with Whales
by Douglas H. Chadwick Publisher Comments The largest creatures ever to inhabit the Earth, whales have long inspired awe in humans. But because they spend virtually all of their time beneath the ocean surface, little has been known about their lives. Now, with advances in technology, new facts...
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Mac's Field Guide Good/Bad Garden Bugs of the Pacific Northwest
by Craig Macgowna 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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Muses, Madmen, and Prophets: Hearing Voices and the Borders of Sanity
by Daniel B. Smith Publisher Comments An inquiry into hearing voicesaone of humanityas most profound phenomena Auditory hallucination is one of the most awe-inspiring, terrifying, and ill-understood tricks of which the human psyche is capable. In the age of modern medical science, we have...
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