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Meerkat Manor: Flower of the Kalahari
by Tim Clutton Brock  Publisher Comments Written by the Cambridge professor who made them stars, Meerkat Manor is an exclusive, detailed look inside the lives of the Whiskers, the meerkat clan featured on the hit Animal Planet show. Behind-the-scenes detail provided by expert author Tim Clutton-...
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Sex, Sleep, Eat, Drink, Dream : Day in the Life of Your Body (07 Edition)
by Jennifer Ackerman Publisher Comments The acclaimed science writer Jennifer Ackerman lends her keen eye and lively voice to this marvelous exploration of the human body. Taking us through a typical day, from the arousal of the senses in the morning to the reverie of sleep and dreams...
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Trees: A Visual Guide
by Tony Rodd and Jennifer Stackhouse Publisher Comments Beautifully illustrated and designed, this gorgeous reference book explores the world of trees from every perspective: from the world's great forests to the lifespan of a single leaf. Arresting color photographs of a wide variety of trees and close-ups...
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Time Traveler: A Scientist's Personal Mission to Make Time Travel a Reality
by Dr. Ronald L. Mallett and Bruce Henderson Publisher Comments This is the dramatic and inspirational first-person story of theoretical physicist, Dr. Ronald Mallett, who recently discovered the basic equations for a working time machine that he believes can be used as a transport vehicle to the past. Combining...
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The Beachcomber's Guide to Seashore Life in the Pacific Northwest
by J Duane Sept Publisher Comments A concise beautifully illustrated guide that aids in identifying the most common intertidal animals and plants of British Columbia, Washington and Oregon....
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Of a Feather: A Brief History of American Birding
by Scott Weidensaul Publisher Comments F rom the moment Europeans arrived in North America, they were awestruck by a continent awash with birds—great flocks of wild pigeons, prairies teeming with grouse, woodlands alive with brilliantly colored songbirds. Of a Feather traces the...
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I Am a Strange Loop
by Douglas Hofstadter Publisher Comments Can thought arise out of matter? Can self, soul, consciousness, “I” arise out of mere matter? If it cannot, then how can you or I be here? I Am a Strange Loop argues that the key to understanding selves and consciousness is the “strange...
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Why Beauty Is Truth: A History of Symmetry
by Ian Stewart Publisher Comments Hidden in the heart of the theory of relativity, quantum mechanics, string theory, and modern cosmology lies one idea: symmetry. Symmetry has been a key concept for artists, architects, and musicians for centuries, but as a mathematical principle it...
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Skin: A Natural History
by Nina G. Jablonski Publisher Comments We expose it, cover it, paint it, tattoo it, scar it, and pierce it. Our intimate connection with the world, skin protects us while advertising our health, our identity, and our individuality. This dazzling synthetic overview, written with a poetic touch...
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The Mind of the Market: Compassionate Apes, Competitive Humans, and Other Tales from Evolutionary Economics
by Michael Shermer Publisher Comments Bestselling author Michael Shermer explains how evolution shaped the modern economy — and why people are so irrational about money. How did we make the leap from ancient hunter-gatherers to modern consumers and traders? Why do people get so...
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The Last Wild Wolves: Ghosts of the Rain Forest with DVD
by Ian McAllister Publisher Comments As if appearing in a dream, a stream of wolves emerged from the forest edge. So begins this exhilarating journey to one of the planet's most spectacular regions — Canada's North Pacific coast, our largest intact temperate Rain Forest and one of the...
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A Supremely Bad Idea: Three Mad Birders and Their Quest to See It All
by Luke Dempsey Publisher Comments It was an epiphany: The moment two friends showed Luke Dempsey a small bird flitting around the bushes of his country garden, he fell madly in love. But did he really want to be a birder? Didn’t that mean he’d be forced to eat granola? And...
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Survival of the Sickest: A Medical Maverick Discovers Why We Need Disease
by Sharon Moalem and Jonathan Prince Publisher Comments In "Survival of the Sickest," medical wunderkind Dr. Moalem delves back into the evolution of man to reveal the heretofore unknown and astonishing ways the human body is built to survive....
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A Stubbornly Persistent Illusion: The Essential Scientific Works of Albert Einstein
by Stephen Hawking Publisher Comments Best-selling author and physicist Stephen Hawking assembles the most groundbreaking works by Albert Einstein together into one volume. From the text that revealed the famous “Theory of Relativity” (renowned as the most important scientific discovery...
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An Island Called California: an Ecological Introduction to Its Natural Communities, Second Edition
by Elna S Bakker Publisher Comments Bakker's classic of ecological science now includes three new chapters on Southern California which make the book more useful than ever. Striking new photographs illustrate the diversity of life, climate, and geological formation....
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Success Through Failure: The Paradox of Design
by Henry Petroski Synopsis Design pervades our lives. Everything from drafting a PowerPoint presentation to planning a state-of-the-art bridge embodies this universal human activity. But what makes a great design? In this compelling and wide-ranging look at the essence of...
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The Chronologers' Quest: The Search for the Age of the Earth
by Patrick Wyse Jackson Publisher Comments Jackson investigates the methods used to determine the Earth's age from thosewith little scientific background to scientists in earth sciences....
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The Living Cosmos: Our Search for Life in the Universe
by Chris Impey Publisher Comments This work is a fascinating exploration of the search for life in the universe by one of todays most compelling voices in astrobiology--one of the fastest growing and most popular fields of science. Illustrated....
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The Silent Deep: The Discovery, Ecology, and Conservation of the Deep Sea
by Julian Antho Koslow Publisher Comments The deep sea, closed until recently to exploration, was long dismissed as lifeless and uninteresting. Only in the last fifty years or so did the deep sea—with its Lilliputian fauna on the seafloor; its seemingly bizarre life forms at mid-ocean...
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Return To Wild America (06 Edition)
by Weidensaul Publisher Comments On the eve of the 50th anniversary of the publication of "Wild America," naturalist Scott Weidensaul retraces Roger Tory Peterson's and James Fisher's steps to tell the story of wild America today....
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