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Little Things in a Big Country: An Artist and Her Dog on the Rocky Mountain Front
by Hannah Hinchman  Publisher Comments A unique alchemy of art and natural history--a hand-lettered and illustrated tale of a year's rambles in the northern Rockies. Whether chasing gophers or flirting with cowboys at the Buckhorn Bar, artist Hinchman and her dog Sisu are excellent guides to...
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Grave Secrets of Dinosaurs: Soft Tissues and Hard Science
by Phillip Manning Publisher Comments In this unprecedented book, a leading paleontologist puts some meat on the bones of science, uncovering rare mummies that revolutionize what scientists know about dinosaurs. 30 b&w photographs....
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Human: The Science Behind What Makes Us Unique
by Michael S Gazzaniga Publisher Comments One of the world's leading neuroscientists explores how best to understand the human condition by examining the biological, psychological, and highly social nature of our species within the social context of our lives. What happened along the...
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The Survival Imperative: Using Space to Protect Earth
by William E. Burrows Publisher Comments A daring new vision of our future in space from an internationally renowned science journalist. “The U.S. space program, which hasn’t had a coherent goal since the Apollo missions to the Moon, is in shambles. I believe its overarching goal in...
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Kaleidoscope Sky
by Tim Herd Publisher Comments A magical, illustrated tour of nature's wondrous, almost supernatural skyscapes, Kaleidoscope Sky reveals the beauty—and the science—behind Earth's rarest, most unusual celestial phenomena. For millennia, the sky has provided a spectacular...
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Who You Callin' Chicken?
by Thea Feldman Publisher Comments Why did the chicken cross the road? To get its copy of Who You Callin' Chicken?, of course! Now these are funky chickens! Photographer Stephen Green-Armytage wowed adults with his chicken portraiture in Extraordinary Chickens. Now children will cock-a...
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Saving Planet Earth
by Tony Juniper Publisher Comments The time is now . . . There is no longer any question that our planet is in danger—or that human actions have been a primary cause. But how well do we, as individuals, understand both the far-reaching consequences of our actions and the varied...
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Dwellings: A Spiritual History of the Living World
by Linda Hogan Publisher Comments Award-winning Chickasaw poet and novelist Linda Hogan explores her lifelong love of the living world and all its inhabitants. "We want to live as if there is no other place," Hogan tells us, "as if we will always be here. We want to live with devotion to...
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The Carbon Age: How Life's Core Element Has Become Civilization's Greatest Threat
by Eric Roston Publisher Comments The story of carbon—the building block of life that is, ironically, humanity’s great threat . It could be said that all of us are a little alien—our bodies’ carbon atoms first shot forth from supernovas billions of years ago and...
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The Dominant Animal: Human Evolution and the Environment
by Paul R. Ehrlich and Anne H. Ehrlich Publisher Comments In humanity's more than 100,000 year history, we have evolved from vulnerable creatures clawing sustenance from Earth to a sophisticated global society manipulating every inch of it. In short, we have become the dominant animal. Why, then, are we...
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Hispaniola: A Photographic Journey Through Island Biodiversity/Bioversidad a Traves de Un Recorrido Fotografico
by Eladio Fernandez Publisher Comments Showcased in nearly 400 spectacular color photographs, the natural beauty of Hispaniola is unveiled in this volume of essays--in both English and Spanish--that make known the islands fungi, plants, and animals by the experts who know them best....
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Earth Under Fire: How Global Warming Is Changing the World
by Gary Braasch Publisher Comments Award-winning photojournalist Braasch presents this illustrated guide to the effects of climate change on the Earth and its inhabitants. The accompanying text offers an upbeat and intelligent account of how to lessen the effects of our near total...
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My Einstein
by John Brockman Publisher Comments This collection of essays about Albert Einstein reflect views, perspectives, and an estimation of him and the implications of his work....
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The Four Man Plan: A Romantic Science
by Cindy Lu Publisher Comments Author and actress Lu had dated one wrong guy after another until she decided to use her math skills to fix her romantic life. The result is a brilliant system for finding love that combines the certainties of math and human behavior into a sure-fire...
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iWoz: Computer Geek to Cult Icon: How I Invented the Personal Computer, Co-Founded Apple, and Had Fun Doing It
by Steve Wozniak and Gina Smith Publisher Comments The mastermind behind Apple sheds his low profile and steps forward to tell his story for the first time. Before cell phones that fit in the palm of your hand and slim laptops that fit snugly into briefcases, computers were like strange, alien...
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An Ocean of Air: Why the Wind Blows and Other Mysteries of the Atmosphere
by Gabrielle Walker 
Powells.com Staff Pick Fans of Dava Sobel and Simon Winchester: this book is for you. A fascinating brief history of the scientists and mathematicians who discovered the atmosphere that makes our planet habitable, Walker's intricate and engaging book quickly captures the...
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Our Changing Planet: The View from Space
by Michael D King Publisher Comments For over 40 years, satellites have been orbiting the Earth quietly monitoring the state of our planet. Unseen by most of us, they are providing information on the many changes taking place, from movements in the land and volcanic eruptions, to human...
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The Physics of Christmas: From the Aerodynamics of Reindeer to the Thermodynamics of Turkey
by Roger Highfield Publisher Comments CAN REINDEER FLY?<P>WHY IS SANTA CLAUS FAT?<P>COULD SCIENTISTS CLONE THE PERFECT CHRISTMAS TREE?<P>WAS THE STAR OF BETHLEHEM REALLY A COMET?<P>WHY IS RUDOLPH'S NOSE RED?<P>HOW DOES SANTA MANAGE TO DELIVER PRESENTS TO AN...
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Hiding in the Mirror: The Quest for Alternate Realities, from Plato to String Theory
by Lawrence M. Krauss Publisher Comments An exploration of mankinds fascination with worlds beyond our ownby the bestselling author of The Physics of Star Trek Lawrence Krauss an international leader in physics and cosmologyexamines our long and ardent romance with parallel universes, veiled...
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The Stem Cell Dilemma: Beacons of Hope or Harbingers of Doom?
by Leo Furcht Book News Annotation Writing for general readers, Furcht and Hoffman (both: medicine, U. of Minnesota) explore the controversy around using stem cells for research and treatment by discussing the historical and scientific underpinnings of the field. Their topics include...
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