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Justinian's Flea: Plague, Empire, and the Birth of Europe
A richly told story of the collision between nature's smallest organism and history's mightiest empire The Emperor Justinian reunified Rome's fractured empire by defeating the Goths and Vandals who ... > read more -
An Ocean of Air: Why the Wind Blows and Other Mysteries of the Atmosphere
We spend our lives surrounded by air, hardly even noticing it. It’s the most miraculous substance on earth, yet responsible for our food, our weather, our water, and our ability to hear. In ... > read more -
National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Birds: Eastern Region - Revised Edition
Covering 508 bird species found east of the Rocky Mountains, the revised second edition takes into account changes in taxonomy and uses improved photography. At the heart of the guide is a set of 646 ... > read more -
Don't Know Much About Geography: Everything You Need to Know About the World but Never Learned (Don't Know Much About...)
Davis consistently does what your junior high teacher probably didn't; he makes geography amusing and riveting. From early concepts of whether the world was a disk floating in water (Thales) or ... > read more -
The Night Sky 30°-40° (Large; North Latitude)
The Night Sky is a rotating star finder (planisphere) that allows the user to recognize the constellations for any time of night, any day of the year. The sky appears to rotate (due to the rotation ... > read more -
Essential Genetics: A Genomic Perspective
Completely updated to reflect new discoveries and current thinking in the field, the fourth edition of Essential Genetics is designed for the shorter, less comprehensive introductory course in ... > read more -
Elemental Geosystems
This book gives readers an accessible, systematic, non-mathematical, and visually appealing start in physical geography. It features a distinctive, holistic integration of human-Earth relationships, ... > read more -
Before the Dawn: Recovering the Lost History of Our Ancestors
Nicholas Wade's articles are a major reason why the science section has become the most popular, nationwide, in the New York Times. In his groundbreaking Before the Dawn, Wade reveals humanity's ... > read more -
The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance
Where's your next disease coming from? From anywhere in the world--from overflowing sewage in Cairo, from a war zone in Rwanda, from an energy-efficient office building in California, from a pig farm ... > read more -
Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters (P.S.)
Science writer Matt Ridley has found a way to tell someone else's story without being accused of plagiarism. Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters delves deep within your body (and, ... > read more
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