Grassland Books

• Ancient Civilizations
  Swine Flu
  New Species
  Lost Treasures
  Travel and Recreation
  Ice Ages
   
  

  Mexico: From the Olmecs to the Aztecs (Fifth Edition)

  Michael D. Coe's Mexico has long been recognized as the most readable and authoritative introduction to the region's ancient civilizations. This companion to his best-selling The Maya has now been ...  > read more
• Computer Modeling
  Genes
  Mathematical Modeling
  Weather
  Human Biology
  Biochemistry
   
  

  Biological Sequence Analysis: Probabilistic Models of Proteins and Nucleic Acids

  Probablistic models are becoming increasingly important in analyzing the huge amount of data being produced by large-scale DNA-sequencing efforts such as the Human Genome Project. For example, ...  > read more
• Fossils
  Geography
  Photography
  Lost Treasures
  Apes
  Geochemistry
   
  

  Florida's Fossils: Guide to Location, Identification and Enjoyment

  Revised edition. Updated directions (with maps) on where and how to hunt for fossils in the Sunshine State. Complete photo identification section and insightful comments on the history of the fossil ...  > read more
• Big Bang
  Life Sciences
  Biochemistry Research
   
  

  Peterson First Guide to Butterflies and Moths (Peterson First Guides(R))

  Peterson First Guides are the first books the beginning naturalist needs. Condensed versions of the famous Peterson Field Guides, the First Guides focus on the animals, plants, and other natural ...  > read more
• Anthropology
  Bioethics
  Government Regulation
  Nature
  Cosmology
  Archaeology
   
  

  History Begins at Sumer: Thirty-Nine Firsts in Recorded History

  Which civilization had the first system of law? The first formal educational system? The first tax cut? The first love song? The answers were found in excavations of ancient Sumer, a society so ...  > read more
• Earth Science
  Geology
  Earthquakes
  Near-Earth Object Impacts
  Nature
  Asteroids, Comets and Meteors
   
  

  Earth: An Introduction to Physical Geology (9th Edition)

  To understand timely issues such as natural disasters and environmental challenges–and to evaluate solutions to related problems–the average citizen needs a basic awareness of the ...  > read more
• Photography
   
  

  A Brief Atlas of the Human Body

  This four-color atlas is bundled with the text upon request, and includes 107 bone and 47 soft tissue photographs with easy-to-read labels. Featuring photos taken by renowned biomedical photographer ...  > read more
• Exotic Species
  Invasive Species
  Endangered Plants
  Botany
  Pests and Parasites
  Grassland
   
  

  Native Alternatives to Invasive Plants (Brooklyn Botanic Garden All-Region Guide)

  The biggest enemy of any garden is not a pest, disease, or poison—it’s any plant with tougher survival skills than the plants it competes with. The best way to weed out the invaders is ...  > read more
• Menopause
  Sustainability
  Gender Difference
  Trees
  Environmental Policy
  Forest
   
  

  The Green Belt Movement: Sharing the Approach and the Experience

  Wangari Muta Maathai was born in Nyeri, Kenya in 1940. In 1960, she won a Kennedy scholarship to study in America and earned a master's degree in biology from the University of Pittsburgh and became ...  > read more
• Origin of Life
  Extinction
  Healthy Aging
  Nature
  Dinosaurs
  Earth Science
   
  

  Dawn of the Dinosaurs: Life in the Triassic (Life of the Past)

  Before the Age of Dinosaurs there was an age in Earth's history known as the Triassic. It was a world of truly fantastic creatures, a genetic stew of the ancient and the modern. During this time ...  > read more

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