Archaeology Books

• Lost Treasures
  Early Climate
  Archaeology
  Mathematics
  Mathematical Modeling
  Biology
   
  

  Principles of Archaeology

  This new text offers an engaging, straightforward, and profusely illustrated introduction to archaeological method and theory. It captures the excitement and complexity of the field by focusing on ...  > read more
• Virology
  Viruses
  Nature
  Anthropology
  Microbes and More
  Bioethics
   
  

  The American Plague

  In this account, a journalist traces the course of yellow fever, stopping in 1878 Memphis to "vividly [evoke] the Faulkner-meets-'Dawn of the Dead' horrors,"*-and moving on to today's strain of the ...  > read more
• Trees
  Geography
  New Species
  Botany
  Forest
  Exotic Species
   
  

  The Illustrated Book of Trees: The Comprehensive Field Guide to More Than 250 Trees of Eastern North America

  225 drawings * 6 x 9 * Completely revised and updated, with range maps and quick-reference identification keys * More than 30 new species described and illustrated William Carey Grimm's classic ...  > read more
• Albert Einstein
  Black Holes
  Physics
  Quantum Physics
  Astrophysics
  Astronomy
   
  

  Einstein's Enigma or Black Holes in My Bubble Bath

  Einstein's Enigma or Black Holes in My Bubble Bath is a humourous and informal rendition of the story of gravitation theory from the early historic origins to the latest developments in astrophysics, ...  > read more
• Space Exploration
  NASA
  Space Policy
  Space Missions
  Space Probes
  Satellites
   
  

  Space Systems Failures: Disasters and Rescues of Satellites, Rockets and Space Probes

  In the 1960s and 1970s deep space missions were dispatched in pairs in case one was lost in launch or failed during its journey. Following the triumphs of the Viking landings on Mars in 1976 and both ...  > read more
• Sun
  Geomagnetic Storms
  Solar Flare
  Astronomy
  Vitamin D
  Earth Science
   
  

  Sun, Earth and Sky

  This Second Edition of Sun, Earth and Sky updates the popular text by providing comprehensive accounts of the most recent discoveries made by five modern solar spacecraft during the past decade. ...  > read more
• Black Holes
  Cosmology
  Child Development
  Infant's Health
  Physics
  Earth Science
   
  

  Black Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays

  Readers worldwide have come to know the work of  Stephen Hawking through his phenomenal million-copy  hardcover best-seller A Brief History of Time. Bantam is proud to present ...  > read more
• Fisheries
  Geography
  Nutrition Research
  Anthropology
  Mathematical Modeling
  Math Puzzles
   
  

  Cod

  Wars have been fought over it, revolutions have been spurred by it, national diets have been based on it, economies have depended on it, and the settlement of North America was driven by it. Cod, it ...  > read more
• Archaeology
  Early Climate
  Fossils
  Origin of Life
  Lost Treasures
  Biology
   
  

  Archaeology

  This new edition by David Hurst Thomas and Robert L. Kelly pairs two of archaeology's most recognized names--with a combined 70 years of experience--for the first time. David Hurst Thomas of the ...  > read more
• Early Humans
  Human Evolution
  Cats
  Disability
  Civil Engineering
  Origin of Life
   
  

  The Man-Eaters of Tsavo

  In 1898 John H. Patterson arrived in East Africa with a mission to build a railway bridge over the Tsavo River. What started out as a simple engineering problem, however, soon took on almost mythical ...  > read more

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