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The World Without Us
A penetrating, page-turning
tour of a post-human Earth
In The World Without Us,
Alan Weisman offers an
utterly original approach to
questions of
humanity’s impact on
the planet: he asks us to
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The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
A New York Times bestseller
that has changed the way
readers view the ecology of
eating, this revolutionary
book by award winner Michael
Pollan asks the seemingly
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The God Delusion
Discover magazine recently
called Richard Dawkins
"Darwin's Rottweiler" for
his fierce and effective
defense of evolution.
Prospect magazine voted him
among the top three public
intellectuals in the world
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Stumbling on Happiness
Do you know what makes you
happy? Daniel Gilbert would
bet that you think you do,
but you are most likely
wrong. In his witty and
engaging new book, Harvard
professor Gilbert reveals
his take on how our minds
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The Selfish Gene: 30th Anniversary Edition--with a new Introduction by the Author
Inheriting the mantle of revolutionary biologist from Darwin, Watson, and Crick, Richard Dawkins forced an enormous change in the way we see ourselves and the world with the publication of The ... > read more -
Bird Songs
Drawing from the collection of the world-renowned Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Bird Songs presents the most notable North American birds including the rediscovered Ivory-billed ... > read more -
Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain
The act of reading is a miracle. Every new reader's brain possesses the extraordinary capacity to rearrange itself beyond its original abilities in order to understand written symbols. But how does ... > read more -
Beautiful Code: Leading Programmers Explain How They Think (Theory in Practice (O'Reilly))
How do the experts solve difficult problems in software development? In this unique and insightful book, leading computer scientists offer case studies that reveal how they found unusual, carefully ... > read more -
Warped Passages: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Universe's Hidden Dimensions
The universe has many secrets. It may hide additional dimensions of space other than the familier three we recognize. There might even be another universe adjacent to ours, invisible and ... > read more -
The Prize : The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power
Daniel Yergin's first prize-winning book, Shattered Peace, was a history of the Cold War. Afterwards the young academic star joined the energy project of the Harvard Business School and wrote the ... > read more -
Emotional Intelligence: 10th Anniversary Edition; Why It Can Matter More Than IQ
Everyone knows that high IQ is no guarantee of success, happiness, or virtue, but until Emotional Intelligence, we could only guess why. Daniel Goleman's brilliant report from the frontiers of ... > read more -
The First Word: The Search for the Origins of Language
A compelling look at the quest for the origins of human language from an accomplished linguist Language is a distinctly human gift. However, because it leaves no permanent trace, its evolution has ... > read more -
Why Darwin Matters: The Case Against Intelligent Design
Science is on the defensive. Half of Americans reject the theory of evolution and intelligent-design campaigns are gaining ground. Classroom by classroom, creationism is overthrowing biology. In Why ... > read more -
The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Eastern North America
The Sibley Guide to Birds has quickly become the new standard of excellence in bird identification guides, covering more than 810 North American birds in amazing detail. Now comes a new portable ... > read more
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