Fitness Books

• Aviation
  Racial Disparity
  Astronomy
  Engineering
   
  

  Angle of Attack: Harrison Storms and the Race to the Moon

  Imagine a version of The Right Stuff whose protagonists are engineers rather than cocky test pilots-turned-astronauts. Author Mike Gray gives a gripping account of the men who led the North American ...  > read more
• Language Acquisition
  Child Development
  Children's Health
  Educational Psychology
  Educational Policy
  Social Psychology
   
  

  Teaching Students with Language and Communication Disabilities (3rd Edition)

  More than ever, it is essential that all students have language and communication skills that will help them be successful in school and in the community. This text provides teachers and other ...  > read more
• Cosmology
  Astrophysics
  Astronomy
  Big Bang
  Cosmic Rays
  World Development
   
  

  Death by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandaries

  "One of today's best popularizers of science."—Kirkus ReviewsLoyal readers of the monthly "Universe" essays in Natural History magazine have long recognized Neil deGrasse Tyson's talent for ...  > read more
• Dinosaurs
  Origin of Life
  Healthy Aging
  Early Birds
  Batteries
  Early Mammals
   
  

  The Complete Guide to Prehistoric Life

  The most exciting view of prehistoric life. "Comprehensive, illustrated encyclopedia to prehistoric animals... lifelike detail... this easily readable book should appeal to dinosaur enthusiasts of ...  > read more
• Early Humans
  Human Evolution
  Cultures
  Evolution
  Origin of Life
  Nature
   
  

  The Wisdom of the Bones: In Search of Human Origins

  Traveling to the desolate rock-strewn deserts of northen Kenya, where the temperature can hit a brutal and dry 130 degrees, would be enough of a trip, but scientist Alan Walker also takes us on a ...  > read more
• Photography
  Monkeys
  Venus
  Psychology
  Relationships
  Today's Healthcare
   
  

  Monkey Portraits

  Book Description:We share about 98 percent of our DNA with chimpanzees, our closest biological cousins. And never have the similarities between simians and humans been so amusingly and brilliantly ...  > read more
• Origin of Life
  Earth Science
  Disaster Plan
  Healthy Aging
  Geology
  Asteroids, Comets and Meteors
   
  

  Here Be Dragons: The Scientific Quest for Extraterrestrial Life

  "Experts in many diverse disciplines have come together to form a new science: astrobiology," report astronomer David Koerner and biologist-writer Simon LeVay. It is a fundamentally new enterprise, ...  > read more
• Geology
  Earth Science
  Earthquakes
  Nature
  Near-Earth Object Impacts
  Asteroids, Comets and Meteors
   
  

  Origin and Evolution of Earth: Principles of Historical Geology

  Appropriate for one-semester courses in historical geology. This text assumes basic prerequisite coursework in physical geology.This exceptionally readable text gives students an in-depth and ...  > read more
• Dinosaurs
  Fish
  Marine Biology
  Fossils
  Frogs and Reptiles
  Nature
   
  

  Sea Dragons: Predators Of The Prehistoric Oceans

  In the days when dinosaurs dominated the earth, their marine counterparts-every bit as big and ferocious-reigned supreme in prehistoric seas. In this entrancing book, Richard Ellis, one of the ...  > read more
• Astrophysics
  Galaxies
  Cosmology
  Astronomy
  Big Bang
  Dark Matter
   
  

  Galaxies in the Universe: An Introduction

  This extensively illustrated book presents the astrophysics of galaxies since their beginnings in the early Universe. It has been thoroughly revised to take into account the most recent observational ...  > read more

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