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• Geography
  Travel and Recreation
  Nature
  Nutrition Research
  Memory
  Fossils
   
  

  The Eternal Frontier: An Ecological History of North America and Its Peoples

  Reading The Eternal Frontier might be the closest you'll get to taking a class from Tim Flannery--and that alone makes it an opportunity just too good to pass up. This ambitious retelling of North ...  > read more
• Anthropology
  Human Evolution
  Early Humans
  Nature
  Human Biology
  Apes
   
  

  The Great Human Diasporas: The History of Diversity and Evolution (Helix Books)

  The title The Great Human Diasporas implies that this book is a history of human migration, but it is much more. It is a readable, accessible summary of the lifework of Luca Cavalli-Sforza, who has ...  > read more
• Educational Policy
  Educational Psychology
  Privacy Issues
  Workplace Health
  Energy Policy
  Environmental Policy
   
  

  Reporting Technical Information

  BETTER WRITING AND SUCCESS AT WORK BEGIN IN YOUR CLASSROOM WITH REPORTING TECHNICAL INFORMATION, ELEVENTH EDITION, A CLASSIC TEXT WITH THOROUGHLY CONTEMPORARY CONTENT. One of the leading texts in ...  > 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
• 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
• Hurricanes and Cyclones
  Severe Weather
  Accident and Trauma
  Disaster Plan
  Social Issues
  Psychology
   
  

  Come Hell or High Water: Hurricane Katrina and the Color of Disaster

  When Hurricane Katrina tore through New Orleans and the Gulf Coast, hundreds of thousands were left behind to suffer the ravages of destruction, disease, and even death. The majority of these ...  > read more
• Space Policy
  Anthropology
  Human Biology
  Space Exploration
  Aviation
  Today's Healthcare
   
  

  Stiff

  An oddly compelling, often hilarious exploration of the strange lives of our bodies postmortem. For two thousand years, cadavers-some willingly, some unwittingly-have been involved in science's ...  > read more
• Brain Injury
  Brain Tumor
  Intelligence
  Psychology Research
  Neuroscience
  Disorders and Syndromes
   
  

  Train Your Mind, Change Your Brain: How a New Science Reveals Our Extraordinary Potential to Transform Ourselves

  Is it really possible to change the structure and function of the brain, and in so doing alter how we think and feel? The answer is a resounding yes. In late 2004, leading Western scientists joined ...  > 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
• Caving
  Archaeology
  Extreme Survival
  Ancient Civilizations
  Anthropology
  Nature
   
  

  The Mind in the Cave: Consciousness and the Origins of Art

  The breathtakingly beautiful art created deep inside the caves of western Europe has the power to dazzle even the most jaded observers. Emerging from the narrow underground passages into the chambers ...  > read more

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