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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 -
The Sumerians: Their History, Culture, and Character (Phoenix Books)
The Sumerians, the pragmatic and gifted people who preceded the Semites in the land first known as Sumer and later as Babylonia, created what was probably the first high civilization in the history ... > read more -
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 -
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 -
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 -
National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Fossils (National Audubon Society Field Guide Series)
This, the first all-photographic field guide to cover fossils found throughout North America north of Mexico, includes nearly 500 full-color photographs identifying corals, trilobites, shells, teeth, ... > read more -
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 -
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 -
In Quest of the Universe
Thoroughly updated and revised, In Quest of the Universe, Fifth Edition, is the most comprehensive, one-semester introductory level astronomy text available. The authors' clear, concise writing ... > read more -
The Physics of Star Trek
What warps when you're traveling at warp speed? What's the difference between the holodeck and a hologram? What happens when you get beamed up? What is the difference between a Wormhole and a Black ... > read more
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