Prion Books

• Dogs
  Tundra
  Mammals
  Early Mammals
  Animals
  Wild Animals
   
  

  Never Cry Wolf : Amazing True Story of Life Among Arctic Wolves

  More than a half-century ago the Canadian Wildlife Service assigned the naturalist Farley Mowat to investigate why wolves were killing arctic caribou. Mowat's account of the summer he lived in the ...  > read more
• Mating and Breeding
  Evolution
  Gender Difference
  Evolutionary Biology
  Charles Darwin
  Popular Culture
   
  

  The Mating Mind: How Sexual Choice Shaped the Evolution of Human Nature

  Evolutionary psychology has been called the "new black" of science fashion, though at its most controversial, it more resembles the emperor's new clothes. Geoffrey Miller is one of the Young Turks ...  > read more
• Fish
  Fisheries
  Marine Biology
  Sea Life
  Food and Agriculture
  Zoology
   
  

  The Most Important Fish in the Sea: Menhaden and America

  In this brilliant portrait of the oceans’ unlikely hero, H. Bruce Franklin shows how menhaden have shaped America’s national—and natural—history, and why reckless overfishing ...  > read more
• Prions
  Mad Cow Disease
  Sleep Disorders
  Sleep Disorder Research
  Cows, Sheep, Pigs
  Insomnia Research
   
  

  The Family That Couldn't Sleep: A Medical Mystery

  For two hundred years a noble Venetian family has suffered from an inherited disease that strikes their members in middle age, stealing their sleep, eating holes in their brains, and ending their ...  > read more
• Molecular Biology
  Cell Biology
  Biotechnology and Bioengineering
  Genetics
  Human Biology
  Stem Cells
   
  

  The Cell: A Molecular Approach, Fourth Edition

  Courses in molecular and cellular biology are a cornerstone of undergraduate programs in the life sciences. The material is not only fundamental to all of biology, but also represents an exciting and ...  > read more
• Genetics
  Genes
  Biochemistry Research
  Life Sciences
  Biotechnology
  Genetically Modified
   
  

  The Cartoon Guide to Genetics (Updated Edition)

  Having trouble deciphering your genetic code? Do dominant genes make you feel recessive? Let reigning nonfiction cartoonist Larry Gonick and microbiologist Mark Wheelis ease your way through ...  > read more
• Genes
  Evolution
  Evolutionary Biology
  Human Biology
  Personalized Medicine
  Computational Biology
   
  

  The Origins of Genome Architecture

  With official genomic blueprints now available for hundreds of species, and thousands more expected in the near future, the field of biology has been forever transformed. Such readily accessible ...  > read more
• Global Warming
  Climate
  Ice Ages
  Nature
  Early Climate
  Nature of Water
   
  

  After the Ice: A Global Human History 20,000-5000 BC

  20,000 B.C., the peak of the last ice age--the atmosphere is heavy with dust, deserts, and glaciers span vast regions, and people, if they survive at all, exist in small, mobile groups, facing ...  > read more
• Microbes and More
  Fungus
  Microbiology
  Virology
  Immune System
  Foodborne Illness
   
  

  Microbiology with Diseases by Taxonomy (2nd Edition) (The Microbiology Place Series)

  Filled with lively vignettes and cutting-edge research that highlight the intrinsic appeal of microbiology, Bauman’s Second Edition retains the book’s groundbreaking art program, ...  > read more
• Genes
  Genetics
  Biochemistry Research
  Human Biology
  Biochemistry
  Microbiology
   
  

  Genes IX

  From renowned author Benjamin Lewin comes the newest edition of his classic text, Genes IX. For decades Lewin has provided the teaching community with the most cutting edge presentation of molecular ...  > read more

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