Urbanization Books

• Anthropology
  Biology
  Paleontology
  Top Science
   
  

  Sasquatch: Legend Meets Science

  In this landmark work on a subject too often dismissed as paranormal or disreputable, Jeffrey Meldrum gives us the first book on Sasquatch to be written by a scientist with impeccable academic ...  > read more
• Endangered Plants
  Nature
  Botany
  Grassland
  Psychedelic Drugs
  Pests and Parasites
   
  

  The Encyclopedia of Psychoactive Plants: Ethnopharmacology and Its Applications

  The most comprehensive guide to the botany, history, distribution, and cultivation of all known psychoactive plants• Examines 414 psychoactive plants and related substances• Explores how ...  > read more
• Environmental Issues
  Sustainability
  Environmental Policies
  Nature
  Ecology
  Land Management
   
  

  Essential Environment: The Science behind the Stories (2nd Edition)

  KEY MESSAGE: Essential Environment: Essential Environment: The Science Behind the Stories retains all the popular features of the landmark first edition—including its integrated ...  > read more
• Human Biology
  Developmental Biology
  Biochemistry Research
  Biology
  Lymphoma
  Immune System
   
  

  Human Biology: Concepts and Current Issues (4th Edition) (The Human Biology Place Series)

  Human Biology: Concepts and Current Issues, Fourth Edition sparks interest among non-science readers by encouraging them to connect basic biology concepts to real-world issues that are relevant to ...  > read more
• Archaeology
  Lost Treasures
  Statistics
  Educational Psychology
  Earth Science
  Cultures
   
  

  Exploring Prehistory: How Archaeology Reveals Our Past

  This new introduction to archaeology integrates world prehistory with discussion of archeological methods and techniques. It introduces archaeological methods gradually and in context through the use ...  > read more
• Space Station
  Space Policy
  Space Missions
  NASA
  Space Exploration
  Space Probes
   
  

  Too Far From Home: A Story of Life and Death in Space

  An incredible, true-life adventure set on the most dangerous frontier of all—outer spaceIn the nearly forty years since Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, space travel has come to be seen as a ...  > read more
• Space Station
  Space Policy
  Astronomy
  NASA
  Space Exploration
  Space Missions
   
  

  The Hazards of Space Travel: A Tourist's Guide

  “I didn’t think about the dangers before going into space, but now I realize how hazardous it is!”–Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov, first person to walk in spaceWith the opening of ...  > read more
• Geography
  Nutrition Research
  Nature
  Memory
  Fossils
  Early Mammals
   
  

  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
  Cultures
  Nature
  Psychology
  Popular Culture
  Lost Treasures
   
  

  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
• 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

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