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• 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
• Near-Earth Object Impacts
  Asteroids, Comets and Meteors
  Tyrannosaurus Rex
  Dinosaurs
  Apes
  Early Climate
   
  

  T. Rex and the Crater of Doom

  One of the great mysteries is what happened to the dinosaurs, and it has taken great detective work to give us an answer. In T. Rex and the Crater of Doom, some brilliant, not to mention determined, ...  > read more
• Astrophysics
  Cosmology
  Astronomy
  Big Bang
  Galaxies
  Solar System
   
  

  Cosmic Perspective Media Update with MasteringAstronomy(TM) and Voyager SkyGazer Planetarium Software, The (4th Edition) (MasteringAstronomy Series)

  KEY MESSAGE: Building on a long tradition of strong pedagogy and streamlined presentation,The Cosmic Perspective, Fourth Edition Media Update now includes an enhanced media package that features the ...  > read more
• Earth Science
  Geology
  Earthquakes
  Near-Earth Object Impacts
  Nature
  Asteroids, Comets and Meteors
   
  

  Earth: An Introduction to Physical Geology (9th Edition)

  To understand timely issues such as natural disasters and environmental challenges–and to evaluate solutions to related problems–the average citizen needs a basic awareness of the ...  > read more
• Caving
  Archaeology
  Extreme Survival
  Ancient Civilizations
  Nature
  Anthropology
   
  

  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
• Ancient Civilizations
  Lost Treasures
  Nature
  World Development
  Fossils
  Monkeys
   
  

  The Leopard's Tale: Revealing the Mysteries of Catalhoyuk

  A firsthand account of the discoveries at this seminal ancient site in Turkey, one of the first farming settlements in history.Çatalhöyük, in central Turkey, became internationally ...  > read more
• Geology
  Earth Science
  Origin of Life
  Healthy Aging
  Near-Earth Object Impacts
  Zoology
   
  

  Rare Earth: Why Complex Life Is Uncommon in the Universe

  "Do you feel lucky? Well do ya?" asked Dirty Harry. Paleontologist Peter Ward and astronomer Donald Brownlee think all of us should feel lucky. Their rare Earth hypothesis predicts that while simple, ...  > read more
• Extinction
  Environmental Policies
  Environmental Issues
  Global Warming
  Climate
  Early Climate
   
  

  Under a Green Sky: Global Warming, the Mass Extinctions of the Past, and What They Can Tell Us About Our Future

  University of Washington paleontologist Peter D. Ward demonstrates in UNDER A GREEN SKY that the ancient past is not just of academic concern. Everyone has heard about how an asteroid did in the ...  > read more
• Astrophysics
  Cosmology
  Astronomy
  Big Bang
  Solar System
  Galaxies
   
  

  The Essential Cosmic Perspective Media Update with Astronomy Place website, Skygazer Planetarium Software, eBook CDROM and Astronomy media workbook (3rd Edition)

  The Essential Cosmic Perspective, Third Edition Media Update features a new an effective learning program that uses chapter openers, headers, callouts in the text, and highly-visual chapter ...  > read more
• Ancient Civilizations
  Cultures
  Anthropology
  Archaeology
  Resource Shortage
  Climate
   
  

  The Incas and Their Ancestors: The Archaeology of Peru (Revised Edition)

  In 1532, when Pizarro conquered Peru, the Inca realm was one of the largest empires on earth, graced by gold masterpieces, towns with great palaces and temples, and an impressive network of roads. ...  > read more

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