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• Racial Disparity
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  Apes
   
  

  Ferns for American Gardens

  Timber Press is proud to add John Mickel's classic Ferns for American Gardens to its catalog. Unusual in its specific focus on cold-hardy ferns, the volume is based on Mickel's personal experience as ...  > read more
• Solar System
  Space Missions
  Space Exploration
  Space Policy
  Astronomy
  Space Probes
   
  

  Moons and Planets

  Author William Hartmann has fully updated this text, which retains a comparative approach to the principles of planetology, including organization by physical topic rather than by planet. This unique ...  > read more
• Space Exploration
  NASA
  Space Missions
  Space Policy
  Space Probes
  Satellites
   
  

  Space Systems Failures: Disasters and Rescues of Satellites, Rockets and Space Probes

  In the 1960s and 1970s deep space missions were dispatched in pairs in case one was lost in launch or failed during its journey. Following the triumphs of the Viking landings on Mars in 1976 and both ...  > read more
• Earth Science
  Geology
  Early Climate
  Near-Earth Object Impacts
  Asteroids, Comets and Meteors
  Oceanography
   
  

  The Seashell on the Mountaintop

  Seventeenth-century scientists were baffled: How did the fossils of seashells find their way to the tops of mountains? Nicolaus Steno, hailed by Stephen Jay Gould as “the founder of ...  > read more
• Conflict
  Earth Science
  Information Technology
  Ethics
   
  

  An Introduction to Planetary Defense: A Study of Modern Warfare Applied to Extra-Terrestrial Invasion

  This book describes a serious look at defending the planet in the event of an extra-terrestrial invasion. Travis Taylor, et al, have written the definitive book on the defense of earth against a ...  > read more
• Space Station
  Space Policy
  Space Probes
  Space Exploration
  NASA
  Astronomy
   
  

  The High Frontier: Human Colonies in Space: Apogee Books Space Series 12 (Apogee Books Space Series)

  Rocket man, I think it's going to be a long, long time. When Princeton physicist Gerard K. O'Neill published the first edition of High Frontier back in the mid 1970s (just four years after "Rocket ...  > read more
• Endangered Plants
  Exotic Species
  Invasive Species
  Botany
  Nature
  Wild Animals
   
  

  Landscaping with Native Plants of Wisconsin

  Aimed at beginners and veteran gardeners alike, this book is designed to help Wisconsin gardeners find, plant, and maintain the best native species for their specific sites, however modest or ...  > read more
• Saturn
  Solar System
  Space Probes
  Astronomy
  Space Exploration
  Space Missions
   
  

  Cassini at Saturn: Huygens Results (Springer Praxis Books / Space Exploration)

  Cassini At Saturn – Huygens Results brings the story of the Cassini-Huygens mission and their joint exploration of the Saturnian system right up to date. Cassini entered orbit around Saturn ...  > read more
• Solar System
  Extrasolar Planets
  Cosmology
  Astronomy
  Astrophysics
  Educational Psychology
   
  

  Astronomy: The Solar System and Beyond (with ThomsonNOW, Virtual Astronomy Labs Printed Access Card)

  ASTRONOMY: THE SOLAR SYSTEM AND BEYOND and its accompanying learning tools ThomsonNOW and Virtual Astronomy Labs shows you your place in the universe, not just your location, but also your role as a ...  > read more
• Geography
  Insects (including Butterflies)
  Evolution
  Photography
  Biochemistry Research
  Life Sciences
   
  

  Butterflies of North America (Kaufman Focus Guides)

  Kaufman Focus Guides cut through the clutter to focus on the essentials. * More than 2,300 images of butterflies in natural, lifelike poses * Pictorial table of contents * Convenient one-page index ...  > read more

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