Planet Eris (Xena) Books

• Mars
  NASA
  Space Policy
  Space Missions
  Solar System
  Space Exploration
   
  

  Postcards from Mars: The First Photographer on the Red Planet

  The first photographic tour of the surface of another planet has now been accomplished. Those who thrilled to the lunar beauty of Full Moon and the IMAX smash Roving Mars will marvel at this awesome, ...  > read more
• Gender Difference
  Menopause
  Evolution
  Evolutionary Biology
  Charles Darwin
  Anthropology
   
  

  Sex, Time, and Power: How Women's Sexuality Shaped Human Evolution

  This book sets out to explore why and when people evolved so far away from other mammals in several key ways, all of which Dr. Shlain ties to the biological differences between men and women. As in ...  > read more
• World Development
  Environmental Policies
  Environmental Issues
  Resource Shortage
  Water
  Nature
   
  

  When the Rivers Run Dry: Water--The Defining Crisis of the Twenty-first Century

  In this groundbreaking book, veteran science correspondent Fred Pearce travels to more than thirty countries to examine the current state of crucial water sources. Deftly weaving together the ...  > read more
• Nature
  Cosmology
  Big Bang
  Anthropology
  Geography
  World Development
   
  

  Maps of Time: An Introduction to Big History (California World History Library)

  An introduction to a new way of looking at history, from a perspective that stretches from the beginning of time to the present day, Maps of Time is world history on an unprecedented scale. Beginning ...  > read more
• Spiders and Ticks
  Consumer Electronics
  Automotive and Transportation
  Eris (Xena)
  Exotic Species
  Fuel Cells
   
  

  Convert It!

  This book is the leading how-to resource for electric car conversions. It combines Brown's years of professional automotive experience with down-to-earth language even an automotive beginner can ...  > read more
• Early Humans
  Anthropology
  Fossils
  Human Evolution
  Cultures
  Language Acquisition
   
  

  From Lucy to Language: Revised, Updated, and Expanded

  In 1974 in a remote region of Ethiopia, Donald Johanson, then one of America's most promising young paleoanthropologists, discovered "Lucy", the oldest, best preserved skeleton of any erect-walking ...  > read more
• Environmental Policies
  Environmental Issues
  Global Warming
  Climate
  Resource Shortage
  Extreme Survival
   
  

  The Extreme Future: The Top Trends That Will Reshape the World in the Next 20 Years

  A renowned global futurist prepares businesses and individuals for the radical changes on the horizon An advisor to three presidents spanning over thirty years, Dr. James Canton identifies probable ...  > read more
• Space Station
  NASA
  Space Policy
  Space Exploration
  Astronomy
  Space Probes
   
  

  Riding Rockets: The Outrageous Tales of a Space Shuttle Astronaut

  In 1978, the first group of space shuttle astronauts was introduced to the world -- twenty-nine men and six women who would carry NASA through the most tumultuous years of the space shuttle program. ...  > read more
• Insects (including Butterflies)
  Nature
  Zoology
  Biology
  Scientific Conduct
  Animals
   
  

  The Insects: An Outline of Entomology

  This established and popular textbook is the definitive guide to the study of insects - a group of animals that represent over half of the planet 's biological diversity. In this new, third edition ...  > read more
• Early Humans
  Human Evolution
  Anthropology
  Evolutionary Biology
  Nature
  Evolution
   
  

  The Complete World of Human Evolution

  A compelling, authoritative, and superbly illustrated account of the rise and eventual domination of our species. Human domination of the earth is now so complete that it is easy to forget how ...  > read more

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