Dragons of Eden
Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence
Written by Carl Sagan
Format: Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: December 12, 1986
Price: $7.99
Dr. Carl Sagan takes us on a great reading adventure, offering his vivid and startling insight into the brain of man and beast, the origin of human intelligence, the function of our most haunting legends--and their amazing links to recent discoveries.
"A history of the human brain from the big bang, fifteen...
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The Wild Trees
A Story of Passion and Daring
Written by Richard Preston
Format: eBook
On Sale: April 10, 2007
Price: $13.99
Hidden away in foggy, uncharted rain forest valleys in Northern California are the largest and tallest organisms the world has ever sustained–the coast redwood trees,
Sequoia sempervirens. Ninety-six percent of the ancient redwood forests have been destroyed by logging, but the untouched fragments that remain are among the great wonders of...
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The Good Good Pig
The Extraordinary Life of Christopher Hogwood
Written by Sy Montgomery
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: April 17, 2007
Price: $15.00
“Christopher Hogwood came home on my lap in a shoebox. He was a creature who would prove in many ways to be more human than I am.”
–from The Good Good Pig
A naturalist who spent months at a time living on her own among wild creatures in remote jungles, Sy Montgomery had...
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The Sibley Guide to Bird Life and Behavior
Written by David Allen Sibley
Format: Hardcover, 608 pages
On Sale: July 28, 2009
Price: $39.95
“Once in a great while, a natural history book changes the way people look at the world. In 1838, John ames Audubon’s
Birds of America was one...In 1934, Roger Tory Peterson produced
Field Guide to the Birds...Now comes
The Sibley Guide to Birds.”
Thus did
The New York Times, in 1999, greet...
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When Elephants Weep
The Emotional Lives of Animals
Written by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson
Contribution by Susan McCarthy
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: May 2, 1996
Price: $17.00
This national bestseller exploring the complex emotional lives of animals was hailed as "a masterpiece" by Elizabeth Marshall Thomas and as "marvelous" by Jane Goodall.
The popularity of
When Elephants Weep has swept the nation, as author Jeffrey Masson appeared on
Dateline NBC, Good Morning America, and was profiled in
People...
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