The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Written by Rebecca Skloot
Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
On Sale: March 8, 2011
Price: $16.00
Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer who worked the same land as her slave ancestors, yet her cells—taken without her knowledge—became one of the most important tools in medicine. The first “immortal” human cells grown in culture, they are...
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Mission to Mars
My Vision for Space Exploration
Written by Buzz Aldrin and Leonard David
Format: Hardcover, 272 pages
On Sale: May 7, 2013
Price: $26.00
“Any time an Apollo-era astronaut steps forward with ideas for our future in space, it’s time to stop what whatever we’re doing and pay attention. Buzz Aldrin, one of the first moonwalkers, has no shortage of these ideas. And in
Mission to Mars he treats us to how, when, and why we should...
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Written by Rebecca Skloot
Format: eBook, 368 pages
On Sale: February 2, 2010
Price: $9.99
Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer who worked the same land as her slave ancestors, yet her cells—taken without her knowledge—became one of the most important tools in medicine. The first “immortal” human cells grown in culture, they are...
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Cracking the AP Biology Exam, 2013 Edition (Revised)
Written by Princeton Review
Format: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
On Sale: December 11, 2012
Price: $18.99
If you need to know it, it’s in this book!
This revised 2013 edition of
Cracking the AP Biology Exam includes:
• 2 full-length practice tests with detailed explanations
• An overview of the subject matter changes made to the 2013 AP Biology Exam
• A comprehensive biology test topic review, covering everything from photosynthesis...
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1493
Uncovering the New World Columbus Created
Written by Charles C. Mann
Format: Trade Paperback, 720 pages
On Sale: July 24, 2012
Price: $16.95
A deeply engaging new history of how European settlements in the post-Colombian Americas shaped the world, from the bestselling author of 1491. Presenting the latest research by biologists, anthropologists, archaeologists, and historians, Mann shows how the post-Columbian network of ecological and economic exchange fostered the rise of Europe, devastated imperial China...
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Mission to Mars
My Vision for Space Exploration
Written by Buzz Aldrin and Leonard David
Format: eBook
On Sale: May 7, 2013
Price: $26.00
"Colonising space is essential for the long term survival of the human race, and Buzz Aldrin's book shows us how."
—Stephen Hawking Legendary "space statesman" Buzz Aldrin speaks out as a vital advocate for the continuing quest to push the boundaries of the universe as we know it. As a pioneering astronaut who...
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The Grand Design
Written by Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow
Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: February 21, 2012
Price: $18.00
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
When and how did the universe begin? Why are we here? What is the nature of reality? Is the apparent “grand design” of our universe evidence of a benevolent creator who set things in motion—or does science offer another explanation? In this startling and lavishly illustrated book...
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