The Female Brain
Written by Louann Brizendine, M.D.
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: August 7, 2007
Price: $15.00
Why are women more verbal than men? Why do women remember details of fights that men can’t remember at all? Why do women tend to form deeper bonds with their female friends than men do with their male counterparts? These and other questions have stumped both sexes throughout the ages.
Now...
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A Short History of Nearly Everything: Special Illustrated Edition
Written by Bill Bryson
Format: eBook, 624 pages
On Sale: November 30, 2010
Price: $12.99
Bill Bryson is one of the world’s most beloved and bestselling writers. In
A Short History of Nearly Everything, he takes his ultimate journey–into the most intriguing and consequential questions that science seeks to answer. It’s a dazzling quest, the intellectual odyssey of a lifetime, as this insatiably curious writer attempts...
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Isaac's Storm
A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History
Written by Erik Larson
Format: eBook, 336 pages
On Sale: October 19, 2011
Price: $11.99
At the dawn of the twentieth century, a great confidence suffused America. Isaac Cline was one of the era's new men, a scientist who believed he knew all there was to know about the motion of clouds and the behavior of storms. The idea that a hurricane could damage the city...
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Demon-Haunted World
Science as a Candle in the Dark
Written by Carl Sagan
Format: eBook, 480 pages
On Sale: July 6, 2011
Price: $13.99
"A glorious book . . . A spirited defense of science . . . From the first page to the last, this book is a manifesto for clear thought."
*Los Angeles Times
"POWERFUL . . . A stirring defense of informed rationality. . . Rich in surprising information and beautiful writing."
*The...
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The Cancer Chronicles
Unlocking Medicine's Deepest Mystery
Written by George Johnson
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: August 27, 2013
Price: $14.99
When the woman he loved was diagnosed with a metastatic cancer, science writer George Johnson embarked on a journey to learn everything he could about the disease and the people who dedicate their lives to understanding and combating it. What he discovered is a revolution under way—an explosion of new ideas...
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