Darwin's Ghosts
The Secret History of Evolution
Written by Rebecca Stott
Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: March 19, 2013
Price: $17.00
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK
“[An] extraordinarily wide-ranging and engaging book [about] the men who shaped the work of Charles Darwin . . . a book that enriches our understanding of how the struggle to think new thoughts is shared across time and space and people.”—The Sunday Telegraph (London)
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The Wild Trees
A Story of Passion and Daring
Written by Richard Preston
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: February 12, 2008
Price: $16.00
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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How We Die
Reflections of Life's Final Chapter, New Edition
Written by Sherwin B. Nuland
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: January 15, 1995
Price: $16.00
New Edition: With a new chapter addressing contemporary issues in end-of-life care
A runaway bestseller and National Book Award winner, Sherwin Nuland's How We Die has become the definitive text on perhaps the single most universal human concern: death. This new edition includes an all-embracing and incisive afterword that examines the current...
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God and the Folly of Faith
The Incompatibility of Science and Religion
Written by Victor J. Stenger
Format: Trade Paperback, 408 pages
On Sale: April 24, 2012
Price: $20.00
A thorough and hard-hitting critique that is a must read for anyone interested in the interaction between religion and science.
It has become the prevalent view among sociologists, historians, and some theistic scientists that religion and science have never been in serious conflict. Some even claim that Christianity was responsible for the...
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The Efficiency Trap
Finding a Better Way to Achieve a Sustainable Energy Future
Written by Steve Hallett
Format: Trade Paperback, 310 pages
On Sale: April 23, 2013
Price: $18.00
This realistic appraisal of current environmental thinking will challenge environmentalists and industrialists alike. One of the key tenets of the environmental movement is the need for greater efficiency in our use of dwindling natural resources, especially coal, natural gas, and oil. If our products are designed to be more energy efficient...
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UFOs
Generals, Pilots, and Government Officials Go on the Record
Written by Leslie Kean
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: August 2, 2011
Price: $15.00
An Air Force major is ordered to approach a brilliant UFO in his Phantom jet over Tehran. He repeatedly attempts to engage and fire on unusual objects heading right toward his aircraft, but his missile control is locked and disabled. Witnessed from the ground, this dogfight becomes the subject of a...
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