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Darwin's Ghosts
Darwin's Ghosts
Written by Rebecca Stott
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780812981704
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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
The Wild Trees
Written by Richard Preston
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ISBN: 9780812975598
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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... Read more >
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How We Die
How We Die
Written by Sherwin B. Nuland
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780679742449
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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
God and the Folly of Faith
Written by Victor J. Stenger
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9781616145996
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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... Read more >
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Wired for Story
Wired for Story
Written by Lisa Cron
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9781607742463
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Wired for Story
The Writer's Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence
Written by Lisa Cron


Format: eBook, 272 pages
On Sale: July 10, 2012
Price: $11.99

This guide reveals how writers can utilize cognitive storytelling strategies to craft stories that ignite readers’ brains and captivate them through each plot element.

  Imagine knowing what the brain craves from every tale it encounters, what fuels the success of any great story, and what keeps readers transfixed. Wired for Story reveals these... Read more >
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The Code Book
The Code Book
Written by Simon Singh
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307787842
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The Code Book
The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography
Written by Simon Singh


Format: eBook, 432 pages
On Sale: January 26, 2011
Price: $12.99

In his first book since the bestselling Fermat's Enigma, Simon Singh offers the first sweeping history of encryption, tracing its evolution and revealing the dramatic effects codes have had on wars, nations, and individual lives. From Mary, Queen of Scots, trapped by her own code, to the Navajo Code Talkers who... Read more >
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The Efficiency Trap
The Efficiency Trap
Written by Steve Hallett
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9781616147259
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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... Read more >
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Your Inner Fish
Your Inner Fish
Written by Neil Shubin
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307377166
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Your Inner Fish
A Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body
Written by Neil Shubin


Format: eBook
On Sale: January 15, 2008
Price: $11.99

Details on a Major New Discovery included in a New AfterwordWhy do we look the way we do? Neil Shubin, the paleontologist and professor of anatomy who co-discovered Tiktaalik, the “fish with hands,” tells the story of our bodies as you've never heard it before. By examining fossils and DNA, he... Read more >
UFOs
UFOs
Written by Leslie Kean
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780307717085
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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... Read more >
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Your Ticket to the Universe
Your Ticket to the Universe
Written by Kimberly K. Arcand and Megan Watzke, Foreword by Mario Livio
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9781588343758
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Your Ticket to the Universe
A Guide to Exploring the Cosmos
Written by Kimberly K. Arcand and Megan Watzke
Foreword by Mario Livio


Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: April 2, 2013
Price: $24.95

An entertaining and accessible trip to the most interesting stops in the cosmos. Accompanied by dramatic visuals, Your Ticket to the Universe is a hybrid coffee-table book and field guide.

Beginning with our home planet, Your Ticket to the Universe embarks on an entertaining and accessible trip to the most interesting stops... Read more >
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