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The Genome War
The Genome War
Written by James Shreeve
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307417060
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The Genome War
How Craig Venter Tried to Capture the Code of Life and Save the World
Written by James Shreeve


Format: eBook, 416 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $16.00

The long-awaited story of the science, the business, the politics, the intrigue behind the scenes of the most ferocious competition in the history of modern science—the race to map the human genome.
On May 10, 1998, biologist Craig Venter, director of the Institute for Genomic Research, announced that he was forming a... Read more >
Deep Ancestry
Deep Ancestry
Written by Spencer Wells
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9781426201189
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Deep Ancestry
Inside The Genographic Project
Written by Spencer Wells


Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: November 20, 2007
Price: $12.95

Travel backward through time from today's scattered billions to the handful of early humans who lived in Africa 60,000 years ago and are ancestors to us all.

In Deep Ancestry, scientist and National Geographic explorer Spencer Wells shows how tiny genetic changes add up over time into a fascinating story. Using... Read more >
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Deep Ancestry
Deep Ancestry
Written by Spencer Wells
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9781426202117
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Deep Ancestry
The Landmark DNA Quest to Decipher Our Distant Past
Written by Spencer Wells


Format: eBook
On Sale: November 20, 2007
Price: $9.95

Travel backward through time from today's scattered billions to the handful of early humans who lived in Africa 60,000 years ago and are ancestors to us all.

In Deep Ancestry, scientist and National Geographic explorer Spencer Wells shows how tiny genetic changes add up over time into a fascinating story. Using... Read more >
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Deep Ancestry
Deep Ancestry
Written by Spencer Wells
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780792262152
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Deep Ancestry
Inside the Genographic Project
Written by Spencer Wells


Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: November 21, 2006
Price: $24.00

Science tells us we're all related—one vast family sharing a common ancestor who lived in Africa 60,000 years ago. But countless questions remain about our great journey from the birthplace of Homo sapiens to the ends of the Earth. How did we end up where we are? When did we get... Read more >
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The Genius Factory
The Genius Factory
Written by David Plotz
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780812970524
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The Genius Factory
The Curious History of the Nobel Prize Sperm Bank
Written by David Plotz


Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: October 10, 2006
Price: $14.95

It was the most radical human-breeding experiment in American history, and no one knew how it turned out. The Repository for Germinal Choice–nicknamed the Nobel Prize sperm bank–opened to notorious fanfare in 1980, and for two decades, women flocked to it from all over the country to choose a sperm donor... Read more >
The God Gene
The God Gene
Written by Dean H. Hamer
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307276933
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The God Gene
How Faith Is Hardwired into Our Genes
Written by Dean H. Hamer


Format: eBook
On Sale: September 27, 2005
Price: $16.00

LEADING GENETICIST DEAN HAMER CRACKS THE “CODE” BEHIND WHY WE ARE PREDISPOSED TO BELIEVE IN GOD. IN A BOOK THAT BRIDGES THE GAP BETWEEN RELIGION AND SCIENCE, HAMER BRILLIANTLY ILLUMINATES HOW OUR INCLINATION TOWARD FAITH IS INFLUENCED BY OUR GENES.

The overwhelming majority of Americans believe in God, expressing a conviction that... Read more >
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The God Gene
The God Gene
Written by Dean H. Hamer
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780385720311
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The God Gene
How Faith Is Hardwired into Our Genes
Written by Dean H. Hamer


Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: September 13, 2005
Price: $16.00

The overwhelming majority of Americans believe in God; this conviction has existed since the beginning of recorded time and is shared by billions around the world. In The God Gene, Dr. Dean Hamer reveals that this inclination towards religious faith is in good measure due to our genes and may even... Read more >
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The Genius Factory
The Genius Factory
Written by David Plotz, Read by Stefan Rudnicki
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
ISBN: 9781415926383
Our Price: $17.50

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The Genius Factory
The Secret History of the Nobel Prize Sperm Bank
Written by David Plotz
Read by Stefan Rudnicki


Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: June 28, 2005
Price: $17.50

It was the most radical human-breeding experiment in American history, and no one knew how it turned out. The Repository for Germinal Choice–nicknamed the Nobel Prize sperm bank–opened to notorious fanfare in 1980, and for two decades, women flocked to it from all over the country to choose a sperm donor... Read more >
Also available as an abridged audiobook download, eBook and a trade paperback.
The Genome War
The Genome War
Written by James Shreeve
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780345433749
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The Genome War
How Craig Venter Tried to Capture the Code of Life and Save the World
Written by James Shreeve


Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
On Sale: June 28, 2005
Price: $16.00

The long-awaited story of the science, the business, the politics, the intrigue behind the scenes of the most ferocious competition in the history of modern science—the race to map the human genome.
On May 10, 1998, biologist Craig Venter, director of the Institute for Genomic Research, announced that he was forming a... Read more >
The Genius Factory
The Genius Factory
Written by David Plotz, Read by Stefan Rudnicki
Format: Abridged Audiobook Download
ISBN: 9780739320716
Our Price: $13.75

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The Genius Factory
The Secret History of the Nobel Prize Sperm Bank
Written by David Plotz
Read by Stefan Rudnicki


Format: Abridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: June 7, 2005
Price: $13.75

It was the most radical human-breeding experiment in American history, and no one knew how it turned out. The Repository for Germinal Choice–nicknamed the Nobel Prize sperm bank–opened to notorious fanfare in 1980, and for two decades, women flocked to it from all over the country to choose a sperm donor... Read more >
Also available as an unabridged audiobook download, eBook and a trade paperback.
The Genius Factory
The Genius Factory
Written by David Plotz
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9781588364708
Our Price: $14.95
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The Genius Factory
The Curious History of the Nobel Prize Sperm Bank
Written by David Plotz


Format: eBook
On Sale: June 7, 2005
Price: $14.95

It was the most radical human-breeding experiment in American history, and no one knew how it turned out. The Repository for Germinal Choice–nicknamed the Nobel Prize sperm bank–opened to notorious fanfare in 1980, and for two decades, women flocked to it from all over the country to choose a sperm donor... Read more >
The Genome War
The Genome War
Written by James Shreeve, Read by Erik Singer
Format: Abridged Audiobook Download
ISBN: 9780739309957
Our Price: $12.95

For more information about downloading this audiobook
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The Genome War
How Craig Venter Tried to Capture the Code of Life and Save the World
Written by James Shreeve
Read by Erik Singer


Format: Abridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: February 3, 2004
Price: $12.95

The long-awaited story of the science, the business, the politics, the intrigue behind the scenes of the most ferocious competition in the history of modern science—the race to map the human genome.
On May 10, 1998, biologist Craig Venter, director of the Institute for Genomic Research, announced that he was forming a... Read more >
Also available as an unabridged audiobook download, eBook and a trade paperback.
Genes, Girls, and Gamow
Genes, Girls, and Gamow
Written by James D. Watson
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780375727153
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Genes, Girls, and Gamow
After the Double Helix
Written by James D. Watson


Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: January 7, 2003
Price: $14.00

In the years following his and Francis Crick’s towering discovery of DNA, James Watson was obsessed with finding two things: RNA and a wife. Genes, Girls, and Gamow is the marvelous chronicle of those pursuits. Watson effortlessly glides between his heartbreaking and sometimes hilarious debacles in the field of love and... Read more >
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