In the Name of Eugenics
Genetics and the Uses of Human Heredity
Written by Daniel J. Kevles
Format: eBook
On Sale: May 8, 2013
Price: $22.99
Daniel Kevles traces the study and practice of eugenics--the science of "improving" the human species by exploiting theories of heredity--from its inception in the late nineteenth century to its most recent manifestation within the field of genetic engineering. It is rich in narrative, anecdote, attention to human detail, and stories of...
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Red Fox
The Catlike Canine
Written by J. David Henry
Format: eBook, 174 pages
On Sale: April 9, 2013
Price: $16.95
In this engaging introduction to the red fox (
Vulpes vulpes), J. David Henry recounts his years of field research on this flame-colored predator. With its catlike whiskers, teeth, and paws, as well as vertical-slit pupils, the North American red fox not only resembles but often behaves like a feline, especially when...
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National Geographic Pocket Guide to the Birds of North America
Written by Laura Erickson and Jonathan Alderfer
Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: April 2, 2013
Price: $12.95
This fun, affordable, beautifully illustrated introduction to birding is like taking a walk with National Geographic's birding experts. Of this book's 192 pages, 160 are devoted to North America's top species, one per page, from the lowly House Wren to the majestic Bald Eagle. Carefully chosen illustrations and photographs capture the...
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Friendfluence
The Surprising Ways Friends Make Us Who We Are
Written by Carlin Flora
Format: Hardcover, 288 pages
On Sale: January 15, 2013
Price: $25.95
Discover the unexpected ways friends influence our personalities, choices, emotions, and even physical health in this fun and compelling examination of friendship, based on the latest scientific research and ever-relatable anecdotes.Why is dinner with friends often more laughter filled and less fraught than a meal with family? Although some say it’s...
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Friendfluence
The Surprising Ways Friends Make Us Who We Are
Written by Carlin Flora
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: January 15, 2013
Price: $12.99
Discover the unexpected ways friends influence our personalities, choices, emotions, and even physical health in this fun and compelling examination of friendship, based on the latest scientific research and ever-relatable anecdotes.Why is dinner with friends often more laughter filled and less fraught than a meal with family? Although some say it’s...
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Use Your Brain to Change Your Age
Secrets to Look, Feel, and Think Younger Every Day
Written by Daniel G. Amen, M.D.
Format: Trade Paperback, 384 pages
On Sale: January 1, 2013
Price: $16.00
From the bestselling author and PBS star, a brain healthy program to turn back the clock, and keep your mind sharp and your body fit.
For more than 20 years, Dr. Daniel Amen has been helping people look and feel young, healthy, and vibrant with his brain healthy strategies. Now, he shares...
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Big Disconnect
The Story of Technology and Loneliness
Written by Giles Slade
Format: Trade Paperback, 306 pages
On Sale: August 24, 2012
Price: $19.00
Smart phones and social media sites may be contemporary fixations, but using technology to replace face-to-face interactions is not a new cultural phenomenon. Throughout our history, intimacy with machines has often supplanted mutual human connection. This book reveals how consumer technologies changed from analgesic devices that soothed the loneliness of a...
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Dark Pool of Light, Volume One
The Neuroscience, Evolution, and Ontology of Consciousness
Written by Richard Grossinger
Foreword by Jeffrey J. Kripal and Nick Herbert
Format: Trade Paperback, 448 pages
On Sale: August 21, 2012
Price: $16.95
In books like
Embryogenesis and
Embryos, Galaxies, and Sentient Beings, author Richard Grossinger brought together the subjects of biological embryology and the esoteric process of human consciousness becoming embodied ("The embryo is the universe writing itself on its own body"). In
Dark Pool of Light, his latest creation, Grossinger weaves neuroscience-based...
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Dark Pool of Light, Volume One
The Neuroscience, Evolution, and Ontology of Consciousness
Written by Richard Grossinger
Foreword by Jeffrey J. Kripal and Nick Herbert
Format: eBook, 448 pages
On Sale: August 21, 2012
Price: $13.95
In books like
Embryogenesis and
Embryos, Galaxies, and Sentient Beings, author Richard Grossinger brought together the subjects of biological embryology and the esoteric process of human consciousness becoming embodied ("The embryo is the universe writing itself on its own body"). In
Dark Pool of Light, his latest creation, Grossinger weaves neuroscience-based...
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Big Disconnect
The Story of Technology and Loneliness
Written by Giles Slade
Format: eBook
On Sale: August 7, 2012
Price: $11.99
Smart phones and social media sites may be contemporary fixations, but using technology to replace face-to-face interactions is not a new cultural phenomenon. Throughout our history, intimacy with machines has often supplanted mutual human connection. This book reveals how consumer technologies changed from analgesic devices that soothed the loneliness of a...
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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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Tribal Science
Brains, Beliefs, and Bad Ideas
Written by Mike Mcrae
Format: Trade Paperback, 250 pages
On Sale: May 8, 2012
Price: $17.00
Human beings evolved in a tribal environment. Over the millennia, our brains have become adept at fostering social networks that are the basis of group cohesion, from the primary family unit to the extended associations of clans, villages, cities, and nations. This essential social component of our behavior gave the human...
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Tribal Science
Brains, Beliefs, and Bad Ideas
Written by Mike Mcrae
Format: eBook
On Sale: May 8, 2012
Price: $11.99
Human beings evolved in a tribal environment. Over the millennia, our brains have become adept at fostering social networks that are the basis of group cohesion, from the primary family unit to the extended associations of clans, villages, cities, and nations. This essential social component of our behavior gave the human...
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