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Poison Pills
The Untold Story of the Vioxx Drug Scandal
Thomas Dunne Books
To the millions of Americans who suffer from chronic pain and arthritis, Vioxx seemed like a miracle. One of the most widely promoted and prescribed pain...
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Babylon's Ark
The Incredible Wartime Rescue of the Baghdad Zoo
St. Martin's Griffin/Thomas Dunne Books
THE ASTONISHING STORY OF ONE OF THE WORLD’S GREATEST ANIMAL RESCUES. When the Iraq war began, conservationist Lawrence Anthony could think of only one thing:...
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Junk Science
An Overdue Indictment of Government, Industry, and Faith Groups That Twist Science for Their Own Gain
St. Martin's Griffin/Thomas Dunne Books
“A passionate, minutely informed, and scrupulously fair analysis of all the abuses and misuses of science that are rampant today—a clarion call to action that...
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Beyond Coincidence
Amazing Stories of Coincidence and the Mystery Behind Them
St. Martin's Griffin/Thomas Dunne Books
Beyond Coincidence recounts and analyzes more than two hundred amazing stories of synchronicity, the likes of: Laura Buxton, age ten, releases a balloon...
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The World Without Us
Thomas Dunne Books
A penetrating, page-turning tour of a post-human Earth In The World Without Us, Alan Weisman offers an utterly original approach to questions of...
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The Hive
The Story of the Honeybee and Us
St. Martin's Griffin/Thomas Dunne Books
Ever since men first hunted for honeycomb in rocks and daubed pictures of it on cave walls, the honeybee has been seen as one of the wonders of nature: social,...
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Beyond the Wild Blue
A History of the U.S. Air Force, 1947-2007
Thomas Dunne Books
The second edition of Beyond the Wild Blue, an update of the popular history originally released in 1997, is a fascinating look at sixty turbulent years of Air...
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The Horse
A Miscellany of Equine Knowledge
Thomas Dunne Books
The Horse is an informative gallop through everything to do with the horse: evolution, history, biology, breeds, behavior, training, competition, health, and...
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The Naked Woman
A Study of the Female Body
St. Martin's Griffin/Thomas Dunne Books
Internationally bestselling author and world-famous human behaviorist Desmond Morris turns his attention to the female form, taking the reader on a guided tour...
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Tears of the Cheetah
The Genetic Secrets of Our Animal Ancestors
St. Martin's Griffin/Thomas Dunne Books
The history of life on Earth is dominated by extinction events so numerous that over 99.9% of the species ever to have existed are gone forever. If animals...

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The Living Great Lakes
Searching for the Heart of the Inland Seas
St. Martin's Griffin/Thomas Dunne Books
If fresh water is to be treasured, the Great Lakes are the mother lode. No bodies of water can compare to them. One of them, Superior, is the largest lake on...
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Arousal
The Secret Logic of Sexual Fantasies
St. Martin's Griffin/Thomas Dunne Books
In this fascinating and provocative book, Dr. Michael Bader offers a groundbreaking new theory of sexual desire. Drawing on his twenty-five years as a...
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The Parrot's Theorem
A Novel
St. Martin's Griffin/Thomas Dunne Books
Mr. Ruche, a Parisian bookseller, receives a bequest from a long lost friend in the Amazon of a vast library of math books, which propels him into a great...
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The Naked Man
A Study of the Male Body
Thomas Dunne Books
Following on the international success of The Naked Woman, Desmond Morris investigates another intriguing evolutionary success story. The Naked Man is a study...
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Dinner at the New Gene Café
How Genetic Engineering Is Changing What We Eat, How We Live, and the Global Politics of Food
St. Martin's Griffin/Thomas Dunne Books
Biotech companies are racing to alter the genetic building blocks of the world's food. In the United States, the primary venue for this quiet revolution, the...
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Alcohol
The World's Favorite Drug
St. Martin's Griffin/Thomas Dunne Books
Alcohol is everywhere. Walk down any street in the western world and before long your feet will kick against an empty beer can, or your attention will be...