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Biological Exuberance

Animal Homosexuality and Natural Diversity

Bruce Bagemihl Stonewall Inn Editions

"A scholarly, exhaustive, and utterly convincing refutation of the notion that human homosexuality is an aberration in nature . . . Bagemihl does realize that some among us will never be convinced that homosexuality occurs freely and frequently in nature. But his meticulously gathered, congently delivered evidence will quash any arguments to the contrary."—Kirkus Reviews

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Trade Paperback : $6.95 Buy	Stars A Golden Guide from St. Martin's Press Herbert S. Zim, Ph.D., Sc.D. and Robert H. Baker, Ph.D., D.Sc., Revised and Updated by Mark R. Chartrand, Ph.D.; Illustrated by James Gordon Irving Golden Guides from St. Martin's Press Golden Guides from St. Martin's Press have been updated and revised to revitalize the complete line of guides for a new generation of students.

Hardcover : $27.00 Buy	The Devil's Doctor Paracelsus and the World of Renaissance Magic and Science Philip Ball Farrar, Straus and Giroux Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombast von Hohenheim, who called himself Paracelsus, stands at the cusp of medieval and modern times. A contemporary of...

Trade Paperback : $17.00 Buy	Critical Mass How One Thing Leads to Another Philip Ball Farrar, Straus and Giroux Paperbacks Are there “natural laws” that govern the ways in which humans behave and organize themselves, just as there are physical laws that govern the motions of atoms...

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The Myth of Monogamy

Fidelity and Infidelity in Animals and People

David P. Barash, Ph.D. and Judith Eve Lipton, M.D. Holt Paperbacks

"The revelation that social pair-bonds do not necessarily imply exclusive mating relationships has spurred a revolution in how scientists think about mating systems. This book explores when and why social and sexual monogamy often do not coincide."—Paul W. Sherman, Professor of Neurobiology and Behavior, Cornell University

Trade Paperback : $19.00 Buy	The Survival Game How Game Theory Explains the Biology of Cooperation and Competition David P. Barash Holt Paperbacks "An accessible, intriguing explanation of game theory . . . that can help explain much human behavior." -Seattle Post-Intelligencer Humans, like...

Hardcover : $16.95 Buy	Why Sht Happens The Science of a Really Bad Day Peter J. Bentley, PhD Rodale Books Have you ever fallen victim to Murphy’s law? Sometimes bad things just happen. In Why Sht Happens, esteemed British scientist Peter J. Bentley takes readers...

Hardcover : $45.00 Buy	The Wisdom of Birds An Illustrated History of Ornithology Tim Birkhead Bloomsbury USA What the birds have taught us: a gorgeously rendered and comprehensive history of ornithology, from folklore to facts—the perfect gift for bird enthusiasts...

Trade Paperback : $13.00 Buy	The Flying Book Everything You've Ever Wondered About Flying On Airplanes David Blatner Walker & Company Whether you fear, thrill at, or, like many, have never bothered to stop and think about the wonder of commercial flight, The Flying Book will inform, surprise,...

Hardcover : $25.00 Buy	E=mc2 A Biography of the World’s Most Famous Equation David Bodanis; With a new introduction by Simon Singh Walker & Company To celebrate the 100th anniversary of Einstein’s miracle year of discoveries, a new edition of the bestselling “biography” of his famous equation Generations...

Trade Paperback : $24.00 Buy	Galileo's Commandment 2,500 Years of Great Science Writing Edited by Edmund Blair Bolles Holt Paperbacks Bolles has scoured the literature of science to build a treasury that is accessible and riveting, and therefore appealing to readers unfamiliar with science,...

Trade Paperback : $17.99 Buy	The Virus and the Vaccine Contaminated Vaccine, Deadly Cancers, and Government Neglect Debbie Bookchin and Jim Schumacher St. Martin's Griffin Jonas Salk's polio vaccine is regarded as a veritbale medical miracle, for it largely eradicated one of the most feared diseases of the 20th century. But the...

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Thin Ice

Unlocking the Secrets of Climate in the World's Highest Mountains

Mark Bowen A John Macrae/Holt Paperbacks Book

“One of the best books yet published on climate change . . . The best compact history of the science of global warming I have read.”—Bill McKibben, The New...

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Trees of North America

A Guide to Field Identification, Revised and Updated

Golden Field Guide from St. Martin's Press

C. Frank Brockman; Illustrated by Rebecca Marrilees; Revised by Jonathan P. Latimer and Karen Stray Nolting with David Challinor, Scientist Emeritus, Smithsonian Institution Golden Guides from St. Martin's Press

Golden Field Guides from St. Martin's Press are the leading nature guides for the classroom. Thorough and authoritative, they are also compact and lightweight, designed for portability and easy access.

Trade Paperback : $6.95 Buy	Poisonous Animals A Golden Guide from St. Martin's Press Edmund D. Brodie, Jr., Ph.D.; Illustrated by John D. Dawson Golden Guides from St. Martin's Press Golden Guides from St. Martin's Press have been updated and revised to revitalize the complete line of guides for a new generation of students.

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Reptiles of North America

A Guide to Field Identification

Golden Field Guide from St. Martin's Press

Hobart M. Smith and Edmund D. Brodie, Jr; Illustrated by David M. Dennis and Sy Barlowe Golden Guides from St. Martin's Press

Golden Field Guides from St. Martin's Press are the leading nature guides for the classroom. Thorough and authoritative, they are also compact and lightweight, designed for portability and easy access.

Trade Paperback : $17.00 Buy	Red Moon Rising Sputnik and the Hidden Rivalries that Ignited the Space Age Matthew Brzezinski Holt Paperbacks “In his exuberant narrative of the superpower space race . . . [Brzezinski] tells the story of American and Soviet decisions with remarkable dramatic—even...

Hardcover : $24.95 Buy	The Social Atom Why the Rich Get Richer, Cheaters Get Caught, and Your Neighbor Usually Looks Like You Mark Buchanan Bloomsbury USA The idiosyncrasies of human decision-making have confounded economists and social theorists for years. If each person makes choices for personal (and often...

Trade Paperback : $17.99 Buy	The Lost King of France How DNA Solved the Mystery of the Murdered Son of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette Deborah Cadbury St. Martin's Griffin Royalty, revolution, and scientific mystery---the dramatic true account of the fate of Louis XVII, son of Marie Antoinette, and an extraordinary detective...

Trade Paperback : $15.95 Buy	The Science of Star Wars An Astrophysicist's Independent Examination of Space Travel, Aliens, Planets, and Robots as Portrayed in the Star Wars Films and Books Jeanne Cavelos St. Martin's Griffin Former NASA astrophysicist Jeanne Cavelos examines the scientific possibility of the fantastical world of Star Wars. She explains to non-technical readers how...

Trade Paperback : $19.00 Buy	Trials of the Monkey An Accidental Memoir Matthew Chapman Picador "When Darwin called his second book The Descent of Man instead of The Ascent of Man he was thinking of his progeny." So declares Darwin's great-great...

Trade Paperback : $6.95 Buy	Planets A Golden Guide from St. Martin's Press Mark R. Chartrand, Ph.D.; Illustrated by Ron Miller Golden Guides from St. Martin's Press Golden Guides from St. Martin's Press have been updated and revised to revitalize the complete line of guides for a new generation of students.

Hardcover : $12.00 Buy	Evolution A Little History of a Great Idea Wooden Books Gerard Cheshire Walker & Company The smallest book on evolution asks big questions. Anticipating the 150th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s The Origin of Species throughout 2009, Evolution...

Hardcover : $24.95 Buy	Generation The Seventeenth-Century Scientists Who Unraveled the Secrets of Sex, Life, and Growth Matthew Cobb Bloomsbury USA Four rival anatomists and their race to answer the age-old question: Where does life come from? Generation is the story of the exciting, largely forgotten...