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Birds
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Herbert S. Zim and Ira N. Gabrielson, Revised by Chandler S. Robbins, Updated by Jonathan P. Latimer and Karen Stray Nolting with James Coe; Illustrated by James Gordon Irving
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Dinosaurs
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Eugene S. Gaffney, Ph.D., Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology, American Museum of Natural History; Illustrated by John D. Dawson
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The Quark and the Jaguar
Adventures in the Simple and the Complex
Murray Gell-Mann
St. Martin's Griffin
"A grand tour of one of the most powerful and richly structured complex adaptive systems of our time: the mind of Murray Gell-Mann. The tour is very much worth taking."—
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The Big Necessity
The Unmentionable World of Human Waste and Why It Matters
Rose George
Holt Paperbacks
"In the name of research, Ms. George waded through sewers and checked out latrines all over the globe. On paper, she glides with rueful and articulate poise through the biology, ecology, physiology, psychology and basic hydraulics of her subject, always articulate and persuasive. Even if you are inclined to think health-care dollars should be put into titanium rather than porcelain, you will be hard pressed to put this extraordinary book down."—
Abigail Zuger, M.D.,
The New York Times
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Sharks
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Andrea Gibson; Illustrated by Robin Carter/Wildlife Art Ltd.
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A Reenchanted World
The Quest for a New Kinship with Nature
James William Gibson
Picador
A Reenchanted World
reveals the many ways in which our self-imposed exile from our original network of natural relationships is civilization’s most disorienting misstep. Fortunately for us, James William Gibson gives us a compass back to that very sane, very grounded place. This is a wisely haunting, soulful book.”—
Carl Safina, author of
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Bad Science
Quacks, Hacks, and Big Pharma Flacks
Ben Goldacre
Faber and Faber, Inc.
Have you ever wondered how one day the media can assert that alcohol is bad for us and the next unashamedly run a story touting the benefits of daily alcohol...
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Red Cloud at Dawn
Truman, Stalin, and the End of the Atomic Monopoly
Michael D. Gordin
Picador
“Gordin zeros in on the crucial years from Hiroshima to the first flash of ‘Joe 1’ in 1949, the first Russian bomb and the ninth nuclear explosion. Using a spectacular variety of sources from Soviet and American sources, Gordin gives us a book that must be read to understand how we came to the sprawling nuclear proliferation in which we now live.”—
Peter Galison, Joseph Pellegrino University Professor, Harvard University
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An Inconvenient Truth
The Planetary Emergency of Global Warming and What We Can Do About It
Al Gore
Rodale Books
"As a user-friendly introduction to global warming and a succinct summary of many of the central arguments laid out in those other volumes,
An Inconvenient Truth
is lucid, harrowing and bluntly effective . . . Like Mr. Gore's 1992 book
Earth in the Balance
, this volume displays an earnest, teacherly tone, but it's largely free of the New Age psychobabble and A-student grandiosity that rumbled through that earlier book. The author's wonky fascination with policy minutiae has been tamed in these pages, and his love of charts and graphs has been put to good use . . . In this multimedia day of shorter attention spans and high-profile authors,
An Inconvenient Truth
could play a similar role in galvanizing public opinion about a real and present danger. It could goad the public into reading more scholarly books on the subject, and it might even push awareness of global warming to a real tipping point—and beyond."—
Michiko Kakutani,
The New York Times
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Earth in the Balance
Ecology and the Human Spirit
Al Gore
Rodale Books
"This obviously isn't a standard politician's book, tossed off in a few weekends with aides doing most of the work and the famous man's name slapped on the cover. This is Gore's book, cover to cover, not only from the personal anecdotes and wide-ranging travel experiences he brings to the political and scientific aspects of global environmental problems, but also from the historical, philosophical, religious, spiritual, economic and moral dimensions he explores."—
Bob Thompson,
The San Francisco Chronicle
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Bats of the World
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Gary L. Graham, Ph.D.; Illustrated by Fiona A. Reid
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Descartes
The Life and times of a Genius
A C Grayling
Walker & Company
Scientist, mathematician, traveler, soldier—and spy—Rene Descartes was one of the founders of the modern world. His life coincided with an extraordinary time...
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Storms of My Grandchildren
The Truth About the Coming Climate Catastrophe and Our Last Chance to Save Humanity
James Hansen
Bloomsbury USA
In his Q&A with Bill McKibben featured in the paperback edition of Storms of My Grandchildren, Dr. James Hansen, the world's leading climatologist, shows that...
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Seed to Seed
The Secret Life of Plants
Nicholas Harberd
Bloomsbury USA
A brilliant evocation of the natural and genetic beauty of the plant world, in the form of a year-long journal from one of the world’s leading...
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On Intelligence
Jeff Hawkins with Sandra Blakeslee
St. Martin's Griffin
"I've read dozens of books about the human brain and how it works.
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Lynn Yarris,
San Jose Mercury News
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Group Theory in the Bedroom, and Other Mathematical Diversions
Brian Hayes
Hill and Wang
Brian Hayes is one of the most accomplished essayists active today—a claim supported not only by his prolific and continuing high-quality output but also by...
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Stonehenge
Wooden Books
Robin Heath
Walker & Company
Once part of a large culture of stone circles, Stonehenge—built around 3000 B.C. and developed over the next 1,500 years—is the most famous. The remains of a...
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Sun, Moon and Earth
Wooden Books
Robin Heath
Walker & Company
Every organism on Earth responds to four major cycles: the solar and lunar day, the synodic month and the year. We all dance to these primary rhythms. This...
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Charles and Emma
The Darwins' Leap of Faith
Deborah Heiligman
Henry Holt and Co.
"In this courtship and marriage biography, the author examines an unlikely but powerful bond between cousins, the
Origins of the Species
scientist and the religious devotee love of his life. Beginning with Darwin's 'to marry or not to marry' pro/con lists through Emma editing Charles' autobiography so that it would be less 'offensive,' the couple provided for each other sounding board, respected opposition, and beloved soulmate . . . The volume provides a unique blend of romance, scientific observations, explanations of medical practices prevalent in the early-nineteenth century, and opportunities to examine scientific discoveries and religious beliefs in detail."—
Patti Sylvester Spencer,
VOYA
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Brotherhood of the Bomb
The Tangled Lives and Loyalties of Robert Oppenheimer, Ernest Lawrence, and Edward Teller
Gregg Herken
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The story of the twentieth century is largely the story of the power of science and technology. Within that story is the incredible tale of the human conflict...
L.A. Times Book Prize - Finalist - History
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Making Supper Safe
One Man's Quest to Learn the Truth about Food Safety
Ben Hewitt
Rodale Books
Food recalls have become so ubiquitous we hardly even notice them. The massive peanut salmonella contamination of 2008–2009 alone killed nine and sickened an...
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Eureka Man
The Life and Legacy of Archimedes
Alan W. Hirshfeld
Walker & Company
Many of us know little more about Archimedes (287-212 B.C.) than his famous exclamation of \u0022Eureka!\u0022 upon discovering that the spillage of water...
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A Nuclear Family Vacation
Travels in the World of Atomic Weaponry
Nathan Hodge Sharon Weinberger
Bloomsbury USA
In A Nuclear Family Vacation, husband-and-wife journalists Nathan Hodge and Sharon Weinberger hit the road to explore the secretive world of nuclear weaponry....
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Mammals
A Golden Guide from St. Martin's Press
Herbert S. Zim, Ph.D. and Donald F. Hoffmeister, Ph.D., Director, Emeritus, Museum of Natural History, and Professor, Emeritus, of Ecology, Ethology, and Evolution, University of Illinois; Illustrated by James Gordon Irving
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