Life Sciences - Biology
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The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature
$19.99 Add to cart“A terrific book, witty and lucid, and brimming with provocative conjectures.” (Wall Street Journal) from the author of the acclaimed New York Times bestseller Genome
Brilliantly written, The Red Queen
- Author: Ridley, Matt
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: April 29 2003
- ISBN10: 0060556579
- Language: English
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Exercised: Why Something We Never Evolved to Do Is Healthy and Rewarding
$18.00 Add to cartIf exercise is healthy (so good for you!), why do many people dislike or avoid it? These engaging stories and explanations will revolutionize the way you think about exercising–not to mention sitting… [more below]
- Author: Lieberman, Daniel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: December 07 2021
- ISBN10: 052543478X
- Language: English
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Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature
$21.99 Add to cartRepackaged with a new afterword, this “valuable and entertaining” (New York Times Book Review) book explores how scientists are adapting nature’s best ideas to solve tough 21st century problems.
Biomi
- Author: Benyus, Janine M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: September 17 2002
- ISBN10: 0060533226
- Language: English
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Breathless: The Scientific Race to Defeat a Deadly Virus
$19.99 Add to cartNational Book Award finalist Breathless tells the story of the worldwide scientific race to decipher the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, trace its source, and make possible the vaccines to fight the Covid-19 … [more below]
- Author: Quammen, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: October 17, 2023
- ISBN10: 1982164379
- Language: English
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Jellyfish Age Backwards: Nature’s Secrets to Longevity
$0.00 Read moreThis eye-opening book offers a “clear and captivating” (Dr. Kris Verburgh)scientific deep dive into how plants and animals have already unlocked the secrets to immortality-and the lessons they
- Author: Brendborg, Nicklas
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: January 17, 2023
- ISBN10: 0316414581
- Language: English
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What a Mushroom Lives for: Matsutake and the Worlds They Make
$19.95 Add to cartHow the prized matsutake mushroom is remaking human communities in China–and providing new ways to understand human and more-than-human worlds
What a Mushroom Lives For pushes today’s mushroom renais- Author: Hathaway, Michael J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: November 7, 2023
- ISBN10: 0691225907
- Language: English
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Why We Die: The New Science of Aging and the Quest for Immortality
$32.50 Add to cart“Utterly fascinating.” –Bill Bryson
“An incredible journey.” –Siddhartha Mukherjee
A groundbreaking exploration of the science of longevity and mortality–from Nobel Prize-winning molecular biologist
- Author: Ramakrishnan, Venki
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: March 19, 2024
- ISBN10: 0063113279
- Language: English
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The Liars of Nature and the Nature of Liars: Cheating and Deception in the Living World
$49.92 Add to cartA natural history of cheating from selfish genes to lying politicians
Nature is rife with cheating. Possums play possum, feigning death to cheat predators. Crows cry wolf to scare off rivals. Amphibia- Author: Sun, Lixing
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: April 04 2023
- ISBN10: 0691198608
- Language: English
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Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst
$36.00 Read moreNew York Times bestseller – Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize – One of the Washington Post‘s 10 Best Books of the Year
“It’s no exaggeration to say that Behave is one of the best nonfiction bo… [more below]- Author: Sapolsky, Robert M.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 800
- Publish Date: May 02 2017
- ISBN10: 1594205078
- Language: English
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Period: The Real Story of Menstruation
$46.58 Add to cartA bold and revolutionary perspective on the science and cultural history of menstruation
Menstruation is something half the world does for a week at a time, for months and years on end, yet it remains- Author: Clancy, Kate
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: April 18 2023
- ISBN10: 069119131X
- Language: English
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National Audubon Society Mushrooms of North America
$39.95 Add to cartA must-have reference for any nature lover: The most comprehensive and authoritative guide to the mushrooms of North America, updated for the first time in decades to reflect the impact of climate cha… [more below]
- Series: National Audubon Society Complete Guides
- Author: National Audubon Society
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 720
- Publish Date: April 11 2023
- ISBN10: 0593319982
- Language: English
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How Biology Works
$27.99 Add to cart
How do vaccines work? What is special about stem cells? How did we evolve from bacteria?
Discover everything you need to know about biology, with the simplest most visual guide to the science of life.- Series: How Things Work
- Author: DK
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: June 27 2023
- ISBN10: 0744080746
- Language: English
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Men, Microscopes, and Living Things
$13.95 Add to cartKatherine Shippen collaborated with Anthony Ravielli, the illustrator to give a history of the study of biology for students in the middle school grades. She beautiful tells the story of the progressi
- Author: Shippen, Katherine B.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 196
- Publish Date: August 02, 2016
- ISBN10: 0692746153
- Language: English
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Mushrooms of the Redwood Coast: A Comprehensive Guide to the Fungi of Coastal Northern California
$35.00 Add to cartA comprehensive and user-friendly field guide for identifying the many mushrooms of the northern California coast, from Monterey County to the Oregon border.
Mushrooms of the Redwood Coast will help b- Author: Siegel, Noah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 608
- Publish Date: August 09 2016
- ISBN10: 1607748177
- Language: English
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Mystical Mushrooms: Discover the Magic & Folklore of Fantastic Fungi
$19.99 Add to cartMystical Mushrooms defines the beauty of mushrooms by focusing on their magical connections and symbolic meanings through folkloric tales and superstitions throughout the world.
Go for a walk in the- Author: Kane, Aurora
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: September 12, 2023
- ISBN10: 1631069217
- Language: English
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Allergic: Our Irritated Bodies in a Changing World
$28.99 Add to cartAn “important and deeply researched” (The Wall Street Journal) exploration of allergies, from their first medical description in 1819 to the cutting-edge science that is illuminating the changes in ou
- Author: MacPhail, Theresa
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: May 30, 2023
- ISBN10: 0593229193
- Language: English
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Determined: A Science of Life Without Free Will
$35.00 Add to cartThe instant New York Times bestseller
“Excellent…Outstanding for its breadth of research, the liveliness of the writing, and the depth of humanity it conveys.” – Wall Street Journal One of our great- Author: Sapolsky, Robert M.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: October 17, 2023
- ISBN10: 0525560971
- Language: English
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Trees: And How They Work
$8.95 Read moreWhat is a tree? Why are they so important to life on Earth? How do they eat, breathe, grow, communicate, and regenerate themselves? How many different kinds of tree are there and where do they live? I… [more below]
- Series: Wooden Books North America Editions
- Author: Huikari, Olavi
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: July 01 2021
- ISBN10: 1952178118
- Language: English
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The Mushroom Hunters: A Hidden World of Food, Money, and (Mostly Legal) Adventure
$18.00 Add to cart“A beautifully written portrait of the people who collect and distribute wild mushrooms . . . food and nature writing at its finest.”–Eugenia Bone, author of Mycophilia
“A rollicking narrative . . .- Author: Cook, Langdon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: August 08, 2023
- ISBN10: 0345536274
- Language: English
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Meetings with Remarkable Mushrooms: Forays with Fungi Across Hemispheres
$26.00 Read moreA whirlwind journey through fungus frontiers that underscores how appreciating fungi is key to understanding our planet’s power and fragility.
What can we learn from the lives of fungi? Splitting time
- Author: Pouliot, Alison
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: September 05 2023
- ISBN10: 0226829634
- Language: English
