Life Sciences
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How Light Makes Life: The Hidden Wonders and World-Saving Powers of Photosynthesis
$14.95 Read moreIt’s a clunky word for a miracle: Photosynthesis. But there’s no life on Earth without it. For biologist Raffael Jovine, it’s a consuming passion, a great unsung force of nature. He makes his case in
- Author: Jovine, Raffael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: June 21 2022
- ISBN10: 1615198636
- Language: English
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Field Guide to Birds of Senegal and the Gambia: Second Edition
$38.00 Add to cartThis comprehensive and fully updated edition of Birds of Senegal and The Gambia is the ultimate guide for travellers and birdwatchers visiting one of Africa’s richest birdwatching regions.
The Gambia- Series: Helm Field Guides
- Author: Borrow, Nik
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: September 12 2023
- ISBN10: 139940220X
- Language: English
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The Body Factory: From the First Prosthetics to the Augmented Human
$18.95 Read moreA young man has a horrible motorcycle accident. He wakes up in the hospital to discover that one of his arms has been amputated. Then a portrait on the wall of his hospital room begins to speak to him… [more below]
- Author: Chochois, Heloise
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: May 03 2021
- ISBN10: 0271087064
- Language: English
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Bones: Inside and Out
$17.95 Read moreHuman bone is versatile and entirely unique: it repairs itself without scarring, it’s lightweight but responds to stresses, and it’s durable enough to survive for millennia. In Bones, orthopedic surge
- Author: Meals, Roy A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: October 26 2021
- ISBN10: 0393868257
- Language: English
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Life-Size Animals: An Illustrated Safari
$19.99 Read moreA gorgeously illustrated, oversize picture book that shows young readers the sizes of their favorite animals.
Could you picture the size of a tiger’s face, or an elephant’s tail, or an ostrich’s egg?- Author: Schiavo, Rita Mabel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: November 03 2020
- ISBN10: 1419744607
- Language: English
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A Tale of Two Cranes: Lessons Learned from 50 Years of the Endangered Species ACT
$29.95 Read moreIt’s been 50 years since the United States attempted a conservation revolution with the passing of the Endangered Species Act in 1973. Now, fifty years later, the Fish and Wildlife Service finds itse
- Author: Gronewold, Nathanial
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1633887626
- Language: English
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Scats and Tracks of North America: A Field Guide to the Signs of Nearly 150 Wildlife Species
$19.95 Add to cartSee those animal signs on the trail? Was that footprint left by a fox or a wolf? Was that pile of droppings deposited by a moose, a mouse, or a marten? Scats and Tracks of North America will help you … [more below]
- Series: Scats and Tracks
- Author: Halfpenny, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 344
- Publish Date: August 01 2019
- ISBN10: 1493043021
- Language: English
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Homo Deus: Breve Historia del Mañana / Homo Deus. a History of Tomorrow: Breve Historia del Mañana = Homo Deus
$21.95 Read moreTras el ?xito de Sapiens. De animales a dioses, Yuval Noah Harari vuelve su mirada al futuro para ver hacia d?nde nos dirigimos.
La guerra es algo obsoleto. Es m?s probable quitarse la vida que morir- Author: Harari, Yuval Noah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: January 30 2018
- ISBN10: 194554094X
- Language: Spanish
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Common Insects of Texas and Surrounding States: A Field Guide
$26.95 Read moreThanks to its size and geographic position, Texas is home to nearly 30,000 species of insects, likely making its insect population the most diverse in the nation. Ranging from eastern and western to t
- Author: Abbott, John C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: October 13 2020
- ISBN10: 1477310355
- Language: English
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Ending Plague: A Scholar’s Obligation in an Age of Corruption
$26.99 Read more“An engrossing exposé of scientific practice in America.”
From the authors of the New York Times bestselling Plague of Corruption comes the prescription on how to end the plague inf
—KIRKUS REVIEWS- Series: Children’s Health Defense
- Author: Ruscetti, Francis W.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: August 31 2021
- ISBN10: 1510764682
- Language: English
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Wonderdog: The Science of Dogs and Their Unique Friendship with Humans
$27.95 Read moreA celebration of dogs, the scientists who’ve lived alongside them, and how canines have been key to advancements in science for the betterment of all species.
Almost everywhere there are humans on pl- Author: Howard, Jules
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: November 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1639362622
- Language: English
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Overloaded: How Every Aspect of Your Life Is Influenced by Your Brain Chemicals
$18.00 Read moreA NEW SCIENTIST BOOK OF THE YEAR
Our lives are ruled by one particular group of chemicals. These are the hormones and neurotransmitters that regulate and drive our brains. Overloaded looks at the role- Author: Smith, Ginny
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: February 14 2023
- ISBN10: 1472969375
- Language: English
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The Worm: The Disgusting Critters Series
$6.99 Read moreThe second in a series of humorous books about disgusting creatures, The Worm is a look at the earthworm. It covers such topics as the worm’s habitats (sometimes they live inside other animals), its a… [more below]
- Series: Disgusting Critters
- Author: Gravel, Elise
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: July 05 2016
- ISBN10: 1101918411
- Language: English
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Kettlebell Strength Training Anatomy
$27.95 Add to cartReap the benefits of kettlebell training with Kettlebell Strength Training Anatomy! Used increasingly for strength training over the last decade, kettlebells enable you to mimic real-life movements, m… [more below]
- Author: Hartle, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: September 12 2023
- ISBN10: 1718208596
- Language: English
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Biology: An Illustrated History of Life Science (100 Ponderables)
$24.95 Add to cartHere is the essential guide to biology, an authoritative reference book and fold out timeline that examines how we have uncovered the secrets of life – the most complex process in the Universe
From- Series: 100 Ponderables
- Author: Jackson, Tom
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: October 11 2017
- ISBN10: 1627950931
- Language: English
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How Language Began: The Story of Humanity’s Greatest Invention
$19.95 Read moreAt the time of its publication, How Language Began received high acclaim for capturing the fascinating history of mankind’s most incredible creation. Deemed a “bombshell” linguist and “instant folk he
- Author: Everett, Daniel L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: December 17 2019
- ISBN10: 1631496263
- Language: English
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In the Company of Bears: What Black Bears Have Taught Me about Intelligence and Intuition
$24.95 Add to cartIn In the Company of Bears, originally published in hardcover as Out on a Limb, Ben Kilham invites us into the world he has come to know best: the world of black bears.
For decades, Kilham has studied
- Author: Kilham, Benjamin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: September 01 2014
- ISBN10: 1603585877
- Language: English
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Everything in Its Place: First Loves and Last Tales
$18.00 Read moreFrom the legendary author of The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat a volume of essays on everything from primordial life and the mysteries of the brain to the ancient ginkgo and the power of the writ… [more below]
- Author: Sacks, Oliver
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: March 31 2020
- ISBN10: 1101972327
- Language: English
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What Is Life?: Five Great Ideas in Biology
$20.00 Read moreThe renowned biologist Paul Nurse has spent his career revealing how living cells work. In What Is Life?, he takes up the challenge of describing what it means to be alive in a way that every reader c
- Author: Nurse, Paul
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: February 02 2021
- ISBN10: 0393541150
- Language: English
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The Incredible Journey of Plants
$17.99 Read moreNamed a Best Book of the Year for the Know-It-All by The Globe and Mail
In this richly illustrated volume, a leading neurobiologist presents fascinating stories of plant migration that reveal unexpec- Author: Mancuso, Stefano
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: May 03 2022
- ISBN10: 1635421918
- Language: English
