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Evolved: Chronicles of a Pleistocene Mind

by Maximilian Werner & John Alcock

With startling insights, Werner explores how our Pleistocene instincts inform our everyday decisions and behaviors in this modern day Walden.

Scatter, Adapt, and Remember: How Humans Will Survive a Mass Extinction

by Annalee Newitz

In its 4.5 billion–year history, life on Earth has been almost erased at least half a dozen times: shattered by asteroid impacts, entombed in ice, smothered by methane, and torn apart by unfathomably powerful...

Supersymmetry and Beyond: From the Higgs Boson to the New Physics

by Gordon Kane

The epic story of the quest to uncover a fully unified theory of physics, revised to reflect the possible discovery of the Higgs Boson.

Brilliant Blunders: From Darwin to Einstein - Colossal Mistakes by Great Scientists That Changed Our Understanding of Life and the Universe

by Mario Livio

WE ALL MAKE MISTAKES. Nobody’s perfect. Not even some of the greatest geniuses in history, as Mario Livio tells us in this marvelous story of scientific error and breakthrough.

Charles Darwin, William Thomson...

Leonardo's Foot: How 10 Toes, 52 Bones, and 66 Muscles Shaped the Human World

by Carol Ann Rinzler

Step right up for a toe-curling cultural biography of humanity’s earthbound extremity!

The Origin of Feces: What Excrement Tells Us About Evolution, Ecology, and a Sustainable Society

by David Waltner-Toews

An entertaining and enlightening exploration of why waste matters, this cultural history explores an often ignored subject matter and makes a compelling argument for a deeper understanding of human and animal...

Mini Weapons of Mass Destruction 3: Build Siege Weapons of the Dark Ages

by John Austin

Utilizing easy-to-find and inexpensive materials, this handy resource teaches desktop warriors how to build a multitude of medieval siege weapons for the modern era. Novice combatants will learn to build 35...

The Science Writers' Handbook: Everything You Need to Know to Pitch, Publish, and Prosper in the Digital Age

by Writers of SciLance, Thomas Hayden & Michelle Nijhuis

A comprehensive, up-to-date guide to the craft and business of science writing from SciLance

FineCat 2013 - Symposium on heterogeneous catalysis for fine chemicals

by Book of Abstract

The Book of Abstract of the second “FineCat - Symposium on heterogeneous catalysis for fine chemicals" held in Italy on April 2013, including the lectures of eminent chemists Claudio Bianchini, D. Tyler McQuade...

The Intuitive Way of Knowing: A Tribute to Brian Goodwin

by David Lambert & Chris Chetland

Professor Brian Goodwin was a visionary biologist, mathematician and philosopher. Born in Canada in 1931, he studied biology at McGill University then for his PhD at Oxford under the eminent biologist Conrad...

The New Digital Age: Reshaping the Future of People, Nations and Business

by Eric Schmidt & Jared Cohen

In an unparalleled collaboration, two leading global thinkers in technology and foreign affairs give us their widely anticipated, transformational vision of the future: a world where everyone is connected—a...

The Pipeline and the Paradigm: Keystone XL, Tar Sands, and the Battle to Defuse the Carbon Bomb

by Samuel Avery & Bill Mckibben

This thoroughly researched and wholly engaging book investigates the economic, ecological, political, and psychological issues behind the Keystone XL pipeline—a project so controversial it has inspired the...

Biology Through the Eyes of Faith

by Richard Wright

Newly Revised

The Council of Christian Colleges and Universities Series

Stressing the biblical message of stewardship, biologist Richard T. Wright celebrates the study of God's creation and examines the interaction...

Easy Physics Step-By-Step (eBook)

by Jonathan Wolf

What you wont find in Easy Physics Step-by-Step is a lot of endless drills.

Instead, you get a clear explanation that breaks down complex concepts into easy-to-understand steps, followed by highly focused exercises...

Life's Basis And Life's Ideal - The Fundamentals Of A New Philosophy Of Life

by Sir Arthur Eddington

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern...

Pruning Trees And Shrubs

by A. S. Eddington

Pruning is an ancient practice. There are references to it in the early scriptures. Many writers have dealt with the subject subsequently and within the last fifty years much attention has been given to the...

Poor Cecco - Illustrated by Arthur Rackham

by R. K. Bernhard

Margery Williams Bianco (1881 - 1944) was an English-American author, primarily of popular children's books. A professional writer since the age of nineteen. Poor Cecco is the wonderful story of a wooden dog...

Grimm's Fairy Tales - Selected and Illustrated by Elenore Abbott

by A. J. B. Scholefield

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing many of these classic works in affordable, high quality,...

Petrotyranny

by John Bacher & David Suzuki

John Bacher uncovers frightening facts about the world's oil industry and explores the potential for global conflict.

Farmacology

by Daphne Miller

What can good farming teach us about nurturing ourselves?

Family physician Daphne Miller long suspected that farming and medicine were intimately linked. Increasingly disillusioned by mainstream medicine's mechanistic...