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Vendor:Lisa Feldman Barrett
How Emotions Are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain
"Fascinating . . . A thought-provoking journey into emotion science." -- Wall Street Journal"A singular book, remarkable for the freshness of its ideas and the boldness and clarity with which they are presented." -- Scientific American "A brilliant and original book on the science...- $14.99
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Vendor:David R. Montgomery
The Hidden Half of Nature: The Microbial Roots of Life and Health
A riveting exploration of how microbes are transforming the way we see nature and ourselves--and could revolutionize agriculture and medicine. Prepare to set aside what you think you know about yourself and microbes. Good health--for people and for plants--depends on Earth's smallest creatures. The...- $9.99
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Vendor:Lisa Feldman Barrett
How Emotions Are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain
"Fascinating . . . A thought-provoking journey into emotion science." -- Wall Street Journal"A singular book, remarkable for the freshness of its ideas and the boldness and clarity with which they are presented." -- Scientific American "A brilliant and original book on the science...- $69.97
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Vendor:Byron Reese
We Are Agora: How Humanity Functions as a Single Superorganism That Shapes Our World and Our Future
Could humans unknowingly be a part of a larger superorganism--one with its own motivations and goals, one that is alive, and conscious, and has the power to shape the future of our species?This is the fascinating theory from author and futurist Byron Reese, who...- $39.99
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Vendor:WR Book House
Gut Check: Unleash the Power of Your Microbiome to Reverse Disease and Transform Your Mental, Physical, and Emotional Health
In this groundbreaking addition to his New York Times bestselling Plant Paradox series, Steven R.Gundry, MD offers a definitive guide to the gut biome and its control over its home--us!--revealing the unimaginably complex and intelligent ecosystem controlling our health and teaching us how to...- $46.99
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Vendor:Robert M. Sapolsky
Jaws: The Story of a Hidden Epidemic
There's a silent epidemic in western civilization, and it is right under our noses. Our jaws are getting smaller and our teeth crooked and crowded, creating not only aesthetic challenges but also difficulties with breathing. Modern orthodontics has persuaded us that braces and oral...- $41.99
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Vendor:Thomas D. Seeley
Honeybee Democracy
Author: Thomas D. SeeleyISBN-10: 1665265094ISBN-13: 9781665265096Publisher: Tantor AudioLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/05/2017Format: MP3 CD- $41.99
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Vendor:Donna Postel
Native American DNA: Tribal Belonging and the False Promise of Genetic Science
In Native American DNA, Kim TallBear shows how DNA testing is a powerful--and problematic--scientific process that is useful in determining close biological relatives. But tribal membership is a legal category that has developed in dependence on certain social understandings and historical contexts, a set...- $41.99
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Vendor:Christa Lewis
A Pocket History of Human Evolution Lib/E: How We Became Sapiens
Author: Christa Lewis, Silvana Condemi, Francois SavatierISBN-10: 1665205288ISBN-13: 9781665205283Publisher: Tantor AudioLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/29/2019Format: CD- $46.99
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Vendor:Jerry A. Coyne
Why Evolution Is True
The proof for evolution is vast, varied, and magnificent, drawn from many different fields of scientific inquiry. Today, scientists are documenting species splitting into two, observing animals and plants adapting before our eyes, and finding more and more fossils capturing what happened eons ago--dinosaurs...- $9.99
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Vendor:Jaime Green
The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2023
Award-winning writer, columnist, and journalists Carl Zimmer selects twenty science and nature essays that represent the best examples of the form published in 2022. "What's most compelling about a scientific story is the way it challenges us to think about the concepts we take...- $41.99
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Vendor:Venki Ramakrishnan
Why We Die: The New Science of Aging and the Quest for Immortality
"Utterly fascinating." --Bill BrysonA groundbreaking exploration of the science of why and how we age and die--from Nobel Prize-winning molecular biologist Venki Ramakrishnan.The knowledge of death is so terrifying that we live most of our lives in denial of it. Throughout human history--from the...- $41.99
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Vendor:Dickson Despommier
The Vertical Farm: Feeding the World in the 21st Century
Author: Dickson DespommierISBN-10: 8200105040ISBN-13: 9798200105045Publisher: Tantor AudioLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/12/2010Format: CD- $36.99
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Vendor:Daniel Z. Lieberman
The Molecule of More: How a Single Chemical in Your Brain Drives Love, Sex, and Creativity--And Will Determine the Fate of the Human Race
Why are we obsessed with the things we want and bored when we get them?Why is addiction "perfectly logical" to an addict?Why does love change so quickly from passion to disinterest?Why are some people diehard liberals and others hardcore conservatives?Why are we always hopeful...- $36.99
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Vendor:Noah Whiteman
Most Delicious Poison: The Story of Nature's Toxins―from Spices to Vices
An evolutionary biologist tells the story of nature's toxins and why we are attracted--and addicted--to them, in this "magisterial, fascinating, and gripping tour de force" (Neil Shubin).A deadly secret lurks within our spice racks, medicine cabinets, backyard gardens, and private stashes.Scratch beneath the surface...- $38.99
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Vendor:Donald R. Prothero
Rhinoceros Giants: The Paleobiology of Indricotheres
Written for everyone fascinated by the huge beasts that once roamed the earth, this book introduces the giant hornless rhinoceros, Indricotherium. These massive animals inhabited Asia and Eurasia for more than 14 million years, about 37 to 23 million years ago. They had skulls...- $41.99
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Vendor:Joe Roman
Eat, Poop, Die: How Animals Make Our World
Joe Roman reveals how ecosystems are sculpted and sustained by animals eating, pooping, and dying--and how these fundamental functions could help save us from climate catastrophe. If forests are the lungs of the planet, then animals migrating across oceans, streams, and mountains--eating, pooping, and...- $45.00
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Vendor:Fez Inkwright
Botanical Curses and Poisons: The Shadow-Lives of Plants
Discover the folklore and history of our most toxic plants. If you drink much from a bottle marked 'poison, ' it is almost certain to disagree with you, sooner or later.--Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland In both history and fiction, some of the most...- $19.99
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Vendor:Max Solomon Bennett
A Brief History of Intelligence: Evolution, Ai, and the Five Breakthroughs That Made Our Brains
Equal parts Sapiens, Behave, and Superintelligence, but wholly original in scope, A Brief History of Intelligence offers a paradigm shift for how we understand neuroscience and AI. Artificial intelligence entrepreneur Max Bennett chronicles the five "breakthroughs" in the evolution of human intelligence and reveals...- $41.99
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Vendor:Jessica Wapner
The Philadelphia Chromosome: A Mutant Gene and the Quest to Cure Cancer at the Genetic Level
Author: Jessica WapnerISBN-10: 166515912XISBN-13: 9781665159128Publisher: HighBridge AudioLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/14/2013Format: MP3 CD- $24.47
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