by National Audubon Society  Publisher Comments A whole new way to look at your world: New England, Florida, California, and the Pacific Northwest are the first four subjects in a series of comprehensive field guides to the flora, fauna, landscape, and climate of specific geographic regions of North... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your Price $11.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies 
by Jared Diamond 
Publisher Comments A global account of the rise of civilization that is also a stunning refutation of ideas of human development based on race. Until around 11,000 b.c., all peoples were still Stone Age hunter/gatherers. At that point, a great divide occurred in the... (read more) Your Price $7.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by George A Petrides Synopsis For wilderness travelers and backyard naturalists alike, the sheer number and variety of North American trees can make identification a daunting task. For those who have struggled to distinguish the Pacific Yew from the Redwood or the Quaking Aspen from... (read more) Your Price $4.98 (Sale - Trade Paper) check for used copies
by Mary Roach
Powells.com Staff Pick Following her usual template, Mary Roach finds a subject in the scientific community that is equal parts fascinating and scandalous, and writes an extensively researched and thoroughly amusing book about it. Beyond the initial titillation stemming from a... (read more) Your Price $24.95 (New - Hardcover) check for used and sale copies
by Adrienne Zihlman Publisher Comments The completely revised Human Evolution Coloring Book Provides an authoritative, scientific background for understanding the origins of humanityIncludes new discoveries and information essential for students of anthropology, primatology, paleontology... (read more) List Price $21.95 Your Price $8.98 (Sale - Trade Paper) check for used copies
by Louann Brizendine
Powells.com Staff Pick Although initially turned off by the title, The Female Brain was one the most revealing gender studies I have ever read. More a case for feminism than a case for gender superiority, Brizendine explores the physiological reasons behind the differences in... (read more) Your Price $9.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Norman Doidge Publisher Comments An astonishing new science called neuroplasticity is overthrowing the centuries-old notion that the human brain is immutable. Psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, Norman Doidge, M.D., traveled the country to meet both the brilliant scientists championing... (read more) Your Price $16.00 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
by Larry Gonick Publisher Comments If you have ever looked for P-values by shopping at P mart, tried to watch the Bernoulli Trails on "People's Court," or think that the standard deviation is a criminal offense in six states, then you need The Cartoon Guide to Statistics to put you on the... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your Price $10.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Richard Preston Publisher Comments Bizarre illnesses and plagues that kill people in the most unspeakable ways. Obsessive and inspired efforts by scientists to solve mysteries and save lives. From The Hot Zone to The Demon in the Freezer and beyond, Richard Preston’s bestselling... (read more) Your Price $17.50 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Bernd Heinrich Publisher Comments Although Gerd Heinrich, a devoted naturalist, specialized in wasps, Bernd Heinrich tried to distance himself from his "old-fashioned" father, becoming a hybrid: a modern, experimental biologist with a naturalist's sensibilities. In this extraordinary... (read more) Your Price $12.95 (Sale - Trade Paper) check for used copies
by Robert Michael Pyle Publisher Comments Butterflies are among the natural world's most colorful and intriguing creatures, so what could be more useful than a handy field guide with more than 1,000 photographs of all the butterflies of North America north of Mexico, including all true... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your Price $10.95 (Used - Flexible) check for new and sale copies
by Kenneth R. Miller Publisher Comments Written by a distinguished professor at Brown University, this compelling and provocative book demolishing claims that belief in God is incompatible with evolution.... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your Price $7.98 (Sale - Trade Paper) check for used copies
by Barbara A. Oakley Publisher Comments Prompted by clues in her sister's diary after her mysterious death, the author takes the reader inside the head of the kinds of malevolent people we all know, perhaps all too well, but could never understand, and puts both a human and scientific face to... (read more) Your Price $28.95 (New - Hardcover) check for used and sale copies
by Howard K Bloom Publisher Comments The Lucifer Principle is a revolutionary work that explores the intricate relationships among genetics, human behavior, and culture to put forth the thesis that "evil" is a by-product of nature's strategies for creation and that it is woven into our most... (read more) Your Price $7.98 (Sale - Trade Paper) check for used copies
by Herve This Publisher Comments Herv This (pronounced Teess) is an internationally renowned chemist, a popular French television personality, a bestselling cookbook author, a longtime collaborator with the famed French chef Pierre Gagnaire, and the only person to hold a doctorate in... (read more) Your Price $29.95 (New - Hardcover) check for used and sale copies
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