Life Sciences
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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 Read moreIn 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 Add to cartFrom 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
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The Hidden Spring: A Journey to the Source of Consciousness
$18.95 Read moreFor Mark Solms, one of the boldest thinkers in contemporary neuroscience, discovering how consciousness comes about has been a lifetime’s quest. Scientists consider it the “hard problem” because it se
- Author: Solms, Mark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: July 19 2022
- ISBN10: 1324021918
- Language: English
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The Joy of Sweat: The Strange Science of Perspiration
$16.95 Read moreSweating may be one of our weirdest biological functions, but it’s also one of our most vital and least understood. In The Joy of Sweat, Sarah Everts delves into its role in the body–and in human his
- Author: Everts, Sarah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: July 12 2022
- ISBN10: 132402206X
- Language: English
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Birds of East Asia: China, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, and Russia
$39.95 Add to cartWith 234 superb color plates, and more than 950 color maps, Birds of East Asia makes it easy to identify all of the region’s species. The first single-volume field guide for eastern Asia, the book cov
- Series: Princeton Field Guides #46
- Author: Brazil, Mark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: February 15 2009
- ISBN10: 0691139261
- Language: English
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The Self Delusion: The New Neuroscience of How We Invent–And Reinvent–Our Identities
$30.00 Read moreA New York Times-bestselling author reveals how the stories we tell ourselves, about ourselves, are critical to our lives
We all know we tell stories about ourselves. But as psychiatrist and neuroscie
- Author: Berns, Gregory
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: October 18 2022
- ISBN10: 1541602293
- Language: English
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How to Prevent the Next Pandemic
$18.00 Read moreGovernments, businesses, and individuals around the world are thinking about what happens after the COVID-19 pandemic. Can we hope to not only ward off another COVID-like disaster but also eliminate a… [more below]
- Author: Gates, Bill
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: June 06 2023
- ISBN10: 0593467701
- Language: English
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Monarchs and Milkweed: A Migrating Butterfly, a Poisonous Plant, and Their Remarkable Story of Coevolution
$35.00 Add to cartThe fascinating and complex evolutionary relationship of the monarch butterfly and the milkweed plant
Monarch butterflies are one of nature’s most recognizable creatures, known for their bright colors- Author: Agrawal, Anurag
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: March 28 2017
- ISBN10: 0691166358
- Language: English
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Animals and Psychedelics: The Natural World and the Instinct to Alter Consciousness
$12.95 Read moreAn Italian ethnobotanist explores the remarkable propensity of wild animals to seek out and use psychoactive substances.
– Throws out behaviorist theories that claim animals have no consciousness. – O- Author: Samorini, Giorgio
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: August 01 2002
- ISBN10: 0892819863
- Language: English
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Aquatic Plants of Northern and Central Europe Including Britain and Ireland
$191.67 Read moreThe first comprehensive guide to the aquatic plants of the region
Beneath the surface of bodies of freshwater–springs, streams, rivers, ponds and lakes–there is a world of plants of great variety an- Series: Wildguides #118
- Author: Schou, Jens Christian
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 752
- Publish Date: December 05 2023
- ISBN10: 0691251010
- Language: English
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Anatomy of Exercise for 50+: A Trainer’s Guide to Staying Fit Over Fifty
$24.95 Read moreOver 35,000 sold of this essential guide for the burgeoning over 50 population.
The exercises in Anatomy of Exercise for 50+ will support good health at any age, but for those over fifty they can he
- Series: Anatomy of
- Author: Liebman, Hollis Lance
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: October 20 2020
- ISBN10: 0228103088
- Language: English
