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Price: $16.95
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Sale: $9.83
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Manufacturer: Basic Books
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Robin Baker
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Publisher: Basic Books
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Dewey Decimal Number: 306.736
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Publication Date: 2006-01-02
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Reading Level: 400
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Description: Published to acclaim and controversy a decade ago, Sperm Wars is a revolutionary thesis about sex that turned centuries-old biological assumptions on their head. Evolution has programmed men to conquer and monopolize women while women, without ever knowing they are doing it, seek the best genetic input on offer from potential sexual partners. In this book, best-selling author Robin Baker reveals these new facts of life: ten percent of children are not fathered by their "fathers;" less than one percent of a man's sperm is capable of fertilizing anything (the rest is there to fight off all other men's sperm); "smart" vaginal mucus encourages some sperm but blocks others; and a woman is far more likely to conceive through a casual fling than through sex with her regular partner. It's no wonder that Sperm Wars is a classic of popular science writing that will surprise, entertain, and even shock.
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Price: $17.50
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Sale: $10.50
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Manufacturer: Spring Creek Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Mark Rashid
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Publisher: Spring Creek Press
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Dewey Decimal Number: 636.10835
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Publication Date: 2000-05
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Reading Level: 169
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Description: In "Horses Never Lie," acclaimed horse trainer Mark Rashid breaks new ground by challenging the longstanding belief that a person must become the "alpa leader" in order to work with horses. Instead, "Horses Never Lie" teaches you how to become a "passive leader"—a reflection of the kind of horse other members of a herd choose to be around and to follow. It’s a must read for all horse owners who care about their horses and the kind of relationship they have with them. As he did in "Considering the Horse" and "A Good Horse Is Never a Bad Color," Rashid writes about his experiences with real horses, always featuring his sense of humor and an overriding compassion for the horse. His instructive anecdotes reach back to when he was a youngster under the mentorship of the "old man," and continue to his experiences today as a horse trainer and a popular clinician who has traveled the world to teach his remarkably effective methods to enthusiastic horse owners.
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Price: $39.95
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Sale: $25.05
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Manufacturer: Belknap Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Rosamond Purcell::Linnea S. Hall::René Corado
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Publisher: Belknap Press
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Dewey Decimal Number: 598.14680222
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Publication Date: 2008-10-15
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Reading Level: 232
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Description: The beauty of the robin’s egg is not lost on the child who discovers the nest, nor on the collector of nature’s marvels. Such instances of wonder find fitting expression in the photographs of Rosamond Purcell, whose work captures the intricacy of nests and the aesthetic perfection of bird eggs. Mining the ornithological treasures of the Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology, Purcell produces pictures as lovely and various as the artifacts she photographs. The dusky blue egg of an emu becomes a planet. A woodpecker’s nest bears an uncanny resemblance to a wooden shoe. A resourceful rock dove weaves together scrap metal and spent fireworks. A dreamscape of dancing monkeys emerges from the calligraphic markings of a murre egg. Alongside Purcell’s photographs, Linnea Hall and René Corado offer an engaging history of egg collecting, the provenance of the specimens in the photographs, and the biology, conservation, and ecology of the birds that produced them. They highlight the scientific value that eggs and nest hold for understanding and conserving birds in the wild, as well as the aesthetic charge they carry for us. How has evolution shaped the egg or directed the design of the nest? How do the photographs convey such infinitesimal and yet momentous happenstance? The objects in Egg & Nest are specimens of natural history, and in Purcell’s renderings, they are also the most natural art. (20080907)
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Price: $3.95
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Sale: $0.70
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Brand: Houghton Mifflin
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: H.A. and Margret Rey
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Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
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Publication Date: 2003-08-25
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Reading Level: 24
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Reading Level: Ages 4-8
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Features:
- CHILDRENS BOOKS & MUSIC
- Childrens Books
- Language Arts
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Description: George is lucky to arrive at the library just in time for story hour. But it"s not easy for a little monkey to sit still too long. From selecting books to getting his very own library card, George"s day at the library makes reading fun.
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Price: $15.99
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Sale: $9.06
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Manufacturer: DK CHILDREN
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Steve Parker
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Publisher: DK CHILDREN
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Dewey Decimal Number: 612
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Publication Date: 2004-08-02
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Reading Level: 72
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Reading Level: Ages 9-12
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Description: New Look! Relaunched with new jackets and 8 pages of new text!
DK gives a new look to the series that forever changed the nonfiction genre and set the standard for highly informative visual guides. This volume, and those to follow in future seasons, forms part of an indispensable library for the whole family. Focusing on contemporary and historical developments in the study of the human body, this book features clear, expertly written text, color and black-and-white photos, charts, graphics, and 3-D models -- all of which combine to make complex scientific concepts easy to understand.
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Price: $17.95
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Sale: $11.39
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Manufacturer: W. W. Norton
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Eric R. Kandel
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Publisher: W. W. Norton
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Edition: 1
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Dewey Decimal Number: 570
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Publication Date: 2007-03-19
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Reading Level: 512
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Description: "A stunning book."—Oliver Sacks
Charting the intellectual history of the emerging biology of mind, Eric R. Kandel illuminates how behavioral psychology, cognitive psychology, neuroscience, and molecular biology have converged into a powerful new science of mind. This science now provides nuanced insights into normal mental functioning and disease, and simultaneously opens pathways to more effective healing.
Driven by vibrant curiosity, Kandel's personal quest to understand memory is threaded throughout this absorbing history. Beginning with his childhood in Nazi-occupied Vienna, In Search of Memory chronicles Kandel's outstanding career from his initial fascination with history and psychoanalysis to his groundbreaking work on the biological process of memory, which earned him the Nobel Prize.
A deft mixture of memoir and history, modern biology and behavior, In Search of Memory traces how a brilliant scientist's intellectual journey intersected with one of the great scientific endeavors of the twentieth century: the search for the biological basis of memory. 50 illustrations.
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Price: $14.95
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Sale: $8.76
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Manufacturer: New World Library
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Marc Bekoff
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Publisher: New World Library
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Dewey Decimal Number: 591.5
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Publication Date: 2008-05-28
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Reading Level: 240
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Description: If the onus on Emotional Lives of Animals author Marc Bekoff was simply to prove that nonhuman creatures exhibit Charles Darwin's six universal emotions (anger, happiness, sadness, disgust, fear, and surprise), then his book would be very brief. As anyone who has ever had a pet dog, cat, rabbit, or even bird can attest, animals not only possess such emotions but broadcast them clearly and often. Bekoff's goal, however, is much grander: To show that wild and domestic species have a kaleidoscopic range of feelings, from embarrassment to awe, and that we dismiss them not only at their peril but our own. And if an endorsement squib by PETA president Ingrid Newkirk and Foreword by renowned animal scientist Jane Goodall doesn't give it away, then readers quickly learn that Bekoff also has an agenda: showing that using animals for scientific experiments, amusement, food, and the like is reprehensible and unconscionable. Not that The Emotional Lives of Animals is a polemic. By turns funny, anecdotal, and deeply researched, the book is all the more persuasive because it's so compelling. As Bekoff (professor emeritus of biology at the University of Colorado) points out, "It's bad biology to argue against the existence of animal emotions. Scientific research in evolutionary biology, cognitive ethology, and social neuroscience supports the view that numerous and diverse animals have rich and deep emotional lives. Emotions have evolved as adaptations in numerous species, and they serve as a social glue to bond animals with one another." And with us, as Bekoff argues in this absorbing and important book. -- Kim Hughes
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Price: $16.95
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Sale: $10.46
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Manufacturer: Bell Lap Books Inc.
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Lloyd Pye
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Publisher: Bell Lap Books Inc.
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Dewey Decimal Number: 500
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Publication Date: 2007-07-07
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Reading Level: 288
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Description: The Starchild Skull chronicles eight-years of scientific testing of a highly unusual human-like skull. Collectively, that testing strongly indicates the skull is not entirely human. This is one of the most important stories in the world right now, literally history in the making.
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Price: $14.95
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Sale: $5.00
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Manufacturer: Vintage
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Jonathan Weiner
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Publisher: Vintage
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Dewey Decimal Number: 598.8830438
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Publication Date: 1995-05-30
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Reading Level: 352
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Description: Rosemary and Peter Grant and those assisting them have spend twenty years on Daphne Major, an island in the Galapagos studying natural selection. They recognize each individual bird on the island, when there are four hundred at the time of the author's visit, or when there are over a thousand. They have observed about twenty generations of finches -- continuously.
Jonathan Weiner follows these scientists as they watch Darwin's finches and come up with a new understanding of life itself.
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Price: $25.95
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Sale: $11.09
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Manufacturer: Viking Adult
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Mira Tweti
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Publisher: Viking Adult
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Edition: 1
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Dewey Decimal Number: 636.6865
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Publication Date: 2008-08-14
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Reading Level: 368
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Description: There are an estimated 50 million parrots kept as pets the U.S. alone, their numbers surpassed only by dogs and cats, yet these complex creatures are not your typical domesticated animal, and they remain a mystery to many. Most people don’t know that parrots score at the level of 3-to-5 year olds on human intelligence tests. Nor that they can live to 100 years or more. Nor that pound for pound parrots are worth more on the black market than cocaine. Their startling beauty, social sophistication, and uncanny ability to bond with humans have made parrots sought-after pets, but few people realize how fragile and endangered many parrot species have become.
In Of Parrots and People, award-winning journalist and parrot expert, Mira Tweti, reveals the world of a family of birds that is far more complex and advanced than we’ve acknowledged. Tweti relates stunning scientific findings on the intelligence, personality, and rich lives of parrots that challenge our most widespread and flawed assumptions about non-primates. And she explores the intense and often humorous emotional connections these birds form not just with their flockmates, but with the “parronts” (as some “parrot parents” call themselves) who keep them as pets, often pampering them as they do children.
Of Parrots and People also takes on the much larger, serious issues of animal welfare that are the unfortunate consequences of the “bird boom” of the last few decades. Despite the high demand for them, many parrot species are endangered in the wild from rampant trapping and habitat destruction, while those in captivity are quickly becoming the fastest growing category of unwanted pets, living lives of neglect or abuse. Avian rescuers can’t handle the number of birds that need help, and the Humane Society of the U.S. is advocating euthanasia rather than warehousing birds that will outlive their caretakers. Yet unregulated bird breeders continue to put over a million young birds on the market each year from parrot mills across the country. It’s an untenable situation of cruelty, especially for such an evolved and intelligent species, and it’s just one of the many newsworthy topics that make Of Parrots and People just as hard-hitting as it is soft-hearted. Tweti tirelessly follows the parrot trail around the globe, from the living rooms and pet stores of America, to hotbeds of illegal trade in Mexico. She examines threats of avian flu, and takes a first hand look at encouraging progress in eco-tourism that may be our only way to protect these stunning species from being hunted to extinction.
Comprehensive in scope and passionately written, Of Parrots and People is a unique and vivid addition to popular works on animals and their behavior, and an important new voice in the burgeoning environmental and conservation movement.
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