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Price: $14.95
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Sale: $6.99
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Manufacturer: Broadway
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Dalai Lama
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Publisher: Broadway
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Dewey Decimal Number: 294.3365
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Publication Date: 2006-09-12
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Reading Level: 224
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Description: Galileo, Copernicus, Newton, Niels Bohr, Einstein. Their insights shook our perception of who we are and where we stand in the world, and in their wake have left an uneasy coexistence: science vs. religion, faith vs. empirical inquiry. Which is the keeper of truth? Which is the true path to understanding reality?
After forty years of study with some of the greatest scientific minds, as well as a lifetime of meditative, spiritual, and philosophic study, the Dalai Lama presents a brilliant analysis of why all avenues of inquiry—scientific as well as spiritual—must be pursued in order to arrive at a complete picture of the truth. Through an examination of Darwinism and karma, quantum mechanics and philosophical insight into the nature of reality, neurobiology and the study of consciousness, the Dalai Lama draws significant parallels between contemplative and scientific examinations of reality.
This breathtakingly personal examination is a tribute to the Dalai Lama’s teachers—both of science and spirituality. The legacy of this book is a vision of the world in which our different approaches to understanding ourselves, our universe, and one another can be brought together in the service of humanity.
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Price: $16.95
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Sale: $5.78
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Manufacturer: Mariner Books
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Richard Dawkins
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Publisher: Mariner Books
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Dewey Decimal Number: 576.8
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Publication Date: 2005-09-02
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Reading Level: 688
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Description: Just as we trace our personal family trees from parents to grandparents and so on back in time, so in The Ancestor's Tale Richard Dawkins traces the ancestry of life. As he is at pains to point out, this is very much our human tale, our ancestry. Surprisingly, it is one that many otherwise literate people are largely unaware of. Hopefully Dawkins's name and well deserved reputation as a best selling writer will introduce them to this wonderful saga. The Ancestor's Tale takes us from our immediate human ancestors back through what he calls ‘concestors,’ those shared with the apes, monkeys and other mammals and other vertebrates and beyond to the dim and distant microbial beginnings of life some 4 billion years ago. It is a remarkable story which is still very much in the process of being uncovered. And, of course from a scientist of Dawkins stature and reputation we get an insider's knowledge of the most up-to-date science and many of those involved in the research. And, as we have come to expect of Dawkins, it is told with a passionate commitment to scientific veracity and a nose for a good story. Dawkins's knowledge of the vast and wonderful sweep of life's diversity is admirable. Not only does it encompass the most interesting living representatives of so many groups of organisms but also the important and informative fossil ones, many of which have only been found in recent years. Dawkins sees his journey with its reverse chronology as ‘cast in the form of an epic pilgrimage from the present to the past [and] all roads lead to the origin of life.’ It is, to my mind, a sensible and perfectly acceptable approach although some might complain about going against the grain of evolution. The great benefit for the general reader is that it begins with the more familiar present and the animals nearest and dearest to us—our immediate human ancestors. And then it delves back into the more remote and less familiar past with its droves of lesser known and extinct fossil forms. The whole pilgrimage is divided into 40 tales, each based around a group of organisms and discusses their role in the overall story. Genetic, morphological and fossil evidence is all taken into account and illustrated with a wealth of photos and drawings of living and fossils forms, evolutionary and distributional charts and maps through time, providing a visual compliment and complement to the text. The design also allows Dawkins to make numerous running comments and characteristic asides. There are also numerous references and a good index.-- Douglas Palmer
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Price: $18.95
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Sale: $9.83
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Manufacturer: Alpha
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Jr., Ph.D., Robert A. Donnelly
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Publisher: Alpha
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Edition: 2
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Dewey Decimal Number: 519.5
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Publication Date: 2007-05-01
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Reading Level: 416
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Description: Not a numbers person? No problem!
This new edition is aimed at high school and college students who need to take statistics to fulfill a degree requirement and follows a standard statistics curriculum. Readers will find information on frequency distributions; mean, median, and mode; range, variance, and standard deviation; probability; and more.
—Emphasizes Microsoft Excel for number-crunching and computations
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Price: $14.95
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Sale: $7.16
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Manufacturer: Rodale Books
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Rick Luttmann::Gail Luttmann
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Publisher: Rodale Books
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Dewey Decimal Number: 636.5
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Publication Date: 1976-09-15
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Reading Level: 157
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Description: Your backyard can be the source of the best eggs and meat you've ever tasted. The answer is chickens--endearing birds that require but a modest outlay of time, space and food.
As they learned to raise chickens, Gail and Rick Luttmann came to realize the need for a comprehensive but clear and nontechnical guide. Their book covers all the basics in a light and entertaining sytle, from housing and feeding through incubating, bringing up chicks, butchering, and raising chickens for show.
Througout the book, the Luttmanns express their wonder at the personalities of chickens--the role of brash protector played by roosters, and the instinctive motherliness of the hens. Given some freedom and attention, these birds can become much more than the egg-and-meat machines of commercial hatcheries and broiler factories. Chickens provide backyard farmers with enjoyable pastime, as well as a supply of good food.
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Price: $19.00
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Sale: $9.99
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Manufacturer: Princeton Review
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Princeton Review
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Publisher: Princeton Review
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Dewey Decimal Number: 570.76
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Publication Date: 2007-03-06
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Reading Level: 496
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Description: The Princeton Review realizes that acing the SAT Biology E/M Subject Test is very different from earning straight A’s in school. We don’t try to teach you everything there is to know about biology–only the techniques and information you’ll need to maximize your score. In Cracking the SAT Biology E/M Subject Test, we’ll teach you how to think like the test writers and
·Learn what subject matter will be tested so you can study more effectively
·Review key biology concepts that will appear on the test
·Use proven techniques to solve complicated questions
The 2007-2008 edition of Cracking the SAT Biology E/M Subject Test is revised and updated to include the most current information possible.
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Price: $105.00
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Sale: $60.00
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Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Paul Horowitz::Winfield Hill
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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Edition: 2
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Dewey Decimal Number: 621.381
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Publication Date: 1989-07-28
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Reading Level: 1125
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Description: This is the thoroughly revised and updated second edition of the hugely successful The Art of Electronics. Widely accepted as the authoritative text and reference on electronic circuit design, both analog and digital, this book revolutionized the teaching of electronics by emphasizing the methods actually used by circuit designers -- a combination of some basic laws, rules of thumb, and a large bag of tricks. The result is a largely nonmathematical treatment that encourages circuit intuition, brainstorming, and simplified calculations of circuit values and performance. The new Art of Electronics retains the feeling of informality and easy access that helped make the first edition so successful and popular. It is an ideal first textbook on electronics for scientists and engineers and an indispensable reference for anyone, professional or amateur, who works with electronic circuits.
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Price: $19.95
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Sale: $11.15
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Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill Professional
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Rhonda Huettenmueller
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Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional
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Edition: 1
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Dewey Decimal Number: 512
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Publication Date: 2005-01-14
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Reading Level: 468
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Description: Packed with practical examples, graphs, and Q&As, this complete self-teaching guide from the best-selling author of Algebra Demystified covers all the essential topics, including: absolute value, nonlinear inequalities, functions and their graphs, inverses, proportion and ratio, and much more.
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Price: $7.95
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Sale: $2.81
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Manufacturer: Collins
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Collins Uk Staff
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Publisher: Collins
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Dewey Decimal Number: 793
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Publication Date: 2006-02-01
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Reading Level: 208
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Description: Just when you thought it was safe to pick up a pencil Killer Su Doku is based on the original Su Doku grid, with the same rules and numbers—1 to 9—but with an added deadly twist. This time there is an element of arithmetic involved and there are few, if any, clues. The aim is to not only complete every row, column, and cube so that it contains the digits 1 to 9, but to also fill in the outlined cubes so they add up to the same number. Hints to solve the puzzle are hidden in the joined squares where only one combination of numbers applies. In the case of joined squares, if the printed number is 3, it should be 1 and 2 that go into the squares. Likewise, in the case of three joined squares, if the printed number is 6, the only combination possible is 1, 2, and 3. To add one final fiendish level, each puzzle also has a time worked out by its Japanese creators so you can try to beat the clock.
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Price: $27.00
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Sale: $15.54
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Manufacturer: Basic Books
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Stuart Kauffman
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Publisher: Basic Books
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Dewey Decimal Number: 215
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Publication Date: 2008-05-05
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Reading Level: 320
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Description: Consider the woven integrated complexity of a living cell after 3.8 billion years of evolution. Is it more awe-inspiring to suppose that a transcendent God fashioned the cell, or to consider that the living organism was created by the evolving biosphere? As the eminent complexity theorist Stuart Kauffman explains in this ambitious and groundbreaking new book, people who do not believe in God have largely lost their sense of the sacred and the deep human legitimacy of our inherited spirituality. For those who believe in a Creator God, no science will ever disprove that belief. In Reinventing the Sacred, Kauffman argues that the science of complexity provides a way to move beyond reductionist science to something new: a unified culture where we see God in the creativity of the universe, biosphere, and humanity. Kauffman explains that the ceaseless natural creativity of the world can be a profound source of meaning, wonder, and further grounding of our place in the universe. His theory carries with it a new ethic for an emerging civilization and a reinterpretation of the divine. He asserts that we are impelled by the imperative of life itself to live with faith and courage-and the fact that we do so is indeed sublime. Reinventing the Sacred will change the way we all think about the evolution of humanity, the universe, faith, and reason.
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Price: $18.00
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Sale: $9.80
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Manufacturer: Princeton Review
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Princeton Review
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Publisher: Princeton Review
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Dewey Decimal Number: 540.76
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Publication Date: 2007-02-20
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Reading Level: 368
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Description: The Princeton Review realizes that acing the SAT Chemistry Subject Test is very different from earning straight A's in school. We don’t try to teach you everything there is to know about chemistry–only the techniques and information you’ll need to maximize your score. In Cracking the SAT Chemistry Subject Test, we’ll teach you how to think like the test writers and
·Master test taking strategies that will improve your score
·Review key concepts that will appear on the test
·Use proven techniques to solve complicated questions
The 2007-2008 edition of Cracking the SAT Chemistry Subject Test is revised and updated to include the most current information possible.
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