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Displaying records 181 through 190 of 4000 |
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Price: $15.95
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Sale: $8.91
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Manufacturer: Anchor
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Michio Kaku
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Publisher: Anchor
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Dewey Decimal Number: 523.1
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Publication Date: 2006-02-14
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Reading Level: 448
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Description: In this thrilling journey into the mysteries of our cosmos, bestselling author Michio Kaku takes us on a dizzying ride to explore black holes and time machines, multidimensional space and, most tantalizing of all, the possibility that parallel universes may lay alongside our own.
Kaku skillfully guides us through the latest innovations in string theory and its latest iteration, M-theory, which posits that our universe may be just one in an endless multiverse, a singular bubble floating in a sea of infinite bubble universes. If M-theory is proven correct, we may perhaps finally find answer to the question, “What happened before the big bang?” This is an exciting and unforgettable introduction into the new cutting-edge theories of physics and cosmology from one of the pre-eminent voices in the field.
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Price: $14.00
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Sale: $2.98
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Manufacturer: Picador
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Atul Gawande
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Publisher: Picador
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Dewey Decimal Number: 617.092
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Publication Date: 2003-04-01
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Reading Level: 288
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Description: Gently dismantling the myth of medical infallibility, Dr. Atul Gawande's Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science is essential reading for anyone involved in medicine--on either end of the stethoscope. Medical professionals make mistakes, learn on the job, and improvise much of their technique and self-confidence. Gawande's tales are humane and passionate reminders that doctors are people, too. His prose is thoughtful and deeply engaging, shifting from sometimes painful stories of suffering patients (including his own child) to intriguing suggestions for improving medicine with the same care he expresses in the surgical theater. Some of his ideas will make health care providers nervous or even angry, but his disarming style, confessional tone, and thoughtful arguments should win over most readers. Complications is a book with heart and an excellent bedside manner, celebrating rather than berating doctors for being merely human. --Rob Lightner
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Price: $26.00
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Sale: $13.57
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Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin Co
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Vinyl Bound
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Author: Roger Tory Peterson
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Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co
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Edition: 1
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Dewey Decimal Number: 598.097
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Publication Date: 2008-08-01
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Reading Level: 544
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Description: Product Description
In celebration of the centennial of Roger Tory Peterson's birth comes a historic collaboration among renowned birding experts and artists to preserve and enhance the Peterson legacy. This new book combines the Peterson Field Guide to Eastern Birds and Peterson Field Guide to Western Birds into one volume, filled with accessible, concise information and including almost three hours of video podcasts to make bird watching even easier.
• 40 new paintings
• Digital updates to Peterson's original paintings, reflecting the latest knowledge of bird identification
• All new maps for the most up-to-date range information available
• Text rewritten to cover the U.S. and Canada in one guide
• Larger trim size accommodates range maps on every spread
• Contributors include: Michael DiGiorgio, Jeff Gordon, Paul Lehman, Michael O'Brien, Larry Rosche, and Bill Thompson III
• Includes URL to register for access to video podcasts
Excerpts from Peterson Field Guide to Birds of North America
Click on each image below to see a larger view
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Colorful songbirds with heavy, seed-crushing bills, cardinals and grosbeaks are popular at feeders.
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In North America, the Orchard and Baltimore Orioles are fairly widespread in the East; Bullock's is widespread in the West; and the Spot-breasted Oriole is limited to South Florida.
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Peterson sometimes painted over figures on a plate and sometimes even cut them out. Canyon Wren was missing from the original art. Michael O'Brien painted a new Canyon Wren for inclusion in the new field guide.
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The Orange Bishop is native to Africa but has been introduced in California. Peterson had not painted this bird for his field guides, so Michael O’Brien painted this one.
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Thumbnail maps help you determine at a glance if a bird is likely to be in your region.
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Large maps in back give detailed range information.
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Price: $12.95
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Sale: $5.99
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Manufacturer: Storey Publishing, LLC
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Stu Campbell
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Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC
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Edition: 3 Sub
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Dewey Decimal Number: 631.875
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Publication Date: 1998-01-03
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Reading Level: 160
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Description: In 1975, Let it Rot! helped start the composting movement and taught gardeners everywhere how to recycle waste to create soil-nourishing compost. Contains advice for starting and maintaining a composting system, building bins, and using compost. Third Edition. 267,000 copies in print.
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Price: $49.95
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Sale: $39.96
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Manufacturer: Essential Science Pub
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Binding: Hardcover
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Publisher: Essential Science Pub
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Edition: 4
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Dewey Decimal Number: 615
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Publication Date: 2007-10
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Reading Level: 558
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Price: $16.95
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Sale: $10.19
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Manufacturer: New Harbinger Publications/ Noetic Books
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Michael A. Singer
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Publisher: New Harbinger Publications/ Noetic Books
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Edition: 1
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Dewey Decimal Number: 153
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Publication Date: 2007-10-03
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Reading Level: 181
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Description: Who are you? When you start to explore this question, you find out how elusive it really is. Are you a physical body? A collection of experiences and memories? A partner to relationships? Each time you consider aspects of yourself, you realize that there is much more to you than any of these can define. In this book, spiritual teacher Michael Singer explores the question of who we are and arrives at the conclusion that our identity is to be found in our consciousness, the fact of our ability to observe ourselves and the world around us. By tapping into traditions of meditation and mindfulness, Singer shows how the development of consciousness can enable us all to dwell in the present moment and let go of painful thoughts and memories that keep us from achieving happiness and self-realization. Divided into five parts, the book offers a frank and friendly discussion of consciousness and how we can develop it. In part one, he examines the notion of self and the inner dialogue that all of us live with. Part two examines the experience of energy as it flows through us and works to show readers how to open their hearts to the energy of experience that permeates their lives. Ways to overcome tendencies to close down to the rest of the world are the subject of part three. Enlightenment and the embrace of universal consciousness are the subject of part four. And finally, in part five, Singer returns to daily life and the pursuit of "unconditional happiness." Throughout, the book maintains a light and engaging tone, free from heavy dogma and prescriptive religious references. The easy exercises that figure in each chapter help readers experience the ideas that Singer presents.
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Price: $14.95
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Sale: $9.26
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Manufacturer: Jones & Bartlett Publishers
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Jones & Bartlett Publishers
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Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Publishers
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Edition: 22
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Dewey Decimal Number: 615
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Publication Date: 2008-06-27
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Reading Level: 160
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Description: Recently updated for 2008, the Tarascon Pocket Pharmacopoeia continues the high-quality tradition of a convenient, organized, and concise pocket manual packed with vital drug information meticulously peer-reviewed by experts and clinicians of multiple specialties. It details typical drug dosing (both FDA approved and off-label uses), available trade and generic formulations, metabolism, safety in pregnancy and lactation, relative drug pricing information, Canadian trade names, and an Herbal & Alternative Therapies section. Multiple invaluable tables supplement the drug content, including opioid equivalency, emergency drug infusions, cardiac dysrhythmia protocols, pediatric drug dosing, and much more!
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Price: $26.95
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Sale: $15.00
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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: Frank Wilczek
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Publisher: Basic Books
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Dewey Decimal Number: 531.1
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Publication Date: 2008-08-25
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Reading Level: 288
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Description: Physicist’ understanding of the essential nature of reality changed radically over the past quarter century. Frank Wilczek has played a lead role in establishing the new paradigms. Transcending the clash and mismatch of older ideas about what matter is, and what space is, Wilczek presents here some brilliant and clear syntheses. Space is a dynamic material, the engine of reality; matter is a subtle pattern of disturbance in that material. Extraordinarily readable and authoritative, The Lightness of Being is the first book to unwrap these exciting new ideas for the general public. It explores their implications for basic questions about space, mass, energy, and the longed-for possibility of a fully unified theory of Nature. Along the way, Wilczek presents new perspectives on many strange aspects of our fantastic universe. Pointing toward new directions where the great discoveries in fundamental physics are likely to come, he envisions a new Golden Age in physics. |
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Price: $14.95
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Sale: $4.19
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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: Alfred Lansing
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Publisher: Basic Books
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Edition: 2nd
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Dewey Decimal Number: 919.8904
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Publication Date: 1999-03-18
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Reading Level: 288
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Description: The astonishing saga of polar explorer Ernest Shackleton's survival for over a year on the ice-bound Antarctic seas, as "Time" magazine put it, "defined heroism". Alfred Lansing's scrupulously researched and brilliantly narrated book--with over 200,000 copies sold--has long been acknowledged as the definitive account of the "Endurance's" fateful trip. of photos and maps. Nationwide traveling museum exhibition.
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Price: $27.95
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Sale: $15.56
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Manufacturer: W. W. Norton
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Avinash K. Dixit::Barry J. Nalebuff
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Publisher: W. W. Norton
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Dewey Decimal Number: 658.4012
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Publication Date: 2008-09-29
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Reading Level: 512
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Description: The authors who brought you the bestseller in game theory, Thinking Strategically, now provide the long-awaited sequel.
Game theory means rigorous strategic thinking. It's the art of anticipating your opponent's next moves, knowing full well that your rival is trying to do the same thing to you. Though parts of game theory involve simple common sense, much is counterintuitive, and it can only be mastered by developing a new way of seeing the world. Using a diverse array of rich case studies—from pop culture, TV, movies, sports, politics, and history—the authors show how nearly every business and personal interaction has a game-theory component to it. Are the winners of reality-TV contests instinctive game theorists? Do big-time investors see things that most people miss? What do great poker players know that you don't? Mastering game theory will make you more successful in business and life, and this lively book is the key to that mastery.
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Displaying records 181 through 190 of 4000
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