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The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time
PULITZER PRIZE WINNER - A dramatic story of groundbreaking scientific research of Darwin's discovery of evolution that "spark s] not just the intellect, but the imagination" …
Dead, Insane, or in Jail: A CEDU Memoir
Zack Bonnie was fourteen when his parents sent him to a "Troubled Teen" facility. The author takes readers there, in a thrilling psychological read. Sequestered where bizarre …
The Best American Science & Nature Writing 2005
The latest anthology of the finest science writing is edited by the author of The Beak of the Finch and features an eclectic array of works by notable authors--including Sherwin B. …
Ecology and Evolution of Darwin's Finches (Princeton Science Library Edition)
After his famous visit to the Galapagos Islands, Darwin speculated that "e;one might fancy that, from an original paucity of birds in this archipelago, one species had been …
Time, Love, Memory: A Great Biologist and His Quest for the Origins of Behavior
The story of Nobel Prize-winning discoveries regarding the molecular mechanisms controlling the body's circadian rhythm. How much of our fate is decided before we are born? Which …
His Brother's Keeper
Stephen Heywood was twenty-nine years old when he learned that he was dying of ALS -- Lou Gehrig's disease. Almost overnight his older brother, Jamie, turned himself into a genetic …
Dead Man's Song
Ecology and Evolution of Darwin's Finches (Princeton Science Library Edition)
After his famous visit to the Galapagos Islands, Darwin speculated that "one might fancy that, from an original paucity of birds in this archipelago, one species had been taken and …
His Brother's Keeper: One Family's Journey to the Edge of Medicine
Discusses how new discoveries in the fields of cloning, genetics, and stem-cell research have impacted the lives of brothers Stephen and Jamie Heywood, the latter of whom is …
Time, Love, Memory
Focusing on the genes that determine human behaviour, this book discusses how human beings' emotional responses can be genetically isolated and manipulated. The author also …
Dead, Insane, or in Jail
As OVERWRITTEN begins, the bounty hunter and an armed sheriff escort Zack back to Rocky Mountain Academy, six weeks after his escape. This time, Zack changes his tactics and stops …
Nadia's Hands
When Nadia is chosen to be a flower girl in Auntie Laila's traditional Pakistani wedding, her hands are decorated with beautiful designs made with mehndi, and she comes to …