by Michael Pollan  
Powells.com Staff Pick I talked about this book every morning at the water cooler and every evening at dinner. Pollan takes a possibly dry subject — agriculture — and makes it epic. Recommended by Beth, Powells.com (See all of our Staff Top 5s of 2006)... (read more) Your Price $16.00 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies 
by Michael Pollan Publisher Comments What to eat, what not to eat, and how to think about health: a manifesto for our times. "Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants." These simple words go to the heart of Michael Pollan's In Defense of Food, the well-considered answers he provides to the... (read more) Your Price $21.95 (New - Hardcover) check for used and sale copies
by Richard Preston Publisher Comments Hidden away in foggy, uncharted rain forest valleys in Northern California are the largest and tallest organisms the world has ever sustained — the coast redwood trees, Sequoia sempervirens. Ninety-six percent of the ancient redwood forests have... (read more) Your Price $16.00 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
by Mary Roach
Powells.com Staff Pick Following her usual template, Mary Roach finds a subject in the scientific community that is equal parts fascinating and scandalous, and writes an extensively researched and thoroughly amusing book about it. Beyond the initial titillation stemming from a... (read more) Your Price $16.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
by National Audubon Society Publisher Comments A whole new way to look at your world: New England, Florida, California, and the Pacific Northwest are the first four subjects in a series of comprehensive field guides to the flora, fauna, landscape, and climate of specific geographic regions of North... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your Price $10.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Richard Preston Publisher Comments Bizarre illnesses and plagues that kill people in the most unspeakable ways. Obsessive and inspired efforts by scientists to solve mysteries and save lives. From The Hot Zone to The Demon in the Freezer and beyond, Richard Preston’s bestselling... (read more) Your Price $26.00 (New - Hardcover) check for used and sale copies
by Diane Ackerman
Powells.com Staff Pick Diane Ackerman writes with grace and wisdom. Her prose is lyrical, sensuous, and utterly charming. I've never been disappointed in a work by Ackerman, but An Alchemy of Mind takes the cake. Here she covers neurochemistry and -physiology and the concept... (read more) Your Price $7.98 (Sale - Trade Paper) check for used copies
by Peter Haggard Publisher Comments With coverage from southwestern British Columbia to northern California, from the coast to the high desert, this invaluable field guide, featuring more than 600 superb color photographs, describes more than 450 species of common, easily visible insects... (read more) Your Price $24.95 (New - Flexible) check for used and sale copies
by Charles Darwin Publisher Comments "The Origin of Species" sold out on the first day of its publication in 1859. It is the major book of the nineteenth century, and one of the most readable and accessible of the great revolutionary works of the scientific imagination. "The Origin of... (read more) Your Price $7.99 (New - Hardcover) check for used and sale copies
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Tuesday July 8, 2008
by Larry Gonick Publisher Comments Chapter 1. Forests and Water Chapter 2. More Cycles Chapter 3. Evolving Systems, Struggling Individuals Chapter 4. Communities Wet... Chapter 5. ...And Dry Chapter 6. Let's Eat! Chapter 7. From Hunting to Planting Chapter 8. What Limiting Factors... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your Price $7.98 (Sale - Trade Paper) check for used copies
by Richard Dawkins Publisher Comments In his internationally bestselling, now classic volume, Dawkins explains how the selfish gene can also be a subtle gene. This anniversary edition retains all original material, including the two enlightening chapters in the second edition, and a new... (read more) Your Price $7.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Thomas M Niesen Publisher Comments Enter the delicate, complex world of underwater life through extraordinarily detailed, hand-drawn illustrations and newly updated text. The Marine Biology Coloring Bookwill serve as an excellent resource and guide. The process of coloring will focus your... (read more) List Price $21.95 Your Price $8.98 (Sale - Trade Paper) check for used copies
Entomology and General Invertebrates by Bee Wilson Publisher Comments Bee Wilson's study of her namesake is both a history of ideas and an exploration of the bee's impact on food and ritual. Beautifully illustrated, "The Hive" portrays a miniature universe and explores the human tendency to see ourselves in it. 60 photos.... (read more) Your Price $7.98 (Sale - Trade Paper) check for used copies
by Lawrence M Elson Publisher Comments For high school biology students and college zoology students, as well as for all students of nature, this coloring book teaches the structure and function of the major animal groups, from simple to complex. Brief, informative texts accompany each... (read more) List Price $21.95 Your Price $8.98 (Sale - Trade Paper) check for used copies
by Howard K Bloom Publisher Comments The Lucifer Principle is a revolutionary work that explores the intricate relationships among genetics, human behavior, and culture to put forth the thesis that "evil" is a by-product of nature's strategies for creation and that it is woven into our most... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your Price $7.98 (Sale - Trade Paper) check for used copies
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Read an original essay by Paul and Anne Ehrlich and save 30% on The Dominant Animal: Human Evolution and the Environment.
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