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Late Night Thoughts on Listening to Mahler's Ninth SymphonyClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link.
A collection of essays including thoughts about the nuclear age, altruism, dementia, humanities and science, and the artificial heart.
author: Lewis Thomas |
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Least of These: Wild Baby Bird Rescue StoriesClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link.
Each chapter is an inspiring short story about someone who took action to help a young bird. Accompanied by stunning illustrations by the author and natural history information. Includes: Sharp-shinne...
author: Joan Harris |
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Levitation: Physics and Psychology in the Service of DeceptionClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link.
The science of magic explained through an entertaining story and graphic novel format.
author: Jim Ottaviani & Janine Johnston |
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Life in a GrasslandClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link.
Examines the physical features, processes, and many different species of plants and animals that make up the ecosystem of the American tall grass prairie.
author: Dorothy Hinshaw Patent |
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Life in Cold Blood (DVD)Click for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link.
An unmissable, in-depth look at reptiles and amphibians. The last in Attenborough?s "Life" series, this one easily matches the quality of the rest. The DVD set includes bonus features that give a behi...
author: David Attenborough |
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Life in the Undergrowth (DVD)Click for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link.
Explores the world of invertebrates, detailing aspects of the life-cycles of numerous species around the world. Topics covered include their prehistoric colonization of land from the sea, winged insec...
author: David Attenborough |
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Life in the Wild - George Schaller's Struggle to Save the Last Great BeastsClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link.
An engaging biography of George Schaller, a naturalist devoted to saving the world's great wild beasts. After a brief overview of his childhood, each chapter is devoted to his work in a different wil...
author: Pamela S. Turner |
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Life of Birds (DVD)Click for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link.
Originally released in 1998 as a television series of ten episodes. David Attenborough journeys across seven continents filming thousands of species of birds, revealing their patterns of behavior.
author: David Attenborough |
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Life of Mammals (DVD)Click for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link.
Introduces us to the most diverse group of animals ever to live on this planet. From the smallest to the largest, from the slowest to the fastest, from the least attractive to the most irresistible. L...
author: David Attenborough |
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Life: A Natural History of the First Four Billion Years of Life on EarthClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link.
An enticing narrative about the evolution of all forms of life on Earth. Includes thirty-two pages of back & white photos.
author: Richard Fortey |
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Life: The Unfinished ExperimentClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link.
Presents the basic facts of genetics and cellular biology while stessing their relationship to the development and evolution of organisms. Discusses the implication of this knowledge for medicine, psy...
author: S. E. Luria |
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Limits to Growth: The 30-Year UpdateClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link.
In 1972 the original Limits to Growth was published, to worldwide notice and acclaim. Using a computer model, the authors looked toward the future and sounded an alarm about the consequences of unche...
author: Donella Meadows, Jorgen Randers, Dennis Meadows |
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Little People and a Lost World - An Anthropological MysteryClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link.
In 2003 on Flores Island in Indonesia, archaeologists working in a cave uncovered an extremely small humanlike skeleton. Research showed that it wasn't the skeleton of a child, but rather of a 30-yea...
author: Linda Goldenberg |
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Lives of a Cell: Notes of a Biology WatcherClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link.
This collection of essays won the National Book Award in 1975 and continues to find meaning today. Includes discussion of computers, probability and possibility, the technology of medicine, the Earth...
author: Lewis Thomas |
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Living With the Genie: Essays on Technology and the Quest for Human MasteryClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link.
A collection of essays that explores the power of technology to change society both positively and negatively. Eighteen authors and sixteen essays.
author: Alan Lightman, Daniel Sarewitz & Cristina Desser, Editors |
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LizardsClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link.
Stunning photographs, bright pages, and enticing facts make this an engaging overview ot he world's 5,000 lizards. Content includes selected species from a variety of habitats, lizard characteristics ...
author: Nic Bishop |
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Lobsters: Gangsters of the SeaClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link.
Describes the physical aspects, habits, and life cycle of the American "Maine" lobster as well as the activities of New England lobstermen. Includes bibliography for adults and young readers. Excellen...
author: Mary M. Cerullo |
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Longitude - The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His TimeClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link.
A saga of science and invention, and an historical account of John Harrison's struggle with the technical and political problems of longitude. His tenacity and genius led to the invention of an accura...
author: Dava Sobel |
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Looking at InsectsClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link.
Describes insect anatomy, life cycles, behavior, habitats, food chain, and senses. Specific information is given about moths and butterflies, beetles, bees and ants. One chapter is devoted to spiders ...
author: David Suzuki |
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Lucy Long Ago - Uncovering the Mystery of Where We Came FromClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link.
Follows the discovery in 1974 of skeletal bones of a human ancestor (hominid) in Ethiopia, and what has been learned since then about ?Lucy.? Heavily illustrated with photos and diagrams, and a text ...
author: Catherine Thimmesh |
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Lucy: The Beginnings of HumankindClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link.
The dramatic discovery of our oldest human ancestor - and the controversial change it makes in our view of human origins.
author: Donald Johanson & Maitland Edey |
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Lunar Men: Five Friends Whose Curiosity Changed the WorldClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link.
A look inside the world of the scientists, artists and inventors who ushered in the Industrial Revolution.
author: Jenny Uglow |
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