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Botany For Dummies

Rene Fester Kratz - For Dummies
Format: Paperback

Harvest basic botany knowledge from this abundant bookBotany For Dummies gives you a thorough overview of the fundamentals of botany, but in simple terms that anyone can understand. Great for supplementing your botany coursework or brushing up before an exam, this book covers plant evolution,...
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The Science of Weed: An Indispensable Guide to Cannabis

Godfrey Pearlson - Johns Hopkins University Press
Format: Hardcover

A witty, engaging, in-depth, and evidence-based look at how cannabis affects our brains.Pot, weed, ganja, chronic: whatever you call it, cannabis can profoundly affect the human body and brain. In The Science of Weed, renowned physician, psychiatric researcher, and Yale neuroscience professor...
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Four Points of the Compass: The Unexpected History of Direction

Jerry Brotton - Atlantic Monthly Press
Format: Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of A History of the World in 12 Maps, this is the revelatory history of the four cardinal directions that have oriented and defined our place on the globe for millenniaNorth, south, east, and west: almost all societies use these four cardinal directions...
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The Lost World of the Dinosaurs: Uncovering the Secrets of the Prehistoric Age

Armin Schmitt - Hanover Square Press
Format: Hardcover

"An insightful and informative meander through the evolution of dinosaurs and other extinct species, with a touch of personal flair." - Steve Brusatte, professor and paleontologist at the University of Edinburgh and New York Times bestselling author of The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs....
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A History of Dinosaurs in 50 Fossils

Paul M. Barrett - Smithsonian Books
Format: Hardcover

A beautifully illustrated and definitive crash course on dinosaur fossils, from the Allosaurus that use their teeth and jaws to dismember prey to the Sinosauropteryx specimen that confirmed the existence of feathered dinosaurs. For natural history buffs and Jurassic Park fans. Dinosaurs...
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Smithsonian Atlas of Space: A Map to the Universe from the Big Bang to the Future

Roger D. Launius - Smithsonian Books
Format: Hardcover

Journey to the farthest corners of the universe in this visually stunning coffee-table atlas by the former chief historian of NASA. 300 maps and illustrations tell the incredible story of the past, present, and future of the universe and space exploration. Navigate the Solar System, the Milky...
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Living on Earth: Forests, Corals, Consciousness, and the Making of the World

Peter Godfrey-Smith - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover

The bestselling author of Other Minds shows how we and our ancestors have reinvented our planet.. If the history of the Earth were compressed down to a year, our species would arise in the last thirty minutes or so of the final hour. But life itself is not such a late arrival: It has existed...
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Framed: Astonishing True Stories of Wrongful Convictions

John Grisham - Doubleday
Format: Audio CD

In John Grisham's first work of nonfiction since The Innocent Man, "the master of the legal thriller" (Associated Press) teams up with Jim McCloskey, "the godfather of the innocence movement" (Texas Monthly) , to share ten harrowing true stories of wrongful convictions....
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The Highest Law in the Land: How the Unchecked Power of Sheriffs Threatens Democracy

Jessica Pishko - Dutton
Format: Hardcover

Shortlisted for Columbia Journalism School's J. Anthony Lukas Prize. A Publishers Lunch NonFiction Buzz Book A leading authority on sheriffs investigates the impunity with which they police their communities, alongside the troubling role they play in American life, law enforcement,...
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Origami Polyhedra for Beginners: Amazing Geometric Paper Models from a Leading Japanese Expert!

Miyuki Kawamura - Tuttle Publishing
Format: Paperback

Ingenious geometric models from Japan's leading designer of polyhedral origami!. Origami Polyhedra for Beginners puts a new spin on the ancient art of paper folding, opening the door to a world filled with beautiful geometric shapes. In this book, Miyuki Kawamura, a master of polyhedral...
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