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The Inheritance: A Family on the Front Lines of the Battle Against Alzheimer's Disease
Niki Kapsambelis · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 344
Format: Hardcover
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An inspiring race against time: The courageous, hopeful story of the one family who may hold the key to finding a cure for Alzheimer's disease.Every sixty-nine seconds, someone is diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. Of the top ten killers, it is the only disease for which there is no cure... |
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Couvillions & Couvillons of Central Louisiana
Tony L. Vets · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Pages: 482
Format: Paperback
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Couvillions & Couvillons of Central Louisiana traces the the descendants of Louis Amable Couvillon through 5 generations. It includes source documents as well as obituaries. Names include Bordelon, Desselle, Ducote, Gremillion, Joffrion, Lemoine, Mayeux, Normand, Rabalais, Roy, St. Romain... |
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The Big Picture: On the Origins of Life, Meaning, and the Universe Itself
Sean M Carroll · Dutton
Pages: 470
Format: Print book
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*An instant New York Times Bestseller**Publishers Weekly #1 Most Anticipated Science Book of Spring 2016*"You will be enthralled." - Wall Street Journal"A tour de force." - Salon.comAlready internationally acclaimed for his elegant, lucid writing on the most challenging... |
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The New American Farmer: Profiles of Agricultural Innovation
Sustainable Agriculture Network Staf · SARE Outreach
Pages: 200
Format: Paperback
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Hailing from small vegetable farms, cattle ranches and grain farms covering thousands of acres, the producers in The New American Farmer, 2nd edition have embraced new approaches to agriculture. They are renewing profits, enhancing environmental stewardship and improving the lives of their... |
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Killing It: An Education
Camas Davis · Penguin Press
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
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A wayward young woman abandons her magazine career to learn the old ways of butchery and discover what it means to take life into her own handsCamas Davis was at an unhappy crossroads. A longtime magazine writer and editor in the food world, she'd returned to her home state of Oregon with... |
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Are Dolphins Really Smart?: The mammal behind the myth
Justin Gregg · Oxford University Press
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback
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How intelligent are dolphins? Is their communication system really as complex as human language? And are they as friendly and peaceful as they are made out to be? The Western world has had an enduring love affair with dolphins since the early 1960s, with fanciful claims of their 'healing... |
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On the Origin of Species
Charles Darwin · Macmillan Collector's Library
Pages: 576
Format: Hardcover
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The Origin of Species Darwin outlined his theory of evolution, which proposed that species had been evolving and differentiating over time under the influence of natural selection. On its publication it became hugely influential, bringing about a seismic shift in the scientific view of humanity's... |
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North American Wildland Plants, Second Edition: A Field Guide
James Stubbendieck · University of Nebraska Press
Pages: 520
Format: Paperback
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North American Wildland Plants contains descriptions of the salient characteristics of the most important wildland plants of North America. This comprehensive reference assists individuals with limited botanical knowledge as well as natural resource professionals in identifying wildland... |
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Bayou-Diversity 2: Nature and People in the Louisiana Bayou Country
Kelby Ouchley · LSU Press
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover
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In this sequel to his previous exploration of Louisiana's bayou country, conservationist Kelby Ouchley continues his journey through the vast ecosystems of the state with a fresh array of historical and cultural narratives, personal anecdotes, and reflections. Informative and entertaining,... |
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Felt Time: The Science of How We Experience Time
Marc Wittmann · The MIT Press
Pages: 184
Format: Paperback
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We have widely varying perceptions of time. Children have trouble waiting for anything. ("Are we there yet?") Boredom is often connected to our sense of time passing (or not passing) . As people grow older, time seems to speed up, the years flitting by without a pause. How does... |
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American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
Kai Bird · Vintage Books; Reprint edition
Format: Paperback
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J. Robert Oppenheimer is one of the iconic figures of the twentieth century, a brilliant physicist who led the effort to build the atomic bomb for his country in a time of war, and who later found himself confronting the moral consequences of scientific progress. In this magisterial, acclaimed... |
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Life Ascending: The Ten Great Inventions of Evolution
Nick Lane · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback
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"Original and awe-inspiring . . . an exhilarating tour of some of the most profound and important ideas in biology." -- New Scientist Where does DNA come from? What is consciousness? How did the eye evolve? Drawing on a treasure trove of new scientific knowledge, Nick Lane expertly... |
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Trees of North America: A Guide to Field Identification, Revised and Updated
C. Frank Brockman · Golden Guides from St. Martin's Press
Pages: 280
Format: Paperback
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Smell the bark of the aromatic Sassafras. Wonder at the Lodgepole Pine, whose heat-activated cones reseed forests destroyed by fire. Search for the Sugar Maple, whose foliage blazes red and yellow in autumn. North America's trees rank among nature's most awesome creations. This... |
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