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What the Dog Knows: Scent, Science, and the Amazing Ways Dogs Perceive the World
Cat Warren - Touchstone; Reprint edition
Format: Print book
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A firsthand exploration of the extraordinary abilities and surprising, sometimes life-saving talents of "working dogs" - pups who can sniff out drugs, find explosives, even locate the dead - as told through the experiences of a journalist and her intrepid canine companion, which... |
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Sawbones: The Hilarious, Horrifying Road to Modern Medicine
JUSTIN MCELROY - Weldon Owen
Format: Hardcover
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A compelling, often hilarious and occasionally horrifying exploration of how modern medicine came to be! Wondering whether eating powdered mummies might be just the thing to cure your ills? Tempted by those vintage ads suggesting you wear radioactive underpants for virility? Ever considered... |
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Firefly Encyclopedia of Reptiles and Amphibians
Chris Mattison - Firefly Books
Format: Print book
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"With lush color photographs and lavishly detailed illustrations, this encyclopedia presents a striking abundance of information at a glance.... Strongly recommended for high school, public, and academic libraries." --BOOKLIST (for previous edition) The Firefly... |
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Women After All: Sex, Evolution, and the End of Male Supremacy
Melvin Konner - W. W. Norton & Company; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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A lively, richly informed argument for the natural superiority of women from the acclaimed author of The Tangled Wing.There is a human genetic fluke that is surprisingly common, due to a change in a key pair of chromosomes. In the normal condition the two look the same, but in this disorder... |
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Inside the Cell: The Dark Side of Forensic DNA
Erin E Murphy - Nation Books,
Format: Print book
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Josiah Sutton was convicted of rape. He was five inches shorter and 65 pounds lighter than the suspect described by the victim, but at trial a lab analyst testified that his DNA was found at the crime scene. His case looked like many others - arrest, swab, match, conviction. But there was just... |
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Spygate: The Attempted Sabotage of Donald J. Trump
Dan Bongino - Post Hill Press
Format: Hardcover
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The comprehensive story of how the Obama administration, Hillary Clinton campaign, and foreign entities tried to sabotage the Trump campaign in the 2016 presidential election.Everyone has an opinion about whether or not Donald Trump colluded with the Russians to defeat Hillary Clinton in 2016.... |
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Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams
Matthew Walker PhD - Scribner
Format: Hardcover
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The first sleep book by a leading scientific expert - Professor Matthew Walker, Director of UC Berkeley's Sleep and Neuroimaging Lab - reveals his groundbreaking exploration of sleep, explaining how we can harness its transformative power to change our lives for the better.Sleep is one of the most... |
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Bird Nests: Amazingly Ingenious and Intricate
Stan Tekiela - Adventure Publications
Format: Print book
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Nests are among the most amazing dwelling places in the entire animal kingdom. Few creatures craft such brilliant and involved homes as birds do. From holes drilled into trees to intricately woven cups, these magnificent structures are worthy of our admiration. This book is filled with... |
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