Lester R. Brown, Janet Larsen, Bernie Fischlowitz-Roberts, Et Al.
Award-winning environmental analyst Lester R. Brown and his colleagues chart progress in building the eco-economy, an economy that is compatible with the earth's ecosystem.More
Stephen R. Palumbi
"Palumbi has hit upon...one of the most important but widely neglected issues of our time."—Edward O. WilsonMore
Charles Darwin, Philip Appleman
Revised Edition
Here is the revised edition of Charles Dawrin's The Origin of Species, introduced and abridged by Philip Appleman, published by W. W. Norton.More
Jon Cohen
"[A]n important book not only for the now but for the future of this epidemic and those to come."—Dr. Robert GalloMore
Stephen Jay Gould
Second Edition
A new edition of the beautifully illustrated depiction of the dramatic story of survival and extinction.More
J. R. McNeill
"Refreshingly unpolemical and at times even witty, McNeill's book brims with carefully sifted statistics and brilliant details."—Washington Post Book WorldMore
Charles Darwin, Philip Appleman
Third Edition
"The best Darwin anthology on the market" (Stephen Jay Gould, Harvard) has just become better, in this newly revised version of the now classic Norton Critical Edition, first published in 1970.More
Anne Sayre
Rosalind Franklin's research was central to the discovery of the double-helix structure of DNA. She never received the credit she was due during her lifetime.
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Steven Vogel, Kathryn K. Davis
"Full of ideas and well-explained principles that will bring new understanding of everyday things to both scientists and non-scientists alike."—R. McNeill Alexander, NatureMore
Martha C. Nussbaum, Cass R. Sunstein
"These two dozen essays by experts ranging from Stephen Jay Gould to Andrea Dworkin are an excellent guide to the post-Dolly world." --Chicago Tribune, Choice Selections of 1998More
Jared Diamond
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize.More
Chris Bright
The first general-interest study of the global spread of alien, "exotic" organisms and how they are undermining the world's ecosystems and societies.More
Terrence W. Deacon
"A work of enormous breadth, likely to pleasantly surprise both general readers and experts."—New York Times Book ReviewMore
Richard Dawkins, Lalla Ward
A brilliant book celebrating improbability as the engine that drives life, by the acclaimed author of The Selfish Gene and The Blind Watchmaker.More
John Alcock, Turid Forsyth
An elegant combination of meticulous science and nature reverie that draws its reader into the diverse, competitive, and even seductive world of desert plants and insects.More