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1. The Dynamics of Disaster

   Susan W. Kieffer

   Natural disasters bedevil our planet, and each appears to be a unique event. Leading geologist Susan W. Kieffer shows how all disasters are connected.More

2. Shores of Knowledge: New World Discoveries and the Scientific Imagination

   Joyce Appleby

   A compelling history of the European explorations that ignited curiosity about nature and science, ultimately leading to the theory of evolution.More

3. Microbiology: An Evolving Science

   Joan L. Slonczewski, John W. Foster

   Third Edition

   The most contemporary microbiology textbook is also the most accessible.More

4. The Internet Police: How Crime Went Online, and the Cops Followed

   Nate Anderson

   Chaos and order clash in this riveting exploration of crime and punishment on the Internet.More

5. Touching a Nerve: The Self as Brain

   Patricia S. Churchland

   A trailblazing philosopher’s exploration of the latest brain science—and its ethical and practical implications.More

6. Rewire: Digital Cosmopolitans in the Age of Connection

   Ethan Zuckerman

   A rousing call to action for those who would be citizens of the world—online and off.More

7. Anatomies: A Cultural History of the Human Body

   Hugh Aldersey-Williams

   An eye-opening, spine-tingling, heartwarming tour through the extraordinary history and secrets of the human body.More

8. A Short Bright Flash: Augustin Fresnel and the Birth of the Modern Lighthouse

   Theresa Levitt

   How a scientific outsider came up with a revolutionary theory of light and saved untold numbers of lives.More

9. Incomplete Nature: How Mind Emerged from Matter

   Terrence W. Deacon

   “A tour de force encompassing biology, neurobiology, metaphysics, information theory, physics, and semiotics.”—Publishers WeeklyMore

10. Letters to a Young Scientist

    Edward O. Wilson

    Pulitzer Prize–winning biologist Edward O. Wilson imparts the wisdom of his storied career to the next generation.More

11. Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal

    Mary Roach

    The irresistible, ever-curious, and always best-selling Mary Roach returns with a new adventure to the invisible realm we carry around inside.More

12. The Bonobo and the Atheist: In Search of Humanism Among the Primates

    Frans de Waal

    In this lively and illuminating discussion of his landmark research, esteemed primatologist Frans de Waal argues that human morality is not imposed from above but instead comes from within. Moral behavior does not begin and end with religion but is in fact a product of evolution.More

13. Principles of Animal Behavior

    Lee Alan Dugatkin

    Third Edition

    Current, balanced, and comprehensive.More

14. Paleofantasy: What Evolution Really Tells Us about Sex, Diet, and How We Live

    Marlene Zuk

    An exposé of pseudoscientific myths about our evolutionary past and how we should live today.More

15. Wired for Culture: Origins of the Human Social Mind

    Mark Pagel

    “Does an excellent job of using evolutionary biology to discuss the origins of religion, music, art, and . . . morality.”—Publishers Weekly, starred reviewMore