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1. The Mummies of Ürümchi

   Elizabeth Wayland Barber

   In the museums of Ürümchi, the windswept regional capital of the Uyghur Autonomous Region (also known as Chinese Turkestan), a collection of ancient mummies lies at the center of an enormous mystery.More

2. Primate Diversity

   Dean Falk

   Primate Diversity successfully synthesizes a thorough look at current primatology research while providing a careful examination of a variety of species.More

3. Cats' Paws and Catapults: Mechanical Worlds of Nature and People

   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

4. Clones and Clones: Facts and Fantasies About Human Cloning

   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

5. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies

   Jared Diamond

   Winner of the Pulitzer Prize.More

6. The Symbolic Species: The Co-evolution of Language and the Brain

   Terrence W. Deacon

   "A work of enormous breadth, likely to pleasantly surprise both general readers and experts."—New York Times Book ReviewMore

7. Climbing Mount Improbable

   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

8. The Mismeasure of Man

   Stephen Jay Gould

   Revised & Expanded

   The definitive refutation to the argument of The Bell Curve.More

9. The Darwin Reader

   Charles Darwin, Mark Ridley

   Second Edition

   "Here is Darwin in his own words, at once accessible and profound, ranging widely over many problems that fascinated him and through which he made discoveries that changed the world." —From the First EditionMore

10. Women's Work: The First 20,000 Years Women, Cloth, and Society in Early Times

    Elizabeth Wayland Barber

    "A fascinating history of . . . [a craft] that preceded and made possible civilization itself." —New York Times Book ReviewMore

11. Darwin: The Life of a Tormented Evolutionist

    Adrian Desmond, James Moore

    "Unquestionably the finest [biography] ever written about Darwin. . . . Darwin has now become, and properly, the quintessentially socially embedded scientist. Desmond and Moore are brilliant in their pursuit of this truly unifying theme."—Stephen Jay GouldMore

12. Hen's Teeth and Horse's Toes: Further Reflections in Natural History

    Stephen Jay Gould

    "Lively and fascinating. . . . [Gould] writes beautifully about science and the wonders of nature."—Tracy KidderMore

13. Eight Little Piggies: Reflections in Natural History

    Stephen Jay Gould

    "There is no scientist today whose books I look forward to reading with greater anticipation of enjoyment and enlightenment than Stephen Jay Gould."—Martin GardnerMore

14. The Autobiography of Charles Darwin: 1809-1882

    Charles Darwin, Nora Barlow

    The only complete edition.More

15. The Malaria Capers: Tales of Parasites and People

    Robert S. Desowitz

    "Reads like a murder mystery. . . . [Desowitz] writes with uncommon lucidity and verse, leaving the reader with a vivid understanding of malaria and other tropical diseases, and the ways in which culture, climate and politics have affected their spread and containment."—New York TimesMore