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A guided tour through the origins of life. Fortey begins when Earth was a barren globe, without an atmosphere, spinning through space. He examines the very earliest signs of life on the rims of volcanoes, the first appearance of cells, the evolution of plants, dinosaurs, and animals, moving onward until the moment just before the debut of Homo sapiens. AUTHOR: Richard Fortey
PUBLISHER: Knopf Publishing Group
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Science & Nature 
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 | Deception in War by Jon Latimer
Description not available.A riveting account of deceit and cunning documents the many instances of deception in war, from the Trojan Horse and Pharoah Ramses II's campaign against the Hittites to the Gulf War, and details how technology has evolved and increased the range and subtlety of what is possible, from bogus radio traffic to false smells. AUTHOR: Jon Latimer
PUBLISHER: Overlook Press, The
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Science & Nature
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 | Round River by Charles W. Schwartz, Luna B. Leopold
To those who know the grace of Aldo Leopold's writing in A Sand County Almanac, this posthumous collection from his journals and essays will be a new delight. These daily journal entries on hunting, fishing and exploring, written in camp during his many field trips in lower California, New Mexico, Canada, and Wisconsin, indicate the source of Leopold's ideas on land ethics found in his longer essays. The excerpts from these journals - many taken from notes written around a camp fire, spattered with a slapped mosquito or a drop of coffee - show in direct context what he did in his own leisure time. The essays are taken from more contemplative notes which were still in manuscript when Leopold died, fighting a grass fire in 1948. Round River has been edited by Leopold's son, Luna, a geologist well-known in the field of conservation. It is also illustrated throughout with line drawings by Charles W. Schwartz. All admirers of Leopold's work - indeed, all lovers of nature - will find this book richly rewarding. AUTHOR: Charles W. Schwartz, Luna B. Leopold
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Science & Nature
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 | Cicadas & Aphids by Sara Swan Miller
Provides an overview of the characteristics and natural habitat of homopterans, a taxinomic order of insects that includes cicadas, aphids, scale insects, and white flies. Also includes advice for finding, catching, and observing this group of insect... AUTHOR: Sara Swan Miller
PUBLISHER: Scholastic Library Publishing
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Science & Nature
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 | The Nature of Science by James Trefil
Physicist Trefil offers this compendium of the laws governing the physical world, with everything from Kepler on planetary motion to why seeds swirl on the sunflower. THE NATURE OF SCIENCE provides a basic acquaintance with these governing principles of the universe--and more--in an easy-to-follow, illustrated guide. AUTHOR: James Trefil
PUBLISHER: Houghton Mifflin Company
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Science & Nature
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 | The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Rocks & Minerals by Charles W. Chesterman, Audubon Society Staff
Description not available.Displays rocks, minerals, variant forms, and major gemstones AUTHOR: Charles W. Chesterman, Audubon Society Staff
PUBLISHER: Knopf, Alfred A. Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Science & Nature
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