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|  | Praying Mantises by Larry Dane Brimner
Description not available.Describes the physical characteristics, behavior, life cycle, protective devices, and relatives of the praying mantis AUTHOR: Larry Dane Brimner
PUBLISHER: Scholastic Library Publishing
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Science & Nature 
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 | God Particle by Dick Teresi, Leon M. Lederman
Physicist Leon Lederman tells of the historical quest for the God Particle, or the original particle that makes up all others, which at one time was thought to be the atom. AUTHOR: Dick Teresi, Leon M. Lederman
PUBLISHER: Dell Publishing
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Science & Nature
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 | Web Style Guide by Patrick J. Lynch, Sarah Horton
This essential guide for Web site designers offers clear, concise advice on creating well-designed and effective Web sites and pages. Focusing on the interface and graphic design principles that underlie the best Web site design, the book provides anyone involved with Web site design-in corporations, government, nonprofit organizations, and academic institutions-with expert guidance on issues ranging from planning and organizing goals to design strategies for a site to the elements of individual page design. Shifting away from the emphasis of many authors on HyperText Markup Language (HTML) and glitzy, gimmicky graphics, Patrick J. Lynch and Sarah Horton discuss classic principles of design, how these principles apply to Web design, and the issues and constraints of designing complex, multilayered sites. They address the practical concerns of bending and adapting HTML to the purposes of graphic page design. AUTHOR: Patrick J. Lynch, Sarah Horton
PUBLISHER: Yale University Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Science & Nature
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 | A Field Guide to Hummingbirds of North America by Sheri Williamson
The definitive guide, with 180 color photographs. AUTHOR: Sheri Williamson
PUBLISHER: Houghton Mifflin Company
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Science & Nature
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 | Believing Cassandra by Alan Atkisson
The world has gone beyond the limits to growth, putting us in the dangerous stage of overshoot. The sky is, literally, falling, and we don't know what to do. Alan AtKisson takes a surprisingly bright view of the apocalypse, and makes it seem like a transformation we might just survive. He uses the Greek myth of Cassandra's Dilemma -- Cassandra had the ability, or some would say curse, of being able to prophecy the future -- to work us through and beyond the grim predictions of the computer models that provided the foundations for two seminal works in the environmental movement, The Limits to Growth and Beyond the Limits. He makes even the arcane language of system dynamics understandable to the technical neophyte. In chapter 6, Longing for the End of the World, AtKisson brings us into direct confrontation with TEOTWAWKI (The End of the World as We Know It), and shows that it might not be so bad after all. This startling appraisal provides a lead-in to the possibilities of a sustainable future, explaining the prospect in a way that will silence critics who have assailed the fundamental concept of limits to growth since the warning was raised back in 1972. The book ends with some rousingly optimistic scenarios for global transformation. AtKisson, who is a consultant, facilitator, and musician, knows that his audience wants to leave the theater humming a tune, and he gives them three to choose from. This is more than lip service. This is genuine imagination and hope. For anyone who has followed the halting and fitful progress of the environmental movement, this book is a must read, and the perfect start to a new millennium. Bubbly as champagne, fresh as garden mesclun,AtKisson has created an entertaining, believable, and tasty look at our future. Anyone who is fed up with hearing only about our problems -- holes in the ozone, paradigm shifts, and the greenhouse effect -- will take heart from this book. AUTHOR: Alan Atkisson
PUBLISHER: Chelsea Green Publishing
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Science & Nature
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 | The Face
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Bestselling science journalist Daniel McNeill unravels the mysteries of the face by examining it from the anatomical, social, psychological, evolutionary, and artistic perspectives, creating a portrait as compelling as it is illuminating. THE FACE is a captivating discussion of that combinational of eyes, nose, mouth, cheeks, forehead, and chin that is the most visible window to our minds.
CATEGORY: Science & Nature
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