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Cover of "Embryology, Epigenesis, and Evolution"


Embryology, Epigenesis, and Evolution
Taking Development Seriously

A contribution to the philosophy of biology literature, this book explores the nature of ...


Cover of "They Fought For The Motherland" featuring a row of female soldiers


They Fought for the Motherland
Russia’s Women Soldiers in World War I and the Revolution
Laurie S. Stoff

Women have participated in war throughout history, but their experience in Russia during World War I was truly exceptional. Between the war's ...


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Postcards from Mars
The First Photographer on the Red Planet
Jim Bell

A photographic survey of the surface of Mars, culled from the mobile robot missions to the red planet's surface, features more than 150 full ...


Cover of "Radiation Risks in Perspective" featuring a scale of radiation risk on a blue background


Radiation Risks in Perspective
Kenneth L. Mossman

“Radiation Risks in Perspective” considers a factual, balanced approach to assessing, ...


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Key Topics in Landscape Ecology
Richard J. Hobbs

This book brings together leading scientists to provide an up-to-date survey of recent advances ...


From Lucy to Language
Illustrated by: Principal photography by David Brill


From Lucy to Language
Donald C. Johanson

In 1974 in a remote region of Ethiopia, Donald Johanson, then one of America's most promising young paleoanthropologists, discovered "Lucy," the ...


Cover of "Other Fugitives and Other Strangers" featuring a mirrored image of men's bodies


Other Fugitives and Other Strangers
Rigoberto Gonzalez

Bob Hicok writes, "While the tension that never leaves these poems is, on the surface, erotic, what lies beneath the sensual energy is an ...


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The Bible Against Itself
Why the Bible Seems to Contradict Itself
Randel McCraw Helms

All books are written for or against some point of view, and the books of the Bible are no different. Bible book authors were often ...

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