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Edna Bonhomme
A History of the World in Six Plagues

"Epidemic diseases enter the world by chance, but they become catastrophic by human design. With clear-eyed research and lush prose, A History of the World in Six Plagues shows that throughout histor…

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Anna Källén
The Trouble with Ancient DNA

"In recent years, new discoveries yielded through analysis of ancient DNA have made headlines around the world. Can and should we take these stories at face value? In this thought-provoking book, arc…

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Donald R Prothero
When Humans Nearly Vanished

The fascinating true story of the explosion of the Mount Toba supervolcano--the Earth's largest eruption in the past 28 million years--and its lasting impact on Earth and human evolutionSome 73,000 years …

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David M Walker
The Social Geographies of Mexico

**Examining the links between society, space, and place, this unique text introduces students to the ecological and cultural richness of Mexico and the diversity, tenacity, and resilience of its people.**…

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David M Walker
The Social Geographies of Mexico

**Examining the links between society, space, and place, this unique text introduces students to the ecological and cultural richness of Mexico and the diversity, tenacity, and resilience of its people.**…

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Venki Ramakrishnan
Why We Die

"Utterly fascinating." ---Bill Bryson"An incredible journey." ---Siddhartha Mukherjee*WINNER OF THE 2025 ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN PUBLISHERS PROSE AWARD FOR BEST BOOK ON BIOLOGY**2025 N…

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Jeremy Fox
The Ecology of Ecologists

A celebration of ecology's variety--as both subject and research endeavor--and a call for intradisciplinary understanding.Open any ecology textbook, and you will find a heterogeneous mix of material that …

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Fay Bound Alberti
The Face

Award-winning writer and historian Fay Bound Alberti synthesizes over twenty years of research to offer a sweeping cultural history of our most decisive---and sometimes divisive---body part.What's in a fa…

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David Stipp
Why Rats Laugh and Jellyfish Sleep

For fans of accessible, fun popular science comes an exploration of evolution's quirkiest puzzles and most enduring mysteriesWhy do cats live longer than dogs? Why do many different kinds of bees have yel…

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Peter Godfrey-Smith
Living on Earth

One of the Washington Post's 50 Best Nonfiction Books of 2024 The bestselling author of Other Minds shows how we and our ancestors have reinvented our planet.If the history of the Earth were compressed do…

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Neil Thomas
False Messiah

Ever since The Origin of Species appeared in 1859, Charles Darwin's followers have co-opted him as the patron saint of materialism. In False Messiah, longtime Darwinist and agnostic Neil Thomas looks at h…

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A Companion to Feminist Geography

A Companion to Feminist Geography captures the breadth and diversity of this vibrant and substantive field. It shows how feminist geography has altered the landscape of geographical inquiry and knowledge …

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Doriane Lambelet Coleman
On Sex and Gender

An eye-opening account about what we get wrong on sex and gender---and how we can be both sex smart and thoughtful ."Doriane Coleman presents a serious blueprint for common ground on matters of sex a…

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Zoë Schlanger
The Light Eaters

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERThe New Yorker 's Best Books of 2024 • TIME's 10 Best Nonfiction Books of 2024 • New York Magazine's 10 Best Books of the Year • Washington Post's 50 Notable Works of Nonfiction o…

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Lizzie Wade
Apocalypse

A Next Big Idea Club Must-Read Book of May 2025 • APublishers Weekly Most Anticipated History Book of the Year • A The Millions Most Anticipated Spring Book of the YearA richly imagined new view on the gr…

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Ellen Clarke
The Units of Life

In The Units of Life Ellen Clarke argues that our way of conceptualizing living things--of understanding the living world as carved up into numerous separate chunks--is best understood as idealization. Th…

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Allycin Powell-Hicks
The Problem with Pretty

Most of us believe beauty is about how we look, but Dr. Allycin Powell-Hicks reveals the real problem isn't your appearance---it's how you're trained to see it. Blending science-based research and persona…

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John Dupré
Everyone Flows

Everyone Flows provides novel ways of thinking about personal identity and the boundaries between stages of a life, and hence illuminates topics such as pregnancy and life extension.

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John Dupré
Everyone Flows

Everyone Flows provides novel ways of thinking about personal identity and the boundaries between stages of a life, and hence illuminates topics such as pregnancy and life extension.

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David Baron
The Martians

The New York Times headline was no joke. In the early 1900s, many believed intelligent life had been discovered on Mars. The Martians -a bizarre tale reconstructed through newly discovered clippings, lett…

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