Spirals in Time: The Secret Life and Curious Afterlife of Seashells
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| Author | David George Haskell |
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Wilson
| Author | A. Scott Berg |
| ISBN | 0399159215 |
One hundred years after his inauguration, Woodrow Wilson still stands as one of the most influential...
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| Author | Mark Miodownik |
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Four Fish: The Future of the Last Wild Food
| Author | Paul Greenberg |
| ISBN | 1594202567 |
| Author | Marah J. Hardt |
| ISBN | 1137279974 |
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| Author | Thor Hanson |
| ISBN | 0465020135 |
| Author | Vince Beiser |
| ISBN | 0399576428 |
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| Author | Wendy Williams |
| ISBN | 0810984652 |
| Author | Christie Wilcox |
| ISBN | 0374712212 |
From the coasts of Indonesia to the rainforests of Peru, venomous animals are everywhere—and often lurking out of sight. Humans have feared them for centuries, long considering them the assassins and pariahs of the...
Mudlark: In Search of London's Past Along the River Thames
| Author | Lara Maiklem |
| ISBN | 1631494961 |
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| Author | Stephen Fulcher |
On the evening of Saturday, 19 March 2011, D.S. Stephen Fulcher receives a life-changing call that thrusts him into a race against the clock to save missing 22-year-old Sian O’Callaghan, who was last seen at a nightclub...
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| Author | Nathan H. Lents |
We humans like to think of ourselves as highly evolved creatures. But if we are supposedly evolution’s greatest creation, why do we have such bad knees? Why do we catch head colds so often—two hundred...
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| Author | Thomas Rueb |
| ISBN | 9492478579 |