The Fossil Hunter: Dinosaurs, Evolution, and the Woman Whose Discoveries Changed the World
10 best books like The Fossil Hunter: Dinosaurs, Evolution, and the Woman Whose Discoveries Changed the World (Shelley Emling): Dinosaurs in the Attic: An Excursion into the American Museum of Natural History, When Life Nearly Died: The Greatest Mass Extinction of all Time, Eleanor of Aquitaine: A Life, Remarkable Creatures, Life: A Natural History of the First Four Billion Years of Life on Earth, Evolution vs. Creationism: An Introduction, Sex in the Sea: Our Intimate Connection with Sex-Changing Fish, Romantic Lobsters, Kinky Squid, and Other Salty Erotica of the Deep, Lucy: the beginnings of humankind, Tyrannosaurus Sue: The Extraordinary Saga of the Largest, Most Fought Over T-Rex Ever Found, The Dinosaur Hunters
| Author | Douglas Preston |
| ISBN | 0312104561 |
Now this was satisfying from nearly beginning to end. It's a look at New York City's natural history museum, split into two parts. The first is a more straightforward history of the institution, both how it came about as well as how the philosophy of managing an enormous natural history collection developed...
Today it is common knowledge that the dinosaurs were wiped out by a meteorite impact 65 million years ago that killed half of all species then living. Far less well-known is a much greater catastrophe that took place at the end of the Permian period 251 million years ago: 90 percent of life was destroyed,...
Eleanor of Aquitaine: A Life
| Author | Alison Weir |
| ISBN | 0345434870 |
In this beautifully written biography, Alison Weir paints a vibrant portrait of a truly exceptional woman and provides new insights into her intimate world.
Renowned in her time for being the most beautiful woman in Europe, the wife of two kings and mother of three, Eleanor of Aquitaine was...
| Author | Tracy Chevalier |
| ISBN | 0007178379 |
In 1810, a sister and brother uncover the fossilized skull of an unknown animal in the cliffs on the south coast of England. With its long snout and prominent teeth, it might be a crocodile – except that it has a huge, bulbous eye.
Remarkable Creatures is the story of Mary Anning, who has a talent...
A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice
"Extraordinary. . . . Anyone with the slightest interest in biology should read this book."--The New York Times Book Review
"A marvelous museum of the past four billion years on earth--capacious, jammed with treasures, full of learning...
| Author | Eugenie C. Scott |
| ISBN | 0520246500 |
The evolution versus creationism conflict is here to stay. Even after their devastating defeat in the Kitzmiller v. Dover decision, advocates of intelligent design and other forms of creationism continue to revise their strategies for undermining the teaching of evolution-and thus of science...
| Author | Marah J. Hardt |
| ISBN | 1137279974 |
An Oprah.com "Best Book for National Reading Month"
Forget the Kama Sutra. When it comes to inventive sex acts, just look to the sea. There we find the elaborate mating rituals of armored lobsters; giant right whales engaging in a lively threesome whilst holding their breath; full moon sex...
| Author | Donald C. Johanson |
| ISBN | 0671724991 |
“A glorious success…The science manages to be as exciting and spellbinding as the juiciest gossip” (San Franscisco Chronicle) in the story of the discovery of “Lucy”—the oldest, best-preserved skeleton of any erect-walking human ancestor ever found.
When Donald Johanson...
| Author | Steve Fiffer |
| ISBN | 0716740176 |
Over 65 million years ago in what is now South Dakota, a battle-scarred Tyrannosaurus rex matriarch -- perhaps mortally wounded in a ferocious fight -- fell into the riverbed and died. In 1990 her skeleton was found, virtually complete, in what many have called the most spectacular dinosaur fossil...
| Author | Deborah Cadbury |
| ISBN | 1857029593 |
It may seem surprising but dinosaurs are actually a British "invention" of the early 19th century. The name dinosaur was coined in 1842 by an English anatomist Richard Owen, a highly ambitious, machiavellian schemer and villain of Deborah Cadbury's The Dinosaur Hunters: A True Story of Scientific...
Real Life Organizing: Clean and Clutter-Free in 15 Minutes a Day
| Author | Cassandra Aarssen |
| ISBN | 1633535193 |
#1 Amazon Best Seller! Real Life Organizing offers clutter free storage solutions and advice that can help you create a Pinterest worthy home on a small budget: Learn how to organize your home, simplify life and have more time for the things you love. Organizational expert Cassandra 'Cas' Aarssen,...
The Fast 800: How to Combine Rapid Weight Loss and Intermittent Fasting for Long-Term Health
Six years ago, Dr Michael Mosley started a health revolution with the 5:2 Fast Diet, telling the world about the incredible power of intermittent fasting. In this book he brings together all the latest science - including a new approach: Time Restricted Eating - to create an easy-to-follow programme.
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Religion Explained: The Evolutionary Origins of Religious Thought
| Author | Pascal Boyer |
| ISBN | 0465006965 |
Many of our questions about religion, says renowned anthropologist Pascal Boyer, are no longer mysteries. We are beginning to know how to answer questions such as "Why do people have religion?" Using findings from anthropology, cognitive science, linguistics, and evolutionary biology, Religion...
Insektenes planet: Om de rare, nyttige og fascinerende småkrypene vi ikke kan leve uten
| Author | Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson |
Bli med inn i insektenes forunderlige verden! For hvert menneske som lever på jorden, finnes det 200 millioner insekter. Insektene er overalt - i skogen og i enga, i bekken og i parken. De lever i seks tusen meters høyde, i de dypeste grotter, i døpefonter, inne i datamaskiner og i hvalrossens nesebor....
