A Sea without Fish: Life in the Ordovician Sea of the Cincinnati Region (Life of the Past)
By: Richard Arnold Davis
4.09
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
The region around Cincinnati, Ohio, is known throughout the world for the abundant and beautiful fo…
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1. Horseshoe Crabs and Velvet Worms: The Story of the Animals and Plants That Time Has Left Behind
By: Richard Fortey
3.94
Format: None pages, Hardcover
From one of the world's leading natural scientists and the acclaimed author of Trilobite!, Life: A … read more
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- biology
- nonfiction
- natural history
- science
2. The Rise of Fishes: 500 Million Years of Evolution
By: John A. Long
4.29
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Armored fishes and monster sharks, fishes with arms and fishes that breathe air--these and many oth… read more
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- palaeontology
- biology
- nonfiction
- science
3. A Field Guide to Mesozoic Birds and other Winged Dinosaurs
By: Matthew P. Martyniuk
4.26
Format: 224 pages, ebook
A comprehensive illustrated guide to the birds of the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods and their din… read more
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- palaeontology
- biology
- nonfiction
- science
4. Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
By: Jared Diamond
3.93
Format: 608 pages, Paperback
Brilliant, illuminating, and immensely absorbing, Collapse is destined to take its place as one of … read more
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- nonfiction
- science
"...neither life nor history is an enterprise for those who seek simplicity and consistency."-Jared Diamond, Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
"History as well as life itself is complicated -- neither life nor history is an enterprise for those who seek simplicity and consistency."-Jared Diamond, Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
"[T]he values to which people cling most stubbornly under inappropriate conditions are those values that were previously the source of their greatest triumphs."-Jared Diamond, Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
"The Anasazi did manage to construct in stone the largest and tallest buildings erected in North America until the Chicago steel girder skyscrapers of the 1880s."-Jared Diamond, Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
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6. Trilobite: Eyewitness to Evolution
By: Richard Fortey
3.44
Format: 326 pages, Paperback
With Trilobite, Richard Fortey, paleontologist and author of the acclaimed Life,offers a marvelousl… read more
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7. Piccadilly Jim
By: P.G. Wodehouse
4.07
Format: 71 pages, Hardcover
The fall brings four more antic novels from comic genius, P. G. Wodehouse. In Picadilly Jim (soon t… read more
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8. The Wrong Stars
By: Tim Pratt
4.33
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
A ragtag crew of humans and posthumans discover alien technology that could change the fate of huma… read more
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9. The Art of Frugal Hedonism: A Guide to Spending Less While Enjoying Everything More
By: None , None
4.67
Format: 46 pages,
It sounds too good to be true. You can save money and the world, inoculate yourself against many of… read more
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10. The Last Days of the Dinosaurs: An Asteroid, Extinction, and the Beginning of Our World
By: Riley Black
3.95
Format: 287 pages, Hardcover
Winner of the AAAS/Subaru Prize for Excellence in Science Books! "This is top-drawer science writi… read more
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- biology
- natural history
- palaeontology
- nonfiction
- science
"That's the goal of paleontology, after all - to start with the offerings of death and work back towards life."-Riley Black, The Last Days of the Dinosaurs: An Asteroid, Extinction, and the Beginning of Our World
"It's an extension of how we often cope in the wake of our own personal traumas, remembering the wounds as we struggle to see the growth stimulated by terrible events. Resilience has no meaning withou…"-Riley Black, The Last Days of the Dinosaurs: An Asteroid, Extinction, and the Beginning of Our World
"In time, extinction comes for all species. Some leave descendants. Others do not. Beautiful as the image is, there is no tree of life. The shape of biodiversity is more like a chaotic blanket, indivi…"-Riley Black, The Last Days of the Dinosaurs: An Asteroid, Extinction, and the Beginning of Our World
11. The Rise and Reign of the Mammals: A New History, from the Shadow of the Dinosaurs to Us
By: Steve Brusatte
4.38
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
In his acclaimed bestseller The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs, American paleontologist Steve Brusa… read more
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- biology
- natural history
- palaeontology
- nonfiction
- science
12. The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World
By: Steve Brusatte
4.20
Format: 404 pages, Hardcover
The dinosaurs. Sixty-six million years ago, the Earth’s most fearsome creatures vanished. Today the… read more
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- natural history
- palaeontology
- nonfiction
- science
"There is a dinosaur outside my window. I'm watching it as I write this."-Steve Brusatte, The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World
"The Great Hall of Dinosaurs at Yale's Peabody Museum may not bill itself as a place of spiritual pilgrimage, but that's sure what it feels like to me."-Steve Brusatte, The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World
"...let's not forget about those birds--they are dinosaurs, they survived, they are still with us. The dinosaur empire may be over, but the dinosaurs remain."-Steve Brusatte, The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World
"...another trove of spectacular fossils, found in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia...provide unprecedented insight into the lifestyles of dinosaurs and early birds."-Steve Brusatte, The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World
13. Nuclear War: A Scenario
By: Annie Jacobsen
4.47
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
There is only one scenario other than an asteroid strike that could end the world as we know it in … read more
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- nonfiction
- science
"The fundamental idea behind this book is to demonstrate, in appalling detail, just how horrifying nuclear war would be."-Annie Jacobsen, Nuclear War: A Scenario
"Humans are wired to advance. Humans do whatever it takes. And yet, nuclear war zeros it all out. Nuclear weapons reduce human brilliance and ingenuity, love and desire, empathy and intellect, to ash."-Annie Jacobsen, Nuclear War: A Scenario
14. Otherlands: A Journey Through Earth's Extinct Worlds
By: Thomas Halliday
4.13
Format: 385 pages, Hardcover
A stirring, eye-opening journey into deep time, from the Ice Age to the first appearance of microb… read more
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- biology
- natural history
- palaeontology
- nonfiction
- science
"In their own sweepstake fashion, hippopotamuses will reach Malta, Sicily and Crete over the water, and become dwarfed to tiny forms. In many islands, dwarf elephants will roam. With a single, large n…"-Thomas Halliday, Otherlands: A Journey Through Earth's Extinct Worlds
"To talk of the first humans is to hammer a signpost into an ancient river saying 'no humans beyond this point', no matter the ever flowing stream around it's base. There is nothing essential to human…"-Thomas Halliday, Otherlands: A Journey Through Earth's Extinct Worlds
15. A Brief History of Earth: Four Billion Years in Eight Chapters
By: Andrew H. Knoll
3.95
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Odds are, where you’re standing was once cooking under a roiling sea of lava, crushed by a towering… read more
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- geology
- nonfiction
- natural history
- science
16. The Virgin in the Ice (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #6)
By: Ellis Peters
4.17
Format: 225 pages, Kindle Edition
The winter of 1139 will disrupt Brother Cadfael’s tranquil life in Shrewsbury with the most disturb… read more
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"Love shared is no sin."-Ellis Peters, The Virgin in the Ice (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #6)
"There never was, for all I could ever learn, a time when living was easy and peaceful."-Ellis Peters, The Virgin in the Ice (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #6)
17. The United States of Cryptids: A Tour of American Myths and Monsters
By: J.W. Ocker
3.89
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Meet the monsters in our midst, from bigfoot to Mothman and beyond! Welcome to the United States… read more
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- nonfiction
18. Super Volcanoes: What They Reveal about Earth and the Worlds Beyond
By: Robin George Andrews
4.04
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Volcanoes are capable of acts of pyrotechnical prowess verging on magic: they spout black magma mor… read more
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- geology
- nonfiction
- natural history
- science
19. The 99% Invisible City: A Field Guide to the Hidden World of Everyday Design
By: Roman Mars
4.03
Format: 394 pages, Hardcover
A beautifully designed guidebook to the unnoticed yet essential elements of our cities, from the cr… read more
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- nonfiction
- science
"A round of applause for circles."-Roman Mars, The 99% Invisible City: A Field Guide to the Hidden World of Everyday Design
"For better or worse, defensive designs limit the range of activities people can engage in. They can also create real problems for the elderly or disabled. Some of the goals of unpleasant designs can …"-Roman Mars, The 99% Invisible City: A Field Guide to the Hidden World of Everyday Design
20. Origin: A Genetic History of the Americas
By: Jennifer Raff
3.79
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
From celebrated anthropologist Jennifer Raff comes the untold story—and fascinating mystery—of how … read more
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21. Dinosaurs Rediscovered: The Scientific Revolution in Paleontology (The Rediscovered Series)
By: Michael J. Benton
4.39
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Over the past twenty years, the study of dinosaurs has transformed into a true scientific disciplin… read more
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- palaeontology
- nonfiction
- science
22. Oceans of Kansas: A Natural History of the Western Interior Sea (Life of the Past)
By: Michael J. Everhart
3.99
Format: 344 pages, Hardcover
The bright midday sun glinted off the calm waters of the Inland Sea and silhouetted the long, sinuo… read more
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- palaeontology
- nonfiction
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23. End of the Megafauna: The Fate of the World's Hugest, Fiercest, and Strangest Animals
By: Ross D.E. MacPhee
3.97
Format: 236 pages, Hardcover
Until a few thousand years ago, creatures that could have been from a sci-fi thriller—including gor… read more
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- biology
- natural history
- palaeontology
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24. Life in Medieval Europe: Fact and Fiction
By: Danièle Cybulskie
4.01
Format: 207 pages, Kindle Edition
HAVE YOU EVER FOUND yourself watching a show or reading a novel and wondering what life was really … read more
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25. Nature's Mutiny: How the Little Ice Age of the Long Seventeenth Century Transformed the West and Shaped the Present
By: Philipp Blom
3.58
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Although hints of a crisis appeared as early as the 1570s, the temperature by the end of the sixtee… read more
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- natural history
- science
26. Remnants of Ancient Life: The New Science of Old Fossils
By: Dale E. Greenwalt
4.10
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The revolution in science that is transforming our understanding of extinct life We used to thin… read more
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- biology
- geology
- palaeontology
- nonfiction
- science
27. The Princeton Field Guide to Mesozoic Sea Reptiles
By: Gregory S Paul
4.33
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
An authoritative illustrated guide to the mighty reptiles that dominated the seas of the Mesozoic f… read more
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28. A Sea without Fish: Life in the Ordovician Sea of the Cincinnati Region (Life of the Past)
By: Richard Arnold Davis
4.09
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
The region around Cincinnati, Ohio, is known throughout the world for the abundant and beautiful fo… read more
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- palaeontology
- nonfiction
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29. Carboniferous Giants and Mass Extinction: The Late Paleozoic Ice Age World
By: George McGhee
4.31
Format: None pages, ebook
Picture a world of dog-sized scorpions and millipedes as long as a car; tropical rainforests with t… read more
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- palaeontology
- nonfiction
- science
30. Trilobites: Common Trilobites of North America
By: Jasper Burns
3.92
Format: 104 pages, Kindle Edition
An illustrated guide to the common fossil trilobites of North America, with detailed drawings and d… read more
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31. Gaining Ground: The Origin and Early Evolution of Tetrapods
By: Jennifer A. Clack
4.11
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Around 370 million years ago, a distant relative of a modern lungfish began the most exciting adven… read more
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