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God the Known and God the Unknown

Great Astronomers

History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science

Heroes of the Telegraph

Medical Essays

North American Species of Cactus

Cause of Death: A Leading Forensic Expert Sets the Record Straight

In this riveting, eye-opening book, Dr.Cyril Wecht, a leading forensic pathologist, probes the evidence in the most controversial cases of unnatural death of our time and casts bold, brilliant, and often shocking new light on the JFK and Robert Kennedy assassinations, the innocence or guiilt of Claus von Bulow in destroying the life of his wealthy wife, Elvis Presely--the victim of shocking medical malpractice, and Ted Kennedy--what really happened to him and Mary Joe Kopechne at Chappaquiddick. These and other sensational cases featured in this provacative book make for true-crime and medical detection at its most authentic and compelling--a must read for anyone interested in the truth behind the headlines.

The Present Condition of Organic Nature

Combat Recon

A firsthand account of a soldier in Vietnam describes the destruction of the country by American troops and the experience of war from the perspective of South Vietnamese soldiers

Edison: Inventing the Century

Biography of Thomas Alva Edison.

The Emperor's New Mind

Winner of the 1990 Science Book Prize arguing AGAINST artificial intelligence, and exploring the mystery of the mind and consciousness, Roger Penrose takes the reader on the most engaging and creative tour of modern physics, cosmology, mathematics and philosophy that has ever been written.

The Voyage of the Beagle

Driving Mr. Albert: a Trip Across America With Einstein's Brain

Driving Mr. Albert chronicles the adventures of an unlikely threesome--a freelance writer, an elderly pathologist, and Albert Einstein's brain--on a cross-country expedition intended to set the story of this specimen-cum-relic straight once and for all.

The Formation of Vegetable Mould Through The Action of Worms - With Observations on Their Habits

Reading the Numbers

None.

The Past Condition of Organic Nature

The Perpetuation of Living Beings

Early scientific work on heredity variance and genetic transmission.

The Origination of Living Beings

The Story of Evolution

Volcanic Islands

Valerius Terminus: of the Interpretation of Nature

Privileged Hands

Memoirs of blind physical scientist Geerat Vermeij

Birds and Bees, Sharp Eyes and Other Papers

From the Biographical Sketch:<P> "Probably no other American writer has a greater sympathy with, and a keener enjoyment of, country life in all its phases--farming, camping, fishing, walking--than has John Burroughs. His books are redolent of the soil, and have such "freshness and primal sweetness," that we need not be told that the pleasure he gets from his walks and excursions is by no means over when he steps inside his doors again. As he tells us on more than one occasion, he finds he can get much more out of his outdoor experiences by thinking them over, and writing them out afterwards."<P> Mary E. Burt

The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Volume 2

The Riddle of the Rhine