Science & Math

In 97 Orchard, Jane Ziegelman explores the culinary life that was the heart and soul of New York's Lower East Side around the turn of the twentieth centur...

Getting to Know ArcGIS, fourth edition, is a comprehensive introduction to the features and tools of ArcGIS for Desktop. Through hands-on exercises, reader...

Your book has changed my perception and attitude towards statistics. It is very well written, the language is completely user friendly and the progression ...

A Manifesto For A Radically Different Philosophy And Practice Of Manufacture And Environmentalism. Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Urge Environmentalists--in Other ...

This unusual and ambitious book will be welcomed by all who wish to understand exactly what anthropology is and what anthropologists do. It summarizes, com...

This manual contains fully worked-out solutions to all of the odd-numbered exercises in the text, giving students a way to check their answers and ensure th...

“My advice is as old as the plow.” So says author, Karl Schwenke of his guide to making a full- or part-time living on the land, a book for anyone who ...

This text provides a complete introduction to a wide variety of statistical techniques frequently used in the social and behavioral sciences. Adapted from t...

An Italian boy sips from a fountain in the town square. A hiker takes a refreshing drink from a mountain stream. Black-robed women in India stride gracefu...

A fascinating exploration of lakes around the world, from Walden Pond to the Dead Sea. More than a century and a half have passed since Walden was first pu...

A Revelatory History--spanning Continents And Millennia--of How The Distribution Of Water Has Shaped Human Civilization, By The Chief Strategy Officer And G...

Cartography enthusiasts rejoice: the bestselling author of the Just My Type reveals the fascinating relationship between man and map. Simon Garfieldâ€Â...

A provocative exploration of the tension between our evolutionary history and our modern woes--and what we can do about it. We are living through the most p...

If you've ever questioned how to make math stations work, you'll find this photo—filled, idea—packed resource invaluable. This book extends Debbie Dill...

From One Of The World’s Most Renowned Cave Divers, A Firsthand Account Of Exploring The Earth’s Final Frontier: The Hidden Depths Of Our Oceans And The ...

In 2000, biologist Jonathan Wells took the science world by storm with Icons of Evolution, a book showing how biology textbooks routinely promote Darwinism ...

You've Seen The Headlines: Parmesan Cheese Made From Wood Pulp. Lobster Rolls Containing No Lobster At All. Extra-virgin Olive Oil That Isn't. So Many Fake ...

"This is an angry and a hopeful book, and, like everything Dr. Farmer has written, it has both passion and authority. Pathologies of Power is an eloquent ...

A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice "Wilkinson has accomplished something more moving and original, braiding his stumbling attempts to get bette...

Happy New Almanac Year! It's Time To Celebrate The 230th Edition Of The Old Farmer's Almanac! Long Recognized As North America's Most-beloved And Best-selli...

This Handbook Brings Together Foundational And Leading-edge Research Exploring Dimensions Of Improving Quality Of Life In Communities Of Place. Social Indic...

Explores The Themes, Controversies, And Debates In Biology Over The Last Quarter Century And Warns Against Reducing Evolution To A Sequence Of Events Predet...

A dazzling journey across the sciences and humanities in search of deep laws to unite them. -The Wall Street Journal One of our greatest living scientists-...

Most of us watch with mild concern the fast-disappearing wild spaces or the recurrence of pollution-related crises such as oil spills, toxic blooms in ferti...

In The Wake Of Hurricane Katrina, Longtime New Orleans Residents Abdulrahman And Kathy Zeitoun Are Cast Into An Unthinkable Struggle With Forces Beyond Wind...

Paul Coombs provides practical, detailed advice on IT project estimation for managers and consultants in this concise guide. Coombs demonstrates why accurat...

bestselling Author John Gray Turns To The Most Powerful And Profound Relationship In People's Lives--the Bond Between Parents And Child--to Show Parents Ho...

Discover delicious, gut-friendly recipes to supercharge your system Adding a daily dose of fermented foods to your diet can have an extraordinary effect on...

What is your emotional fingerprint? Why are some people so quick to recover from setbacks? Why are some so attuned to others that they seem psychic? Why a...

Support the mastery of money concepts! Practice pages will develop key skills such as recognizing Canadian coins and bills, making change, and learning mone...

These are notions so basic to our view of life that we take them for granted. But in the seventeenth century they were revolutionary, heretical, even dange...

It is technology's saturation of American society - with its fabulous innovations and its devastating consequences - that John Naisbitt and his coauthors Na...

Richard Louv was the first to identify a phenomenon we all knew existed but couldn't quite articulate: nature-deficit disorder. His book Last Child in the ...

Basic Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences demystifies and fully explains statistics without leaving out relevant topics or simply presenting formulas, ...

One of the great works of American exploration literature, this account of a scientific expedition forced to survive famine, attacks, mutiny, and some of t...

Winner • Pulitzer Prize for History Winner • Kirkus Prize for Nonfiction Finalist • National Book Critics Circle Award (Nonfiction) A New York Times ...

This Best-selling Book, Now In Its Fifth Edition, Provides A Solid Theoretical Foundation For Understanding Operating Systems. Authors Abraham Silberschatz ...

Abstract Algebra: An Introduction is set apart by its thematic development and organization. The chapters are organized around two themes: arithmetic and co...

Dr. Maffetone's unique training system for champions proves that the kinder, gentler approach actually works the best. This fitness regimen has worked for c...

Discusses these two scientists' work with amber and their successes in extracting 100 million-year-old DNA samplesCategories: Science & Math Evolution P...

Thoreau Went To Walden Pond To Live Simply In The Wild And Contemplate His Own Place In The World By Observing Nature. Robert Sullivan Went To A Disused, Ga...

A Testament To The Miraculous Beings That Share Our Planet, The Wild In You Is A Creative Collaboration Between A Lauded Nature Photographer And An Internat...

Nature: The Wilderness That Environmentalists Try To Protect From Industrial Despoliation; The Spectacular National Parks Where People Seek Refuge From Thei...

For the millions of adults diagnosed with ADHD The Disorganized Mind will provide expert guidance on what they can do to make the most of their lives. The...

This text aims to establish biology as a discipline not just a collection of facts. Life develops students' understanding of biological processes with schol...

The World of the Cell, Fourth Edition, helps students understand and enjoy cell biology. Focusing on core concepts, the authors present solid information wi...

An Absorbing History Of Changing Views Of What Fossils Are And How They Contribute To An Understanding Of The History Of The Earth. Rudwick Makes Ample Use ...

High-quality illustrations with stepped-out art to help readers visualize complex processes.* Human genetics and the role of the geneticist highlighted thr...