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1	T-Rex to Go: Build Your Own from Chicken Bones; Foolproof Instructions for Buddi more books like this by Christopher McGowan add to wishlist In the colossal tradition of "Make Your Own Dinosaur out of Chicken Bones", Toronto paleontologist McGowan rises to the mightiest challenge of all--creating the chicken-bone T-Rex. Line drawings. see all copies from $4.39!
2	Make Your Own Dinosaur Out of Chicken Bones: Foolproof Instructions for Budding more books like this by Christopher McGowan add to wishlist With the help of some wire, glue, toothpicks, and other ordinary household items, the bones of three chickens become the vertebrae, legs and skull of a brontosaurus. McGowan also provides a wealth of information on dinosaur evolution and palaeontological procedures. see all copies from $1.99!
3	The Raptor and the Lamb more books like this by Christopher McGowan add to wishlist Zoologist Christopher McGowan takes us on a guided tour of predator-prey relationships from the very different but often overlapping worlds of mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, plants, insects, and micro-organisms, as well as from the fossilized record of the dinosaurs. We see fascinating intricacies of interdependence and astonishing adaptability ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.75! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Rail, Steam, and Speed: The "Rocket" and the Birth of Steam Locomotion more books like this by Christopher McGowan add to wishlist From October 6 through 14, 1829, in a small village just outside Liverpool, England, ten thousand spectators gathered to witness one of the most remarkable events of the Industrial Age: a battle among locomotives that became known as the Rainhill Trials. Five machines were entered in the competition: the horse-powered Cycloped attained a top ... see all copies from $3.60! new only from $7.14! \| first editions \| SVS
5	A Practical Guide to Vertebrate Mechanics more books like this by Christopher McGowan add to wishlist A thorough understanding of the form, function, and design of animals is essential to any working biologist's knowledge. In the author's view, however, this fast-growing field of study can be made much more exciting and accessible with a hands-on, practical approach. This is the view of A Practical Guide to Vertebrate Mechanics. This text can be ... see all copies from $27.40! new only from $59.42!
6	The Brazilian Sound: Samba, Bossa Nova, and the Popular Music of Brazil more books like this by Christopher McGowan, Ricardo Pessanha add to wishlist Brazilian music has exponentially increased in its popularity over the decade since the last edition of "The Brazilian Sound" was published. This revised and expanded edition includes discussions of developments in samba and other key genres, the rise of female singer-songwriters in recent years, new works by established artists like Milton ... see all copies from $31.51! new only from $31.51! \| SVS
7	Dinosaurs, Spitfires, and Sea Dragons more books like this by Christopher McGowan add to wishlist The Mesozoic Era is often referred to as the Age of Dinosaurs, for during its 150 million years these "terrible lizards" dominated the earth. While the gigantic reptiles that enthrall today's schoolchildren - the tyrannosaurs, triceratops, and stegosaurus - lumbered through the subtropical landscape, the pterosaurs ruled the skies, and the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.38! \| first editions \| SVS
8	The Dragon Seekers: How an Extraordinary Circle of Fossilists Discovered the Dinosaurs and Paved the Way for Darwin more books like this by Christopher McGowan add to wishlist McGowan, curator of paleobiology at the Royal Ontario Museum, discusses the contribution of figures such as Gideon Mantell and Richard Owen to the field of paleontology and to the scientific revolution inaugurated by Darwin. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.95! \| first editions
9	The Dragon Seekers: How an Extraordinary Cicle of Fossilists Discovered the Dinosaurs and Paved the Way for Darwin more books like this by Christopher McGowan add to wishlist The dramatic story of how a group of nineteenth-century fossilists forever changed our view of history--and laid the groundwork for the Darwinian revolution. Against the backdrop of the Industrial Revolution, an extraordinary circle of fossilists struggled to make sense of a mysterious, prehistoric world--a world they had to piece together from ... see all copies from $3.96! new only from $6.45! \| first editions \| SVS
10	The dragon seekers more books like this by Christopher McGowan add to wishlist The early fossilists were the extraordinary group of individuals who first identified the dinosaurs and whose discoveries helped pave the way for Darwin and the publication of "The Origin of Species" in 1859. This text chronicles the story of this circle of English men and - famously - one woman, whose palaeontological findings transformed people ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.34! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Diatoms to Dinosaurs, C more books like this by Christopher McGowan, Julian Mulock (Illustrator) add to wishlist A fascinating journey through the natural world that examines life in all its forms, demonstrating the central importance of size and scale to the survival of living organisms. see all copies from $3.30! new only from $22.76! \| first editions
12 view cover	The Rainhill Trials: the Birth of Commercial Rail by Christopher McGowan add to wishlist Early on the morning of Tuesday 6 October 1829, a crowd of ten thousand spectators gathered at Rainhill, a small hamlet on the outskirts of Liverpool. They had come to witness the most remarkable event of the Industrial Age. The Trials were a fiercely competitive tournament and the prize for the winner was the lucrative contract for the Liverpool ... see all copies from $12.14! first editions
13	The Successful Dragons: A Natural History of Extinct Reptiles more books like this by Christopher McGowan, Marg Sanson (Illustrator) add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
14	Discover Dinosaurs more books like this by Christopher McGowan, Royal Ontario Museum, Tina Holdcroft (Illustrator) add to wishlist see all copies from $7.50!
15 view cover	Diatoms to dinosaurs : the size and scale of living things more books like this by Christopher McGowan add to wishlist A mouse weighs about one ounce, has a heart rate of 700 beats per minute, a gestation period of 21 days, and lives for less than 3 years. A 5-ton elephant has a heart rate of 30 beats per minute, a 22 month gestation period, a slow metabolic rate and lives for 60 years or more. How are these facts related? In this text Christopher McGowan ... see all copies from $3.42!
16 view cover	The raptor and the lamb : predators and prey in the living world more books like this by Christopher McGowan add to wishlist This text examines predator-prey relationships from the worlds of mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, plants, insects and micro-organisms, as well as from the fossilized record of the dinosaurs. It reveals the interdependence of the vast chain of being and the astonishing adaptability of nature. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.50! \| first editions \| SVS
17	A revision of the Longipinnate Ichthyosaurs of the Lower Jurassic of England, with descriptions of two new species (Reptilia: Ichthyosauria) more books like this by Christopher McGowan add to wishlist see all copies from $5.00! first editions
18	The Houses of the Oireachtas more books like this by John Christopher McGowan Smyth add to wishlist see all copies from $2.00!
19	Evolutionary trends in longipinnate ichthyosaurs, with particular reference to the skull and fore fin more books like this by Christopher McGowan add to wishlist see all copies from $8.00! first editions
20	A revision of the Latipinnate ichthyosaurs of the Lower Jurassic of England (Reptilia, Ichthyosauria) more books like this by Christopher McGowan add to wishlist see all copies from $5.00! first editions
21	Töten, Um Zu Leben. Jäger Und Gejagte in Der Natur by Christopher McGowan add to wishlist see all copies from $32.76!

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