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1	The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal more books like this by Jared Diamond add to wishlist A provocative look at mankind's evolution from the ape into the complex creature we call human. By standards of other animals, our powerful civilization appears unique. So do many of our behaviors, including our sexual habits and the ways we select mates. Yet in many respects we are merely another species of ape--our genes are more than 98% ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.47! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Freedom from the known more books like this by J. Krishnamurti add to wishlist In this work Krishnamurti shows how people can free themselves from the tyranny of the expected, regardless of age. By first changing themselves, they then can change their relationships and society. Themes include: awareness, man's search and the tortured mind. see all copies from $4.02! new only from $7.95! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Changes in the Land: Indians, Colonists and the Ecology of New England more books like this by William Cronon add to wishlist This book offers an original and persuasive interpretation of the changing circumstances in New England's plant and animal communities that occurred with the shift from Indian to European dominance. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
4	The World Without Us more books like this by Alan Weisman add to wishlist Weisman, an award-winning journalist, offers readers a penetrating--and sometimes terrifying--take on how the planet would respond without the relentless pressure of the human presence. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.18! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Old Turtle more books like this by Douglas Wood (Read by) add to wishlist This enchanting fable promotes a deeper understanding of the earth and our relationship with all the beings who inhabit it. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to environmental healing and international understanding projects. Watercolor illustrations. ABBY Award winner. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Immense Journey more books like this by Loren S Eiseley add to wishlist Perhaps Loren Eiseley's most respected book, THE IMMENSE JOURNEY is a compelling and lyrical exploration of the natural world, and a plea for its survival. Eiseley's gift for the personal essay, in which he takes a small observation and uses it as the basis for a much larger exploration, is particularly exemplified here. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	The end of nature more books like this by Bill McKibben add to wishlist This is an examination of man's new relationship with nature ranging from consequences of the greenhouse effect, global heating, changing weather patterns, rising sea levels and evaporating rivers to changes in the world's economic and political power structure. The author sees this new phase in our planet's history as profoundly sad as the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.98! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Design with Nature more books like this by Ian L McHarg add to wishlist "In presenting us with a vision of organic exuberance and human delight, which ecology and ecological design promise to open up for us, McHarg revives the hope for a better world." -Lewis Mumford "...important to America and all the rest of the world in our struggle to design rational, wholesome, and productive landscapes." -Laurie Olin, Hanna ... see all copies from $9.75! new only from $35.97! \| first editions \| SVS
9	The Ascent of Man more books like this by Jacob Bronowski add to wishlist Traces our rise - both as a species and as moulders of our own environment and future. The book covers invention from the flint tool to geometry, from the arch to the Theory of Relativity. It also explores the social and historical background that gave rise to those inventions. Its grasp of both science and civilization shows man's ability to ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $16.60! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Human: The Science Behind What Makes Us Unique more books like this by Michael S Gazzaniga add to wishlist One of the world's leading neuroscientists explores how best to understand the human condition by examining the biological, psychological, and the highly social nature of the species. see all copies from $9.40! new only from $12.55! \| SVS
11 view cover	Human Natures: Genes Cultures and the Human Prospect more books like this by Professor Paul R Ehrlich add to wishlist One of the world's leading evolutionary biologists shows why most of the claims of genetic destiny cannot be true, and explains how the arguments often stem from a fundamental misunderstanding of evolution itself. Illustrations. see all copies from $2.21! new only from $11.08! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Smithsonian Intimate Guide to Human Origins more books like this by Carl Zimmer add to wishlist The author of three previous books on evolution explores recent attempts by anthropologists to rewrite the human family tree in light of groundbreaking new discoveries. see all copies from $5.84! new only from $8.00! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet more books like this by Mark Lynas add to wishlist This work presents an eye-opening and vital account of the future of our earth and our civilisation if current rates of global warming persist, by the highly acclaimed author of "High Tide". Picture yourself a few decades from now, in a world in which average temperatures are three degrees higher than they are now. On the edge of Greenland, rivers ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	The Control of Nature more books like this by John McPhee add to wishlist Concentrating on three contemporary stories of peoples battling against the earth and its elements, this book examines humankind's attempts to tame the forces of nature. see all copies from $2.26! new only from $3.39! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Descent of Man more books like this by Professor Charles Darwin add to wishlist THE DESCENT OF MAN (1871) looks at the emergence of humans in terms of primate evolution. Charles Darwin (1809-1882) focuses on the origin and history of our own species, claiming that humans are closest in ancestry to African chimpanzees and gorillas. Darwin presents a strictly mechanistic and materialistic interpretation of the human animal that ... see all copies from $6.00! new only from $8.70! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	The Dangerous World of Butterflies: The Startling Subculture of Criminals, Collectors, and Conservationists more books like this by Peter Laufer add to wishlist War weary after writing a book about Iraq, Peter Laufer joked before an audience that his next book would be about butterflies. The result: an invitation to a butterfly preserve in Nicaragua. From there he stumbled into a theater of intrigue full of strange and nefarious characters - all in pursuit of one of nature's most delicate creatures. Set ... see all copies from $12.00! new only from $14.08! \| SVS
17 view cover	River Secrets more books like this by Shannon Hale add to wishlist Razo has no idea why he was chosen to be a soldier. He can barely swing a sword, and his brothers are forever wrestling him to the ground. Razo is sure it's out of pity that his captain asks him to join an elite mission--escorting the ambassador into Tira, Bayern's great enemy. But when the Bayern arrive in the strange southern country, Razo ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.70! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Old Turtle and the Broken Truth more books like this by Douglas Wood, Jon J Muth (Illustrator) add to wishlist This is a fable about love in which a young girl seeks knowledge from a wise old turtle. Color illustrations accompany the text. see all copies from $3.03! new only from $8.08! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson: All and Everything: 1st Series more books like this by G I Gurdjieff add to wishlist "Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson" is Gurdjieff's world-famous cosmological epic. It examines human life on Earth from the viewpoint of beings belonging to a distant world, led by the 'all-wise Beelzebub'. Through this cosmological allegory - rich in humour, anecdote and linguistic elaboration - Gurdjieff demonstrates a methodology for the ... see all copies from $15.00! new only from $15.00! \| SVS
20 view cover	Oration on the Dignity of Man more books like this by Giovanni Picco Della Mirandola, Giovanni Pico Della Mirandola, A Robert Caponigri (Translator) add to wishlist An ardent treatise for the Dignity of Man, which elevates Humanism to a truly Christian level, making this writing as pertinent today as it was in the Fifteenth Century. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.95! \| SVS
21 view cover	From So Simple a Beginning: The Four Great Books of Charles Darwin more books like this by Professor Charles Darwin, Edward Osborne Wilson (Editor) add to wishlist Never before have the four great works of Charles Darwin - Voyage of the H.M.S. Beagle (1845), The Origin of Species (1859), The Descent of Man (1871) and The Expression of Emotions in Man and Animals (1872) - been collected under one cover. Undertaking this challenging endeavour 123 years after Darwin's death, two-time Pulitzer Prize winner ... see all copies from $25.14! new only from $29.43!
22 view cover	Treason more books like this by Orson Scott Card add to wishlist Lanik Mueller's birthright as heir to planet Treason's most powerful ruler ship will never be realised. He is a "rad" - a radical regenerative, a freak who can regenerate injured flesh...and trade extra body parts to the Offworld oppressors for iron. On a planet without hard metals - or the means of escape - iron is power in the race to build a ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Endgame, Volume 1: The Problem of Civilization more books like this by Derrick Jensen add to wishlist Building on a series of simple but increasingly provocative premises, Jensen leaves readers hoping for what may be inevitable: a return to agrarian communal life via the disintegration of civilization itself. see all copies from $8.99! new only from $12.54! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	All I Know about Animal Behavior I Learned in Loehmann's Dressing Room more books like this by Erma Bombeck add to wishlist Erma Bombeck studied human nature the way Jane Goodall studies chimps, until "...the breakthrough hit me like a bolt. Jane and I were studying the same species." Each chapter of this book is headed by an observation on animal behavior, foregrounding Bombeck's comments on older women having babies, men who can't ask for directions, alternative ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Lunar Nodes: Discover Your Soul's Karmic Mission more books like this by Celeste Teal add to wishlist Are you an old soul or a young soul? Will this life be filled with cosmic blessings or karmic sacrifices? The story of your evolving soul-through the past, present, and future-can be read in the lunar nodes. No other book on the market offers such in-depth information on the lunar nodes - the points where the moon's orbit crosses the sun's path. ... see all copies from $16.34! new only from $16.34! \| first editions \| SVS

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