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1	Point of Origin more books like this by Patricia D Cornwell A farmhouse destroyed by fire. A body amongst the ruins. Dr Kay Scarpetta, Chief Medical Examiner and consulting pathologist for the federal law enforcement agency ATF, is called out to a farmhouse in Virginia which has been destroyed by fire. In the ruins of the house she finds a body which tells a story of a violent and grisly murder. The fire ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism more books like this by Benedict Richard O'Gorman Anderson What makes people love and die for nations, as well as hate and kill in their name? While many studies have been written on nationalist political movements, the sense of nationality - the personal and cultural feeling of belonging to the nation - has not received proportionate attention. In this widely acclaimed work, Benedict Anderson examines ... see all copies from $5.50! new only from $9.98! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Origin in Death more books like this by J D Robb Unpleasant secrets lurk within a high-profile cosmetic surgery practice in the 21st installment of the near-feature In Death mystery series, written by romance author Nora Roberts's alter ego, J.D. Robb. After celebrity Lee-Lee Ten is assaulted, she takes refuge at the Wilfred B. Icove Center for Reconstructive and Cosmetic Surgery. When ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Origin of Species more books like this by Professor Charles Darwin The theories propounded by Charles Darwin in The Origin of Species have had a profound and revolutionary effect, not only on biology but also on philosophy, history, and theology. His concept of natural selection has created eruptive disputes among scientists and religious leaders of his time and ours. The phenomenal importance of his brilliant ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.92! \| first editions \| SVS
5	The Food Revolution: How Your Diet Can Help Save Your Life and Heal the World more books like this by John Robbins John Robbins, the man who started the "food revolution" with the ground-breaking Diet for a New America, boldly posits that, collectively, our personal diet can save ourselves and the world. His latest book presents compelling new information regarding the fields of nutrition, heart disease and cancer, agribusiness, and bioengineering. It ... see all copies from $8.99! new only from $9.91! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Diet for a New America more books like this by John Robbins (Read by) Takes a hard look at the average American's diet and the health problems it causes, describes the methods used in raising and slaughtering animals for our meat and poultry, and suggests healthful alternatives. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.28! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	The Templar Revelation: Secret Guardians of the True Identity of Christ more books like this by Lynn Picknett THE MOST CLOSELY GUARDED SECRET OF THE WESTERN WORLD IS ABOUT TO BE REVEALED -- AND YOU WILL NEVER SEE CHRISTIANITY IN THE SAME LIGHT AGAIN. In a remarkable achievement of historical detective work that is destined to become a classic, authors Lynn Picknett and Clive Prince delve into the mysterious world of the Freemasons, the Cathars, the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
8	The World in Six Songs more books like this by Daniel J Levitin The author of the "New York Times" bestseller and "Los Angeles Times" Book Award Finalist "This Is Your Brain on Music" tunes into six evolutionary musical forms that brought about the evolution of human culture. see all copies from $12.76! new only from $14.95! \| SVS
9	The Bible Unearthed: Archaeology's New Vision of Ancient Israel and the Origin of Its Sacred Texts more books like this by Israel Finkelstein, Neil Asher Silberman Since the 1970s, archaeologists have made great strides in recovering the lost world of the Old Testament. Experts understanding of ancient Israel and its neighbours, and Bible tales, have been changed by these discoveries. This book looks at how the Bible came into existence. The authors assert that Abraham, Isaac and jacob never existed, David ... see all copies from $4.85! new only from $8.66! \| first editions \| SVS
10	The origin of consciousness in the breakdown of the bicameral mind more books like this by Julian Jaynes At the heart of this book is the revolutionary idea that human consciousness did not begin far back in animal evolution. Rather, Jaynes presents consciousness as a learned process that evolved from an earlier hallucinatory mentality only three thousand years ago. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.32! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11 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) 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 $23.82! new only from $24.00! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	The Origin of Species: By Means of Natural Selection or the Preservation of Favored Races in the Struggle for Life more books like this by Professor Charles Darwin Voyage with Darwin as he gathers the raw material that ushered in the greatest intellectual revolution in nearly 2,000 years. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.71! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Immense Journey more books like this by Loren S Eiseley 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 $2.57! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	The Last Human: A Guide to Twenty-Two Species of Extinct Humans more books like this by G J Sawyer (Text by), Viktor Deak, Ian Tattersall This book tells the story of human evolution, the epic of homosapiens and its colourful precursors and relatives. The story begins in Africa, six to seven million years ago, and encompasses twenty known human species, of which homosapiens are the sole survivor. Illustrated with spectacular, three-dimensional scientific reconstructions portrayed in ... see all copies from $20.95! new only from $28.84! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	At Home in the Universe: The Search for the Laws of Self-Organization and Complexity more books like this by Stuart Kauffman, M.D. A major scientific revolution has begun, a new paradigm that rivals Darwin's theory in importance. At its heart is the discovery of the order that lies deep within the most complex of systems, from the origin of life, to the workings of giant corporations, to the rise and fall of great civilizations. And more than anyone else, this revolution is ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.37! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	The First Three Minutes: A Modern View of the Origin of the Universe more books like this by Steven Weinberg The author equips the general reader with enough knowledge of physics to understand what happened after the "big bang". He then gives a slow-motion, cinematic presentation of the universe's first three minutes. During this time, out of a dense "soup" of matter and energy, the universe was moulded and exploded apart in an enormous convulsion, the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.79! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	What Saint Paul Really Said: Was Paul of Tarsus the Real Founder of Christianity? more books like this by N T Wright N.T. Wright, a world authority on the life and letters of Paul, responds to A.N. Wilson's claim that it was Paul and not Jesus who founded Christianity. He delivers a devastating critique, contending that Paul was a faithful witness and herald of Jesus Christ. see all copies from $4.33! new only from $12.39! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	The Power of Babel: A Natural History of Language more books like this by John McWhorter In this work, the author shares his expertise as a linguist to introduce us to Russonorsk, a creole of Russian and Norwegian once spoken by trading fur trappers in the summer, the ways in which Yiddish, a dialect of German, has been influenced by the grammar of Polish and a dialect of an Australian aboriginal language which only has three verbs. ... see all copies from $6.71! new only from $8.64! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Family Ties That Bind: A Self-Help Guide to Change Through Family of Origin Therapy more books like this by Ronald W Richardson How to deal with family relationships is a problem that most people never solve. This book uses Family of Origin therapy techniques as a basis for you to improve those relationships and your own sense of self-esteem. Written in lay language, the step-by-step exercises show how to make contact with "lost" family members, how to interview relatives ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.61! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Theory of Moral Sentiments more books like this by Adam Smith "The Theory of Moral Sentiments" clearly demonstrates that besides mundane economic pursuits, Smith was just as interested, if not more so, in the capacity of people to bestow and to esteem benevolence, and to strive for virtue even while they are pursuing their own self-interest. The root of our motivation to act benevolently toward others, says ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.00! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Life: A Natural History of the First Four Billion Years of Life on Earth more books like this by Richard Fortey A guided tour through the origins of life. Fortey begins when Earth was a barren globe, without an atmosphere, spinning through space. He examines the very earliest signs of life on the rims of volcanoes, the first appearance of cells, the evolution of plants, dinosaurs, and animals, moving onward until the moment just before the debut of Homo ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.21! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	The Origin of Financial Crises: Central Banks, Credit Bubbles and the Efficient Market Fallacy more books like this by George Cooper "The Origin of Financial Crises" provides a compelling analysis of the forces behind today's economic crisis. In a series of disarmingly simple arguments George Cooper challenges the core principles of today's economic orthodoxy, explaining why financial markets do not obey the efficient market principles described in today's economic textbooks ... see all copies from $7.04! new only from $7.04! \| SVS
23 view cover	The Theory of Everything: The Origin and Fate of the Universe more books like this by Stephen Hawking "The Theory of Everything" is a unique opportunity to explore the cosmos with the greatest mind since Einstein. Based on a series of lectures given at Cambridge University, Professor Hawking's work introduced "the history of ideas about the universe" as well as today's most important scientific theories about time, space, and the cosmos in a clear ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| SVS
24 view cover	Backgrounds of Early Christianity more books like this by Everett Ferguson Widely used as a textbook since its publication in 1987, this work provides an analytical and systematic introduction to the Roman, Greek, and Jewish political, social, literary, and religious backgrounds necessary for a historical understanding of the New Testament in the early church. see all copies from $10.00! new only from $25.36! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	The Apostles: The Origin of the Church and Their Co-Workers more books like this by Pope Benedict XVI "Through the Apostles, we come to Jesus himself."" -- Pope Benedict XVI In this fascinating and inspirational journey with the chosen disciples of Jesus, Pope Benedict XVI demonstrates a profound, unbreakable continuity -- built upon the foundation of the Apostles and alive in the succession of the Apostles -- by which Christ is present today in ... see all copies from $10.00! new only from $10.00! \| SVS

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