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Mammals

Law

Wildlife as Property Owners A New Conception of Animal Rights

Bradshaw Karen

ISBN: PB: 9780226571362, ISBN: HB: 9780226571225, University of Chicago Press, November 2020
152 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm

Humankind coexists with every other living thing. People drink the same water, breathe the same air, and share the same land as other animals. Yet, property law reflects a general assumption that only people can own land. The effects of this presumpt...

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Anthropology

Evolution

Why We Believe Evolution and the Human Way of Being

Fuentes Agustin

ISBN: HB: 9780300243994, Yale University Press, January 2020
280 pp., 21x14 cm, 8 black&white illus.

Why are so many humans religious? Why do we daydream, imagine, and hope? Philosophers, theologians, social scientists, and historians have offered explanations for centuries, but their accounts often ignore or even avoid human evolution. Evolutionary...

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Sea Life

Why Study Biology by the Sea?

Matlin Karl S., Maienschein Jane, Ankeny Rachel A.

ISBN: PB: 9780226672939, ISBN: HB: 9780226672762, University of Chicago Press, January 2020
344 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 33 halftones, 6 line drawings

For almost a century and a half, biologists have gone to the seashore to study life. The oceans contain rich biodiversity, and organisms at the intersection of sea and shore provide a plentiful sampling for research into a variety of questions at the...

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Reptiles & Amphibians

Amazing Nature

World of Reptiles

ISBN: HB: 9781925546538, Bookport, New Holland Publishers, September 2019
256 pp., 19.5x14.5 cm

The book explores reptiles living in a wide range of habitats. They come in all shapes and sizes and include crocodiles, snakes, lizards, turtles, and tortoises, all of which regularly shed the outer layer of their skin. Reptiles can be found on ever...

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Entomology

Wings in the Light Wild Butterflies in North America

Lee Myers David, Pyle Robert Michael

ISBN: HB: 9780300236132, Yale University Press, March 2019
288 pp., 25.4x19 cm, 430 colour illus.

See what it's like to stare a butterfly in the eyes. Lavishly illustrated and scientifically rigorous, this dazzling volume provides a comprehensive visual guide to the butterflies of North America. David Lee Myers's stunning photography captures the...

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Evolution

Anthropology

Where Are We Heading? The Evolution of Humans and Things

Hodder Ian

ISBN: HB: 9780300204094, Yale University Press, October 2018
200 pp., 21x14 cm, 20 black&white illus.

In this engaging exploration, archaeologist Ian Hodder departs from the two prevailing modes of thought about human evolution: the older idea of constant advancement toward a civilized ideal and the newer one of a directionless process of natural sel...

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Evolution

Why the Wheel Is Round Muscles, Technology, and How We Make Things Move

Vogel Steven

ISBN: PB: 9780226599687, ISBN: HB: 9780226381039, University of Chicago Press, October 2018
344 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 81 halftones, 64 line drawings

There is no part of our bodies that fully rotates – be it a wrist or ankle or arm in a shoulder socket, we are made to twist only so far. And yet there is no more fundamental human invention than the wheel – a rotational mechanism that accomplishes w...

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Dogs

What Is a Dog?

Coppinger Raymond, Coppinger Lorna

ISBN: PB: 9780226478227, ISBN: HB: 9780226127941, University of Chicago Press, March 2017
272 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 17 colour plates, 13 halftones, 4 line drawings

Of the world's dogs, less than two hundred million are pets, living with humans who provide food, shelter, squeaky toys, and fashionable sweaters. But roaming the planet are five times as many dogs who are their own masters – neighborhood dogs, dump...

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Birds

Where Song Began Australia's Birds and How They Changed the World

Low Tim

ISBN: HB: 9780300221664, Yale University Press, August 2016
424 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm, 28 black&white illus., 16 colour illus.

An authoritative and entertaining exploration of Australia's distinctive birds and their unheralded role in global evolution. Renowned for its gallery of unusual mammals, Australia is also a land of extraordinary birds. But unlike the mammals, the bi...

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Birds

Ecology

Why Birds Matter Avian Ecological Function and Ecosystem Services

Sekercioglu Cagan H., Wenny Daniel G., Whelan Christopher J.

ISBN: PB: 9780226382630, ISBN: HB: 9780226382463, University of Chicago Press, August 2016
368 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 31 halftones, 6 line drawings, 8 tables

For over one hundred years, ornithologists and amateur birders have jointly campaigned for the conservation of bird species, documenting not only birds' beauty and extraordinary diversity, but also their importance to ecosystems worldwide. But while...

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