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    Bodypedia
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    Bodypedia

    An eclectic collection of strange and amazing stories about body parts you never knew you had, from acetabulum to zygomaticus majorBodypedia is a lively, fact-filled romp through your body, from A to Z. Featuring almost 100 stories on topics ranging from...
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    The Real Story of Dinosaurs and Dragons
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    The Real Story of Dinosaurs and Dragons

    Are there dinosaurs in the Bible? Are dragon legends basedon human encounters with fire-breathing dinosaurs? A vast and ever-growing body of literature proclaims thatthe answer to both these questions is yes. The Real Story of Dinosaurstakes readers on a...
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    Portrait of an Oyster
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    Portrait of an Oyster

    A beautifully illustrated celebration of the biology, culture, art, and taste of oysters-a perfect gift for the foodie or the artist in your life.Everyone recalls eating their first oyster, just like they remember their first kiss ...Portrait of an...
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    Kings of Their Own Ocean
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    Kings of Their Own Ocean

    This is a tale of human obsession, one intrepid tuna, the dedicated fisherman who caught and set her free, the promises and limits of ocean science and the big truth of how our insatiable appetite for bluefin transformed a cottage industry into a global...
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    Smarter Not Harder
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    Smarter Not Harder

    World-renowned biohacker and bestselling author Dave Asprey reveals how to maximize your well-being with the minimum effort, by taking control of your body’s operating system. If you want to lose weight, boost your energy, or sharpen your mind, there...
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    100 Science Discoveries That Changed The World
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    100 Science Discoveries That Changed The World

    Arranged in chronological order from the early Greek mathematicians, Euclid and Archimedes through to present-day Nobel Prize winners, 100 Science Discoveries That Changed the World charts the great breakthroughs in scientific understanding. Each entry...
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    Tapestries of Life
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    Tapestries of Life

    The second book by the bestselling author of Extraordinary Insects Trees clean air and water; hoverflies and bees pollinate our crops; the kingfisher inspired the construction of high-speed trains. In Tapestries of Life, bestselling author Anne...
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    Extraordinary Insects
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    Extraordinary Insects

    *The Sunday Times Bestseller*‘Extraordinary Insects is a joy’ The TimesA Sunday Times Nature Book of the Year 2019A journey into the weird, wonderful and truly astonishing lives of the small but mighty creatures we can’t live without. Insects influence...
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    GENE GENIUS
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    GENE GENIUS

    Gene Genius: Understand your DNA and create your own genetic roadmap to health and happiness• Ever wondered why someone on exactly the same diet loses weight much faster than you? • Puzzled about why you crave a sugar fix more than...
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    Inferior
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    Inferior

    ‘Inferior is more than just a book. It’s a battle cry – and right now, it’s having a galvanising effect on its core fanbase’ Observer Are women more nurturing than men? Are men more promiscuous than women? Are males the naturally dominant sex? And can...
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    The Lives of Bats
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    The Lives of Bats

    A wonderfully illustrated guide to the natural history of the world's batsBats are the second-largest order of mammals and inhabit almost every corner of the globe, but these secretive creatures are often maligned and misunderstood. With more than 1,400...
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    Gut Check

    In this groundbreaking addition to his New York Times bestselling Plant Paradox series, Steven R.Gundry, MD offers a definitive guide to the gut biome and its control over its home—us!—revealing the unimaginably complex and intelligent ecosystem...
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    How To Speak Whale
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    How To Speak Whale

    ‘Fascinating’ Greta Thunberg‘Extraordinary’ Merlin Sheldrake‘A must-read’ New Scientist‘Enthralling’ George Monbiot‘Brilliant’ Philip Hoare Wildlife filmmaker Tom Mustill had always liked whales. But when one breached onto his kayak, nearly killing him,...
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    What's Gotten Into You

    For readers of Bill Bryson, Neil deGrasse Tyson and Siddhartha Mukherjee, a wondrous, wildly ambitious, and vastly entertaining work of popular science that tells the awe-inspiring story of the elements that make up the human body, and how these...
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    Living on Earth
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    Living on Earth

    The eagerly anticipated conclusion to Peter Godfrey-Smith’s three-part exploration of the origins of intelligence on Earth, which began with the bestselling Other Minds in 2018 and continued with Metazoa in 2020. The eagerly anticipated conclusion to...
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    Pests

    An engrossing and revealing study of why we deem certain animals “pests” and others not—from cats to rats, elephants to pigeons—and what this tells us about our own perceptions, beliefs, and actions, as well as our place in the natural worldA squirrel...
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    Lifespan
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    Lifespan

    In this paradigm-shifting book from acclaimed Harvard Medical School doctor and one of TIME magazine’s 100 most influential people on earth, Dr. David Sinclair reveals that everything we think we know about ageing is wrong, and shares the surprising,...
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    Metazoa
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    Metazoa

    The follow-up to the BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week Other MindsA Times and Sunday Times Book of the YearA Waterstones Best Book of 2020The scuba-diving philosopher explores the origins of animal consciousness. Dip below the ocean’s surface and you are...
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    Genius Foods

    New York Times BestsellerDiscover the critical link between your brain and the food you eat and change the way your brain ages, in this cutting-edge, practical guide to eliminating brain fog, optimizing brain health, and achieving peak mental...
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  • The Secret Life of Plants The Secret Life of Plants
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    The Secret Life of Plants

    "Once in a while you find a book that stuns you. Its scope leaves you breathless. This is such a book." -- John White, San Francisco ChronicleExplore the inner world of plants and its fascinating relation to mankind, as uncovered by the latest...
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    Dragon Lizards of Australia
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    Dragon Lizards of Australia

    The only title available on Australian Dragon Lizards including the most recent understanding of their origins and life history.Australia's mostly hot dry continent is home to nearly 800 described species and the seven Australian families represent four...
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    Prehistoric Marine Life in Australia's Inland Sea
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    Prehistoric Marine Life in Australia's Inland Sea

    Step back to a time when Australia's red centre was flooded by a vast shallow ocean, the Eromanga Sea. While dinosaurs stalked the scattered islands that made up the Australian continent, giant marine reptiles ruled the waves. Plesiosaurs and...
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    Sponges
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    Sponges

    We might think of sponges as bathroom objects but the real living animals are far more interesting.They come in all shapes and sizes, occur in all oceans of the world, and have amazing lives.Sponges have lived in our oceans for 600 million years. Ancient...
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    Barnacles
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    Barnacles

    This guide covers barnacles of mainly south-eastern Australia and begins withinformation about their biology, habitats and diversity. A description of each animal is accompanied by a colour photograph. A key is also provided for easier identification of...
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    Shrimps, Prawns and Lobsters
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    Shrimps, Prawns and Lobsters

    For most of us, shrimps, prawns and lobsters immediately brings to mind something edible and tasty and many are small inconspicuous inhabitants living on our shores and in shallow water.This guide includes a description of each animal...
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    An Introduction to Marine Life
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    An Introduction to Marine Life

    For many people, the first experience of marine environments is amazement at the bewildering variety of life in the oceans. Sea anemones and corals, sea stars and sea urchins, octopuses and squids are just a few marine creatures that we never encounter...
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    Crabs, Hermit Crabs and Allies
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    Crabs, Hermit Crabs and Allies

    Crabs, hermit crabs and allies will familiarise the amateur naturalist, beachcomber, diver and others who have an interest in the marine environment of crabs, hermit crabs and their close relatives. What they do, how they behave, their environments,...
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    On this Ground
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    On this Ground

    Many of us gain inspiration, solace, beauty and a sense of wonder from our interactions with nature, and writers have long plumbed and explored these depths.At the same time as many of us tune in to natural landscapes, our environment is imperilled as...
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    Carrots and Sticks
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    Carrots and Sticks

    Have you ever wondered how a sheepdog, police horse, leopard or octopus is trained? Carrots and Sticks brings behavioural science to life, explaining animal training techniques in the language of learning theory. The first sections on instinct and...
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    Flora of the Sydney Region
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    Flora of the Sydney Region

    The fifth edition Flora of the Sydney Region is the definitive technical guide to the identification of wild plants in one of the world's botanical heartlands. The Flora covers an area of coastal New South Wales stretching from Newcastle to Nowra and...
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    Goldfish in the Parlour
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    Goldfish in the Parlour

    'For the first time, fish became our companions and a corner of many a Victorian parlour was given over to housing tiny fragments of their world enclosed in glass.'The experience of seeing a fish swimming in a glass tank is one we take...
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    Enter the Animal
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    Enter the Animal

    Historically, grief and spirituality have been jealously guarded as uniquely human attributes. Although nonhuman animal grief has been acknowledged in recent times, the potency of the feeling has not been recognised as equal to human grief. Both academic...
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    Obaysch
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    Obaysch

    Obaysch: A Hippopotamus in Victorian London is the story of Obaysch the hippopotamus, the first 'star' animal to be exhibited in the London Zoo. In 1850, a baby hippopotamus arrived on English shores, allegedly the first in Europe since the...
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    Kimberley monsoon rainforests
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    Kimberley monsoon rainforests

    The tropical rainforests of the Kimberley are among Australia's most biodiverse eco-systems - and, in many ways, its least understood.Kimberley rainforests are rich in species not found elsewhere in the region, have links to South-East Asia, and hold...
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    Marine Plants of Australia
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    Marine Plants of Australia

    To most people, the mention of marine plants conjures up images of rotting seaweeds piled high on the beach, or slithering threateningly around bare ankles during a paddle in the shallows. Certainly, the seaweeds do not inspire the imagination or the...
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    Unravelling the Secret life of Plant Roots
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    Unravelling the Secret life of Plant Roots

    Roots are truly amazing structures. They show great flexibility when exploring and exploiting soil substrates of uneven penetrability and availability of water and nutrients, yet also possess highly ordered architectures and anatomical features which may...
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    Nature's Sexual Spectrum
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    Nature's Sexual Spectrum

    Nature's Sexual Spectrum is a celebration of the astonishing diversity of sexual behaviour, biology and reproduction found in nature. From penguins to primates, same-sex behaviours and courtship are more widespread in the natural world than many people...
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    Quantifying Diets of Wildlife and Fish
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    Quantifying Diets of Wildlife and Fish

    Quantifying Diets of Wildlife and Fish presents different techniques available to study animal diets. Ecologists determine animal diets to build natural history knowledge, test hypotheses in ecological theory and make informed management decisions for...
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    Harmful Australian Marine Microalgae
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    Harmful Australian Marine Microalgae

    Algal blooms have the potential to wipe out fish farms virtually overnight. Contamination of seafoods with algal toxins can poison human consumers of fish and shellfish. During the past two decades, globally there have been significant increases in...
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    Wildlife of Victoria's South-West
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    Wildlife of Victoria's South-West

    Victoria's South-West is an iconic region of Australia that includes the exceptional landscape features of the Grampians-Gariwerd, the Victorian Volcanic Plain with crater lakes and cones, the forests of the Great Dividing Range, and Melbourne...
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    Applied Environmental Genomics
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    Applied Environmental Genomics

    DNA is the essence of life and the original 'big data'. New technologies are allowing scientists to access and make sense of this information like never before, and they are using it to solve the world's greatest environmental...
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    Miniature Lives
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    Miniature Lives

    Miniature Lives provides a range of simple strategies that people can use to identify and learn more about the insects in their homes and gardens. Featuring a step-by-step, illustrated identification key and colour photographs, the book...
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    Weed Forager's Handbook
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    Weed Forager's Handbook

    Step into the world of our least admired botanical companions. Peel back the layers of prejudice and discover the finer side of the plants we call weeds. An astonishing number are either edible or medicinal, and have deep and sometimes bizarre...
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    Tasmanian Mayflies
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    Tasmanian Mayflies

    Mayflies are one of the world's most diverse, abundant and important aquatic insects. Famous for their brief adult life spans, mayflies play a key role in the ecology of aquatic and associated terrestrial ecosystems, and are critical...
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    Frogs of Victoria
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    Frogs of Victoria

    Amphibians are one of the world's most rapidly declining fauna groups. In an era of devastating climate change, habitat destruction and irreplaceable loss of biological diversity, it has never been more important to have effective resources for...
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    Ending Plastic Waste
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    Ending Plastic Waste

    Many informal organisations around the world are making a positive impact on the environment and their communities by turning waste into a resource, increasing the social capacity of their community and reducing the amount of pollution in their...
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    Hydroides of the World
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    Hydroides of the World

    Serpulid polychaetes are a unique and highly specialised group of marine segmented worms that have adapted to inhabiting self-secreted calcareous tubes attached to a wide range of hard substrates. These animals are found across all depths and habitats of...
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    Field Guide to the Seashores of South-Eastern Australia
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    Field Guide to the Seashores of South-Eastern Australia

    The types of plants and animals that live on seashores in temperate regions are similar around the globe, but many of the individual species in south-eastern Australia are found only in this region.Field Guide to the Seashores of South-Eastern Australia...
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