Flora Unveiled: The Discovery and Denial of Sex in Plants
Lincoln Taiz and Lee Taiz
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Sex in animals has been known for at least ten thousand years, and this knowledge was put to good...

Losing the Dead
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As her mother slipped into the darkness of old age, Lisa Appignanesi began to realise how little she...

Bumper Book of Dinosaurs
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Dinosaurs are back. Say hello to the Giganotosaurus, the Velociraptor, and Tyrannosaurus rex. Ready...

Atlas of Adventures: A Collection of Natural Wonders, Exciting Experiences and Fun Festivities from the Four Corners of the Globe
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Set your spirit of adventure free with this lavishly illustrated trip around the world. Whether...
Italy Illuminated, Volume 2: Books V-VIII: volume 2
Biondo Flavio and Jeffrey White
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Biondo Flavio (1392-1463), humanist and historian, was a pioneering figure in the Renaissance...

The Lost Time Accidents
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The Lost Time Accidents is a bold and epic saga set against the greatest upheavals of the twentieth...

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Ethnobotany in the New Europe: People, Health and Wild Plant Resources
Manuel Pardo de Santayana, Andrea Pieroni and Rajindra K. Puri
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The study of European wild food plants and herbal medicines is an old discipline that has been...

The Midnight of Eights (The Island of Angels #2)
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1580. Nelan Michaels docks at Plymouth after sailing around the world aboard the Golden Hind. He...
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An Empire of Ice: Scott, Shackleton, and the Heroic Age of Antarctic Science
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Published to coincide with the centenary of the first expeditions to reach the South Pole, An Empire...