| | Origin of Humankind
by Richard Leakey
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| | River Out of Eden: A Darwinian View of Life
by Richard Dawkins
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Our Price: $5.99 | How did the replication bomb we call "Life" begin and where in the world or
rather, in the universe, is it heading? Writing with characteristic wit and
an ability to clarify complex phenomena (the The New York Times described his style as "the sort of science writing that makes the reader feel like a genius"), Richard Dawkins confronts the ancient mystery. more... |
| | Why Sex is Fun?: The Evolution of Human Sexuality
by Jared Diamond
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females the only mammals to go through menopause? Why is the human penis so
unnecessarily large? There is no more knowledgeable authority than the
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| | Kinds of Minds: Towards an Understanding of Consciousness
by Daniel Dennett
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philosopher and cognitive scientist Daniel Dennett explains how, by figuring
out how our minds work, we can learn more about ourselves and others.
Informative and mind-expanding, yet easily accessible, Kinds of Minds is
from one of the most important authors writing about consciousness today and
a crucial addition to the philosophical work that began with Descartes'
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| | My Soul Has Grown Deep: Classics of Early African-American Literature
by John Wideman
Running Press Orig. $29.95
Our Price: $9.99 | Featuring pieces by Frederick Douglas, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Nat Love, Ida
B. Wells and others, this is the first truly representative sampling of literature by African-American writers in the early centuries of our history. more... |
| | The Book of Illusions
by Paul Auster
Picador Orig. $14.00
Our Price: $5.99 | “A nearly flawless work, and the best argument among many that Auster will
be remembered as one of the great writers of our time.” —San Francisco
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| | The Black Veil: A Memoir with Digressions
by Rick Moody
Little Brown and Company / hardcover Orig. $24.95
Our Price: $4.99 | In his early 20s, a lifetime of excess left Rick Moody suddenly stranded in a depression so profound that he feared for his life. A stay in a psychiatric hospital was just the first step out of mental illness. In this astonishingly inventive book, Moody tells the story of his collapse and recovery in an inspired journey through what it means to be young and confused, older and confused, guilty, lost, and healed. more... |
| | Flying Saucers
by by C.G. Jung and translated by I.E. Hull
MJF Books / hardcover Orig. $7.98
Our Price: $4.99 | Sightings of flying saucers and other UFOs began to be reported across the globe both during World War II, as Western Civilization was virtually tearing itself asunder over ideological conflict, and directly after the war, when the means had been developed to destroy the human world and perhaps the globe itself. more... |
