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We're all prone to excess, even in discussions of excess, observes biologist and science writer Marlene Zuk.

Stick handlers without helmets rushing goaltenders without masks on rinks lacking side boards gives way to a faster game with bigger players and overtime shootouts.

The fifth volume in the ludicrously misinformative HOW Series For many years the scientific and educational community has wondered and worried about the possibility that semi-sane scholar pretender

"The Sutra of Forty-Two Chapters" is a succinct summary doctrine by which Buddhism was introduced to China. Each of the 42 sutras begins with "the Buddha said".

The World of Emotions: A unique set of tools for everybody who is interested in improving human relations, and a great help in understanding where we are all coming from and what makes us tick.

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Straw bale houses are easy to build, affordable, super energy efficient, environmentally friendly, attractive, and can be designed to match the builder's personal space needs, esthetics and budget.

The decline of cheap oil is inspiring increasing numbers of North Americans to achieve some measure of backyard food self-sufficiency.

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The first title in the exciting new Kennel Club Classics series is French Bulldog, an elaborate photographic celebration of one of the dog world's most beloved breeds.

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In this incredible expedition into the origins, workings, and evolution of our home planet, John Gribbin, bestselling author of In Search of SchrOdinger's Cat, The Scientists, and In Search of the

In the wake of the phenomenal success of such shows as CSI, forensic science has never been so popular.

Astrobiology, the study of life and its existence in the universe, is now one of the hottest areas of both popular science and serious academic research, fusing biology, chemistry, astrophysics, an