Sleeping Beauties: the Mystery of Dormant Innovations in Nature and Culture 9780861545285, 9780861545278

Sleeping Beauties: The Mystery of Dormant Innovations in Nature and Culture 0861545281, 9780861545285

Life innovates constantly, producing perfectly adapted species – but there’s a catch. Many animals and plants eke out

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The Sleeping Beauties: And Other Stories of Mystery Illness 9781529010541, 1529010543

'In my view the best science writer around – a true descendant of Oliver Sacks.' Sathnam Sanghera, author of T

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The Sleeping Beauties: And Other Stories of Mystery Illness 9781529010541, 1529010543

'In my view the best science writer around – a true descendant of Oliver Sacks.' Sathnam Sanghera, author of T

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The Beauties of the Bosphorus

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The Trinity: On the Nature and Mystery of the One God 0813234832, 9780813234830

The Trinity is the central mystery of the Christian faith. What can we say about the divine nature, and what does it mea

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Bloodties: Nature, Culture, and the Hunt

Why do people hunt? What possesses humans to kill their fellow creatures? In Bloodties, naturalist Ted Kerasote explores

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Nature and Culture in the American Gothic 9786062617011

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The space of culture - the place of nature in Estonia and beyond 9789949196234, 994919623X

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Snakes: The Evolution of Mystery in Nature [Reprint 2020 ed.] 9780520935433

This is a book about some of nature's most alluring and forbidding creatures, written by a man with an abiding pass

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Nature, Culture, and History: The 'Knowing' of Oceania 9780824863722

Explores the changing ways in which Pacific Islanders have been seen and represented by outsiders over the last 200 year

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