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  • Saving Science Class

    Why We Need Hands-on Science to Engage Kids, Inspire Curiosity, and Improve Education

    by Christopher McGowan ...
    Much of what our students are learning about science in school bears little resemblance to real science. That is the main theme of this critique of science education by a veteran scientist and former school teacher. The author charges that today's teaching mandate has been taken over by educational specialists, people with little or no understanding of science. They clutter curricula with ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Diatoms to Dinosaurs

    The Size And Scale Of Living Things

    by Christopher McGowan ...
    In Diatoms to Dinosaurs, Chris McGowan takes the reader on a fascinating journey through the natural world, and examines life in all its various forms. He imparts the excitement of discovery and the joy of understanding as he demonstrates the central importance of size and scale to the survival of living organisms.McGowan investigates a wide range of size-related phenomena, from the gliding ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

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    The Dragon Seekers

    How an Extraordinary Circle of Fossilists Discovered the Dinosaurs and Paved the Way for Darwin

    by Christopher McGowan ...
    Narrated by Stuart Langton ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 11 min

    In the midst of the Industrial Revolution, an extraordinary group of scientists struggled to make sense of a mysterious, prehistoric world—a world that they had to piece together from the fossilized, fragmentary remains of animals no one had ever seen.These nineteenth-century pioneers were an eccentric lot that included a working-class woman, an Oxford professor with a theatrical bent, a crisis ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • A New Deal for the Humanities

    Liberal Arts and the Future of Public Higher Education

    by Gordon Hutner, Feisal G. Mohamed, Roger L. Geiger, Sheldon Rothblatt, Kathleen Woodward, Yolanda Moses, Daniel Lee Kleinman, Charlotte Melin, Bethany Nowviskie0, John McGowan1, Jeffrey J. Williams2, Christopher Newfield3 ...
    Series series The American Campus
    Many in higher education fear that the humanities are facing a crisis. But even if the rhetoric about “crisis” is overblown, humanities departments do face increasing pressure from administrators, politicians, parents, and students. In A New Deal for the Humanities, Gordon Hutner and Feisal G. Mohamed bring together twelve prominent scholars who address the history, the present state, and the ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

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    Pride and Prejudice on Social Media

    The perfect gift for fans of Jane Austen

    by Sarah Day, Claire McGowan ...
    Narrated by Christopher Bonwell, Fenella Fudge, Zoe Mills ...

    Unabridged

    3 hours 16 min

    Elizabeth Bennet has politely declined your friend request and asks that you do not slide into her DMs again.It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, will probably be verified on social media. The characters of Pride and Prejudice are navigating the same struggles on unfamiliar channels - social media channels, to be precise.When authors Claire ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

  • The Latin American Songbook in the Twentieth Century

    From Folklore to Militancy

    by Tânia da Costa Garcia ...
    Translated by John Christopher McGowan ...
    Series series Music, Culture, and Identity in Latin America
    The Latin American Songbook in the Twentieth Century: From Folklore to Militancy takes an unprecedented comparative analysis approach to the complex relationship between popular music and culture, society, and politics in Latin America as it relates to representations of national identity. Tânia da Costa Garcia analyzes archival research in Chile, Brazil and Argentina, which have very similar ... Read more

    $93.99 USD

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    A Climate Scientist's Case for Hope and Healing in a Divided World

    by Katharine Hayhoe ...
    United Nations Champion of the Earth, climate scientist, and evangelical Christian Katharine Hayhoe changes the debate on how we can save our future in this nationally bestselling “optimistic view on why collective action is still possible—and how it can be realized” (The New York Times).Called “one of the nation’s most effective communicators on climate change” by The New York Times, Katharine ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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  • Why Do Cats Like Catnip?

    324 Questions and Answers to Astound and Amaze

    by Matrin M. Goldwyn ...
    Have you ever wondered how the planets came into being? Or what causes some people to have freckles? Ever wanted to know why mosquito bites itch and swell? Over his long career as a high school science teacher, Martin M. Goldwyn kept track of the smartest, most challenging questions his students ever asked him. Now the answers are all in your hands: What is the oldest living thing on the planet? ... Read more

    $1.99 USD

  • How Innovation Works

    And Why It Flourishes in Freedom

    by Matt Ridley ...
    Building on his national bestseller The Rational Optimist, Matt Ridley chronicles the history of innovation, and how we need to change our thinking on the subject.Innovation is the main event of the modern age, the reason we experience both dramatic improvements in our living standards and unsettling changes in our society. Forget short-term symptoms like Donald Trump and Brexit, it is ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

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  • The Sacred Balance

    Rediscovering Our Place in Nature

    by David Suzuki ...
    In this extensively revised and enlarged edition of his best-selling book, David Suzuki reflects on the increasingly radical changes in nature and science — from global warming to the science behind mother/baby interactions — and examines what they mean for humankind’s place in the world. The book begins by presenting the concept of people as creatures of the Earth who depend on its gifts of air, ... Read more

    $11.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Where the Fish Are : A Science-Based Guide to Stalking Freshwater Fish

    A Science-Based Guide to Stalking Freshwater Fish

    by Daniel Bagur ...
    More science and less art leads to bigger fish and fewer talesMost anglers rely on advice from fishing buddies or books by well-known but unscientific anglers. Here is a book that distills the science of fish behavior into easy-to-follow advice on how to catch fish in any situation. Describing how feeding behavior in fish changes in response to fluctuations in dissolved oxygen, turbulence, ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Paleozoic Age

    by Giancarlo Varnier ...
    The Palaeozoic or Primary Era spans a period of time ranging from 542 million to 251 million years ago. The name Paleozoic, derives from the fact that, in the past, it was considered the first geological age. The Paleozoic covers a range of about 300 million years, giving rise to many forms of life, until the appearance of thecodonts, commonly believed to be the ancestors of dinosaurs. ... Read more

    $3.00 USD or Free with Kobo Plus