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When Jennifer Doudna was in sixth grade, she came home one day to find that her dad had left a paperback titled The Double Helix on her bed. She put it aside, thinking it was one of those detective tales she loved. When she read it on a rainy Saturday, she discovered she was right, in a way. As she sped through the pages, she became enthralled by the intense drama behind the competition to discover the code of life. Even though her high school counselor...

Llamas as Pets is a one-stop shop book for everything Llama related. If you are considering owning or have already acquired one of these domesticated, South American Camelids, this book is definitely for you. Widely used as a pack animal since the pre-Columbian era, and prized as both a meat source and for their soft and lanolin-free fleece, these social animals like to live in a herd and although considered by most as livestock, they have very...

Ultimate guide to growing organic vegetables and fruits. How to build your own greenhouse and grow amazing year-round organic vegetables, fruits, herbs, and flowers.

Explore the world of creepy-crawly bugs, examine the fascinating systems that make up the human body, study the wonders of space, and learn about Earth's weather with these information-packed books. The SCIENCE ENCYCOPEDIAS series offers in-depth details on the most fascinating science topics. This encyclopedia set is sure to leave readers with a greater understanding of topics both in and out of this world!

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When Helen Macdonald's father died suddenly on a London street, she was devastated. An experienced falconer - Helen had been captivated by hawks since childhood - she'd never before been tempted to train one of the most vicious predators, the goshawk. But in her grief, she saw that the goshawk's fierce and feral temperament mirrored her own. Resolving to purchase and raise the deadly creature as a means to cope with her loss, she adopted Mabel, and...

"No novel could contain more dramatic events than the history of Cripple Creek."Wyoming Library Roundup "This is the fascinating story of the great Cripple Creek gold mines. But it is not told with fantasy: here are the plain facts of one of the most unbelievable incidents of our history, of a place in the Colorado mountains where a man threw his hat into the air, dug where it fell, and struck a rich vein of ore. . . . It is a fascinating...

104 PAGES ILLUS. $23.40. 2006028510. DESCRIBES HOW THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT WORKS. DN

Details the events leading up to the murder of the most influential man in history: Jesus of Nazareth. Nearly two thousand years after this beloved and controversial young revolutionary was brutally killed by Roman soldiers, more than 2.2 billion human beings attempt to follow his teachings and believe he is God. Killing Jesus will take readers inside Jesus's life, recounting the seismic political and historical events that made his death inevitable...

"As a follow-up to 12 Rules for Life, the author provides twelve additional rules related to the overarching theme of how the dangers of too much security and control might be profitably avoided"--