For hundreds of thousands of years, our ancestors depended on wild plants and animals for survival. They were hunter-gatherers, consummate foraging experts, but taking the world as they found it. Then a revolution occurred – our ancestors’ interaction with other species changed. They began to tame them. The human population boomed; civilization began. In her new book, Tamed, Al...(展开全部)

It all started with a Hob Nob. As Dr Matt Morgan, an intensive care consultant, examined a patient who had suffered a cardiac arrest after inhaling some biscuit crumbs, he saw a flock of birds fly past the window. They must inhale objects all the time when flying, how do they survive? he thought to himself. This began an investigation that spanned continents, species and millen...(展开全部)

It all started with a Hob Nob. As Dr Matt Morgan, an intensive care consultant, examined a patient who had suffered a cardiac arrest after inhaling some biscuit crumbs, he saw a flock of birds fly past the window. They must inhale objects all the time when flying, how do they survive? he thought to himself. This began an investigation that spanned continents, species and millen...(展开全部)

Human beings are a very different kind of animal. We have evolved to become the most dominant species on Earth. We have a larger geographical range and process more energy than any other creature alive. This astonishing transformation is usually explained in terms of cognitive ability—people are just smarter than all the rest. But in this compelling book, Robert Boyd argues tha...(展开全部)

以优异的成绩考入赛维尔高校的少年李远昂，一直被人巴结讨好，受够了这样目光的他，在高三开学时，遇到了属于自己的救赎者……

A Money Bunny是一个儿童理财系列。作者创造了一个兔子王国，胡萝卜是兔子们的货币。 Save It 是这个系列的第三个故事。这次的主角小兔子，叫Honey，它的五个兄弟姐妹都很吵闹，但是Honey喜欢安静，它想拥有一个属于自己的角落，这得花很多钱。 于是聪明的Honey制定了一个省钱计划，但是这意味着它将放弃一些享受的机会，并且需要一点耐心和毅力。Honey能否梦想成真呢？

以优异的成绩考入赛维尔高校的少年李远昂，一直被人巴结讨好，受够了这样目光的他，在高三开学时，遇到了属于自己的救赎者……

In 2006, about 69 million U.S. households had pets, giving homes to around 73.9 million dogs, 90.5 million cats, and 16.6 million birds, and spending more than 38 billion dollars on companion animals. As never before in history, our pets are truly members of the family. But the notion of “companion species”—knotted from human beings, animals and other organisms, landscapes, and...(展开全部)

The author of The Lives of a Cell and The Medusa and the Snail now raises challenging questions about some of the major issues of our time--AIDS, drug abuse, and aging. With extraordinary perception, he discusses topics such as evolutionary biology, the development of language, the therapeutic aspects of medicine, and his love for his profession.

Our Earth is more beautiful and more diverse than we can possibly conceive of. The Book of Vanishing Species is a stunning homage to the planet’s most mysterious, bizarre and wondrous creatures and plants. Their stories are captivating, from the eyeless and tiny dragonlike olm to the hawksbill turtle, whose gender will be determined by the temperature of the sand it is born in....(展开全部)