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One River : Explorations and Discoveries in the Amazon Rain Forest
Wade Davis
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Current:
9.7 |
Best known for The Serpent and the Rainbow, Wade Davis is an ethnobotanist interested in the native uses of plants, especially psychotropics. He finds many such plants in the travels he rec
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The Book of Bamboo
David Farrelly
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Current:
9.6 |
Now available once again with a new preface by the author, The Book of Bamboo introduces us to the oldest, most remarkable resource on the planet. Part catalog, part history, The Book of Bamboo shows us how this versatile wood, which is bot
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Herbal Remedies for Dummies (For Dummies)
Christopher Hobbs
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Current:
9.5 |
Mother Nature offers a generous harvest of health secrets. Now, with Herbal Remedies For Dummies, you can reap the medicinal benefits of herbs. The best way to experience the healing power of herbs is to use them, of course, and interna
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American Horticultural Society A To Z Encyclopedia Of Garden Plants
Christopher Brickell
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Current:
9.5 |
Collecting contributions from 100 distinguished horticulturists, the handsome and lavishly illustrated American Horticultural Society A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants is a truly definitive gardening reference. With its 1,092 tiny-pr
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Marijuana Grower's Guide
Mel Frank
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Current:
9.3 |
Scientifically rigorous enough for a professional botanist yet accessible to anyone who wants to grow their own marijuana, this book is illustrated with 164 photos, 64 in color, 29 line drawings, 30 tables, charts, maps. --This text ref
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The Backyard Berry Book : A Hands-On Guide to Growing Berries, Brambles, and Vine Fruit in the Home Garden
Stella Otto
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Current:
9.3 |
In the late 20th century, unfortunately, berries are seen primarily in the supermarket at certain times of year, and while this is welcome, it used to be that everyone had a few berry bushes in the backyard: some currants, some gooseberries
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Magical Mushrooms, Mischievous Molds
George W. Hudler
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Current:
9.2 |
Oh, to be young and eligible to enroll in Professor George Hudler's "Plant Pathology 101" class at Cornell! For those of us who aren't, this book is the next best thing--a hugely entertaining introduction to spore lore. Not only does he bri
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Tales of a Shaman's Apprentice : An Ethnobotanist Searches for New Medicines in the Amazon Rain Forest
Mark J. Plotkin
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Current:
9.1 |
A century ago, malaria was killing Washingtonians, Londoners, Parisians. Today HIV, along with various cancers, has taken its place among worldwide epidemics. Quinine, extracted from the cinchona tree of the Amazonian rainforest, quelled ma
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The Clutius Botanical Watercolors : Plants and Flowers of the Renaissance
Claudia Swan
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Current:
8.9 |
During the Renaissance, the boundary between art and science was not as clearly drawn as it is in the information age. One of the key functions of science in da Vinci's day was to accurately and elegantly depict the denizens of the natural
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Native American Ethnobotany
Daniel E. Moerman
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Current:
8.9 |
Mother Nature offers a generous harvest of health secrets. Now, with Herbal Remedies For Dummies, you can reap the medicinal benefits of herbs. The best way to experience the healing power of herbs is to use them, of course, and interna
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The Touchstone of Life : Molecular Information, Cell Communication, and the Foundations of Life
Werner R. Loewenstein
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Current:
8.9 |
"If there were something like a guidebook for living creatures, I think the first line would read like a biblical commandment: Make thy information larger. And next would come the guidelines for colonizing, in good imperialist fashio
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The Double Helix : A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA
James D. Watson, Gunther S. Stent
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Current:
8.8 |
"Science seldom proceeds in the straightforward logical manner imagined by outsiders," writes James Watson in The Double Helix, his account of his codiscovery (along with Francis Crick) of the structure of DNA. Watson and Crick won N
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Schaum's Outline of Theory and Problems of Molecular and Cell Biology (Schaum's Outline Series)
William D. Stansfield
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Current:
8.7 |
Ever since James Watson and Francis Crick proposed their double-helical structure of DNA in 1953, biology has been in the throes of a revolution in knowledge at the molecular level. This Schaum's Outline was written to help bring order and
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Natural Obsessions : Striving to Unlock the Deepest Secrets of the Cancer Cell
Natalie Angier
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Current:
8.7 |
As dramatic as The Double Hex and as absorbing as The Soul of a New Machine, Natural Obsessions explores the advanced reaches of molecular biology, the nature of the human cell, and the genes that control cancer. It unforgetta
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The Machinery of Life
David S. Goodsell
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Current:
8.7 |
The cell is the basic unit of life, but most of us have at best a fuzzy, low-power idea of how cells are put together and what they look like. "The microscopic world of molecules is separated from our everyday world by an insurmountabl
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Pcr (Introduction to Biotechniques Series)
C. R. Newton, A. Graham
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Current:
8.7 |
This comprehensively updated and revised edition of the bestselling "PCR" is designed as an introduction to the technique and provides authoritative coverage of a wide range of current applications. Topics covered include PCR instrumentatio
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Molecular Biology of the Gene (2 Vols in 1)
James D. Watson
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Current:
8.6 |
With the participation of four new co-authors, Molecular Biology of the Gene has been thoroughly updated and expanded to give comprehensive and authoritative coverage of this fast-moving field, while retaining the lively, incisive writing s
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The Physiology of Excitable Cells
David J. Aidley
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Current:
8.5 |
Despite its provocative title, Sex & the Origins of Death is not as sensationalistic as it sounds. William R. Clark is a professor of immunology at UCLA, and his avowed intention is to enlighten his readers rather than to frighten or
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Sex and the Origins of Death
William R. Clark
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Current:
8.4 |
Despite its provocative title, Sex & the Origins of Death is not as sensationalistic as it sounds. William R. Clark is a professor of immunology at UCLA, and his avowed intention is to enlighten his readers rather than to frighten or
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100 Flowers and How They Got Their Names
Diana Wells, Ippy Patterson (Illustrator)
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Current:
8.4 |
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| 21
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The Backyard Orchardist : A Complete Guide to Growing Fruit Trees in the Home Garden
Stella Otto
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Current:
8.3 |
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Saving Seeds : The Gardener's Guide to Growing and Storing Vegetable and Flower Seeds
Marc Rogers
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Current:
8.2 |
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| 23
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Botany for Gardeners : An Introduction and Guide
Brian Capon
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Current:
8.2 |
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| 24
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The Herb Book
John B. Lust
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Current:
8.2 |
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| 25
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The Secret Life of Plants
Peter Tompkins, Christopher O. Bird
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Current:
8.2 |
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| 26
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Growing Perennials in Cold Climates (Contemporary Gardener)
Mike Heger
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Current:
8.2 |
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| 27
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Edible Wild Plants : A North American Field Guide
Thomas S. Elias, Peter A. Dykeman
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Current:
8.1 |
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| 28
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Identifying and Harvesting Edible and Medicinal Plants in Wild (And Not So Wild Places)
Steve Brill, Evelyn Dean
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Current:
8.1 |
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| 29
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Opium for the Masses : A Practical Guide to Growing Poppies and Making Opium
Jim Hogshire
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Current:
8.1 |
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| 30
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Symbiotic Planet : A New Look at Evolution (Science Masters Series)
Lynn Margulis
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Current:
8.0 |
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| 31
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Gardener's Latin : A Lexicon
Bill Neal, Barbara Damrosch (Introduction)
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Current:
8.0 |
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Essential Cell Biology : An Introduction to the Molecular Biology of the Cell
Bruce Alberts
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Current:
7.9 |
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| 33
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Recombinant DNA
James D. Watson
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Current:
7.7 |
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| 34
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Life Itself : Exploring the Realm of the Living Cell
Boyce Rensberger
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Current:
7.7 |
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| 35
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Making PCR : A Story of Biotechnology (viii)
Paul Rabinow
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Current:
7.6 |
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| 36
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Cells, Embryos, and Evolution : Toward a Cellular and Developmental Understanding of Phenotypic Variation and Evolutionary Adaptability
John Gerhart
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Current:
7.6 |
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| 37
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Cell Biology and Histology (Board Review Series)
Leslie P. Gartner
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Current:
7.6 |
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| 38
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Chromatin : Structure and Function
Alan P. Wolffe
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Current:
7.6 |
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| 39
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Molecular Biology of the Cell : The Problems Book
John Wilson, Tim Hunt
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Current:
7.6 |
Ever since James Watson and Francis Crick proposed their double-helical structure of DNA in 1953, biology has been in the throes of a revolution in knowledge at the molecular level. This Schaum's Outline was written to help bring order and
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Manual of Woody Landscape Plants : Their Identification, Ornamental Characteristics, Culture, Propagation and Uses
Michael A. Dirr
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Current:
7.6 |
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| 41
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Weeds of the Northeast
Richard H. Uva
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Current:
7.5 |
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| 42
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Plants from Test Tubes : An Introduction to Micropropagation
Lydiane Kyte, John G. Kleyn
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Current:
7.5 |
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| 43
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Molecular Biology of the Cell
Bruce Alberts
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Current:
7.3 |
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'Molecular Cell Biology (with CdRom)'
Harvey Lodish
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Current:
7.3 |
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| 45
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The Birth of the Cell
Henry Harris
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Current:
7.3 |
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| 46
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The Cell : A Molecular Approach
Geoffrey M. Cooper
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Current:
7.1 |
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| 47
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Answer Book: Molecular Cell Biology
David Scicchitano
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Current:
7.0 |
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| 48
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Molecular Cell Biology
Harvey F. Lodish
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Current:
6.9 |
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| 49
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Principles of Tissue Engineering
Robert P. Lanza
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Current:
6.9 |
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Introduction to Cell and Tissue Culture : Theory and Technique (Introductory Cell and Molecular Biology Techniques)
Jennie P. Mather, Penelope E. Roberts
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6.8 |
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