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Mammals

Wolves on the Hunt The Behavior of Wolves Hunting Wild Prey

Mech L. David, Smith Douglas W., MacNulty Daniel R.

ISBN: HB: 9780226255149, University of Chicago Press, May 2015
208 pp., 27.9x21.5 cm, 28 colour plates, 44 halftones, 3 line drawings, 6 tables

The interactions between apex predators and their prey are some of the most awesome and meaningful in nature – displays of strength, endurance, and a deep coevolutionary history. And there is perhaps no apex predator more impressive and important in...

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Nature

Ecology

Walden Warming Climate Change Comes to Thoreau's Woods

Primack Richard B.

ISBN: PB: 9780226272290, ISBN: HB: 9780226682686, University of Chicago Press, April 2015
264 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 15 halftones

In his meticulous notes on the natural history of Concord, Massachusetts, Henry David Thoreau records the first open flowers of highbush blueberry on May 11, 1853. If he were to look for the first blueberry flowers in Concord today, mid-May would be...

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Sea Life

Ecology

Western Flyer Steinbeck's Boat, the Sea of Cortez, and the Saga of Pacific Fisheries

Bailey Kevin M.

ISBN: HB: 9780226116761, University of Chicago Press, March 2015
184 pp., 21.5x13.9 cm, 31 halftones

In January 2010, the Gemini was moored in the Swinomish Slough on a Native American reservation near Anacortes, Washington. Unbeknownst to almost everyone, the rusted and dilapidated boat was in fact the most famous fishing vessel ever to have sailed...

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Mammals

Wild Cat Book Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Cats

Sunquist Fiona, Sunquist Mel

ISBN: HB: 9780226780269, University of Chicago Press, October 2014
280 pp., 25.4x20.3 cm, 137 colour plates, 34 halftones, 1 line drawing

From the ancient Egyptian cat goddess, Bastet, to the prophet Muhammad's favorite cat, Muezza, and our contemporary obsession with online cat videos, felines have long held a place of honor in their human counterparts' homes and cultures. But the dom...

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Nature

Weeds of North America

Dickinson Richard, Royer France

ISBN: PB: 9780226076447, University of Chicago Press, May 2014
656 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 1254 colour plates, 26 halftones, 125 line drawings

"What is a weed", opined Emerson, "but a plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered?" While that may be a worthy notion in theory, these plants of undiscovered virtue cause endless hours of toil for backyard gardeners. Wherever they take root,...

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Wildflowers of Unalaska Island A Guide to the Flowering Plants of an Aleutian Island (Second Edition)

Golodoff Suzi

ISBN: PB: 9781602232204, University of Chicago Press, University of Alaska Press, March 2014
218 pp., 21.5x13.9 cm, 215 colour plates, 167 halftones, 1 map

In the Aleutian Islands, wildflowers are king. Persistent low temperatures mean trees are unable to thrive, and so swaths of open tundra serve as the dramatic stage for a stunning variety of flowers".Wildflowers of Unalaska Island" is the only guide...

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Evolution

Was Hitler a Darwinian? Disputed Questions in the History of Evolutionary Theory

Richards Robert J.

ISBN: PB: 9780226058931, ISBN: HB: 9780226058764, University of Chicago Press, October 2013
280 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 5 colour plates, 33 halftones, 7 line drawings

In tracing the history of Darwin's accomplishment and the trajectory of evolutionary theory during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, most scholars agree that Darwin introduced blind mechanism into biology, thus banishing moral values...

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History

Writing History in the Age of Biomedicine

Cooter Roger, Stein Claudia

ISBN: HB: 9780300186635, Yale University Press, July 2013
384 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm, 7 black&white illus.

A collection of ten essays paired with substantial prefaces, this book chronicles and contextualizes Roger Cooter's contributions to the history of medicine. Through an analysis of his own work, Cooter critically examines the politics of conceptual a...

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Mammals

Wild Mammals in Captivity Principles and Techniques for Zoo Management, Second Edition

Kleiman Devra G., Thompson Katerina V., Kirk Baer Charlotte

ISBN: PB: 9780226440101, University of Chicago Press, January 2013
592 pp., 27.9x21.5 cm, 67 tables, 100 halftones, 39 line illus.

Zoos, aquaria, and wildlife parks are vital centers of animal conservation and management. For nearly fifteen years, these institutions have relied on "Wild Mammals in Captivity" as the essential reference for their work. Now the book reemerges in a...

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History

Earth Sciences

Watching Vesuvius A History of Science and Culture in Early Modern Italy

Cocco Sean

ISBN: HB: 9780226923710, University of Chicago Press, January 2013
336 pp., 23x15 cm, 19 halftones

Mount Vesuvius has been famous ever since its eruption in 79 CE, when it destroyed and buried the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum. But less well-known is the role it played in the science and culture of early modern Italy, as Sean Cocco revea...

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