The Biology of Desire

Reducere. Through the vivid, true stories of five people who journeyed into and out of addiction, a renowned neuroscientist explains why the "disease model" ...

Through the vivid, true stories of five addicts, a neuroscientist explains how addiction happens in the brain, and what we can do to overcome it. T...

Reducere. DescriptionA professor, biologist, and physiologist argues that modern Darwinism's materialist and mechanistic biases have led to a scientific dead...

In many ways, carpet pythons are one of the finest snakes a reptile-enthusiast could desire. They offer a unique combination of traits, aesthetics ...

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Reducere. Joseph Osmundson is a scientist and writer from rural Washington State. His writing has been published in the Los Angeles Review of Books, The Los ...

R U A TURTLE? Y.B.Y.S.A.I.A. A Must-Have Handbook for all Turtles, from the Newly-Initiated to the Master Imperial Turtle. This handbook provides g...

Reducere. The overwhelming majority of Americans believe in God; this conviction has existed since the beginning of recorded time and is shared by billions a...

American culture is more sexually liberal than ever. But compared to men, women's sexual pleasure has not grown: Up to 40 percent of American women...

Contributor(s): Author: Lisa M. DiamondIs love "blind" when it comes to gender? For women, it just might be. This unsettling and original book offe...

Reducere. Children have a natural desire to understand how things work in our world. Friendly Physical Science provides the pathway on which a child can expl...

This timely volume challenges the narrow Western-centrism of most art historical models. Archaeologists have found that, for tens of thousands of y...

Reducere. Some believe what separates men from animals is our ability to reason. Others say it's language or romantic love, or opposable thumbs. Living here ...

Reducere. DescriptionEvery night we enter a mythic realm, a dark, primordial world of fear and desire. What this world offers, Anthony Stevens suggests, may ...

Running is not just a sport. It reconnects us to our bodies and the places in which we live, breaking down our increasingly structured and demandin...

Reducere. DescriptionEpidemiology is often referred to as the science of public health. However, unlike other major sciences, its theoretical foundations are...

Reducere. DescriptionScience based training is not just a way of modifying behavior, but an entire way of living with animals. A solid understanding of our s...

Reducere. Why do men and women cheat on each other? How do men really feel when their partners have sex with other men? What worries women more -- men who tu...

Why do humans, uniquely among animals, cooperate in large numbers to advance projects for the common good? Contrary to the conventional wisdom in b...

Reducere. Crested geckos are one of the most exciting species to enter the reptile hobby in the last several decades. Long thought extinct, several lizards w...

Is it possible to stay hopeful - and to keep a sense of humor - While your deepest desire is threatened? When you're falsely accused? When people y...

Reducere. An "astonishing debut collection, by a writer reminiscent of such greats as Alice Munro, Elizabeth Strout, and even Chekhov" (Sara Gruen, author of...