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  Remarkable Creatures

  by Tracy Chevalier

  In the early nineteenth century, a windswept beach along the English coast brims with fossils for those with the eye- From the moment she's struck by lightning as a baby, it is clear Mary Anning is marked for greatness. When she uncovers unknown dinosaur fossils in the cliffs near her home, she sets the scientific world alight, challenging ideas about the world-s creation and stimulating debate over our origins.... (more)
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  Your Inner Fish

  A Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body

  by Neil Shubin

  Why do we look the way we do? What does the human hand have in common with the wing of a fly? Are breasts, sweat glands, and scales connected in some way? To better understand the inner workings of our bodies and to trace the origins of many of today's most common diseases, we have to turn to unexpected sources: worms, flies, and even fish. Neil Shubin, a leading paleontologist and professor of anatomy who... (more)
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  Ivy + Bean: Book 3

  Break the Fossil Record

  by Annie Barrows

  World-record fever grips the second grade, and soon Ivy and Bean are trying to set their own record by becoming the youngest people to have ever discovered a dinosaur. But how hard is it to find one?
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  Curiosity

  by Joan Thomas

  Award-winning novelist Joan Thomas blends fact and fiction, passion and science in this stunning novel set in 19th-century Lyme Regis, England — the seaside town that is the setting of both The French Lieutenant's Woman and Jane Austen's Persuasion . More than 40 years before the publication of The Origin of Species , 12-year-old Mary Anning, a cabinet-maker's daughter, found the first intact skeleton of a... (more)
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  Prehistoric Life: The Definitive Visual Guide

  by DK Publishing

  With an extensive catalog at its heart, Prehistoric Life profiles hundreds of fascinating species in incredible detail. The story starts in earnest 3.8 billion years ago, with the earliest-known form of life on Earth, a bacteria that still exists today, and journeys through action-packed millennia, charting the appearance of new life forms as well as devastating extinction events. Of course, the ever-popular and... (more)
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  Wonderful Life

  The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History

  by Stephen Jay Gould

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  Life

  A Natural History of the First Four Billion Years of Life on Earth

  by Richard Fortey

  A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice "Extraordinary. . . . Anyone with the slightest interest in biology should read this book."-- The New York Times Book Review "A marvelous museum of the past four billion years on earth--capacious, jammed with treasures, full of learning and wide-eyed wonder."-- The Boston Globe From its origins on the still-forming planet to the recent emergence of Homo... (more)
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  Ravished

  by Amanda Quick

  From the cozy confines of a tiny seaside village to the glittering crush of a fashionable London soiree comes an enthralling tale of a thoroughly mismatched couple...poised to discover the rapture of love.There was no doubt about it. What Miss Harriet Pomeroy needed was a man. Someone powerful and clever who could help her rout the unscrupulous thieves who were using her beloved caves to hide their loot.... (more)
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  Evolution: What the Fossils Say and Why It Matters

  by Donald R. Prothero

  Over the past twenty years, paleontologists have made tremendous fossil discoveries, including fossils that mark the growth of whales, manatees, and seals from land mammals and the origins of elephants, horses, and rhinos. Today there exists an amazing diversity of fossil humans, suggesting we walked upright long before we acquired large brains, and new evidence from molecules that enable scientists to decipher... (more)
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  The Wisdom of Bones

  In Search of Human Origins

  by Alan Walker, Pat Shipman

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  Geoscience: Understanding Geological Processes

  The text explores the Earth as a complex, active natural phenomenon stressing the interconnections between core geological concepts and emphasizing their importance in human terms. The clear, concise coverage of the key physical, chemical and biological processes involved in forming the Earth as it is today provides the ideal foundation for those studying at A level. Focusing on the way these systems interact and... (more)
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  The Ghost of Fossil Glen: Book 1

  The Ghost of Fossil Glen

  by Cynthia C. DeFelice

  Allie Nichols is being pursued by a ghost. Her friend Karen calls Allie a liar and doesn't want to hear "stuff like that." But her old pal, Dub, listens eagerly as Allie tells him about the voice that guides her down a steep cliff side, the girl she imagines who begs, "Help me," and a terrible nightmare in which that girl falls to her death. Who is that girl? Is she the ghost? And what does the ghost want from... (more)
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  Eyewitness Books: Book 13

  Dinosaur

  by David Norman

  New Look! Relaunched with new jackets and 8 pages of new text! Here is a spectacular and informative new look at the fascinating world of dinosaurs. Stunning real-life photographs of dinosaur bones, skulls, teeth and more offer a unique "eyewitness" view of these beasts of the prehistoric world - how big they were, how they lived and how they behaved. See a dinosaur nest complete with eggs, a skull that is... (more)
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  Bones of Contention: A Creationist Assessment of the Human Fossils

  by Marvin L. Lubenow

  Seeking to disprove the theory of human evolution, the author examines the fossils of the so-called "ape men."
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  Terrible Lizard

  The First Dinosaur Hunters and the Birth of a New Science

  by Deborah Cadbury

  The dramatic story of the discovery that forever changed man's perception of his place in the universe. In 1812, the skeleton of a monster was discovered beneath the cliffs of Dorset, setting in motion a collision between science and religion and among scientists eager to claim supremacy in a brand-new field. For Reverend William Buckland, an eccentric naturalist at Oxford University, the fossil remains of a... (more)
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  Eyewitness Books: Book 19

  Fossil (DK Eyewitness Guides)

  by Paul D. Taylor

  New Look! Relaunched with new jackets and 8 pages of new text! Here is an original and exciting new look at fossils - the remains of long-vanished animals and plants. Stunning real-life photographs of the spectacular remains of ancient lives offer a unique "eyewitness" view of what fossils are, how they were formed, and how they lived millions of years ago. See pearls that are 50 million years old, a... (more)
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  Rocks & Minerals

  by R. F. Symes, Cally Oldershaw

  Full-color photos. The beauty and importance of minerals, metals, crystals, fossils, and gemstones are shown in page after page of vivid photos.
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  Mary Anning: The Fossil Hunter (Remarkable Children)

  by Wendy Pfeffer

  Describes the life cycle of these hardy wolves that live in the high Arctic, where temperatures can be as low as seventy degrees below zero.
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  Rare Treasure

  Mary Anning and Her Remarkable Discoveries

  by Don Brown

  Before the word dinosaur was even invented, an English girl discovered a remarkable skeleton on the rocky beach at Lyme Regis. Thus began a lifelong passion for the woman who became one of the first commercial fossil collectors. Mary Anning (1799–1847) spent her lifetime teaching herself about fossils and combing the rugged shore for ancient treasures. Her collection thrilled the public, excited the scientific... (more)
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  Giant Predators of the Ancient Seas (Cutchins, Judy. Southern Fossil Discoveries.)

  by Judy Cutchins

  An in-depth look at the giant creatures that prowled the waters of prehistory. An extraordinary array of color photos, original paintings, and fascinating new information. Explores how scientists use fossil clues to learn about the lives and habitats of prehistoric sea animals.