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Born This Way: Becoming, Being, and Understanding Scientists    by Richard Lockshin
Price: $9.95 USD. 70010 words. Language: English. Published on May 20, 2013. Nonfiction » Science and Nature » Biology.

A senior and well-published scientist describes, through anecdotes, parables, and stories how scientists conceive, ask, and answer questions, and how what they do develops from the culture of their time. Part 1 describes the origins of modern biological science. Part 2 describes the origins of molecular biology and the "cool tricks" that created the miraculous capabilities that we have today.
Quo Vadis Codis Maximus?    by Doug Vermeulen
Price: $5.00 USD. 9740 words. Language: Commonwealth English. Published on April 23, 2013. Nonfiction » Reference » Handbooks and Manuals.

This book shows how to always find a center or hub in our lives to revolve around; no matter how scattered our lives may become. We have to have implanted in us the highest spiritual truths, in order for these truths to become productive, and for us to have the weeds of unproductive beliefs cleared out.
What is Research Saying? Summary of research related to The Extraordinary You    by Bil and Cher Holton
Price: $9.95 USD. 59280 words. Language: English. Published by Liberty Publishing Group  on April 12, 2013. Nonfiction » Business & Economics » Management science.

Great leaders know how to bring out that "Extraordinary You!" within each employee -- and now there is scientific research to show you how to do it. This incredible book captures, in summary form, the latest and most compelling research from the fields of Positive Psychology, Neuroscience, the Psychology of Optimism, Happiness, Work-Life Enrichment, and Employee Engagement.
Homophobe: A Logical Response to an Ignorant Ideology    by J. J. Morrow
Price: $2.99 USD. 10480 words. Language: English. Published on April 10, 2013. Nonfiction » Science and Nature » Life Sciences / General.

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A young graduate student finds herself in an altercation at a coffee shop with a man insisting homosexuality is an unnatural, exclusively human phenomenon. Her intelligence and sense of morality questioned, she sets out to prove him wrong. This work of literary nonfiction is a must read for anyone looking to understand how homosexuality exists as a component of the natural world.
Fomenting Resistance To Tyrannosaurs    by Robin and the Honey Badger
Price: $2.99 USD. 4080 words. Language: English. Published on March 1, 2013. Nonfiction » Science and Nature » Life Sciences / General.

Join us as a smaller-than-expected ally of dinosaurs tells us of its larger-than-life alimentary fermentation. The horniest and leatheriest ceratopsids shielded themselves from predatory tyrannosaurs with the zoological equivalent of nylon. Interviewed after 65 million years, the bacterium Keratobacillus recreates the chemical brewing that allowed a forgotten mutualism.
Fukushima Hole: A YouTube Companion Book    by John Skoyles
Price: $0.99 USD. 2520 words. Language: English. Published on February 5, 2013. Nonfiction » Science and Nature » Life Sciences / General.

The Fukushima nuclear disaster has revealed a hole in our capability, as a species, to learn from our mistakes. How can this hole be filled and how can we transfer this learning to all other industries and human activities that contain risk?
How Much Do You Weigh? A YouTube Companion Book    by John Skoyles
Price: $0.99 USD. 4010 words. Language: English. Published on December 30, 2012. Nonfiction » Science and Nature » Life Sciences / General.

How much do you weigh? Not you personally but all of us, yes every single one of us alive today. This ebook is a companion to the YouTube video of the same title that puts us and the rest of nature on the scales. No one has done this before--but though the story is novel--its actually the implications of the book about who we are and what our future is going to be that will grab you the most.
Essentials of Human Anatomy and Physiology: Nervous System    by Dr. Evelyn J Biluk
Price: $3.99 USD. 2500 words. Language: English. Published on December 26, 2012. Nonfiction » Science and Nature » Life Sciences / Anatomy & Physiology Life Sciences / Human Anatomy & Physiology.

This is a collection of multiple choice questions on the nervous system. Topics covered include divisions of the nervous system, nerve tissue, neurons, nerves, nerve tracts, nerve impulses, spinal cord, spinal nerves, spinal cord reflexes, brain, meninges, CSF, and cranial nerves.
Essentials of Human Anatomy and Physiology: Urinary System    by Dr. Evelyn J Biluk
Price: $3.99 USD. 3160 words. Language: English. Published on November 30, 2012. Nonfiction » Science and Nature » Life Sciences / General.

This is a collection of multiple choice questions on the urinary system. Topics covered include kidney functions, external anatomy of kidneys, location of kidneys, internal anatomy of kidneys, nephrons, kidney blood vessels, glomerular filtration, tubular reabsorption, tubular secretion, acid-base balance, elimination of urine and urine characteristics.
Essentials of Human Anatomy and Physiology: Introduction to the Body    by Dr. Evelyn J Biluk
Price: $3.99 USD. 2210 words. Language: English. Published on November 18, 2012. Nonfiction » Science and Nature » Life Sciences / Anatomy & Physiology Life Sciences / Human Anatomy & Physiology.

This is a collection of multiple choice questions (with diagrams) on introduction to the body. Topics covered include levels of organization, metabolism, homeostasis, location terms, body parts, body areas, body cavities, body sections and organ systems.