| 11. |  | The Superorganism: The Beauty, Elegance, and Strangeness of Insect Societies
from W.W. Norton & Co.
Price: $34.65
Customer Review:
This is a fascinating book, but one that could be improved. However, the positive (FOR, below) much outweighs the negative (AGAINST, below).
FOR: This book is full of interesting material, most of which is well explained. It follows how eusocial insects construct complex insect societies that... more info | 5.0 / 5.0
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| 12. |  | This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession
from Penguin Audio
Price: $21.86
Customer Review:
I have an IQ of 156, and have been involved in music for over 30 years, as musician, performer, reviewer, promoter, photographer, judge, vocalist, and Karaoke. I was intrigued in the extreme by the book 's description. I have to say I was disappointed. The author is both very experienced and very... more info | 3.5 / 5.0
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| 13. | ![]() | Collapse
from Penguin Highbridge (Aud)
Customer Review:
Human history is full of tantalizing riddles. Some of the most fascinating of these arise from the appearance of ancient ruins in unlikely places, such as Easter Island, or the dense jungles of the Yucatan Peninsula. To the uninitiated, these ruins are the ghosts of phantom civilizations whose... more info | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 14. |  | New Way Things Work Cd-Rom
from Dorling Kindersley Multi Media
Customer Review:
This book was soooo interesting and informative that I bought copies for members of my family. I love how Macaulay uses early man working the mammoths to illustrate.... | 5.0 / 5.0
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| 15. |  | The World Without Us
from Picador
Price: $10.20
Customer Review:
very interesting book that does a good job of using historical and current phenomenon to illustrate how things would turn out. personally, i love the idea of a world without people and found this to be a very appealing book. | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 16. |  | Physics of the Impossible: A Scientific Exploration into the World of Phasers, Force Fields, Teleportation, and Time Travel
from Doubleday
Price: $17.79
Customer Review:
Do not listen to the naysayers. Most of the negative comments by above reviewers seem to come from those physics elitists who may (or may not) already know a lot about the discipline. But for those who either don't care or weren't paying attention Dr. Kaku has dedicated a lot just trying to get... more info | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 17. |  | Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School (Book & DVD)
from Pear Press
Price: $19.77
Customer Review:
The author uses a lot of narratives and has them spaced to keep my attention. A few actually seem gratuitous because I didn't exactly see their point - yet, even though I recognized this fact, I was struck that the narratives still have the intended effect of giving my brain regular mode shifts that... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 18. |  | The Selfish Gene: 30th Anniversary Edition--with a new Introduction by the Author
from Oxford University Press, USA
Price: $13.59
Customer Review:
This book puts the body of knowledge in evolutionary biology in the right perspective. Because we are macro beings, because we in this society live and deal at organism level, so we tend to believe that everything revolves around this level. What this book does is to encourage you to think form the... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 19. |  | The Unofficial LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT Inventor's Guide
from No Starch Press
Price: $19.77
Customer Review:
I'm novice with LEGO Mindstorm
with this book i have a very good "step by step" procedure to build and understand this amazing toy.
Pros: it uses simple lenguage and cover all sensors and actuators.
Cons: the introduction for programming without graphical interface is confuse.
more info | 5.0 / 5.0
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| 20. |  | The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl
from Tantor Media
Price: $24.99
Customer Review:
This item makes a nice graduation gift - particularly for the high school graduate going on to college. Because it is leather bound, it can be imprinted with the recipients name. Most book stores can advise you where imprinting is available. | 4.5 / 5.0
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