The Social Conquest of Earth (Wilson Edward O.)(Paperback)

The Social Conquest of Earth (Wilson Edward O.)(Paperback)

Sparking vigorous debate in the sciences, The Social Conquest of Earth upends 'the famous theory that evolution naturally encourages creatures to put family first' (Discover). Refashioning the story of human evolution, Wilson draws on his remarkable knowledge of biology and social behavior to

Diversity of Life (Wilson Edward O.)(Paperback / softback)

Tells the great story of how life on earth evolved. This work describes how the species of the world became diverse, and why the threat to this diversity is beyond the scope of anything we have known before. It also addresses the explosion of the field of conservation biology and takes a look at

Genesis - The Deep Origin of Societies (Wilson Edward O.)(Paperback / softback)

Daughters of Chivalry - The Forgotten Children of Edward I (Wilson-Lee Kelcey)(Paperback / softback)

The first full biography of the five remarkable daughters of Edward

Sociobiology: The New Synthesis, Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Edition (Wilson Edward O.)(Paperback)

View a collection of videos on Professor Wilson entitled 'On the Relation of Science and the Humanities' Harvard University Press is proud to announce the re-release of the complete original version of Sociobiology: The New Synthesis--now available in paperback for the first time. When this classic

Origins of Creativity (Wilson Edward O.)(Paperback / softback)

Naturalist 25th Anniversary Edition (Wilson Edward O.)(Paperback)

Edward O. Wilson--winner of two Pulitzer prizes, champion of biodiversity, and Faculty Emeritus at Harvard University--is arguably one of the most important thinkers of the twentieth century. Yet his celebrated career began not with an elite education but from an insatiable curiosity about the

The Earth Shall Weep: A History of Native America (Wilson James)(Paperback)

Now available in paperback, The Earth Shall Weep is a groundbreaking, critically acclaimed history of the Native American peoples. Combining traditional historical sources with new insights from ethnography, archaeology, Indian oral tradition, and years of his original research, James Wilson weaves

Child of this Earth (Wilson Jules)(Paperback)

Anthill (Wilson Edward O.)(Paperback)

Winner of the 2010 Heartland Prize, Anthill follows the thrilling adventures of a modern-day Huck Finn, enthralled with the 'strange, beautiful, and elegant' world of his native Nokobee County. But as developers begin to threaten the endangered marshlands around which he lives, the book's hero

Letters to a Young Scientist (Wilson Edward O.)(Paperback)

Edward O. Wilson has distilled sixty years of teaching into a book for students, young and old. Reflecting on his coming-of-age in the South as a Boy Scout and a lover of ants and butterflies, Wilson threads these twenty-one letters, each richly illustrated, with autobiographical anecdotes that

Half-Earth: Our Planet's Fight for Life (Wilson Edward O.)(Paperback)

In his most urgent book to date, Pulitzer Prize-winning author and world-renowned biologist Edward O. Wilson states that in order to stave off the mass extinction of species, including our own, we must move swiftly to preserve the biodiversity of our planet. In this 'visionary blueprint for saving

The Meaning of Human Existence (Wilson Edward O.)(Paperback)

In The Meaning of Human Existence, his most philosophical work to date, Pulitzer Prize-winning biologist Edward O. Wilson grapples with these and other existential questions, examining what makes human beings supremely different from all other species. Searching for meaning in what Nietzsche once

Half-Earth: Our Planet's Fight for Life (Wilson Edward O.)(Pevná vazba)

In order to stave off the mass extinction of species, including our own, we must move swiftly to preserve the biodiversity of our planet, says Edward O. Wilson in his most impassioned book to date. Half-Earth argues that the situation facing us is too large to be solved piecemeal and proposes a

E. O. Wilson: Biophilia, the Diversity of Life, Naturalist (Loa #340) (Wilson Edward O.)(Pevná vazba)

A landmark collected edition of the Pulitzer Prize-winning author and world-renowned biologist, illuminating the marvels of biodiversity in a time of climate crisis and mass extinction. Library of America presents three environmental classics from two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner E. O. Wilson, a

The Conquest of America: The Question of the Other (Todorov Tzvetan)(Paperback)

The Conquest of America is a fascinating study of cultural confrontation in the New World, with implications far beyond sixteenth-century America. The book offers an original interpretation of the Spaniards' conquest, colonization, and destruction of pre-Columbian cultures in Mexico and the

Biophilia (Wilson Edward O.)(Paperback)

Biophilia is Edward O. Wilson's most personal book, an evocation of his own response to nature and an eloquent statement of the conservation ethic. Wilson argues that our natural affinity for life--biophilia--is the very essence of our humanity and binds us to all other living

The Conquest of Happiness (Russell Bertrand)(Paperback)

In The Conquest of Happiness, first published by Liveright in 1930, iconoclastic philosopher Bertrand Russell attempted to diagnose the myriad causes of unhappiness in modern life and chart a path out of the seemingly inescapable malaise so prevalent even in safe and prosperous Western societies

Seven Myths of the Spanish Conquest: Updated Edition (Restall Matthew)(Paperback)

An update of a popular work that takes on the myths of the Spanish Conquest of the Americas, featuring a new afterword. Seven Myths of the Spanish Conquest reveals how the Spanish invasions in the Americas have been conceived and presented, misrepresented and misunderstood, in the five centuries

Edward I and Wales, 1254-1307 (Pilling David)(Pevná vazba)

The late 13th century witnessed the conquest of Wales after two hundred years of conflict between Welsh princes and the English crown. In 1282 Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, the only native Prince of Wales to be formally acknowledged by a King of England, was slain by English forces. His brother Dafydd

Letters to a Young Scientist (Wilson Edward O.)(Pevná vazba)

Edward O. Wilson has distilled sixty years of teaching into a book for students, young and old. Reflecting on his coming-of-age in the South as a Boy Scout and a lover of ants and butterflies, Wilson threads these twenty-one letters, each richly illustrated, with autobiographical anecdotes that

The Conquest of Happiness (Russell Bertrand)(Paperback)

The Conquest of Happiness is Bertrand Russell's recipe for good living. First published in 1930, it pre-dates the current obsession with self-help by decades. Leading the reader step by step through the causes of unhappiness and the personal choices, compromises and sacrifices that (may) lead to

The Affinities (Wilson Robert Charles)(Paperback)

In our rapidly changing world of social media, everyday people are more and more able to sort themselves into affinity groups based on finer and finer criteria. In the near future of Robert Charles Wilson's The Affinities, this process is supercharged by new analytic technologies--genetic,

Naturalist: A Graphic Adaptation (Wilson Edward O.)(Pevná vazba)

A vibrant graphic adaptation of the classic science memoir Regarded as one of the world's preeminent biologists, Edward O. Wilson spent his boyhood exploring the forests and swamps of south Alabama and the Florida panhandle, collecting snakes, butterflies, and ants--the latter to become his