Becoming Human

How Science and Journalists Devastated the Amazon

Teaser: By Patrick Tierney, Photographs by Valdir Cruz, W. W. Norton & Co., 2000, Hardcover, 440 pages, 35 photographs, $27.95

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Teaser: By Niles Eldredge, Paperback: 224 pages; Dimensions (in inches): 0.60 x 8.74 x 5.55; illustrations: 3 b/w, Publisher: W H Freeman & Co; ISBN: 0716744783; (May 2001), List Price: $14.95

Teaser: By Donald Johanson and Maitland Edey, Paperback: ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.25 x 9.25 x 6.14; illustrations: 15 color, 81 b/w, Publisher: Touchstone Books; ISBN: 0671724991; Reissue edition (September 1990), List Price: $15.00

The Rise, Success, and Mysterious Extinction of Our Closest Human Relatives

Teaser: By Ian Tattersall, Paperback: 208 pages; Dimensions (in inches): 0.56 x 11.51 x 8.78; illustrations: 143 color, Publisher: Westview Press; ISBN: 0813336759; Revised edition (December 1999), List Price: $25.00

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Teaser: By Donald Johanson and Blake Edgar, Hardcover: 272 pages; Dimensions (in inches): 1.13 x 12.18 x 10.34; Illustrations: 177 color, Publisher: Simon & Schuster; ISBN: 0684810239; (November 1996), List Price: $60.00

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Teaser: By Ian Tattersall and Jeffrey Schwartz, Paperback: 256 pages; Dimensions (in inches): 0.78 x 10.00 x 8.03; illustrations: 124 color and b/w, Publisher: Westview Press; ISBN: 0813339189; (December 2001), List Price: $30.00

Teaser: By Richard Klein with Blake Edgar Hardcover: 288 pages; Dimensions (in inches): 0.98 x 9.46 x 6.44; illustrations: 62 b/w, Publisher: John Wiley & Sons; ISBN: 0471252522; 1st edition (March 29, 2002), List Price: $27.95

Teaser: By Ian Tattersall, Paperback: 272 pages; Dimensions (in inches): 0.76 x 7.94 x 5.29; illustrations: 2 b/w, Publisher: Harvest Books; ISBN: 0156006537; (July 1999), List Price: $14.00

Hardcover: 272 pages; Dimensions (in inches): 1.12 x 9.34 x 6.31; illustrations: 2 b/w, Publisher: Harcourt Brace; ISBN: 0151003408; (March 23, 1998), List Price: $27.00

Teaser: By Lynn Margulis, Hardcover: 256 pages; Dimensions (in inches): 0.91 x 9.46 x 6.36; illustrations: 23 b/w, Publisher: Basic Books; ISBN: 0465043917; 1st edition (June 18, 2002), List Price: $28.00

Eugene Dubois and His Lifelong Quest to Prove Darwin Right

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Teaser: By Pat Shipman, Simon & Schuster, 2001, Hardcover, 514 pages, 64 photographs, maps, and diagrams, $24.00