With five previous books & more than 1.5 million copies sold The Darwin Awards" is a pop culture phenomenon. Honoring those who improve the species by accidentally removing themselves from it " The Darwin Awards" countdown (to human extinction) is well under way
- & we wont exit this mortal coil without one last laugh. In " The Darwin Awards: Countdown to Extinction" readers will find all-new stories chronicling humans who step onto the lowest rung on the evolutionary ladder including: nine nos with power tools; eight ways to incinerate yourself; seven safety warnings you should not ignore; six romance tips for safe sex... Featuring illustrations & brilliant science-of-evolution essays this latest volume of " The Darwin Awards" enumerates just how uncommon common sense still is."
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The God Delusion" is a clarion call to the faithless the waverers & even firm religious believers to follow the author into radical atheism not merely as a private conviction but as a public profession. Wouldnt humankind be better off without religion he asks. John Cornwells " Darwins Angel" is not so much a combative repudiation of Dawkins arguments as a playful conversation with them posing alternative view-points exposing lapses in logic & errors of fact from the vantage point of a friendly Guardian Angel." ...

Ten years ago Darwins Black Box" launched the Intelligent Design movement: the argument that nature exhibits evidence of design beyond Darwinian randomness. Today the movement is stronger than ever & the book is a classic & an international bestseller. At last Michael Behe has updated the book with a major new afterword on the state of the debate. The Intelligent Design movement was born when a handful of scientists realized that nature exhibits characteristics that could not have evolved by random mutation. Prominent among them was Michael Behe a microbiologist working in a field that Darwin could not even have imagined existing. Microbiology has discovered staggering complexity at the cellular level of life & during his research Behe made a stunning discovery: some parts of life are irreducibly complex. They cannot function without all of their parts. Yet step-by-step genetic mutations would never produce all of those parts together at once. Some parts of the biological world must have been designed. From one end of the spectrum to the other " Darwins Black Box" has established itself as the key text in the intelligent design movement the one argument that must be addressed in order to determine whether Darwinian evolution is sufficient to explain life as we know it or not." ...

Roundworld is in trouble again & this time it looks fatal. Having created it in the first place the wizards of Unseen University feel vaguely responsible for its safety. They know the creatures who lived there escaped the impending Big Freeze by inventing the space elevator
- they even intervened to rid the planet of a plague of elves who attempted to divert humanity onto a different time track. But now its all gone wrong
- Victorian England has stagnated & the pace of progress would embarrass a limping snail. Unless something drastic is done there wont be time for anyone to invent spaceflight & the human race will be turned into ice-pops. Why though did history come adrift? Was it Sir Arthur Nightingales dismal book about natural selection? Or was it the devastating response by an obscure country vicar called Charles Darwin whose bestselling Theology of Species" made it impossible to refute the divine design of living creatures? Either way its no easy task to change history as the wizards discover to their cost. Can the God of Evolution come to humanitys aid & ensure Darwin writes a very different book? & who stopped him writing it in the first place? " The hard science is as gripping as the fiction."
- " The Times." " Entertaining & illuminating."
- " New Scientist.""



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The Origin of Species may be the most famous book in science but its stature tends to obscure much of Charles Darwin's other works. His visit to the Galapagos lasted just five weeks & on his return he never left Britain again. Darwin spent forty years working on the plants animals & people of his native land & wrote over six million words on topics as different as dogs insect-eating plants orchids earthworms apes & human emotion. Together they laid the foundations of modern biology. In this beautifully written witty & illuminating book Steve Jones explores the domestic Darwin tracing the great naturalist's journey across Britain: a voyage not of the body but of the mind. ...

Ive left some clues for you. If you want them turn the page. If you dont put the book back on the shelf please. At the urge of her lucky-in-love brother sixteen-year-old Lily has left a red notebook full of dares on her favourite bookshop shelf waiting for just the right guy to come along & accept. Curious snarky Dash isnt one to back down from a challenge
- & the Book of Dares is the perfect thing to keep him occupied this Christmas. As they send each other on a snowbound scavenger hunt across Manhattan theyre falling for each other on paper. But finding out if their real selves share their on-page chemistry could be their biggest dare yet.
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Finally the 1 ranked DASH diet is popularized & user-friendly. Unlike any diet before it DASH which stands for Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension came out of groundbreaking NIH-funded research. Now Marla Heller MS RD who was trained by one of the primary architects of the DASH diet & is herself the leading dietician putting DASH into action for over ten years shares the secret to making the diet easy & accessible in THE DASH DIET ACTION PLAN. Rich in fruits vegetables whole grains low-fat & nonfat dairy lean meats fish beans & nuts DASH is grounded in healthy eating principles that lower blood pressure; reduce the risk of heart disease stroke & some types of cancer; & support reaching & maintaining a healthy weight. No diet has a medical pedigree like DASH & this book is a simple actionable plan that can fit seamlessly into everyone's life & lifestyle. It
Includes:: *28 days of meal plans at different calorie ranges * Simple tools to help you personalize a DASH Diet Action Plan for guaranteed success *DASH-friendly recipes & shopping lists * Tips for eating on-the-run * Advice on healthy weight loss & exercise for every lifestyle. Now you can revolutionize your health & change your life-without medication.
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Packed with delicious recipes easy meal plans & complete nutritional information this guide makes following the DASH diet a snap. Recently named the number one diet in terms of weight loss nutrition & prevention of diabetes & heart disease DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) may be the best diet for a healthy life but it can be a challenge to figure out what to eat. This book

Includes:: more than 100 quick & easy recipes with complete nutritional information to make following the diet a breeze.

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Its time to jump out of the handbag & take control of the lead. From the same kennel as The Dangerous Book for Boys this hilarious doggy equivalent barks one simple question: Whats happened to us?! Designer dog beds? Organic gluten free gourmet doggie biscuits? Spa treatments? Everyone likes to be pampered now & then -- but isnt there more to being a dog than wearing a mini cashmere sweater & riding around in a Louis Vuitton handbag? What about the simple pleasures of life -- feeling the wind in your fur digging up the grass beneath your paws smelling another dogs bottom? Isnt that part of the great joy of being a dog? This book is for good dogs bad dogs & the millions of people who love them either way but owners will no doubt recognize their own lovable pets & maybe themselves in these pages. After all so many people talk to their dogs they might as well read to them & learn a little something in the process. Chapters include: Foul Smells Every Dog Should Roll In Whats Edible? How to Bury a Bone Building a Bed out of Laundry Escaping the Lead Dogs in Literature Courageous Dogs in History Formal Rules of Fetch Enhancing Your Walk & Amazing Bath Time Escapes. The Dangerous Book for Boys tapped into a male desire to recapture a back-to-basics sense of fun. Now a boys sense of fun is perfectly fine but a dogs sense of fun is hilarious. Leg-humping bottom-sniffing & tail-chasing -- these are not just the bedrock of dog life; they are the bedrock of comedy. ...

Let's step back to the year 1978. Sony introduces hip portable music with the Walkman Illinois Bell Company releases the first mobile phone Space Invaders kicks off the video game craze & William Kent writes this book. We have made amazing progress in the last four decades in terms of portable music mobile communication & entertainment making devices such as the original Sony Walkman & suitcase-sized mobile phones museum pieces today. Yet remarkably the book Data & Reality is just as relevant to the field of data management today as it was in 1978. This book gracefully weaves the disciplines of psychology & philosophy with data management to create timeless takeaways on how we perceive & manage information. Although databases & related technology have come a long way since 1978 the process of eliciting business requirements & how we think about information remains constant. This book will provide valuable insights whether you are a 1970s data-processing expert or a modern-day business analyst data modeller database administrator or data architect. This 3rd edition differs substantially from the first & second editions. Data modelling thought leader Steve Hoberman has updated many of the original examples & references & added his commentary throughout the book including key points at the end of each chapter. The important takeaways in this book are rich with insight yet presented in a conversational & easy-to-grasp writing style. Here are just a few of the issues this book tackles: Has business intelligence" replaced "artificial intelligence"? Why is a maps geographic landscape analogous to a data models information landscape? Where do forward & reverse engineering fit in our thought process? Why are we all becoming "data archaeologists"? What causes the communication chasm between the business professional & the information technology professional in most organisations & how can the logical data model help bridge this chasm? Why do we invest in hardware & software to solve business problems before determining what the business problems are in the first place? What is the difference between oneness sameness & categories? Why does context play a role in every design decision? Why do the more important attributes become entities or relationships? Why do symbols speak louder than words? Whats the difference between a data modeller a philosopher & an artist? Why is the 1975 dream of mapping all attributes still a dream today? What influence does language have on our perception of reality? Can we distinguish between naming & describing?" ...