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Product Description: The Beak of the Finch tells the story of two Princeton University scientists – evolutionary biologists – engaged in an extraordinary investigation. They are watching, and recording, evolution as it is occurring – now – among the very species of Galápagos finches that inspired Darwin’s early musings on the origin of species...read more
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9781455883820 | Unabridged edition (Brilliance Audio Lib Edn, June 12, 2012), cover price $49.97 | About this edition: The Beak of the Finch tells the story of two Princeton University scientists – evolutionary biologists – engaged in an extraordinary investigation.
9781455884605 | Mp3 una edition (Brilliance Audio Lib Edn, June 12, 2012), cover price $39.97 | About this edition: The Beak of the Finch tells the story of two Princeton University scientists – evolutionary biologists – engaged in an extraordinary investigation.

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Product Description: The Beak of the Finch tells the story of two Princeton University scientists – evolutionary biologists – engaged in an extraordinary investigation. They are watching, and recording, evolution as it is occurring – now – among the very species of Galápagos finches that inspired Darwin’s early musings on the origin of species...read more
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9780679400035 | Alfred a Knopf Inc, May 1, 1994, cover price $30.00 | About this edition: A portrait of scientists Peter and Rosemary Grant describes their work recording evolution as it occurs among the species of Galapagos finches first described by Darwin

Paperback:

9780679733379 | Reprint edition (Vintage Books, June 1, 1995), cover price $16.00 | About this edition: Winner of the Pulitzer PrizeOn a desert island in the heart of the Galapagos archipelago, where Darwin received his first inklings of the theory of evolution, two scientists, Peter and Rosemary Grant, have spent twenty years proving that Darwin did not know the strength of his own theory.

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9781455883448 | Unabridged edition (Brilliance Audio, June 12, 2012), cover price $19.99 | About this edition: The Beak of the Finch tells the story of two Princeton University scientists – evolutionary biologists – engaged in an extraordinary investigation.
9781455884223 | Mp3 una edition (Brilliance Audio, June 12, 2012), cover price $14.99 | About this edition: The Beak of the Finch tells the story of two Princeton University scientists – evolutionary biologists – engaged in an extraordinary investigation.

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9780606314091, titled "Beak Of The Finch: A Story Of Evolution In Our Time" | Demco Media, September 30, 1995, cover price $23.50 | About this edition: Winner of the Pulitzer PrizeOn a desert island in the heart of the Galapagos archipelago, where Darwin received his first inklings of the theory of evolution, two scientists, Peter and Rosemary Grant, have spent twenty years proving that Darwin did not know the strength of his own theory.

Prebinding:

9781417639847, titled "Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time" | Turtleback Books, May 1, 1995, cover price $28.10 | About this edition: FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY.

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Product Description: From the Pulitzer Prize-winning science writer Jonathan Weiner comes a fast-paced and astonishing scientific adventure story: has the long-sought secret of eternal youth at last been found?In recent years, the dream of eternal youth has started to look like more than just a dream...read more
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9780060765361 | 1 edition (Ecco Pr, June 22, 2010), cover price $27.99 | About this edition: From the Pulitzer Prize-winning science writer Jonathan Weiner comes a fast-paced and astonishing scientific adventure story: has the long-sought secret of eternal youth at last been found?

Miscellaneous:

9780062000217 | Harpercollins, June 22, 2010, cover price $14.99

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Product Description: When Nadia is chosen to be a flower girl in Auntie Laila's traditional Pakistani wedding, her hands are decorated with beautiful designs made with mehndi. When Nadia's hands are done, she worries what her classmates will say. Will they understand that the decoration on her hands is part of her Pakistani heritage? Karen English's loving story of a Pakistani-American girl who comes to an understanding of the rich culture she has inherited is vividly illustrated by Jonathan Weiner...read more
By Karen English and Jonathan Weiner (illustrator)
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9781590787847 | Reprint edition (Boyds Mills Pr, December 1, 2009), cover price $9.95 | About this edition: When Nadia is chosen to be a flower girl in Auntie Laila's traditional Pakistani wedding, her hands are decorated with beautiful designs made with mehndi.

School and Library:

9781563976674 | Boyds Mills Pr, February 1, 1999, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: A Pakistani-American girl takes part in her aunt's traditional Pakistani wedding.

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When Stephen Heywood discovered he had A.L.S., a gradual and mysterious deterioration of the nervous system, his brother gave up work to try and save his ailing sibling. This is the story of a family in crisis as they work together with cutting-edge scientists to find a cure for the neurological disease.
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9780007142187 | Gardners Books, July 5, 2004, cover price $29.60 | About this edition: When Stephen Heywood discovered he had A.

Miscellaneous:

9780061760358, titled "His Brother's Keeper" | Harpercollins, March 17, 2009, cover price $10.99

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The latest anthology of the finest science writing is edited by the author of The Beak of the Finch and features an eclectic array of works by notable authors--including Sherwin B. Nuland, Malcolm Gladwell, Oliver Sacks, and others--on everything from the mysteries of genetics to the latest advances in human intelligence. Simultaneous.
By Jonathan Weiner (editor)
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9780618273416 | Houghton Mifflin, October 5, 2005, cover price $27.50 | About this edition: Collects nature- and science-based essays by such authors as Anne Fadiman, Brian Hayes, Cullen Murphy, and Gary Taubes.

Paperback:

9780618273430 | Mariner Books, October 5, 2005, cover price $28.95 | About this edition: Collects nature- and science-based essays by such authors as Anne Fadiman, Brian Hayes, Cullen Murphy, and Gary Taubes.

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Discusses how new discoveries in the fields of cloning, genetics, and stem-cell research have impacted the lives of brothers Stephen and Jamie Heywood, the latter of whom is endeavoring to find a cure for the former's ALS. By the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Beak of the Finch. Reader's Guide available. Reprint. 30,000 first printing.
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9780060010089 | Reprint edition (Perennial, June 1, 2005), cover price $14.95 | About this edition: From Jonathan Weiner, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Beak of the Finch, comes His Brother's Keeper-the story of a young entrepreneur who gambles on the risky science of gene therapy to try to save his brother's life.

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Discusses how new discoveries in the fields of cloning, genetics, and stem-cell research have impacted the lives of brothers Stephen and Jamie Heywood, the latter of whom is endeavoring to find a cure for the former's ALS. By the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Beak of the Finch. Reader's Guide available.
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9780060010072 | Ecco Pr, March 1, 2004, cover price $26.95 | About this edition: Discusses how new discoveries in the fields of cloning, genetics, and stem-cell research have impacted the lives of brothers Stephen and Jamie Heywood, the latter of whom is endeavoring to find a cure for the former's ALS.

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Product Description: Alan Magee began his career in commercial illustration in the late 1960s working for such publications as Time and New York. A decade later he was concentrating exclusively on large-scale personal paintings that at once drew on and superseded this early work...read more
By Alan Magee and Jonathan Weiner (introduced by)
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9781932026092 | Graphis Inc, April 30, 2003, cover price $85.00 | About this edition: Alan Magee began his career in commercial illustration in the late 1960s working for such publications as Time and New York.

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Journeys inside the cutting edge of biology and genetics to reveal how DNA helps shape human behavior and explains how these discoveries may hold the key to advanced treatments for behavioral disorders
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9780606200110 | Demco Media, October 1, 2000, cover price $22.73 | About this edition: Journeys inside the cutting edge of biology and genetics to reveal how DNA helps shape human behavior and explains how these discoveries may hold the key to advanced treatments for behavioral disorders

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Journeys inside the cutting edge of biology and genetics to reveal how DNA helps shape human behavior and explains how these discoveries may hold the key to advanced treatments for behavioral disorders (view table of contents)
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Hardcover:

9780679444350 | 1 edition (Alfred a Knopf Inc, April 1, 1999), cover price $27.50 | About this edition: Journeys inside the cutting edge of biology and genetics to reveal how DNA helps shape human behavior and explains how these discoveries may hold the key to advanced treatments for behavioral disorders

Paperback:

9780679763901 | Vintage Books, March 1, 2000, cover price $16.00 | About this edition: Journeys inside the cutting edge of biology and genetics to reveal how DNA helps shape human behavior and explains how these discoveries may hold the key to advanced treatments for behavioral disorders

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The author examines the threat of the greenhouse effect on the planet, the hole in the ozone layer, and the decimation of forests, and details the steps necessary to reverse these disasters
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9780553057447 | Bantam Dell Pub Group, March 1, 1990, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: The author examines the threat of the greenhouse effect on the planet, the hole in the ozone layer, and the decimation of forests, and details the steps necessary to reverse these disasters

Paperback:

9780553352283 | Reprint edition (Bantam Dell Pub Group, February 1, 1991), cover price $12.95 | About this edition: The author examines the threat of the greenhouse effect on the planet, the hole in the ozone layer, and the decimation of forests, and details the steps necessary to reverse these disasters

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Examines the structure and evolution of the earth, discusses its climate, weather, and natural resources, tells what studies of the sun and the planets reveal about the earth, and describes the probable effects of a nuclear war
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9780553343588 | Bantam Dell Pub Group, December 1, 1986, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Examines the structure and evolution of the earth, discusses its climate, weather, and natural resources, tells what studies of the sun and the planets reveal about the earth, and describes the probable effects of a nuclear war

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Examines the structure and evolution of the earth, discusses its climate, weather, and natural resources, tells what studies of the sun and the planets reveal about the earth, and describes the probable effects of a nuclear war
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9780553050967 | Mti rei edition (Bantam Dell Pub Group, February 1, 1986), cover price $27.95 | About this edition: Examines the structure and evolution of the earth, discusses its climate, weather, and natural resources, tells what studies of the sun and the planets reveal about the earth, and describes the probable effects of a nuclear war

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