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Reluctant Mr. Darwin, An Intimate Portrait of Charles Darwin and the Making of His Theory of Evolution  •  David Quammen NATURAL HISTORY •  2007 •  PAPER  • 304 PAGES • NEW David Quammen hits just the right note in this sprightly tale of the man, his ideas and impact. Not just a marvelous and witty writer with a conversational style, Quammen (Flight of the Iguana, Song of the Dodo, etc.) also has an uncanny ability, in full display in this extended essay, to express complex ideas with clarity. (NAT94, $14.95)
Ever Since Darwin, Reflections in Natural History  •  Stephen Jay Gould NATURAL HISTORY •  1992 •  PAPER  • 288 PAGES In these delightful essays, enormously well infomed, thoughtful and a joy to read, Gould effortlessly explicates the wonders of evolution. His essay on Darwin's theory of evolution is utterly dead-on. (NAT15, $15.95)
Evolution, The Remarkable History of a Scientific Theory  •  Edward Larson NATURAL HISTORY •  2006 •  PAPER  • 368 PAGES Pulitzer Prize-winning writer and historian Edward Larson examines the multifaceted history of the scientific theory which has had such an impact on twentieth century thought. Larson begins his study before Darwin, with the scientific breakthroughs of the French Revolution, and then examines Darwin's work and its effects, from the age of Social Darwinism up to present day genetics and evolutionary studies. He focuses on the social and political controversies that have surrounded evolutionary theory, particularly in the United States. (NAT64, $14.95)
From So Simple a Beginning, Darwin's Four Great Books  •  Charles Darwin  •  E.O. Wilson SCIENCE •  2005 •  HARD COVER  • 1504 PAGES A beautifully presented omnibus edition, in a slipcase, of the Voyage of the Beagle, Origin of Species, Descent of Man, and the Expression of Emotions in Man and Animals, each with an introductory essay by E.O. Wilson. (NAT83, $39.95)
On Natural Selection  •  Charles Darwin SCIENCE •  2005 •  PAPER  • 128 PAGES Darwin's original essay on evolution presented in tandem with a paper by Alfred Russel Wallace to the Linnean Society on July 1, 1858. This is a book in Penguin's gorgeously produced Great Ideas series. (NAT84, $10.00)

One Thousand Languages, Living, Endangered, and Lost  •  Peter Austin   • REFERENCE • COMING IN AUGUST  •  A visually appealing and thoroughly fascinating atlas of the world's thousands of languages, where they are spoken, how they are related, and how they are dying off. (WLD146, $29.95)
Darwin for Beginners  •  Jonathan Miller   • HISTORY  •  The man and his ideas, presented in graphic cartoon style by the multi-talented Jonathan Miller. (NAT21, $12.00)
Evolution and Christian Faith, Reflections of an Evolutionary Biologist  •  Joan Roughgarden   • RELIGION  •  an accessible and intelligent context for a Christian vision of the world within evolutionary biology. (REL50, $25.00)
Charles Darwin  •  David King   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • YOUNG ADULTS  •  A new addition to DK's acclaimed Biography series, this is a detailed and accessible chronicle of Darwin's life, sure to grab the interest of young readers. With more than 100 full-color photographs and illustrations. (NAT109, $4.99)
Charles Darwin  •  Adrian Desmond   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  A volume in the the Very Interesting People series by Oxford University Press. (NAT123, $9.99)
Charles Darwin, The Concise Story of an Extraordinary Man  •  Tim M. Berra   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • COMING IN OCTOBER  •  This small gem of a book includes 20 color plates and 60 black-and-white illustrations, along with an annotated list of Darwin's publications and a chronology of his life. (SCI239, $19.95)
Charles Darwin, The Power of Place  •  Janet Browne   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  The second half of Browne's magisterial history, full of insight into Victorian science. In this big, engrossing volume she follows the fate of Darwin, and his ideas, from the return of the voyage of the Beagle until his death. (GBR375, $25.95)
Charles Darwin: Voyaging, A Biography  •  Janet Browne   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  This first volume of the acclaimed biography of Darwin covers the first part of his life as he develops the earth-shattering ideas that culminate in the publication of On the Origin of Species. (GPS29, $25.95)
Darwin and the Science of Evolution  •  Patrick Tort   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • FAMILY  •  A pocket biography and social history of Darwin in the excellent Discoveries series featuring hundreds of archival photographs and a synopsis of Darwin's life and ideas. (GPS54, $12.95)
Darwin, Discovering the Tree of Life  •  Niles Eldredge   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  A companion book to an exhibition organized by the American Museum of Natural History (November 19, 2005 - May 29, 2006), this richly illustrated celebration of Darwin, his life and ideas, brings together manuscripts, artifacts and materials collected by Darwin aboard the Beage with curator Eldredge's illuminating essays on natural selection. (NAT82, $35.00)
Origins: Selected Letters of Charles Darwin 1821-1859  •  Frederic Burkhardt   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  (NAT153, $28.00)
The Tree of Life: Charles Darwin  •  Peter Sis   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • FAMILY  •  Peter Sis illuminates the towering figure of Darwin, his life, travels, ideas and impact for kids in this richly embellished book, crowded with diary pages, maps, charts and watercolors. (GBR388, $18.00)
William Wilberforce, The Life of the Great Anti-slave Trade Campaigner  •  William Hague   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  A nuanced, clear-eyed biography of abolitionist William Wilberforce, who fought for twenty years to abolish the Atlantic slave trade. (USS409, $35.00)
Mr. Darwin's Shooter  •  Roger McDonald   • LITERATURE  •  A New York Times Notable Book from one of Australia's most acclaimed authors, this novel presents the dilemma of Syms Covington, who assists aboard the HMS Beagle as a youth but later must grapple with the worldwide moral crises resulting from Darwin's claims. (AUS201, $14.00)
Charles Darwin's Beagle Diary  •  Richard Darwin Keynes   • SCIENCE  •  Keynes provides commentary, a selection of watercolor illustratiosn and drawings and explanatory notes for this definitive edition of Darwin's Beagle Diary, 1831-1836. (SCI169, $39.99)
Charles Darwin, The Beagle Letters  •  Frederic Burkhardt   • SCIENCE • COMING IN AUGUST  •  Darwin's personal correspondence from his voyage on the Beagle offers particular insight into the mind of the man who would change science, and elucidates the climate of the impending intellectual revolution. (SCI243, $32.00)
Darwin and the Barnacle, the Story of One Tiny Creature and History's Most Spectacular Scientific Breakthrough  •  Rebecca Stott   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  In this surprisingly wonderful book, Rebecca Stott tackles Darwin's early and important interest in -- barnacles! Darwin devoted eight years to a systematic study of the perplexing pedunculated cirripedes, setting the groundwork for his ideas about evolution through natural selection. (NAT65, $14.95)
Darwin Desk Diary 2009  •  Natural History Museum   • SCIENCE • COMING IN SEPTEMBER  •  365 days of Darwin. (SCI246, $14.95)
Darwin Loves You, Natural Selection and the Re-enchantment of the World  •  George Levine   • SCIENCE  •  Levine, a philosopher at Rutgers, argues against the popular conception that Darwanism represents a harsh world driven by competition and chance. (NAT107, $18.95)
Darwin on Evolution, The Development of the Theory of Natural Selection  •  David Kohn   • SCIENCE  •  The editors, both historians of science, present excerpts from Darwin's many books in this choice reader on the development of the idea of evolution. (NAT103, $12.50)
Darwinism and Its Discontents  •  Michael Ruse   • SCIENCE  •  Ruse lays out the facts of evolution along with the mechanism, challenges, science and philosophy in this articulate appreciation and overview of " the single best idea anyone has ever had." (SCI164, $19.99)
Endless Forms Most Beautiful, The New Science of Evo Devo and The Making of the Animal Kingdom  •  Sean B. Carroll   • SCIENCE  •  Evolutionary developmental biology explained by a leader in the field. (SCI177, $16.95)
Evolution for Everyone, Making Darwin's Theory the New Common Sense  •  David Sloan Wilson   • SCIENCE  •  (NAT113, $24.00)
Evolution, The First Four Billion Years  •  Michael Ruse  •  Travis, Joseph   • SCIENCE • COMING IN FEBRUARY  •  A tribute, published in celebration of the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin and the 150th anniversary of the Origin of Species. (NAT150, $39.95)
Evolution, The Triumph of an Idea  •  Carl Zimmer   • SCIENCE  •  An excellent, concise overview of the history and concepts of evolution. (SCI155, $15.95)
Evolutionary Writings, Including the Autobiographies  •  Charles Darwin   • SCIENCE • COMING IN JANUARY  •  This hefty collection includes the full text of Darwin's autobiography, recollections and significant excerpts from his most significant scientific writings. Editor James Secord also included illuminating critical reactions from Darwin's 19th-century contemporaries. (SCI245, $25.00)
Headless Males Make Great Lovers and Other Unusual Natural Histories  •  Marty Crump   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  A collection of essays celebrating the many interesting and just plain weird ways of evolution. Crump is an engaging writer, conveying both the wonder and science of sexual selection, raising young, avoiding predators, feeding and communication. Her examples are outstanding. (NAT90, $14.00)
Human Origins, What Bones and Genomes Tell Us About Ourselves  •  Rob Desalle  •  Ian Tattersall   • SCIENCE  •  The companion book by the co-curators of the Hall of Human Origins at the American Museum of Natural History. (ATP19, $29.95)
Monkeyluv, and Other Essays on Our Lives as Animals  •  Robert M. Sapolsky   • SCIENCE  •  Sapolsky tackles big questions of what makes us what we are with humor and deft prose in this collection of 18 short magazine articles. (ATP17, $14.00)
Natural Acts, A Sidelong View of Science and Nature  •  David Quammen   • SCIENCE  •  Quammen's augments this new edition of his debut collection of essays with a section of his best work since 1985. (NAT134, $24.95)
Neptune's Ark, From Ichthyosaurs to Orcas  •  David Wallace   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  A collection of essays on the wonders, evolution and nature of marine life. (NAT120, $27.50)
On the Origin of Species, The Illustrated Edition  •  Charles Darwin   • SCIENCE • COMING IN OCTOBER  •  David Quammen edited and selected the archival prints, drawings and other illustrations for this handsome 200th-anniversary edition of Darwin's eminently readable, landmark book. (SCI244, $35.00)
The Beak of the Finch, A Story of Evolution in our Time  •  Jonathan Weiner   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  This Pulitzer Prize-winning work is an accessible look at the modern debate on the mode and rhythm of evolution, using the story of Peter and Rosemary Grant and their field work on Daphne Major as an example. (GPS08, $14.95)
The Evolving World, Evolution in Everyday Life  •  David P. Mindell   • SCIENCE  •  An approachable and fascinating overview of evolutionary theory and its principles, which grounds itself firmly in the context of the modern world and explains how the scientific theories of Darwin and other scientists have become regular practice in everyday life. (SCI163, $24.95)
The Flight of the Iguana: A Sidelong View of Science and Nature  •  David Quammen   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  A marvelous, witty collection of essays. Quammen's chapter on his visit to the Galapagos is terrific, and the whole book sheds light on the workings of evolution. (NAT16, $15.00)
The Making of the Fittest, DNA and the Ultimate Forensic Record of Evolution  •  Sean B. Carroll   • SCIENCE  •  Carroll shows, in elegant detail, how changes in DNA demonstrate evolution by natural selection. (SCI176, $25.95)
The Naked Brain, How the Emerging Neurosociety Is Changing How We Live, Work, and Love  •  Richard, M.D. Restak   • SCIENCE  •  The renowned neurologist writes with flair and wit about the field he calls "social neuroscience," the study of how the workings of our brains affect our emotions and social interactions—and how we might control them. (SCI237, $13.95)
The Plausibility of Life, Resolving Darwin's Dilemma  •  Marc W. Kirschner  •  John Gerhart   • SCIENCE  •  A lucid explanation of the evolution of diversity of life on Earth and, in particular, the relation between natural selection and development. (NAT121, $18.00)
The Tree of Life, A Phylogenetic Classification  •  Guillaume Lecointre  •  Herve Le Guyader   • SCIENCE  •  A clear and comprehensive primer on modern classification and the patterns of evolution, featuring 1,500 line drawings. (NAT130, $39.95)
Why Big Fierce Animals are Rare, An Ecologist's Perspective  •  Paul Colinvaux   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  Essays on the distribution and abundance of plants and animals. (NAT14, $19.95)
Why Darwin Matters, The Case Against Intelligent Design  •  Michael Shermer   • SCIENCE  •  A primer on evolution by natural selection. (SCI178, $14.00)
Why Size Matters, From Bacteria to Blue Whales  •  John Tyler Bonner   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  Bonner considers the role of physical size and its relation to function, evolution, behavior, and longevity of in this extended essay. (NAT108, $18.95)