A pocket biography and social history of Darwin in the excellent "Discoveries" series featuring hundreds of archival photographs and a synopsis of his life and ideas by the French editor of the three-volume, 5,000 page dictionary of Darwin and evolution. It includes chapters on Darwin's early life, his five-year voyage aboard the Beagkle, and the developemnt of the theory of natural selection.  (GPS54, $12.95)

Evolution & Natural Selection