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  • Audiobook

    Natural Obsessions

    Striving to Unlock the Deepest Secrets of the Cancer Cell

    by Natalie Angier ...
    Narrated by Katie Schorr ...

    Unabridged

    18 hours 1 min

    As dramatic as The Double Helix and as absorbing as The Soul of a New Machine, Natural Obsessions explores the advanced reaches of molecular biology, the nature of the human cell, and the genes that control cancer. It unforgettably portrays some of the best young scientists in the world, the rewards and discouragements of scientific research, and the very process of scientific inquiry. ... Read more

    $34.29 CAD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants

    by Bradford Angier, David K Foster ...
    Revised and updated: The classic illustrated reference for today's foragers.With essential information on each plant's characteristics, distribution, and edibility, as well as updated taxonomy and eighteen new species, this is the second edition of Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants—the practical handbook for finding, preparing, and eating plants growing in the wild.This guide to North American ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    The Beauty of The Beastly

    New Views on the Nature of Life

    by Natalie Angier ...
    Narrated by Katie Schorr ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 23 min

    Natalie Angier knows all that scientists know—and sometimes more—about the power of symmetry in sexual relations, about the brutal courting habits of dolphins, about the grand deceit of orchids, about the impact of female and male preferences on evolution. She knows how scientists go about their work, and she describes their ways, their visions, and their arguments. Perhaps most poignantly, she ... Read more

    $27.42 CAD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Field Guide to Medicinal Wild Plants

    by Bradford Angier, David K Foster ...
    A revision of the definitive reference, containing plant characteristics, distribution, and medicinal qualities, an updated taxonomy, and fifteen new species.The Field Guide to Medicinal Wild Plants is the ultimate handbook for identifying and using wild plants for medicinal purposes. This illustrated guide to North American wild medicinals has been a nature classic for over thirty years. In this ... Read more

    $28.79 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • On Your Own in the Wilderness

    by Bradford Angier ...
    Series series Stackpole Classics
    The classic guide to living amid wild, unspoiled nature by a legendary outdoorsman and an experienced survivalist.A longtime Army colonel, Townsend Whelen later became renowned for his passion for wilderness exploration and his skills as a rifleman. Bradford Angier, inspired by Henry David Thoreau and possessing the same adventurous spirit, advocated for back-to-the-land living and wrote ... Read more

    $28.79 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Cambridge Companion to Natural Law Ethics

    Edited by Tom Angier ...
    Series series Cambridge Companions to Philosophy
    Natural law ethics centres on the idea that ethical norms derive from human nature. The field has seen a remarkable revival since the millennium, with new work in Aristotelian metaphysics complementing innovative applied work in bioethics, economics and political theory. Starting with three chapters on the history of natural law ethics, this volume moves on to various twentieth-century theoretical ... Read more

    $35.99 CAD

  • We Like It Wild: A Year in the Canadian Wilderness

    by Bradford Angier ...
    Deep in the Canadian wilderness, where civilization's comfort ends and nature's raw truth begins, Bradford Angier and his wife made a decision that would transform their lives forever. Abandoning the predictable rhythms of modern life, they ventured into the untamed heart of Canada's backcountry for an entire year, armed with little more than determination and an unshakeable belief that authentic ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • MacIntyre's After Virtue at 40

    Edited by Tom Angier ...
    Series series Cambridge Philosophical Anniversaries
    Since its publication in 1981, Alasdair MacIntyre's After Virtue has been recognised as a classic. Primarily a work of moral philosophy, it also draws on sociology, classics, political science and theology to effect a unique intellectual synthesis, and its combination of erudition and challenging, even provocative argument has made a significant impact throughout the humanities disciplines. This ... Read more

    $30.39 CAD

  • Woman

    An Intimate Geography

    by Natalie Angier ...
    National Book Award finalistA New York Times notable book“One knows early on one is reading a classic—a text so necessary and abundant and true that all efforts of its kind, for decades before and after it, will be measured by it.”—Thomas Lynch, Los Angeles TimesAfter fifteen years in print, Woman remains an essential guide to everything from organs to orgasms and hormones to hysterectomies. With ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Skill in Ancient Ethics

    The Legacy of China, Greece and Rome

    Edited by Dr Tom Angier, Lisa Raphals ...
    Illustrating the centrality of skill within ancient ethics, including Socrates' search for expertise in virtue, the Republic's 'craft of justice', Aristotle's delineation of the politike techne, the Stoics' 'art of life' and ancient Chinese ethics, this collection shows howskill has been an ethical touchstone from the beginning of philosophical thought.Divided into six sections – on Plato, ... Read more

    $61.19 CAD

  • Life Writing

    A Writers' and Artists' Companion

    by Sally Cline, Carole Angier ...
    Series series Writers’ and Artists’ Companions
    Life Writing: A Writers' & Artists' Companion is an essential guide to writing biography, autobiography and memoir.PART 1 explores the history and forms of life writing and the challenges and potential pitfalls of the genre.PART 2 includes tips by bestselling writers: Diana Athill, Alan Bennett, Alain de Botton, Jill Dawson, Millicent Dillon, Margaret Drabble, Geoff Dyer, Victoria Glendinning, ... Read more

    $38.89 CAD

  • Speak, Silence

    In Search of W. G. Sebald

    by Carole Angier ...
    A SPECTATOR, NEW STATESMAN AND THE TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR'The best biography I have read in years' Philippe Sands'Spectacular' Observer**'A remarkable portrait'**GuardianW. G. Sebald was one of the most extraordinary and influential writers of the twentieth century. Through books including The E... ... Read more

    $24.39 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook