UFOs, Chemtrails, and Aliens: What Science Says
(b171HB $28.00) Donald R. Prothero and Tim Callahan
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vide the shapes and behaviors of these beings. While their approach is firmly based in science, the authors also
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Evolution: How We and All Living Things Came to Be
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Ankylosaur Attack (Tales of Prehistoric Life)by Daniel
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Pterosaur Trouble (Tales of Prehistoric Life)
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Plesiosaur Peril(Tales of Prehistoric Life)
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paranormal phenomena, and discusses the cryptozoology subculture.Award Winners!The God Delusionby Richard Dawkins.
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Changed the nature of the study of social biology.
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The Ancestor’s Taleby Richard Dawkins.
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Daniel C. Dennett
The Greatest Show on Earthby
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How We Know What’s Really
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For years people have wanted the renowned
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30 mysteries—en-
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