Steve Jones
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What can one do if he or she is trapped in an unwanted occupation with no way out? Eric J. Stones, a lifelong illustrator, enlists in the military to pursue an occupation as a medical illustrator. He finds his hopes dashed when he is assigned as a Fire Protection Specialist. Can he work his way back into the field of the creative arts? Or must he spend four years…Chasing a Dream?
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¿Hay una explicación científica detrás de las famosas plagas de Egipto? ¿Y de la edad de Matusalén? ¿Y de tantos otros sucesos que tomamos por milagrosos?
La Biblia es sometida a examen con todo el rigor de la ciencia, dejando aparte la fe, para separar la realidad del mito.
Con ilustraciones de William Blake que dan vida a la tensión entre las creencias y los hechos.
Un ensayo ameno para los amantes de la antropología, la historia o la ciencia,...
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Wildlife Watching Around Ventnor, Isle of Wight This short booklet dscribes the wildlife one is likely to see around the coastal town of Ventnor on the Isle of Wight, England. This is a wonderfully rich area, with high chalk downlands and rocky shoreline presenting visitors with the perfect wildlife holiday destination, and those looking to move to the island with the perfect home ground. This is part of a two-part set, the accompanying volume, Bird...
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The Red-backed Shrike is an ambassador for one of the UK and Europe's most misunderstood habitats: open, species-rich grassland-shrubland mosaics. Part advocacy, part 'how to', this concise booklet celebrates Shrike Shrublands and outlines how to create and manage them. This guide is intended for farmers, nature reserve managers, land managers and anyone with a passion for wildlife in the countryside.
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In The Serpent's Promise, Steve Jones retells many of the Biblical tales in the light of modern science. Are we all descended from a real-life Adam and Eve? Are some-or all-of us marked with the molecular equivalent of original sin, and if so what can we do about it? Was the Bible's great flood a memory of the end of the Ice Age? And what can science tell us of the mystical experiences reported by the faithful, or of the origin of faith itself?
Some...
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Paris at the time of the French Revolution was the world capital of science. The city was saturated in scientists; many had an astonishing breadth of talents. Paris in the century around 1789 saw the first lightning conductor, the first flight, the first estimate of the speed of light and the invention of the tin can and the stethoscope. The theory of evolution came into being. Perhaps the greatest Revolutionary scientist of all, Antoine Lavoisier,...
8) The Duke
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If you thought you knew who Prince Phillip or the Duke of Edinburgh as he is known today is, then think again. Join us as we follow the Prince from his birth on June 10, 1921, on the small island of Corfu in Greece, to his marriage to Princess Elizabeth, the future queen of England on November 20, 1947It is a story of banishment, love, betrayal, heroism and of acute loneliness, but most of all it is a story of a young man struggling to come to terms...
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Finally, a program that promotes weight loss effectively, safely, naturally-and best of all, permanently. Have you tried to lose weight again and again without results? Tired of trying and failing? Then this groundbreaking new weight loss regimen is for you. It will teach you to harness the most powerful weapon you have in the battle of the bulge-your mind. First, you'll gain access to the solid hypnosis techniques used by Steve G. Jones, so you can...
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This graphic novel features an all-new authorized comic book adaptation of one of H. P. Lovecraft's most popular weird tales by Steven Philip Jones (H. P. Lovecraft's Worlds, Lovecraftian) and illustrated by Trey Baldwin (Ladies of Market Street). Also included in this release is the original H.P. Lovecraft published novella, a H.P. Lovecraft biography, and a Steven Philip Jones's article on adapting H.P. Lovecraft into comics. The decaying town of...
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Houghton Mifflin
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2003.
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English
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Publisher's description: Renowned scientist and author Steve Jones reveals the mysteries of maleness and arrives at a startling conclusion: men are actually the second sex. Beginning with what men consider the "prince of chromosomes"--Y -- Jones delves into the latest research on what makes a man. He explores hormones, hair loss, and the hydraulics of erections. We learn that estrogen, the so-called female hormone, is critical in male puberty and...
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Da Capo Press
Pub. Date
2017.
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English
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The Sex Pistols transformed twentieth-century culture and kick-started a social revolution. On the 40th anniversary of punk, Jones takes readers on his journey from the Kings Road of the early '70s through the years of the Sex Pistols and punk rock. He delves into the details of his self-imposed exile in New York and Los Angeles, where he battled alcohol, heroin, and sex addiction but eventually emerged to gain fresh acclaim as an actor and radio...
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Seven Stories Press
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2016.
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English
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"Pioneering black-and-gray tattoo artist Freddy Negrete was twelve years old and confined in the holding cell of a Los Angeles juvenile facility when an older teenager entered--covered in tattoos. Freddy was in awe, not just of the art, but of what it symbolized, and he wanted what this kid had: the potent sense of empowerment and belonging that came from joining a gang. The encounter drove Freddy to join the notorious gang La Sangra, and it didn't...