books: science - top sellers

books: science - top sellers

books:

MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, Sixth Edition

Joseph Gibaldi

Modern Language Association of America, 2003

Excellent for Research
AS a professor and editor of Research; this style guide has detailed information for the serious paper writer; and provides examples that show how to format difficult passages. Used extensively at the Community College level.

Biology with MasteringBiology™ (8th Edition) (MasteringBiology Series)

Neil A. Campbell, Jane B. Reece

Benjamin Cummings, 2007

Very Good if you can lift it
I completed my B.A. in biology over 30 years ago and got this book for self-study and to catch up with progress in topics outside of my work experience. The sections seem well written and illustrated. Since this is an introductory text it has sidebars and interviews ...

Lehninger Principles of Biochemistry

David L. Nelson, Michael M. Cox

W. H. Freeman, 2008

Excellent! Can't wait for the Next Edition!
If you are a undergraduate or a graduate student who needs to learn some biochemistry from the ground up (without an instructor), this is the text for you. Lehninger really outdoes himself by creating a Biochemistry textbook that's not only colorful and pretty to look ...

Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary (Thumb Index)

Donald Venes

F. A. Davis Company, 2005

Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary
This is a great reference for the Medical Terminology. It breaks things down so that the average person can really grasp the concept. Plus the illustrations in the book are FANTASTIC! This was not available on my college campus and I ordered this through Amazon and got ...

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association

American Psychological Association

American Psychological Association (APA), 2001

Excellent condition, excellent deal
The book was just as advertised and in excellent condition, arriving much sooner than expected.

Change Your Brain, Change Your Life: The Breakthrough Program for Conquering Anxiety, Depression, ...

Daniel G. Amen

Three Rivers Press, 1999

Change Your Brain, Change Your Life
This book(I listened to the cd's.) is an amazing insight into the human brain, how it works, and explains so many misconceptions about thinking in regards to our present mindset about behavior. It explains each part of the brain and behaviors that are represented by ...

The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals

Michael Pollan

Penguin, 2007

Calling all Corn People - READ THIS BOOK!
I read this book a little while ago and didn't have time to review it, but the essential messages keep popping into my consciousness as I go about my day-to-day life. Before reading this book, for example, I had never realized that Corn has cunningly taken over the ...

The Post-American World

Fareed Zakaria

W. W. Norton, 2008

Post American World
Absorbing and informing review of world history up to the current time and excellent suggestions for political actions in the future for the USA.

The World Is Flat 3.0: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century

Thomas L. Friedman

Picador, 2007

Absolutely Fantastic Piece!
This is an absolutely fantastic book on globalization and the frightening and inspiring realities of its growing potential. A great piece.

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders DSM-IV-TR Fourth Edition (Text Revision)

American Psychiatric Association

American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc., 2000

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders DSM-IV-TR
This book is one textbook that will stay with me throughout my coursework. It is very helpful in understanding mental issues and how to decide proper diagnosis. It is well written and easy to navigate. I definitely recommend also getting DSM made easy with this book ...

The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down

Anne Fadiman

Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1998

What else can I add? Except this is my favorite book, ever.
If anyone's been patient enough to read all hundred-plus reviews up to this point, they already know what this book is about, how well-written it was, how well researched, and how terribly humane. All I can add is that, though I read (well, start, at any rate) ...

A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, Seventh Edition: Chicago Style for ...

Kate L. Turabian

University Of Chicago Press, 2007

Easy to use!
This manual is very user-friendly. It's a must for anyone writing papers in the respected fields in which it is intended. It is worth every penny.

Biology

Neil A. Campbell, Jane B. Reece

Benjamin Cummings, 2004

Great Book
This book is way more informative than my professor. Also, since introductory biology doesn't change within a couple of years, I'm really glad I saved money and purchased the seventh edition rather than the eighth.

Kiss My Math: Showing Pre-Algebra Who's Boss

Danica McKellar

Hudson Street Press, 2008

Buy this for your daughter
This funny math book teaches girls that it's OK to be smart, and that they are perfectly capable of kicking a little pre-algebra butt. McKellar takes a lightweight approach to math, but is deadly serious about it. In the prologue, she writes that "lots of people ...

The Night of the Gun: A Reporter Investigates the Darkest Story of his Life--His Own

David Carr

Simon & Schuster, 2008

You Can't Know the Whole Truth
So says David Carr. "But if there is one, it lies in the space between people." Something haunting in that line, and relevant to anyone regardless of whether they share Carr's story of self-destruction and recovery. This reformed thug, drug addict and spiraling loser ...