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2006 books
By an Amazon.com customer
The Cat Who Dropped a Bombshell (Cat Who...)The Cat Who Dropped a Bombshell (Cat Who...) by Lilian Jackson Braun
Buy new: $23.95 / Used from: $0.01
I like this series, although the original 10 or so books were the best.
The Best American Science Writing 2005 (Best American Science Writing)The Best American Science Writing 2005 (Best American Science Writing) by Alan Lightman
Buy new: $11.86 / Used from: $0.01
Some essays were great, some weren't so much
March of the Penguins: Companion to the Major Motion PictureMarch of the Penguins: Companion to the Major Motion Picture by Luc Jacquet
Buy new: $19.80 / Used from: $0.01
I love the penguins.
Our Inner ApeOur Inner Ape by Frans De Waal
Buy new: $24.95 / Used from: $2.18
Oh god, so good. deWaal is such a great writer... it doesn't hurt that he has great stories to start with.
A Brief Tour of Human Consciousness: From Impostor Poodles to Purple NumbersA Brief Tour of Human Consciousness: From Impostor Poodles to Purple Numbers by V. S. Ramachandran
Buy used from: $6.68
Pretty good -- probably better than Phantoms in the Brain.
In Search of Memory: The Emergence of a New Science of MindIn Search of Memory: The Emergence of a New Science of Mind by Eric R. Kandel
Buy new: $19.77 / Used from: $8.48
So good! And I've met so many of the people mentioned in it.
Credit Scores and Credit Reports: How The System Really Works, What You Can Do (Second Edition)Credit Scores and Credit Reports: How The System Really Works, What You Can Do (Second Edition) by Evan Hendricks
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $9.90
Not terribly thrilling, but very useful for a clueless new graduate