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A W.H. Freeman loose-leaf second edition in very good condition, presented in a University of Alberta branded red ring binder with gilt crest and lettering. Pages are clean, bright, and free of any marks, stamps, highlights, or annotations throughout. Binder is solid and clean with no damage to the rings, spine, or covers. A clean, well-preserved copy throughout. Published by W.H. Freeman and Company (Macmillan Learning), New York, in 2016, this second edition, first printing of Evolution: Making Sense of Life is a comprehensive undergraduate textbook written by Carl Zimmer — two-time winner of the National Academies Communication Award, three-time winner of the AAAS Science Journalism Award, Stephen Jay Gould Prize recipient, New York Times columnist, and professor adjunct at Yale University — and Douglas J. Emlen, award-winning evolutionary biologist and professor at the University of Montana. The textbook covers the full breadth of modern evolutionary biology across twenty-five chapters, from the molecular mechanisms of genetic change through natural selection, sexual selection, adaptation, coevolution, speciation, macroevolution, phylogenetics, and the deep history of life on Earth, with extensive case studies drawn from current research. The cover features the Madagascar orchid Angraecum sesquipedale, whose extraordinarily deep nectary led Darwin to predict in 1862 that a moth with an equally long proboscis must exist to pollinate it — a prediction confirmed twenty years after his death, when the subspecies was named praedicta in his honour. As the copyright page notes, this is coevolution made visible. Illustrated throughout in full colour. Presented in a University of Alberta branded red ring binder. Ships within Canada.

A well-preserved copy of this celebrated work by award-winning Italian journalist and historian Indro Montanelli, translated into English by Arthur Oliver. Pages are clean and unmarked; boards are unmarked; dust jacket is in good condition. A former library book, though the binding remains tight and solid throughout. One page preceding the title page has been removed, believed to be a map.

A Houghton Mifflin first American edition, first printing hardcover in fine condition. Sage green cloth boards are clean, bright, and square throughout with absolutely no wear to the spine, corners, or edges, bearing gilt lettering to the spine as issued. Dust jacket is bright, crisp, and undamaged, fine in all respects with no tears, chips, fading, or soiling. Pages are fresh and clean throughout, completely free of any marks, stamps, or annotations. Binding is firm and tight. A pristine, essentially unread copy in fine condition throughout — a genuinely beautiful book in exceptional condition. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, in 1990, this first American edition, first printing hardcover of Through a Window: My Thirty Years with the Chimpanzees of Gombe was first published simultaneously in the United Kingdom by George Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London. Its author, Dame Jane Goodall, ethologist, conservationist, founder of the Jane Goodall Institute, UN Messenger of Peace, winner of the Kyoto Prize (1990), the Hubbard Medal (1995), and the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement (1997), is one of the most celebrated scientists and humanitarians of the twentieth century. At twenty-six, under the mentorship of paleoanthropologist Dr. Louis Leakey, Goodall travelled to Gombe Stream National Park on the shores of Lake Tanganyika in Tanzania to become the first person to study chimpanzees in the wild. Her 1960 observation that chimpanzees make and use tools — reported to Leakey in a letter that he described as one of the most exciting he had ever received — forever redefined our understanding of the boundary between human and animal. Through a Window is the sequel to her landmark In the Shadow of Man (1971), continuing her account of thirty years among the Gombe chimpanzee community. Described as one of the most important scientific works ever published, and one that reads, in Goodall's hands, like a novel. Illustrated throughout with photographs.

A Knopf hardcover in very good condition. Boards are clean, bright, and square throughout with absolutely no wear to the spine, corners, or edges. Dust jacket is undamaged, fine in all respects. Pages are fresh and clean throughout, completely free of any marks, stamps, or annotations. Binding is firm and tight. Published by Alfred A. Knopf (Borzoi Books), New York, in 2010, and simultaneously in Canada by Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto, this first printing hardcover of Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking is Marcella Hazan's magnum opus and one of the most celebrated cookbooks ever published in the English language. Winner of the James Beard Award for Best Italian Cookbook, the book brings together Hazan's two landmark earlier works — The Classic Italian Cook Book (1973) and More Classic Italian Cooking (1978) — in a fully revised and expanded single volume. Born in Cesenatico on the Adriatic coast and holder of doctorates in natural sciences and biology from the University of Ferrara, Hazan was credited by The New York Times as "the cookbook author who changed the way Americans cook Italian food. Illustrated throughout with drawings by Karin Kretschmann.

A Penguin Books hardcover in fine condition. Boards are clean, bright, and square throughout with no wear to the spine, corners, or edges. Dust jacket is bright, crisp, and undamaged, fine in all respects with no tears, chips, fading, or soiling. Pages are fresh and clean throughout, completely free of any marks, stamps, or annotations. Binding is firm and tight. Published by Penguin Books, New York, in 2012, the first printing of the revised edition, incorporating additional research beyond the original Australian publication of 2011, Midnight in Peking: How the Murder of a Young Englishwoman Haunted the Last Days of Old China is the award-winning true crime investigation by historian and China expert Paul French. The book won the Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime from the Mystery Writers of America and the CWA Non-Fiction Dagger from the Crime Writers' Association of the United Kingdom. Based on seven years of archival research, the book reconstructs the true story of the murder of Pamela Werner, a British schoolgirl whose mutilated body was discovered at the base of Peking's ancient Fox Tower on a bitter night in January 1937. Chinese detective Colonel Han and Scotland Yard-trained DCI Richard Dennis lead the official investigation — obstructed at every turn by British officials protecting their prestige and the city's foreign enclave — until the case is formally closed as unsolved. But Pamela's father, E.T.C. Werner, a German diplomat and sinologist, refuses to accept the verdict, pouring his remaining fortune into a private investigation that comes closer to the truth than the official inquiry ever did. Paul French holds an MPhil from the University of Glasgow, lives in Shanghai, and writes for the Financial Times, CNN, and the South China Morning Post.

A Warner Books hardcover in fine condition. Boards are clean, bright, and square throughout with no wear whatsoever to the spine, corners, or edges. Dust jacket is bright, crisp, and undamaged, fine in all respects with no tears, chips, fading, or soiling. Pages are fresh and clean throughout, free of any marks. Binding is firm and tight. A pristine, essentially unread copy in fine condition throughout. Published by Warner Books, Inc. (A Time Warner Company), New York, in April 2000, Ten Things I Wish I'd Known — Before I Went Out into the Real World is a motivational guide by Maria Shriver — Emmy and Peabody Award-winning journalist. Written at the height of her broadcasting career, the book draws on Shriver's own experience navigating a high-profile professional life, a large public family, and the pressures of finding an independent identity, to offer ten candid and practical lessons for anyone stepping into adulthood. Warm, direct, and grounded in real experience rather than abstraction.