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Kingdom of Bones [text (large print)] : a thriller / by Rollins, James,1961-author.;
Includes bibliographical references."It begins in Africa ... A United Nations relief team in a small village in the Congo makes an alarming discovery. An unknown force is leveling the evolutionary playing field. Men, women, and children have been reduced to a dull, catatonic state. The environment surrounding them--plants and animals--has grown more cunning and predatory, evolving at an exponential pace. The insidious phenomenon is spreading from a cursed site in the jungle known to locals as the Kingdom of Bones and sweeping across Africa, threatening the rest of the world. What has made the biosphere run amok? Is it a natural event? Or more terrifyingly, did someone engineer it? Commander Gray Pierce and Sigma Force are prepared for the extraordinary and have kept the world safe, vigilance for which they have paid a tragic personal price. Yet, even these brilliant and seasoned scientific warriors do not understand what is behind this frightening development--or know how to stop it. As they race to find answers, the members of Sigma quickly realize they have become the prey. To head off global catastrophe, Sigma Force must risk their lives to uncover the shattering secret at the heart of the African continent--a truth that will illuminate who we are as a species and where we may be headed ... sooner than we know. Mother Nature--red in tooth and claw--is turning against humankind, propelling the entire world into the Kingdom of Bones."-from publisher's description.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Large type books.; Novels.; Antiquities; Human evolution; Scientific expeditions; Scientists; Special operations (Military science); Weapons, Ancient;
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Kingdom of Bones [sound recording] : a thriller / by Rollins, James,1961-author.; Baskous, Christian,narrator.; Harper Audio (Firm),publisher.;
Read by Christian Baskous."It begins in Africa ... A United Nations relief team in a small village in the Congo makes an alarming discovery. An unknown force is leveling the evolutionary playing field. Men, women, and children have been reduced to a dull, catatonic state. The environment surrounding them--plants and animals--has grown more cunning and predatory, evolving at an exponential pace. The insidious phenomenon is spreading from a cursed site in the jungle known to locals as the Kingdom of Bones and sweeping across Africa, threatening the rest of the world. What has made the biosphere run amok? Is it a natural event? Or more terrifyingly, did someone engineer it? Commander Gray Pierce and Sigma Force are prepared for the extraordinary and have kept the world safe, vigilance for which they have paid a tragic personal price. Yet, even these brilliant and seasoned scientific warriors do not understand what is behind this frightening development--or know how to stop it. As they race to find answers, the members of Sigma quickly realize they have become the prey. To head off global catastrophe, Sigma Force must risk their lives to uncover the shattering secret at the heart of the African continent--a truth that will illuminate who we are as a species and where we may be headed ... sooner than we know. Mother Nature--red in tooth and claw--is turning against humankind, propelling the entire world into the Kingdom of Bones."-from publisher's description.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Audiobooks.; Novels.; Antiquities; Human evolution; Scientific expeditions; Scientists; Special operations (Military science); Weapons, Ancient;
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The doors of Eden / by Tchaikovsky, Adrian,1972-author.;
"Four years ago, two girls went looking for monsters on Bodmin Moor. Only one came back ... Lee thought she'd lost Mal, but now she's miraculously returned. But what happened that day on the moors? And where has she been all this time? Mal's reappearance hasn't gone unnoticed by MI5 officers either, and Lee isn't the only one with questions. Julian Sabreur is investigating an attack on top physicist Kay Amal Khan. This leads Julian to clash with agents of an unknown power - and they may or may not be human. His only clue is grainy footage, showing a woman who supposedly died on Bodmin Moor. Dr Khan's research was theoretical; then she found cracks between our world and parallel Earths. Now these cracks are widening, revealing extraordinary creatures. And as the doors crash open, anything could come through."--
Subjects: Science fiction.; Missing persons; Women physicists; Extraterrestrial beings; Space and time; Human evolution; Monsters;
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Guns, germs, and steel : the fates of human societies / by Diamond, Jared M.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Social evolution; Civilization; Ethnology; Human beings; Culture diffusion;
© 1999., W.W. Norton & Co.,
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The dog master / by Cameron, W. Bruce.;
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects: Dogs; Domestication; Human-animal relationships; Prehistoric peoples; Social behavior in animals; Wolves as pets;
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The age of wood : our most useful material and the construction of civilization / by Ennos, A. R.,author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-301) and index.A scholarly and scientific examination of the unrecognized role of trees in the planet's ecosystem reveals wood's unexpected influence on human evolution, civilization, and the global economy.
Subjects: Wood.; Trees.; Woodwork; Building, Wooden;
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Elephant / by Redmond, Ian; King, Dave;
Discusses elephants, their physiology, behavior, evolution, relatives, uses by humans, and conservation.
Subjects: Elephants;
© 1993., Knopf : Distributed by Random House,
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The dawn of everything : a new history of humanity / by Graeber, David,author.; Wengrow, D.,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."A trailblazing account of human history, challenging our most fundamental assumptions about social evolution-from the development of agriculture and cities to the emergence of "the state," political violence, and social inequality-and revealing new possibilities for human emancipation"--
Subjects: Civilization; Social history.; World history.;
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The Origin of Politics : Human Nature and the Shaping of Political Systems. by Wade, Nicholas.;
Combining the scope of Yuval Noah Harari with the political savvy of Francis Fukuyama, 'The Origin of Politics' draws from anthropology, evolutionary biology, and historical analysis to explore how human nature shapes the direction of society - and how policies which ignore human nature risk chaos and even extinction.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: HISTORY / Civilization; POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / General; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Evolution;
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Future stories : what's next / by Christian, David,1946-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."David Christian, the historian and New York Times bestselling author of Origin Story, is renowned for his pioneering "big history" framework. But with Future Story, he turns his sharp analytical eye to the future, offering a unique and accessible guide through what we think we know about future thinking and about the future itself. With fascinating explanations of the various ways living things understand and plan for the future, plus detailed explorations of the future of evolution, humanity, artificial intelligence, interstellar travel, and beyond, Future Story teaches us how to think creatively and intelligently about the future - and paints an unusually thoughtful and science-backed picture of what's to come"--
Subjects: Future, The.;
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