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'The Falcon Thief' exposes the high-flying life of a notorious rare-bird smuggler
Wild falcons are highly prized by private collectors, who pay tens of thousands of dollars for the rare birds.
Useless Self-Help Guide Offers Ludicrous Solutions to Everyday Problems
A new book by Randall Munroe, author of the popular science webcomic xkcd, explains how to fix real-world problems by using science to find ridiculously complicated solutions.
'Does it Fart?' Authors Drop Book Number Two, 'True or Poo?'
New book "True or Poo?" explores a range of riveting animal repulsiveness.
Ancient Roman Library Discovered Beneath German City
Archaeologists are excavating the remains of an ancient Roman library — a bibliophile's dream that once held up to 20,000 scrolls — in Cologne, Germany.
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Check out the best deals on Amazon for books about science, technology and more.
How a Boy Who Was Obsessed with Dinosaurs Discovered Dreadnoughtus
You can read about Kenneth Lacovara's adventures, as well as a compelling history of dinosaur research, in his new book, "Why Dinosaurs Matter."
Book Giveaway: Win a Free Copy of 'Why Dinosaurs Matter'
Win a free copy of the new book "Why Dinosaurs Matter" by answering a trivia question about the paleo-beasts on Facebook this Tuesday (Sept. 26).
Book Excerpt: 'Confessions of an Accidental Zoo Curator' (Tenth Planet Press, 2017)
What goes on behind the scenes at a zoo? Author Annette Libeskind Berkovits, retired Senior Vice President for Education at the Bronx Zoo, has plenty of stories to tell.
