{"product_id":"secondhand-science-nature-ideas-bargain-book-box-sp2937","title":"Secondhand Science, Nature \u0026 Ideas Bargain Book Box SP2937","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSecondhand Science, Nature \u0026amp; Ideas Bargain Book Box SP2937\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eTwenty-one books spanning natural history, evolutionary science, social theory, and biography — the kind of reading that shaped how educated people thought from the 1960s to the 1980s. Darwin and Rachel Carson share space with Erving Goffman and Viktor Frankl; elephant ethology beside a definitive biography of the Marquis de Sade.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col dir=\"ltr\" class=\"[li_\u0026amp;]:mb-0 [li_\u0026amp;]:mt-1 [li_\u0026amp;]:gap-1 [\u0026amp;:not(:last-child)_ul]:pb-1 [\u0026amp;:not(:last-child)_ol]:pb-1 list-decimal flex flex-col gap-1 pl-8 mb-3 print:block print:space-y-1\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eThe Origin of Species — Charles Darwin — The book that changed everything, in the World's Classics edition. Darwin's argument for natural selection remains one of the most consequential texts in the history of science.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eThe Dark Romance of Dian Fossey — Harold Hayes — A deeply reported biography of the controversial primatologist, tracing her obsessive dedication to mountain gorillas and the circumstances of her murder.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eThe Evidence of Evolution — Nicholas Hotton III — A clear scientific account of the fossil and biological evidence supporting evolutionary theory, written for the general reader.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eElephant Memories — Cynthia Moss — Moss spent thirteen years documenting a single elephant family in Amboseli. Landmark field research, compellingly written.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eLife Sciences — Arthur W. Biddle \u0026amp; Daniel J. Bean — A writer's guide to the life sciences: useful for anyone who wants to think or write more clearly about biology and natural history.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eWoman in the Mists — Farley Mowat — Mowat's vivid account of Dian Fossey's life and work among the mountain gorillas of Rwanda.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eThe Pursuit of Loneliness — Philip Slater — Slater's influential 1970 critique of American culture: individualism, competition, and the social isolation they produce.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eThe Human Sciences \u0026amp; Philosophy — Lucien Goldmann — A theoretical examination of the relationship between the social sciences and philosophical inquiry.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eApes, Angels, and Victorians — William Irvine — The story of Darwin and Huxley, and the Victorian intellectual storm their ideas unleashed.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eThe Savage God: A Study of Suicide — A. Alvarez — Alvarez's landmark exploration of suicide, art, and the relationship between creativity and self-destruction. One of the most discussed books on the subject.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eFive Hundred Years of Printing — S.H. Steinberg — A comprehensive history of printing from Gutenberg to the twentieth century, now a classic reference.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eThe Marquis de Sade: A Definitive Biography — Gilbert Lely — The most thorough biography of the Marquis de Sade, drawing on archival sources to separate the man from the myth.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eHermit of Peking — Hugh Trevor-Roper — Trevor-Roper exposes the extraordinary deceptions of Edmund Backhouse, the Oxford scholar who fabricated an entire relationship with the Empress Dowager of China.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eThe Darien Disaster — John Prebble — The catastrophic Scottish colonial venture of 1698–1700 that bankrupted Scotland and paved the way for the Act of Union, told with Prebble's characteristic narrative force.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eThe Fossil Monarchies — Edmond Taylor — An examination of Europe's old imperial dynasties in their final decades before the First World War swept them away.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eCulture's Influence on Behaviour — Robert Serpell — From the Essential Psychology series: how cultural environment shapes human cognitive and social behaviour.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eSilent Spring — Rachel Carson — The book that launched the modern environmental movement. Carson's 1962 exposé of pesticide damage to ecosystems remains essential reading.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eMendelism \u0026amp; Evolution — E.B. Ford — Ford's account of the synthesis between Mendelian genetics and Darwinian natural selection — the foundation of modern evolutionary biology.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eThe Presentation of Self in Everyday Life — Erving Goffman — Goffman's foundational sociological text: social interaction as theatrical performance. Still widely read and taught.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eMan's Search for Meaning — Viktor E. Frankl — Frankl's account of survival in Nazi concentration camps, and the logotherapy he developed from that experience. One of the most influential books of the twentieth century.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eThe Biological Time Bomb — G. Rattray Taylor — A 1968 popular science book exploring imminent developments in genetics and biology — prescient in more ways than one.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49136979083483,"sku":null,"price":120.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/sp2937.jpg?v=1786671314","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/secondhand-science-nature-ideas-bargain-book-box-sp2937","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}