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New STEM Books: Natural & Biological Sciences

QH: Natural History

What Is Extinction: A Natural and Cultural History of Last Animals cover.
Careers in Biology cover.
Analytical Techniques in Biosciences: From Basics to Applications cover.
Elemental: How Five Elements Changed Earth's Past and Will Shape Our Future cover.
Our Ancient Lakes: A Natural History cover.
Radioecology: Sources and Consequences of Ionising Radiation in the Environment cover.
The Master Builder: How the New Science of the Cell Is Rewriting the Story of Life cover.

QM & QP: Human Anatomy & Physiology

Archaeology and Bioarchaeology of Anatomical Dissection at a Nineteenth-Century Army Hospital in San Francisco cover.
Period: The Real Story of Menstruation cover.
Muscle: The Gripping Story of Strength and Movement cover.
Remnants of Ancient Life: The New Science of Old Fossils cover.
DNA Manipulation and Analysis cover.
Most Delicious Poison: The Story of Nature's Toxins - From Spices to Vices cover.

QR: Microbiology

Bacterial Physiology and Biochemistry cover.
Extremophiles: A Paradox of Nature with Biotechnological Implications cover.
Gut Microbiome: Bench to Table cover.
Viruses: A Natural History cover.

S: Agriculture

Compost
Genetically Modified Plants. Assessing Safety and Managing Risk. cover.
Ancient Woods, Trees & Forests: Ecology, History and Management cover.
The
Fire Weather : A True Story from a Hotter World cover.

QK: Botany

Illustrated Plant Glossary cover.
In the Herbarium: The Hidden World of Collecting and Preserving Plants cover.
Medicinal Plants:  Biodiversity, Biotechnology, and Conservation cover.
Knowing
Forest Microbiology:  Tree Microbiome:  Phyllosphere, Endosphere, and Rhizosphere cover.
Tree by Tree: Saving North America's Eastern Forests cover.
Tropical Ecology cover.
Field Guide to the Mushrooms of Georgia cover.
Greenhouse Planet: How Rising CO2 changes Plants and Life as We Know It cover.
Sexus Botanicus: The Love Lives of Plants cover.
Plant Strategies: The Demographic Consequences of Functional Traits in Changing Environments cover.
Pollinators and Pollination: Nature and Society cover.
Alpine Plant Life: Functional Plant Ecology of High Mountain Ecosystems cover.

QL: Zoology

Rare Air: Endangered Birds, Bats, Butterflies, and Bees cover.
Pests: How Humans Create Animal Villains cover.
Ticks: Biology, Ecology, & Diseases cover.
Alien Worlds: How Insects Conquered the Earth, and Why Their Fate Will Determine Our Future cover.
The Complete Insect: Anatomy, Physiology, Evolution, and Ecology cover.
Beetles of the World: A Natural History cover.
Vertebrate Evolution: From Origins to Dinosaurs and Beyond cover.
Yellowstone's Birds: Diversity and Abundance in the World's First National Park cover.
African Ark:  Mammals, Landscape, and Ecology of a Continent cover.
Wonderdog: The Science of Dogs and Their Unique Friendship with Humans cover.
Secrets of the Manatee: An Insider's Guide to Florida's Most Iconic Marine Mammal cover.
Tooth and Claw: Top Predators of the World cover
Voices of Nature: How and Why Animals Communicate .