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1) The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex

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Darwin, Charles

2) The origin of species by means of natural selection, or, The preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life

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Darwin, Charles

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"The Modern Library of the world's best books." Presents Darwins's theories of evolution and natural selection.

3) The origin of species by means of natural selection: or, The preservation of favored races in the struggle for life

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Darwin, Charles

4) On the Origin of Species

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Darwin, Charles

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"Few books have had such a sweeping effect on science, politics, and society that they can truly be said to have changed the world. Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species is one of those books. The controversies it generated when it was first published in 1859 continue unabated today. Perhaps no other book - and no author - has been so controversial. This new edition of Darwin's masterwork, edited and introduced by award-winning science journalist...

5) Autobiography and selected letters

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Darwin, Charles

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"An unabridged and unaltered republication of the work first published in 1892 ... under the title, Charles Darwin, his life told in an autobiographical chapter." Includes bibliographical references.

6) The illustrated Origin of species

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Darwin, Charles

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An illustrated, abridged version of the sixth edition of Darwin's classic work on evolution, with commentary that relates Darwin's hypotheses to recent advances in knowledge.

7) Charles Darwin's natural selection: being the second part of his big species book written from 1856 to 1858

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Darwin, Charles

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Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species is unquestionably one of the chief landmarks in biology. The Origin (as it is widely known) was literally only an abstract of the manuscript Darwin had originally intended to complete and publish as the formal presentation of his views on evolution. Compared with the Origin, his original long manuscript work on Natural Selection, which is presented here and made available for the first time in printed form,...

8) The book of Darwin

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Darwin, Charles

9) The Beagle letters

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Darwin, Charles

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"Charles Darwin's voyage on HMS Beagle is a gripping adventure story, and a turning point in the making of the modern world. Brought together here in chronological order, the letters he wrote and received during his trip provide a first-hand account of a voyage of discovery that was as much personal as intellectual. We follow Darwin's adventures as he prepares for his travels, lands on his first tropical island, watches an earthquake level a city,...