"Self-taught lepidopterist and illustrator Liam O'Brien has spent decades learning about and loving butterflies. In this new guide, he shares stories and 700 hand-drawn illustrations of the greater Bay Area's 135 species, as well as practical tips for finding and identifying our local butterflies (think silver-spotted skippers and swallowtails). O'Brien created the Green Hairstreak Project for the organization Nature in the City and led efforts to restore variable checkerspots to the Presidio."
"New nonfiction from the always-entertaining science writer Roach is highly anticipated. This time, the New York Times best-selling author of Stiff, Packing for Mars, and Fuzz gives us an exploration of the difficult questions and impressive advances prompted by the human body's failings and our attempts to grow body parts from scratch. Traveling from a stem cell hair nursery in San Diego's tech hub to a legendary burn unit in Boston, Roach brings her unique humor to the latest technologies and questions like:"
Butterflies of the Bay Area and (Slightly) Beyond presents 700 hand-drawn illustrations and practical identification tips for 135 regional butterfly species, and documents local conservation projects including the Green Hairstreak Project, variable checkerspot restoration, and mission blue monitoring. Automatic Noodle portrays a near-future San Francisco where a crew of deactivated robots opens a noodle shop to feed humans recovering from a war, blending heist, satire, and culinary elements. Replaceable You investigates advances and ethical questions in regenerative human anatomy, traveling from a stem-cell hair nursery in San Diego to a burn unit in Boston while using humor to examine technologies and dilemmas.
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