Dinosaurs and paleontology books
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The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs
Stephen BrusatteA current, wide-ranging account of dinosaur evolution from origin to extinction, based on recent fossil and analytical work.
Dinosaurs
Dougal DixonA heavily illustrated survey of dinosaur groups and their reconstructed appearance, widely used as a reference for general readers.
Otherlands
Thomas HallidayA look at ancient ecosystems through many fossil localities, placing dinosaurs among the other animals of their time.
The Dinosaur Heresies
Robert T. BakkerA collection of essays by one of the leading figures in the 1970s and 1980s revision of dinosaurs as active, warm-blooded animals.
Wonderful Life
Stephen Jay GouldExamines the Burgess Shale fossils to argue that the history of life depends heavily on contingency; not about dinosaurs, but a central text on how paleontologists interpret the fossil record.
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- The Ends of the World
The Ends of the WorldPeter Brannen - Principles of Paleontology
Principles of PaleontologyArnold I. Miller - Dinosaur
DinosaurDavid Norman - Fossils Tell of Long Ago
Fossils Tell of Long AgoAliki - Predatory Dinosaurs of the World
Predatory Dinosaurs of the WorldGregory S. Paul - Jurassic Park
Jurassic ParkMichael Crichton - Brachiosaurus
BrachiosaurusRob Shone2009 - Troodon
TroodonDaniel Cohen2000 - Allosaurus
AllosaurusHelen Frost2000 - The good woman of Setzuan
The good woman of SetzuanBertolt Brecht1965 - The poems of William Cowper
The poems of William CowperWilliam Cowper1782 - Strickberger's Evolution
Strickberger's EvolutionBrian Keith Hall2007