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Monster Trek: The Obsessive Search for Bigfoot
Joe Gisondi - University of Nebraska Press
Format: Paperback
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Bigfoot sightings have been reported in every state except Hawaii. Interest in this creature, which many believe to be as mythical as a leprechaun, is as strong today as ever, with the wildly popular show Finding Bigfoot persisting on the Animal Planet network and references to bigfoot... |
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In the Valleys of the Noble Beyond: In Search of the Sasquatch
John Zada - Atlantic Monthly Press
Format: Hardcover
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On the central and north coast of British Columbia, the Great Bear Rainforest is the largest intact temperate rainforest in the world, containing more organic matter than any other terrestrial ecosystem on the planet. The area plays host to a wide range of species, from thousand-year-old... |
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Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places
Colin Dickey - Penguin Books
Format: Hardcover
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One of NPRs Great Reads of 2016. "A lively assemblage and smart analysis of dozens of haunting stories ... absorbing ... [and] intellectually intriguing." - The New York Times Book Review. From the author of The Unidentified, an intellectual feast for fans of offbeat history... |
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Cannibalism: A Perfectly Natural History
Bill Schutt - Algonquin Books
Format: Hardcover
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"A masterful and compulsively readable book that challenges our preconceived notions about a behavior often sensationalized in our culture and, until just recently, misunderstood in the scientific world." - Ian Tattersall, Curator Emeritus, American Museum of Natural History,... |
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Gory Details: Adventures From the Dark Side of Science
Erika Engelhaupt - National Geographic
Format: Hardcover
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Using humor and real science in the tradition of Mary Roach, this narrative illuminates the gross, strange, morbid, and outright absurd realities of our bodies, our earth, and our universe.Filled to the brim with far-out facts, this wickedly informative narrative from the author of National... |
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How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems
Randall Munroe - Riverhead Books
Format: Hardcover
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AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "How To will make you laugh as you learn ... With How To, you can't help but appreciate the glorious complexity of our universe and the amazing breadth of humanity's effort to comprehend it. If you want some lightweight... |
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Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void
Mary Roach - W. W. Norton & Company; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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The author of Stiff and Bonk explores the irresistibly strange universe of space travel and life without gravity. Space is a world devoid of the things we need to live and thrive: air, gravity, hot showers, fresh produce, privacy, beer. Space exploration is in some ways an exploration of what... |
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The Drunken Botanist
Amy Stewart - Algonquin Books
Format: Hardcover
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The Essential, New York Times-Bestselling Guide to Botany and Booze. "A book that makes familiar drinks seem new again . . . Through this horticultural lens, a mixed drink becomes a cornucopia of plants." - NPRs Morning Edition. "Amy Stewart has a way of making gardening... |
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Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything
Lydia Kang - Workman Publishing Company
Format: Hardcover
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What won't we try in our quest for perfect health, beauty, and the fountain of youth? Well, just imagine a time when doctors prescribed morphine for crying infants. When liquefied gold was touted as immortality in a glass. And when strychnine - yes, that strychnine, the one used... |
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