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Draining New Orleans: The 300-Year Quest to Dewater the Crescent City
Richard Campanella - LSU Press
Format: Hardcover
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In Draining New Orleans, the first full-length book devoted to "the world's toughest drainage problem," renowned geographer Richard Campanella recounts the epic challenges and ingenious efforts to dewater the Crescent City. With forays into geography, public health, engineering,... |
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Black Holes: The Key to Understanding the Universe
Brian Cox - Mariner Books
Format: Hardcover
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By the star physicist and author of multiple #1 Sunday Times bestsellers, a major and definitive narrative work on black holes and how they can help us understand the universe. At the heart of our galaxy lies a monster so deadly it can bend space, throwing vast jets of radiation millions... |
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On the Origin of Time: Stephen Hawking's Final Theory
Thomas Hertog - Bantam
Format: Hardcover
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Stephen Hawking's closest collaborator offers the intellectual superstar's final thoughts on the cosmos - a dramatic revision of the theory he put forward in A Brief History of Time.. Perhaps the biggest question Stephen Hawking tried to answer in his extraordinary life was how the universe... |
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There Will Be Fire: Margaret Thatcher, the IRA, and Two Minutes That Changed History
Rory Carroll - G.P. Putnam's Sons
Format: Hardcover
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A race-against-the-clock narrative that finally illuminates a history-changing event: the IRA's attempt to assassinate Margaret Thatcher and the epic manhunt that followed.. A bomb planted by the Irish Republican Army exploded at 2:54 a.m. on October 12, 1984. It was the last day of the Conservative... |
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Fat Talk: Parenting in the Age of Diet Culture
Virginia Sole-Smith - Henry Holt and Co.
Format: Hardcover
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In this illuminating narrative on the daily onslaught of body shame that kids face from peers, school, diet culture, and parents themselves, journalist Virginia Sole-Smith offers a compelling reported look at how families can change the conversation around weight, health, and self-worth..... |
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Remnants of Ancient Life: The New Science of Old Fossils
Dale Greenwalt - Princeton University Press
Format: Hardcover
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The revolution in science that is transforming our understanding of extinct lifeWe used to think of fossils as being composed of nothing but rock and minerals, all molecular traces of life having vanished long ago. We were wrong. Remnants of Ancient Life reveals how the new science of ancient... |
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Of Cockroaches and Crickets: Learning to Love Creatures That Skitter and Jump
Frank Nischk - Greystone Books
Format: Hardcover
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This deep dive into the wonderful world of insects teaches us to love the tiny, seemingly terrifying creatures all around us.For many people, cockroaches are the most pesky of pests. Not so for entomologist Frank Nischk. In this funny and fascinating book, Frank reveals his love and admiration... |
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The Earth Transformed: An Untold History
Peter Frankopan - Knopf
Format: Hardcover
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A revolutionary new history that reveals how climate change has dramatically shaped the development - and demise - of civilizations across time. Global warming is one of the greatest dangers mankind faces today. Even as temperatures increase, sea levels rise, and natural disasters escalate,... |
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Like, Literally, Dude: Arguing for the Good in Bad English
Valerie Fridland - Viking
Format: Hardcover
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"Smart and funny - I loved it! - Mignon Fogarty, author of New York Times bestseller Grammar Girl's Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing. A lively linguistic exploration of the speech habits we love to hate - and why our "like"s and "literally"s actually... |
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