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The Outlaw Ocean: Journeys Across the Last Untamed Frontier

Ian Urbina · Knopf
Pages: 576
Format: Hardcover

A riveting, adrenaline-fueled tour of a vast, lawless and rampantly criminal world that few have ever seen: the high seas.There are few remaining frontiers on our planet. But perhaps the wildest, and least understood, are the world's oceans: too big to police, and under no clear international...
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The Mosquito: A Human History of Our Deadliest Predator

Timothy C. Winegard · Dutton
Pages: 496
Format: Hardcover

**The instant New York Times bestseller***An international bestseller*"Hugely impressive, a major work." - NPRA pioneering and groundbreaking work of narrative nonfiction that offers a dramatic new perspective on the history of humankind, showing how through millennia, the mosquito...
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Inconspicuous Consumption: The Environmental Impact You Don't Know You Have

Tatiana Schlossberg · Grand Central Publishing
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

From former New York Times Science writer Tatiana Schlossberg comes Inconspicuous Consumption: The Environmental Impact You Don't Know You Have, a fascinating and unexpectedly entertaining look at the way climate change and environmental pollution are intimately involved in our everyday...
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The Story of Technology: How We Got Here and What the Future Holds

Daniel M. Gerstein · Prometheus Books
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

A leading technology expert examines ways to manage the rapid proliferation of technology and come to grips with its pervasive influence.Technology--always a key driver of historical change--is transforming society as never before and at a far more rapid pace. This book takes the reader...
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