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We Rise: The Earth Guardians Guide to Building a Movement that Restores the Planet
XIUHTEZCATL MARTINEZ · Rodale Books
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
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Challenge the status quo, change the face of activism, and confront climate change head on with the ultimate blueprint for taking action.Xiuhtezcatl Martinez is a 16-year-old climate activist, hip-hop artist, and powerful new voice on the front lines of a global youth-led movement. He and his group... |
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Goldilocks and the Water Bears: The Search for Life in the Universe
Louisa Preston · Bloomsbury Sigma
Pages: 288
Format: Print book
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Astrobiology is the study of life in the universe from its origins to its evolution into intelligent sentient beings. All life as we know it is carbon-based, reliant on sources of liquid water and energy for its survival, and as far as we are aware, exists only on Earth. Our planet occupies... |
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Of Orcas and Men: What Killer Whales Can Teach Us
David Neiwert · Overlook
Pages: 305
Format: Print book
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A celebrated journalist's eye-opening history of orcas, and an exploration of their relationship with human beings, Of Orcas and Men does for whales what Barry Lopez did for wolves The orca -- otherwise known as the killer whale -- is one of earth's most intelligent animals. Remarkably... |
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Einstein's Greatest Mistake: A Biography
David Bodanis · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 288
Format: Print book
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From the best-selling author of E=mc2, a brisk, accessible biography of Albert Einstein that reveals the genius and hubris of the titan of modern physics Widely considered the greatest genius of all time, Albert Einstein revolutionized our understanding of the cosmos with his general theory... |
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All Fishermen Are Liars
John Gierach · Simon & Schuster, Incorporated
Pages: 224
Format: Book
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"I have to go fishing; it's my job." John Gierach can say that and mean it. But fishing is only part of his job. The other part is writing about his fishing adventures. And that's the part we readers get to enjoy. In All Fishermen Are Liars, Gierach travels across North... |
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Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst
Robert Sapolsky · Penguin Press
Pages: 790
Format: Hardcover
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"It's no exaggeration to say that Behave is one of the best nonfiction books I've ever read." - David P. Barash, The Wall Street JournalFrom the celebrated neurobiologist and primatologist, a landmark, genre-defining examination of human behavior, both good and bad, and an answer... |
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North Shore: A Natural History of Minnesota's Superior Coast
Chel Anderson · University of Minnesota Press
Pages: 619
Format: Print book
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Propelled by wings, fins, legs, and the wind, life has found a way to Minnesota's North Shore for more than twelve thousand years. Some plants and animals have taken up residence in the region's ancient mountains, others in its lakes and flowing rivers. Together, they weave a living... |
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Space Odyssey: Stanley Kubrick, Arthur C. Clarke, and the Making of a Masterpiece
Michael Benson · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 496
Format: Hardcover
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Celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the film's release, this is the definitive story of the making of 2001: A Space Odyssey, acclaimed today as one of the greatest films ever made, including the inside account of how director Stanley Kubrick and writer Arthur C. Clarke created this... |
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The Monkey's Voyage: How Improbable Journeys Shaped the History of Life
Alan de Queiroz · Perseus Books Group
Pages: 360
Format: Hardcover
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Throughout the world, closely related species are found on landmasses separated by wide stretches of ocean. What explains these far-flung distributions? Why are such species found where they are across the Earth? Since the discovery of plate tectonics, scientists have conjectured that plants... |
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Everyday Life of the Etruscans
Ellen MacNamara · Hippocrene Books; New edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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With so little of their own literature surviving, it is a difficult task to draw an intimate portrait of this colourful people called the Etruscans. Often, as Dr. Macanamara has done in this book, it is best to turn to the many fine Etruscan works of art and to the archaeological evidence.... |
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