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Renewable Energy: A Primer for the Twenty-First Century
Professor Bruce Usher · Columbia University Press
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover
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From wood to coal to oil and gas, the sources of energy on which civilization depends have always changed as technology advances. Now renewables are overtaking fossil fuels, with wind and solar energy becoming cheaper and more competitive every year. Growth in renewable energy will further... |
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Deep Creek: Finding Hope in the High Country
Pam Houston · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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"How do we become who we are in the world? We ask the world to teach us."On her 120-acre homestead high in the Colorado Rockies, beloved writer Pam Houston learns what it means to care for a piece of land and the creatures on it. Elk calves and bluebirds mark the changing seasons,... |
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Silence: A Social History of One of the Least Understood Elements of Our Lives
Jane Brox · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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From the author of the "dazzling epic"* Brilliant, a compelling history of silence as a powerful shaper of the human mind - in prisons, in places of contemplation, and in our own lives Through her evocative intertwined histories of the penitentiary and the monastery, Jane Brox... |
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Underground: A Human History of the Worlds Beneath Our Feet
Will Hunt · Spiegel & Grau
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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An exploration of the history, science, architecture, and mythology of the subterranean landscape and our relationship with the worlds beneath our feet--for fans of quirky, obsessive narrative histories, such as Confederates in the Attic and How Things Work.Will Hunt is an urban adventurer... |
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The Snow Leopard Project: And Other Adventures in Warzone Conservation
Alex Dehgan · PublicAffairs
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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The remarkable story of the heroic effort to save and preserve Afghanistan's wildlife-and a culture that derives immense pride and a sense of national identity from its natural landscape.Postwar Afghanistan is fragile, volatile, and perilous. It is also a place of extraordinary beauty.... |
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Interplanetary Robots: True Stories of Space Exploration
Rod Pyle · Prometheus Books
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback
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A NASA insider tells the exciting story of robotic space missions to explore the solar system.Exploring the planets has been a goal of America's space program since the dawn of the space race. This insider's perspective examines incredible missions of robotic spacecraft to every... |
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Gut Reactions: The Science of Weight Gain and Loss
Simon Quellen Field · Chicago Review Press
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
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How much do you really know about how the human body works, and how it reacts to food, exercise, nutrition, and the environment? While most of us have read about at least one fad diet, we're left wondering about the greater biochemistry, psychology, sociology, and physiology of the obesity... |
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