Discover the ancient myths and fascinating science of the world's most striking celestial phenomena - eclipses - in this educational, beautifully illustrated guide by the acclaimed author of What We See in the Stars.. Awe-inspiring, majestic, and always a little otherworldly, eclipses...
Layla K. Feghali - North Atlantic Books Format: Paperback
A profound and searching exploration of the herbs and land-based medicines of Lebanon and Cana'an - a vital invitation to re-member our roots and deepen relationship with the lands where we live in diaspora. Tying cultural survival to earth-based knowledge, Lebanese ethnobotanist, sovereignty...
Tim Flannery - Atlantic Monthly Press Format: Hardcover
Internationally bestselling author and renowned scientist Tim Flannery and his daughter, scientist Emma Flannery, delivers an informative-yet-intimate portrait of the megalodon, an extinct shark and the largest predator of all timeWhen Tim Flannery was a boy he found a fossilized tooth...
A riveting scientific journey exploring the enigma of the Neanderthal and the species' unique form of intelligence.. What do we really know about our cousins, the Neanderthals? For over a century we saw Neanderthals as inferior to Homo Sapiens. More recently, the pendulum swung the other...
The epic story of the buffalo in America, from prehistoric times to today - a moving and beautifully illustrated work of natural history. The American buffalo - our nation's official mammal - is an improbable, shaggy beast that has found itself at the center of many of our most mythic...
