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Path of the Puma: The Remarkable Resilience of the Mountain Lion

JIM WILLIAMS · Patagonia
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

During a time when most wild animals are experiencing decline in the face of development and climate change, the intrepid mountain lion -- also known as a puma, a cougar, and by many other names - has experienced reinvigoration as well as expansion of territory. What makes this cat, the fourth...

Hype: A Doctor's Guide to Medical Myths, Exaggerated Claims, and Bad Advice - How to Tell What's Real and What's Not

NINA SHAPIRO · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

An engaging and informative look at the real science behind our most common beliefs and assumptions in the health sphere There is a lot of misinformation thrown around these days, especially online. Headlines tell us to do this, not that---all in the name of living longer, better, thinner,younger....

How to Be a Good Creature: A Memoir in Thirteen Animals

SY MONTGOMERY · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

National Book Award finalist Sy Montgomery reflects on the personalities and quirks of 13 animals - her friends - who have profoundly affected her in this stunning, poetic, and life-affirming memoir featuring illustrations by Rebecca Green.Understanding someone who belongs to another species...

How to Live in Space: Everything You Need to Know for the Not-So-Distant Future

Colin Stuart · Smithsonian Books
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback

An amusing and informative illustrated guide to life beyond our own planet that covers everything from training for and living in space to the future of space travel and tourismNow that suborbital space tourism is predicted to become a billion-dollar industry in the next ten years and NASA...

Why?: What Makes Us Curious

Mario Livio · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

Astrophysicist and author Mario Livio investigates perhaps the most human of all our characteristics - curiosity - as he explores our innate desire to know why.Experiments demonstrate that people are more distracted when they overhear a phone conversation - where they can know only one side...

Brilliant Blunders: From Darwin to Einstein - Colossal Mistakes by Great Scientists That Changed Our Understanding of Life and the Universe

Mario Livio · Simon & Schuster; 1ST edition
Format: Hardcover

Drawing on the lives of five great scientists, this "scholarly, insightful, and beautifully written book" (Martin Rees, author of From Here to Infinity) illuminates the path to scientific discovery. Charles Darwin, William Thomson (Lord Kelvin) , Linus Pauling, Fred Hoyle,...

Medical Symptoms: A Visual Guide: The Easy Way to Identify Medical Problems

DK · DK
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback

A simple, visual symptom checker that helps you match your symptoms and health problems to possible conditions, and quickly directs you to the correct treatment.Whether it's a symptom you've been ignoring for a while or something like a sudden pain after a fall, this book tells you what...

Industrial Disasters and Environmental Policy: Stories of Villains, Heroes, and the Rest of Us

DENISE L SCHEBERLE · Westview Press
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback

Environmental stories have all the elements that make for a good drama-villains that plunge us into danger, and heroes that fight for positive change. Industrial Disasters and Environmental Policy: Stories of Villains, Heroes, and the Rest of Us illuminates the interplay between environmental...

Why Do Bluebirds Hate Me?: More Answers to Common and Not-So-Common Questions about Birds and Birding

Mike O'Connor · Beacon Press
Format: Paperback

A collection of humorous Q&As about everything you've always wanted to ask about birds and birding Mike O’Connor knows bird watchers as well as he knows birds. He knows that if you’re even slightly interested in identifying birds or attracting them to your backyard...

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