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Volume Control: Hearing in a Deafening World
David Owen · Riverhead Books
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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The surprising science of hearing and the remarkable technologies that can help us hear betterOur sense of hearing makes it easy to connect with the world and the people around us. The human system for processing sound is a biological marvel, an intricate assembly of delicate membranes,... |
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Genuine Fakes: How Phony Things Teach Us About Real Stuff
Pyne, Lydia · Bloomsbury Sigma
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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Is the distinction between "real" and "fake" as clear-cut as we think?Does an authentic Andy Warhol painting need to be painted by Andy Warhol? Should we be outraged that some of those famous scenes in Blue Planet were filmed in a lab? Who are the scientists putting... |
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Into the Storm: Two Ships, a Deadly Hurricane, and an Epic Battle for Survival
Korten, Tristram · Ballantine Books
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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"An intense, immersive deep dive into a wild, dangerous, and unknown world, written with the pace and appeal of a great thriller. This is nonfiction at its very best." - Lee ChildThe true story of two doomed ships and a daring search-and-rescue operation that shines a light on the elite... |
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An Elephant in My Kitchen: What the Herd Taught Me About Love, Courage and Survival
Françoise Malby-Anthony · Thomas Dunne Books
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER"Malby-Anthony offers a book of great inspiration and wide appeal to nature-loving readers." -- Publishers WeeklyA heart-warming sequel to the international bestseller The Elephant Whisperer, by Lawrence Anthony's wife Françoise Malby-Anthony.... |
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Imagination: The Science of Your Mind's Greatest Power
Jim Davies · Pegasus Books
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover
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The first-ever book on the science of imagination, which sheds light on both the complex inner-workings of our mind and the ways in which we can channel imagination for a better life. We don't think of imagination the way that we should. The word is often only associated with children,... |
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Handprints on Hubble: An Astronaut's Story of Invention
Kathryn D. Sullivan · The MIT Press
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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The first American woman to walk in space recounts her experience as part of the team that launched, rescued, repaired, and maintained the Hubble Space Telescope.The Hubble Space Telescope has revolutionized our understanding of the universe. It has, among many other achievements, revealed... |
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Rap on Trial: Race, Lyrics, and Guilt in America
Erik Nielson · The New Press
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover
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A groundbreaking exposé about the alarming use of rap lyrics as criminal evidence to convict and incarcerate young men of color Should Johnny Cash have been charged with murder after he sang, "I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die"? Few would seriously subscribe to this... |
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My Penguin Year: Life Among the Emperors
Lindsay McCrae · William Morrow
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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A "remarkable memoir" (Nature) of life with an emperor penguin colony, gorgeously illustrated with 32 pages of exclusive photography For 337 days, award-winning wildlife cameraman Lindsay McCrae intimately followed 11,000 emperor penguins amid the singular beauty of Antarctica.... |
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