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The Underdogs: Children, Dogs, and the Power of Unconditional Love
Melissa Fay Greene · Ecco Press
Pages: 352
Format: Print book |
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From two-time National Book Award nominee Melissa Fay Greene comes a profound and surprising account of dogs on the front lines of rescuing both children and adults from the trenches of grief, emotional, physical, and cognitive disability, and post-traumatic stress disorder.The Underdogs... |
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Devoured: From Chicken Wings to Kale Smoothies--How What We Eat Defines Who We Are
Sophie Egan · William Morrow
Pages: 416
Format: Print book |
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A provocative look at how and what Americans eat and why - a flavorful blend of The Omnivore's Dilemma, Salt Sugar Fat, and Freakonomics that reveals how the way we live shapes the way we eat.Food writer and Culinary Institute of America program director Sophie Egan takes readers on an eye-opening... |
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You May Also Like: Taste in an Age of Endless Choice
Tom Vanderbilt · Alfred A. Knopf
Pages: 305
Format: Print book |
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Why do we get so embarrassed when a colleague wears the same shirt? Why do we eat the same thing for breakfast every day, but seek out novelty at lunch and dinner? How has streaming changed the way Netflix makes recommendations? Why do people think the music of their youth is the best?... |
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Esther the Wonder Pig: Changing the World One Heart at a Time
Steve Jenkins · Grand Central Publishing
Pages: 224
Format: Print book |
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Unlikely pig owners Steve and Derek got a whole lot more than they bargained for when the designer micro piglet they adopted turned out to be a full-sized 600-pound sow! In the bestselling tradition of pet memoirs such as Oogy, Dewey, and Giant George, the story of ESTHER THE WONDER PIG shows... |
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The gene : an intimate history
Siddhartha Mukherjee · Scribner
Pages: 592
Format: Print book |
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THE #1 "NEW YORK TIMES" BESTSELLER From the Pulitzer Prize-winning, bestselling author of "The Emperor of All Maladies" a magnificent history of the gene and a response to the defining question of the future: What becomes of being human when we learn to read and write... |
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The First Signs: My Quest to Unlock the Mysteries of the World's Oldest Symbols
Genevieve Von Petzinger · Atria Books, 2016.
Pages: 240
Format: Print book |
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One of the most significant works on our evolutionary ancestry since Richard Leakey's paradigm-shattering Origins, The First Signs is the first-ever exploration of the little-known geometric images that accompany most cave art around the world - the first indications of symbolic meaning,... |
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Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance
Angela Duckworth · Scribner
Pages: 333
Format: Print book |
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In this instant New York Times bestseller, pioneering psychologist Angela Duckworth shows anyone striving to succeed - be it parents, students, educators, athletes, or business people - that the secret to outstanding achievement is not talent but a special blend of passion and persistence... |
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