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The Meaning of Birds
SIMON BARNES · Pegasus Books
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover
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A gorgeously illustrated and enchanting examination of the lives of birds, illuminating their wondrous world and our connection with them. One of our most eloquent nature writers offers a passionate and informative celebration of birds and their ability to help us understand the world we live... |
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Are We Screwed?: How a New Generation is Fighting to Survive Climate Change
Geoff Dembicki · Bloomsbury USA
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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A declaration of independence, and a call for systemic change, from the generation that will be most impacted by climate change.If anyone doubted the potential political power of the Millennial generation, Bernie Sanders' campaign put it in the spotlight. Are We Screwed? makes clear that... |
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If Our Bodies Could Talk: A Guide to Operating and Maintaining a Human Body
James Hamblin · Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover
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"If you want to understand the strange workings of the human body, and the future of medicine, you must read this illuminating, engaging book." - Siddhartha Mukherjee, author of The Gene In 2014, James Hamblin launched a series of videos for The Atlantic called "If Our Bodies... |
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Darwin's Backyard: How Small Experiments Led to a Big Theory
James T Costa · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 496
Format: Hardcover
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Darwin's Backyard goes beyond the portrait of Charles Darwin as a brilliant thinker to concentrate on him as a nimble experimenter delving into some of evolution's great mysteries.James T. Costa takes readers on a journey from Darwin's childhood through his voyage on the HMS Beagle where... |
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Soonish: Ten Emerging Technologies That'll Improve and/or Ruin Everything
ZACH WEINERSMITH · Penguin Press
Pages: 358
Format: Hardcover
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From a top scientist and the creator of the hugely popular web comic Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, a hilariously illustrated investigation into future technologies -- from how to fling a ship into deep space on the cheap to 3D organ printing What will the world of tomorrow be like?... |
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America's Wild Horses: The History of the Western Mustang
Steve Price · Skyhorse Publishing
Pages: 148
Format: Print book
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There is no creature that quite embodies the beauty and grandeur of the American West as does the wild horse. For thousands of years, the horse has roamed the plains and valleys of the American continent, free of the encumbrances of man or the saddle. In America's Wild Horses, award-winning... |
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The Humor Code: A Global Search for What Makes Things Funny
Peter McGraw · Simon & Schuster, 2014.
Pages: 239
Format: Paperback
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Part road-trip comedy and part social science experiment, a scientist and a journalist "shed fascinating light on what makes us laugh and why" (New York Post) .Two guys. Nineteen experiments. Five continents. 91,000 miles. The Humor Code follows the madcap adventures and oddball... |
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