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Overdue: Reckoning with the Public Library
Amanda Oliver
Format: Hardcover
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"One part love letter, one part eulogy, Overdue tells the story of America's public library system . . . Amanda Oliver proves herself a vibrant new literary voice . . . This is a book for all book lovers." - Reza Aslan, author of Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth... |
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Mama's Last Hug: Animal and Human Emotions
Frans de Waal - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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New York Times best-selling author and primatologist Frans de Waal explores the fascinating world of animal and human emotions.Frans de Waal has spent four decades at the forefront of animal research. Following up on the best-selling Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?, which... |
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Around the Ocean in 80 Fish and other Sea Life (-)
Helen Scales - Laurence King Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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This is an inspiring tour of the world's oceans and 80 of its most notable inhabitants. Beautifully illustrated, the book includes fascinating stories of the fish, shellfish and other sea life that have somehow impacted human life - whether in our medicine, culture or folklore - in often... |
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Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World
John Vaillant - Knopf
Format: Hardcover
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A stunning account of a colossal wildfire and a panoramic exploration of the rapidly changing relationship between fire and humankind from the award-winning, best-selling author of The Tiger and The Golden Spruce. "Riveting, spellbinding, astounding on every page ... Captures the majesty... |
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Brave New Arctic: The Untold Story of the Melting North
Mark C Serreze - Princeton University Press
Format: Hardcover
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An insider account of how researchers unraveled the mystery of the thawing ArcticIn the 1990s, researchers in the Arctic noticed that floating summer sea ice had begun receding. This was accompanied by shifts in ocean circulation and unexpected changes in weather patterns throughout the world.... |
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Through the Wilderness: My Journey of Redemption and Healing in the American Wild
Brad Orsted - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover
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Award-winning Yellowstone photographer and documentary filmmaker Brad Orsted's seven-year search for refuge and redemption in America's greatest wilderness. . When Brad Orsted's fifteen-month-old daughter, Marley, died mysteriously at the home of Brad's mother, he descended... |
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Framed: Astonishing True Stories of Wrongful Convictions
John Grisham - Doubleday
Format: Hardcover
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In his first work of nonfiction since The Innocent Man, #1 bestselling author John Grisham and Centurion Ministries Founder Jim McCloskey share ten harrowing true stories of wrongful convictions. Impeccably researched and grippingly told, Framed offers an inside look at the injustice faced... |
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