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The Great Transition: Shifting from Fossil Fuels to Solar and Wind Energy
Lester R. Brown · W W Norton
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback
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The great energy transition from fossil fuels to renewable sources of energy is under way. As oil insecurity deepens, the extraction risks of fossil fuels rise, and concerns about climate instability cast a shadow over the future of coal, a new world energy economy is emerging. The old economy,... |
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Our Dogs, Ourselves: The Story of a Singular Bond
Alexandra Horowitz · Scribner
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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From Alexandra Horowitz, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Inside of a Dog, an eye-opening, informative, and wholly entertaining examination and celebration of the human-canine relationship for the curious dog owner and science-lover alike.
We keep dogs and are kept... |
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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?... |
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The Story of Evolution in 25 Discoveries: The Evidence and the People Who Found It
Donald R. Prothero
Format: Hardcover
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The theory of evolution unites the past, present, and future of living things. It puts humanity's place in the universe into necessary perspective. Despite a history of controversy, the evidence for evolution continues to accumulate as a result of many separate strands of amazing scientific... |
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Reading the Rocks: How Victorian Geologists Discovered the Secret of Life
Brenda Maddox · Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Pages: 254
Format: Paperback
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A rich and exuberant group biography of the first geologists, the people who were first to excavate from the layers of the world its buried history. These first geologists were made up primarily, and inevitably, of gentlemen with the necessary wealth to support their interests, yet boosting... |
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Another Good Dog: One Family and Fifty Foster Dogs
CARA SUE ACHTERBERG · Pegasus Books
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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A warm and entertaining memoir about what happens when you foster fifty dogs in less than two years -- and how the dogs save you as much as you save them. When Cara felt her teenaged children slipping away and saw an empty nest on the horizon, she decided the best way to fill that void... |
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