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The Secret Life of the Human Body: Uncover the Hidden Workings of Your Body
John Clancy - Firefly Books
Format: Paperback
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Getting to know just how intricate and fascinating our bodies are. Most of us take our body for granted and are never aware of its amazing capabilities. The Secret Life of the Human Body reveals just how intricate and fascinating our body is. Using offbeat illustrations and concise... |
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In Oceans Deep: Courage, Innovation, and Adventure Beneath the Waves
Bill Streever - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover
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A thrilling exploration of the science and history of the deep sea.Full of mystery and danger, the deep sea has long been a symbol of the great unknown. In this dramatic and thrilling account, acclaimed biologist and deep sea diver Bill Streever shows us the incredible adventures happening... |
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Never Enough: The Neuroscience and Experience of Addiction
Judith Grisel - Doubleday
Format: Hardcover
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From a renowned behavioral neuroscientist and recovered drug addict, this is the authoritative and accessible guide to understanding drug addiction that we've been waiting for: clearly explained brain science and vivid personal stories combine to reveal how addiction happens and what can be done... |
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Climate Change: What Everyone Needs to Know
Joseph Romm
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"This is, for my money, the best single-source primer on the state of climate change." - New York Magazine"The right book at the right time: accessible, comprehensive, unflinching, humane." - The Daily Beast"A must-read." - The Guardia |
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Eager: The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter
Ben Goldfarb - Chelsea Green Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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In Eager, environmental journalist Ben Goldfarb reveals that our modern idea of what a healthy landscape looks like and how it functions is wrong, distorted by the fur trade that once trapped out millions of beavers from North America's lakes and rivers. The consequences of losing beavers... |
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Lonely Planet USA's Best Trips
Christopher Pitts - Lonely Planet; 2 edition
Format: Paperback
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Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher Whether exploring your own backyard or somewhere new, discover the freedom of USA's open roads with Lonely Planet's USA's Best Trips, your passport to unique experiences waiting along American highways. Featuring... |
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The White Darkness
DAVID GRANN - Doubleday
Format: Hardcover
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By the New York Times bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon, a powerful true story of adventure and obsession in the Antarctic, lavishly illustrated with color photographs Henry Worsley was a devoted husband and father and a decorated British special forces officer... |
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Nine Pints: A Journey Through the Money, Medicine, and Mysteries of Blood
Rose George - Metropolitan Books
Format: Book
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Blood carries life, yet the sight of it makes people faint. It is a waste product and a commodity pricier than oil. It can save lives and transmit deadly infections. Each one of us has roughly nine pints of it, yet many don't even know their own blood type. And for all its ubiquitousness,... |
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Underground: A Human History of the Worlds Beneath Our Feet
Will Hunt - Spiegel & Grau
Format: Hardcover
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An exploration of the history, science, architecture, and mythology of the subterranean landscape and our relationship with the worlds beneath our feet--for fans of quirky, obsessive narrative histories, such as Confederates in the Attic and How Things Work.Will Hunt is an urban... |
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The Outlaw Ocean: Journeys Across the Last Untamed Frontier
Ian Urbina - Vintage
Format: Hardcover
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER * A riveting, adrenaline-fueled tour of a vast, lawless, and rampantly criminal world that few have ever seen: the high seas.. There are few remaining frontiers on our planet. But perhaps the wildest, and least understood, are the worlds oceans: too big to police, and under... |
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Modern Rockhounding and Prospecting Handbook
GARRET ROMAINE - Falcon Guides
Format: Paperback
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This volume gives you the basic tools to transition from "pebble pup" to expert rockhound and explains everything from geology basics, identification tips, tools of the trade, how to record your findings, and how to set up a lab or gem shop. Before you know it, you'll be driving... |
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The Code: Silicon Valley and the Remaking of America
Margaret O'Mara - Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover
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The true, behind-the-scenes history of the people who built Silicon Valley and shaped Big Tech in America Long before Margaret O'Mara became one of our most consequential historians of the American-led digital revolution, she worked in the White House of Bill Clinton and Al Gore in the earliest... |
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Nodding Off: The Science of Sleep from Cradle to Grave
Alice Gregory - Bloomsbury Sigma
Format: Book
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Sleep is vital to the way we learn, remember and forget, to how we feel about family and partners, our wellbeing, and our mental and physical health. It is essential for life itself.
In Nodding Off, renowned sleep researcher Alice Gregory explores every aspect of sleep,... |
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Hiking Virginia: A Guide to the Area's Greatest Hiking Adventures
BILL BURNHAM - Falcon Guides
Format: Paperback
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Winner of a National Outdoor Book Award Honorable Mention, Hiking Virginia is indispensable for exploring the Commonwealth. Authors Bill and Mary Burnham breath fresh air into popular Virginia destinations, and explore commonly overlooked yet equally dramatic hikes. Explore the history... |
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4th Rock from the Sun: The Story of Mars
Nicky Jenner - Bloomsbury Sigma
Format: Hardcover
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Mars is ingrained in our culture, from H. G. Wells's 1898 novel The War of the Worlds to Looney Tunes's hapless Marvin the Martian to David Bowie's extraterrestrial spiders. Ancient mythologies defined the planet as a violent harbinger of war, stargazers puzzled over its peculiar... |
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The Planets: Photographs from the Archives of NASA
Anthony Casillo - Chronicle Books
Format: Hardcover
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This magnificent volume offers a rich visual tour of the planets in our solar system. More than 200 breathtaking photographs from the archives of NASA are paired with extended captions detailing the science behind some of our cosmic neighborhood's most extraordinary phenomena. Images of newly... |
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The Grand Canyon: Between River and Rim
Pete McBride - Rizzoli
Format: Hardcover
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This is a once-in-a-lifetime experience--an end-to-end, rim-to-river exploration of the Grand Canyon.Award-winning photographer Pete McBride, along with best-selling authors Kevin Fedarko and Hampton Sides, takes us on a gripping adventure story told through stunning, never-before-seen... |
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Spying on Whales: The Past, Present, and Future of Earth's Most Awesome Creatures
Nicholas Pyenson - Viking
Format: Book
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Whales are among the largest, most intelligent, deepest diving species to have ever lived on our planet. They evolved from land-roaming, dog-sized creatures into animals that move like fish, breathe like us, can grow to 300,000 pounds, live 200 years and travel entire ocean basins. Whales... |
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Deep Creek: Finding Hope in the High Country
Pam Houston - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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"How do we become who we are in the world? We ask the world to teach us."On her 120-acre homestead high in the Colorado Rockies, beloved writer Pam Houston learns what it means to care for a piece of land and the creatures on it. Elk calves and bluebirds mark the changing seasons,... |
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Still Waters: The Secret World of Lakes
Curt Stager - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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A fascinating exploration of lakes around the world, from Walden Pond to the Dead Sea.More than a century and a half have passed since Walden was first published, and the world is now a very different place. Lakes are changing rapidly, not because we are separate from nature but because... |
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Ten Drugs: How Plants, Powders, and Pills Have Shaped the History of Medicine
Thomas Hager - Abrams Press
Format: Hardcover
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Behind every landmark drug is a story. It could be an oddball researcher's genius insight, a catalyzing moment in geopolitical history, a new breakthrough technology, or an unexpected but welcome side effect discovered during clinical trials. Piece together these stories, as Thomas Hager... |
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The Tangled Tree: A Radical New History of Life
David Quammen - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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Nonpareil science writer David Quammen explains how recent discoveries in molecular biology can change our understanding of evolution and life's history, with powerful implications for human health and even our own human nature. In the mid-1970s, scientists began using DNA sequences to reexamine... |
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18 Miles: The Epic Drama of Our Atmosphere and Its Weather
Christopher Dewdney
Format: Paperback
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From the bestselling author of Acquainted with the Night comes a brilliant and witty look at our favourite topic - weather We live at the bottom of an ocean of air - 5, 200 million million tons, to be exact. It sounds like a lot, but Earth's atmosphere is smeared onto its surface... |
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Botanical Inks: Plant-to-Print Dyes, Techniques and Projects
Babs Behan - Quadrille Publishing
Format: Paperback
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Learn how to transform foraged wild plants, plants, garden produce, and recycled food into dyes and inks with Botanical Inks. The book shows you how to extract environmentally sustainable color from the landscape and use it to create natural dyes for textiles, clothing, paper, and other... |
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How to Be a Good Creature: A Memoir in Thirteen Animals
SY MONTGOMERY - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover
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National Book Award finalist Sy Montgomery reflects on the personalities and quirks of 13 animals - her friends - who have profoundly affected her in this stunning, poetic, and life-affirming memoir featuring illustrations by Rebecca Green.Understanding someone who belongs to another species... |
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Best easy day hikes, Shenandoah National Park
Robert C Gildart - FalconGuides
Format: Print book
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Best Easy Day Hikes Shenandoah National Park includes concise descriptions and detailed maps for twenty-eight easy-to-follow hikes along the length of the 105-mile Skyline Drive in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. Discover panoramic views, spectacular waterfalls, and old homesteads... |
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The Family Tree Guide to DNA Testing and Genetic Genealogy
Blaine T. Bettinger - Family Tree Books
Format: Paperback
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Discover the answers to your family history mysteries using the most-cutting edge tool available to genealogists. This plain-English guide, newly revised and expanded, is a one-stop resource on genetic genealogy for family historians. Inside, you'll learn what DNA tests are available, with... |
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Space Atlas, Second Edition: Mapping the Universe and Beyond
James Trefil - National Geographic
Format: Hardcover
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Space Atlas combines updated maps, lavish photographs, and elegant illustrations to chart the solar system, the universe, and beyond. For space enthusiasts, science lovers, and star gazers, here is the newly revised edition of National Geographic's enduring guide to space, with a new introduction... |
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The Mosquito: A Human History of Our Deadliest Predator
Timothy C. Winegard - Dutton
Format: Hardcover
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**The instant New York Times bestseller.***An international bestseller.*"Hugely impressive, a major work." - NPRA pioneering and groundbreaking work of narrative nonfiction that offers a dramatic new perspective on the history of humankind, showing how through millennia,... |
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The Immeasurable World: Journeys in Desert Places
William Atkins - Doubleday
Format: Hardcover
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In the classic literary tradition of Bruce Chatwin and Geoff Dyer, a rich and exquisitely written account of travels in eight deserts on five continents that evokes the timeless allure of these remote and forbidding places.One-third of the earth's surface is classified as desert. Restless,... |
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Breakfast with Einstein: The Exotic Physics of Everyday Objects
Chad Orzel - BenBella Books
Format: Paperback
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Your alarm goes off, and you head to the kitchen to make yourself some toast and a cup of coffee. Little do you know, as you savor the aroma of the steam rising from your cup, that your ordinary morning routine depends on some of the weirdest phenomena ever discovered. The world of quantum... |
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Machines That Think: The Future of Artificial Intelligence
TOBY WALSH - Prometheus Books
Format: Paperback
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A scientist who has spent a career developing Artificial Intelligence takes a realistic look at the technological challenges and assesses the likely effect of AI on the future.How will Artificial Intelligence impact our lives? Toby Walsh, one of the leading AI researchers in the world,... |
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Path of the Puma: The Remarkable Resilience of the Mountain Lion
JIM WILLIAMS - Patagonia
Format: Hardcover
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During a time when most wild animals are experiencing decline in the face of development and climate change, the intrepid mountain lion -- also known as a puma, a cougar, and by many other names - has experienced reinvigoration as well as expansion of territory. What makes this cat, the fourth... |
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Underground Worlds: A Guide to Spectacular Subterranean Places
DAVID FARLEY - Black Dog & Leventhal
Format: Hardcover
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A visual and anecdotal exploration of the curious worlds hidden beneath our feet, including ancient cities, salt mine cathedrals, underground amusement parks, and more.From bone-filled catacombs to sculpted salt churches to hand-carved cave complexes large enough to house 20,000 people,... |
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Understanding the Brain: From Cells to Behavior to Cognition
John E. Dowling - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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An examination of what makes us human and unique among all creatures -- our brains. No reader curious about our "little grey cells" will want to pass up Harvard neuroscientist John E. Dowling's brief introduction to the brain. In this up-to-date revision of his 1998 book Creating... |
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Inconspicuous Consumption: The Environmental Impact You Don't Know You Have
Tatiana Schlossberg - Grand Central Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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From former New York Times Science writer Tatiana Schlossberg comes Inconspicuous Consumption: The Environmental Impact You Don't Know You Have, a fascinating and unexpectedly entertaining look at the way climate change and environmental pollution are intimately involved in our everyday... |
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Infinite Wonder: An Astronaut's Photographs from a Year in Space
Scott Kelly - Knopf
Format: Hardcover
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From the record-breaking astronaut, national hero, and best-selling author of Endurance, a breathtaking collection of photos documenting his journey on the International Space Station, the vastness of space, and the unparalleled beauty of our own home planet.One's perspective shifts... |
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Magnitude: The Scale of the Universe
Megan/ Arcand Kimberly Watzke - Black Dog & Leventhal
Format: Hardcover
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In the tradition of illustrated science bestsellers, like Thing Explainer and harkening back to the classic film The Powers of Ten, this unique, fully-illustrated, four-color book explores and visualizes the concept of scale in our universe. In Magnitude, Kimberly... |
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Archaeology from Space: How the Future Shapes Our Past
Sarah Parcak - Henry Holt and Co.
Format: Hardcover
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Winner of Archaeological Institute of Americas Felicia A. Holton Book Award * Winner of the Phi Beta Kappa Prize for Science * An Amazon Best Science Book of 2019 * A Science Friday Best Science Book of 2019 * A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of 2019 * A Science News Best Book... |
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500 Freshwater Aquarium Fish: A Visual Reference to the Most Popular Species
GREG JENNINGS - Firefly Books
Format: Paperback
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Praise for the hardcover edition: "For users looking for specific information on freshwater aquarium fish this will be a useful and interesting resource." --American Reference Books Annual 2007 "Any home or library collection strong in aquarium references -- and many... |
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Poached: Inside the Dark World of Wildlife Trafficking
Rachel Love Nuwer - HighBridge Audio
Format: Audiobook
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Our insatiable demand for animals-for jewelry, pets, medicine, meat, trophies, and fur-is driving a worldwide poaching epidemic, threatening the continued existence of countless species. Illegal wildlife trade now ranks among the largest contraband industries in the world, yet compared... |
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She Has Her Mother's Laugh: The Powers, Perversions, and Potential of Heredity
Carl Zimmer - Dutton
Format: Hardcover
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Award-winning, celebrated New York Times columnist and science writer Carl Zimmer presents a history of our understanding of heredity in this sweeping, resonating overview of a force that shaped human society--a force set to shape our future even more radically.She Has Her Mother's... |
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The Death and Life of the Great Lakes
Dan Egan - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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A landmark work of science, history and reporting on the past, present and imperiled future of the Great Lakes.The Great Lakes -- Erie, Huron, Michigan, Ontario and Superior -- hold 20 percent of the world's supply of surface fresh water and provide sustenance, work and recreation for tens... |
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Joey: How a Blind Rescue Horse Helped Others Learn to See
Jennifer Marshall Bleakley - Tyndale Momentum
Format: Hardcover
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The heartwarming true story of a blind horse named Joey.At the height of his show career, this beautiful Appaloosa's majestic stature, strength, and willingness to work made him the perfect partner. But when an injury cost Joey his show career, he moved from one owner to the next, ultimately... |
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End of the Megafauna: The Fate of the World's Hugest, Fiercest, and Strangest Animals
R D E MacPhee - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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The fascinating lives and puzzling demise of some of the largest animals on earth.Until a few thousand years ago, creatures that could have been from a sci-fi thriller -- including gorilla-sized lemurs, 500-pound birds, and crocodiles that weighed a ton or more -- roamed the earth. These... |
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The Story of Technology: How We Got Here and What the Future Holds
Daniel M. Gerstein - Prometheus Books
Format: Hardcover
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A leading technology expert examines ways to manage the rapid proliferation of technology and come to grips with its pervasive influence.Technology--always a key driver of historical change--is transforming society as never before and at a far more rapid pace. This book takes the reader... |
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The Nocturnal Brain: Nightmares, Neuroscience, and the Secret World of Sleep
Guy Leschziner - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover
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A renowned neurologist shares the true stories of people unable to get a good night's rest in The Nocturnal Brain: Nightmares, Neuroscience, and the Secret World of Sleep, a fascinating exploration of the symptoms and syndromes behind sleep disorders.For Dr. Guy Leschziner's patients,... |
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Hiking West Virginia: A Guide to the State's Greatest Hiking Adventures
MARY REED - Falcon Guides
Format: Paperback
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From rugged Appalachian ridges to verdant river valleys, this guide details fifty of the very best hiking trails in the state. Inside you'll find detailed maps, mile-by-mile trail descriptions, backpacking tips, and informative details about landmarks and natural history. |
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Meet Your Dog
Kim Brophey - Chronicle Books
Format: Hardcover
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Every dog owner knows that along with the joy can come the stress and frustration of behavioral problems, which are expensive to diagnose and treat. Enter Kim Brophey, award-winning canine behavior consultant. Using cutting-edge research, Brophey has developed a groundbreaking system that... |
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Light of the Stars: Alien Worlds and the Fate of the Earth
Adam Frank - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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Astrophysicist and NPR commentator on what the latest research on the existence and trajectories of alien civilizations may teach us about our own.Light of the Stars tells the story of humanity's coming of age as we awaken to the possibilities of life on other worlds and their sudden relevance... |
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Gut Reactions: The Science of Weight Gain and Loss
Simon Quellen Field - Chicago Review Press
Format: Paperback
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How much do you really know about how the human body works, and how it reacts to food, exercise, nutrition, and the environment? While most of us have read about at least one fad diet, we're left wondering about the greater biochemistry, psychology, sociology, and physiology of the obesity... |
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Designer Dogs: An Expos: Inside the Criminal Underworld of Crossbreeding
Madeline Bernstein - Apollo Publishers
Format: Hardcover
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Designer Dogs is the shocking exposure of the dangers of continuing to make our dogs tinier or funnier looking, more "Instagram worthy," and presents startling new revelations on why this threatens French bulldogs, pit bulls, and other favorite breeds with extinction. Ever heard... |
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Basic Illustrated Poisonous and Psychoactive Plants
Jim Meuninck - Globe Pequot Press; First Edition edition
Format: Paperback
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A richly photographed and information-packed tool for the novice or handy reference for the veteran, Basic Illustrated Poisonous and Harmful Plants distills years of knowledge into an affordable visual guide. Whether planning a trip or thumbing for facts in the field, with this updated... |
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The Cow with Ear Tag #1389
Kathryn Gillespie - University of Chicago Press
Format: Hardcover
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To translate the journey from a living cow to a glass of milk into tangible terms, Kathryn Gillespie set out to follow the moments in the life cycles of individual animals - animals like the cow with ear tag #1389. She explores how the seemingly benign practice of raising animals for milk... |
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The Secret Language of Cats
Susanne Sch tz - Hanover Square Press
Format: Hardcover
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Have you ever wondered what your cat is saying Cats do not meow randomly, nor do they growl or hiss because they have nothing better to do. Cat sounds have a purpose, and they can carry important messages, whether for us or other cats.Susanne Schtz is hard at work on breaking the cat code.... |
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The Consciousness Instinct: Unraveling the Mystery of How the Brain Makes the Mind
Michael S Gazzaniga - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover
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"The father of cognitive neuroscience" illuminates the past, present, and future of the mind-brain problemHow do neurons turn into minds? How does physical "stuff" -- atoms, molecules, chemicals, and cells -- create the vivid and various worlds inside our heads? The problem... |
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Sawbones: The Hilarious, Horrifying Road to Modern Medicine
JUSTIN MCELROY - Weldon Owen
Format: Hardcover
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A compelling, often hilarious and occasionally horrifying exploration of how modern medicine came to be! Wondering whether eating powdered mummies might be just the thing to cure your ills? Tempted by those vintage ads suggesting you wear radioactive underpants for virility? Ever considered... |
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That Good Night: Life and Medicine in the Eleventh Hour
Sunita Puri - Viking
Format: Hardcover
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"Spiritually grounded, poetic, and brilliant . . . Puri has claimed her place in the ranks of illustrious physician-writers." --Katy Butler, author of Knocking on Heaven's DoorAs the American born daughter of immigrants, Dr. Sunita Puri knew from a young age that the gulf... |
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The Human Instinct: How We Evolved to Have Reason, Consciousness, and Free Will
Kenneth R Miller - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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A radical, optimistic exploration of how humans evolved to develop reason, consciousness, and free will.Lately, the most passionate advocates of the theory of evolution seem to present it as bad news. Scientists such as Richard Dawkins, Lawrence Krauss, and Sam Harris tell us that our most... |
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My Life in a Cat House: True Tales of Love, Laughter, and Living with Five Felines
Gwen Cooper - BenBella Books
Format: Hardcover
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Celebrate the human-feline bond with all its joys, mysteries, and life-changing moments. Gwen Cooper - author of the blockbuster international bestseller Homer's Odyssey: A Fearless Feline Tale, or How I Learned About Love and Life With a Blind Wonder Cat - returns with the ongoing adventures... |
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Who We Are and How We Got Here: Ancient DNA and the New Science of the Human Past
David Reich - Pantheon
Format: Hardcover
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A groundbreaking book about how technological advances in genomics and the extraction of ancient DNA have profoundly changed our understanding of human prehistory while resolving many long-standing controversies.Massive technological innovations now allow scientists to extract and analyze... |
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Talking to Robots: Tales from Our Human-Robot Futures
David Ewing Duncan - Dutton
Format: Hardcover
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Award-winning journalist David Ewing Duncan considers 24 visions of possible human-robot futures - Incredible scenarios from Teddy Bots to Warrior Bots, and Politician Bots to Sex Bots - Grounded in real technologies and possibilities and inspired by our imagination. What robot and AI systems... |
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Amazing Train Journeys
Lonely Planet - Lonely Planet
Format: Hardcover
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Experience 60 of the world's greatest and most unforgettable train journeys, from classic long-distance trips like Western Canada's Rocky Mountaineer and Darwin to Adelaide's The Ghan, to little-known gems on regular commuting lines. We've always had a soft spot for trains. We know the moment... |
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The Ravenmaster: My Life with the Ravens at the Tower of London
Christopher Skaife - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover
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The first behind-the-scenes account of life with the legendary ravens at the world's eeriest monumentThe ravens at the Tower of London are of mighty importance: rumor has it that if a raven from the Tower should ever leave, the city will fall. The title of Ravenmaster, therefore, is a serious... |
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Best Easy Day Hikes Washington, D.C.
Louise Baxter - Falcon Guides
Format: Paperback
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This updated and revised edition of BestEasy Day Hikes Washington, D.C. includes concise descriptions and detailed maps for twenty easy-to-follow hikes in and near the nation's capital. Discover Theodore Roosevelt Island; monuments and memorials, museums, gardens, and Rock Creek Park;... |
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National Geographic Guide to State Parks of the United States, 5th Edition
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC. - National Geographic
Format: Paperback
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Discover more than 950 of the best parks in all 50 states in this completely updated guide from National Geographic.Bask in the spectacular beauty, thrilling terrain, and quiet peacefulness of the country's finest state parks, hand-picked by park directors and National Geographic editors.... |
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The Science of Supercars: The Technology that Powers the Greatest Cars in the World
Martin Roach - Firefly Books
Format: Hardcover
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Trace the evolution of the supercar through the technology that drives it. In The Science of Supercars, the authors describe the history of supercars, unraveling the mysteries and mechanics of the cars that changed the automotive world forever. In-depth interviews with the top names in the supercar... |
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Spacecraft: 100 Iconic Rockets, Shuttles, and Satellites That Put Us in Space
Michael H Gorn - Voyageur Press
Format: Hardcover
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Spacecraft takes a long look at humankind's attempts and advances in leaving Earth through incredible illustrations and authoritatively written profiles on Sputnik, the International Space Station, and beyond. In 1957, the world looked on with both uncertainty and amazement as the Soviet... |
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The Drunken Botanist
Amy Stewart - Algonquin Books
Format: Hardcover
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The Essential, New York Times-Bestselling Guide to Botany and Booze. "A book that makes familiar drinks seem new again . . . Through this horticultural lens, a mixed drink becomes a cornucopia of plants." - NPRs Morning Edition. "Amy Stewart has a way of making gardening... |
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Falcon Pocket Guide: Nature Guide to Shenandoah National Park
Ann Simpson - FalconGuides
Format: Book
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This field guide dedicated to wildlife of Shenandoah National Park is an information-packed, pocket-sized book that introduces park visitors to animals, plants, insects and more that reside in the Shenandoah Valley in a colorful and portable package. Including full-color photos... |
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Buzz, Sting, Bite: Why We Need Insects
Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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An enthusiastic, witty, and informative introduction to the world of insects and why we - and the planet we inhabit - could not survive without them.Insects comprise roughly half of the animal kingdom. They live everywhere - deep inside caves, 18,000 feet high in the Himalayas, inside computers,... |
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When Death Becomes Life: Notes from a Transplant Surgeon
Joshua D Mezrich - Harper
Format: Hardcover
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"With When Death Becomes Life, Joshua Mezrich has performed the perfect core biopsy of transplantation - a clear and compelling account of the grueling daily work, the spell-binding history and the unsettling ethical issues that haunt this miraculous lifesaving treatment. Mezrich's... |
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Einstein's Monsters: The Life and Times of Black Holes
Chris Impey - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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The astonishing science of black holes, and their role in understanding the history and future of our universe.Black holes are the most extreme objects in the universe, yet every galaxy harbors a black hole at its center. In Einstein's Monsters, distinguished astronomer Chris Impey builds... |
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Smart Ass: How a Donkey Challenged Me to Accept His True Nature & Rediscover My Own
Margaret Winslow - New World Library
Format: Paperback
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How do you resolve a midlife crisis? Margaret Winslow, an overworked college professor in New York City, answered a for-sale ad for a "Large White Saddle Donkey." Hilarity ensued, along with life-threatening injuries and spirit-enriching insight. Walk with Winslow and Caleb the donkey... |
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An Edible History of Humanity
Tom Standage - Walker Books
Format: Print book
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More than simply sustenance, food historically has been a kind of technology, changing the course of human progress by helping to build empires, promote industrialization, and decide the outcomes of wars. Tom Standage draws on archaeology, anthropology, and economics to reveal how food... |
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Complete Guide to the National Park Lodges
DAVID SCOTT - Globe Pequot Press
Format: Paperback
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The only guide of its kind!TheComplete Guide to the National Park Lodges is the only definitive guide of its kind--covering every lodge in America's National Parks and Monuments, from luxurious inns to rustic cabins. The authors, National Park experts, tell readers how to leave behind the hassles... |
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DK Eyewitness Travel Guide Washington, DC
DK TRAVEL. - DK Eyewitness Travel
Format: Paperback
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DK Eyewitness travel guides: award-winning guidebooksFind your corner of Washington, DC with this essential travel guide to this great city, designed to help you create your own unique trip and to transport you there before you've even packed your case - learn about the nation's... |
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Gods and Robots: Myths, Machines, and Ancient Dreams of Technology
Adrienne Mayor - Princeton University Press
Format: Hardcover
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The fascinating untold story of how the ancients imagined robots and other forms of artificial life -- and even invented real automated machinesThe first robot to walk the earth was a bronze giant called Talos. This wondrous machine was created not by MIT Robotics Lab, but by Hephaestus,... |
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Origin Story: A Big History of Everything
DAVID CHRISTIAN - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover
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A captivating history of the universe -- from before the dawn of time through the far reaches of the distant future.Most historians study the smallest slivers of time, emphasizing specific dates, individuals, and documents. But what would it look like to study the whole of history, from... |
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Stronghold: One Man's Quest to Save the World's Wild Salmon
Tucker Malarkey - Spiegel & Grau
Format: Hardcover
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"A powerful and inspiring story. Guido Rahr's mission to save the wild Pacific salmon leads him into adventures that make for a breathtakingly exciting read." - Ian Frazier, author of Travels in Siberia In the tradition of Mountains Beyond Mountains and The Orchid... |
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How to Know the Birds: The Art and Adventure of Birding
Ted Floyd - National Geographic
Format: Hardcover
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Become a better birder with brief portraits of 200 top North American birds. This friendly, relatable book is a celebration of the art, science, and delights of bird-watching.How to Know the Birds introduces a new, holistic approach to bird-watching, by noting how behaviors, settings,... |
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Brief Answers to the Big Questions
STEPHEN HAWKING - Bantam
Format: Hardcover
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * The world-famous cosmologist and author of A Brief History of Time leaves us with his final thoughts on the biggest questions facing humankind."Hawking's parting gift to humanity . . . a book every thinking person worried about humanity's... |
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Bono: The Amazing Story of a Rescue Cat Who Inspired a Community
HELEN BROWN - Citadel
Format: Paperback
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From New York Times bestselling author Helen Brown comes a funny and moving account of her life-changing month as a foster mother - to a homeless cat named Bono. When Helen Brown arrived in New York for a month-long business stay, a fellow animal-lover talked her into... |
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The Creative Curve: How to Develop the Right Idea, at the Right Time
ALLEN GANNETT - Currency
Format: Hardcover
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Big data entrepreneur Allen Gannett overturns the mythology around creative genius, and reveals the science and secrets behind achieving breakout commercial success in any field. We have been spoon-fed the notion that creativity is the province of genius -- of those favored, brilliant... |
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Seaweed Chronicles: A World at the Water's Edge
Susan Hand Shetterly - Algonquin Books
Format: Hardcover
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Glimpse the wonders of a hidden world. An ancient, and vital, part of nature's ecosystem, seaweed is now emerging as an increasingly important source of food in a world faced with diminishing natural resources. In Seaweed Chronicles, acclaimed nature writer Susan Hand Shetterly... |
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Chesapeake Requiem: A Year with the Watermen of Vanishing Tangier Island
EARL SWIFT - Dey Street Books
Format: Hardcover
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A brilliant, soulful, and timely portrait of a two-hundred-year-old crabbing community in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay as it faces extinction from rising sea levels - part natural history of an extraordinary ecosystem, starring the beloved blue crab; part paean to a vanishing way of life;... |
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The Autistic Brain: Helping Different Kinds of Minds Succeed
Temple Grandin - Mariner books
Format: Print book
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"The right brain has created the right book for right now." - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Temple Grandin may be the most famous person with autism, a condition that affects 1 in 88 children. Since her birth in 1947, our understanding of it has undergone a great transformation,... |
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Neuroscience For Dummies
Consumer Dummies. - John Wiley & Sons
Format: Print book
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Get on the fast track to understanding neuroscience Investigating how your senses work, how you move, and how you think and feel, Neuroscience For Dummies, 2nd Edition is your straight-forward guide to the most complicated structure known in the universe: the brain. Covering the most recent... |
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A Wilder Time: Notes from a Geologist at the Edge of the Greenland Ice
William E Glassley - Bellevue Literary Press
Format: Paperback
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"Very few people have spent as much time as William E. Glassley in such deep wilderness. So it would behoove us to pay attention even if he had not brought back such a fascinating, lovely, and useful set of observations. This is a remarkable book." -- Bill McKibben, author of The... |
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Influenza: The Hundred Year Hunt to Cure the Deadliest Disease in History
JEREMY BROWN - Touchstone
Format: Hardcover
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On the 100th anniversary of the devastating pandemic of 1918, Jeremy Brown, a veteran ER doctor, explores the troubling, terrifying, and complex history of the flu virus, from the origins of the Great Flu that killed millions, to vexing questions such as: are we prepared for the next epidemic,... |
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Bringing Columbia Home: The Untold Story of a Lost Space Shuttle and Her Crew
Michael D Leinbach - Arcade Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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The "gripping and dramatic" inside story of the epic search and recovery operation after the Columbia shuttle disaster that united thousands of Americans (BOOKLIST ) .Voted the Best Space Book of the Year by the Space HipstersOn February 1, 2003, Columbia disintegrated on reentry... |
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Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster
Adam Higginbotham - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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Journalist Adam Higginbotham's definitive, years-in-the-making account of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster - and a powerful investigation into how propaganda, secrecy, and myth have obscured the true story of one of the twentieth century's greatest disasters.Early in the morning... |
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Canine Confidential: Why Dogs Do What They Do
Marc Bekoff - University of Chicago Press
Format: Hardcover
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For all the love and attention we give dogs, much of what they do remains mysterious. Just think about different behaviors you see at a dog park: We have a good understanding of what it means when dogs wag their tails - but what about when they sniff and roll on a stinky spot? Why do they... |
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Moon Coastal Carolinas: Outer Banks, Myrtle Beach, Charleston & Hilton Head
JIM MOREKIS - Moon Travel
Format: Paperback
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Moon Travel Guides: Discover the Carolinas in a New Way! Get to know this historic and beautiful stretch of American coastline, from the "wreckers" of the Outer Banks to the "snowbirds" of Hilton Head with Moon Coastal Carolinas.What you'll find in Moon Coastal... |
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No One at the Wheel: Driverless Cars and the Road of the Future
Samuel I. Schwartz - PublicAffairs
Format: Hardcover
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The country's leading transport expert describes how the driverless vehicle revolution will transform highways, cities, workplaces and laws not just here, but across the globe. Our time at the wheel is done. Driving will become illegal, as human drivers will be demonstrably more dangerous... |
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Mountain Biking Virginia: An Atlas of Virginia's Greatest Off-Road Bicycle Rides
Martin Fernandez - Falcon Guides
Format: Paperback
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Plunge down steep, rugged singletrack, relax along leisurely lakeside trails, or travel off-road through Virginia's scenic horse and wine country with Mountain Biking Virginia. Local mountain biker Martn Fernndez shows both novice and experienced cyclists how to get out of the gridlock... |
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The Universe as It Really Is: Earth, Space, Matter, and Time
Thomas R Scott - Columbia University Press
Format: Hardcover
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The universe that science reveals to us can seem far outside the comfort zone of the human mind. Subjects near and far open up dizzying vistas, from the infinitesimal to the colossal. Humanity, the unlikely product of uncountable coincidences on unimaginable scales, inhabits a tumultuous... |
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The Secret Life of Cows
Rosamund Young - Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover
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In this affectionate, heart-warming chronicle, Rosamund Young distills a lifetime of organic farming wisdom, describing the surprising personalities of her cows and other animalsAt her famous Kite's Nest Farm in Worcestershire, England, the cows (as well as sheep, hens, and pigs) all roam... |
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Liquid Rules: The Delightful and Dangerous Substances That Flow Through Our Lives
Mark Miodownik - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover
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Sometimes explosive, often delicious, occasionally poisonous, but always interesting: the New York Times best-selling author of Stuff Matters show us the secret lives of liquids: the shadow counterpart of our solid "stuff."We all know that without water we couldn't... |
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Out There: A Scientific Guide to Alien Life, Antimatter, and Human Space Travel
Michael Wall - Grand Central Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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We've all asked ourselves the question. It's impossible to look up at the stars and NOT think about it: Are we alone in the universe? Books, movies and television shows proliferate that attempt to answer this question and explore it. In OUT THERE Space.com senior writer Dr. Michael Wall... |
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Tracks: A Woman's Solo Trek Across 1700 Miles of Australian Outback
Robyn Davidson - Vintage
Format: Paperback
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NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURERobyn Davidson's opens the memoir of her perilous journey across 1,700 miles of hostile Australian desert to the sea with only four camels and a dog for company with the following words: "I experienced that sinking feeling you get when you know you have conned... |
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100 Parks, 5,000 Ideas: Where to Go, When to Go, What to See, What to Do
Joe Yogerst - National Geographic
Format: Paperback
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Filled with helpful travel tips and beautiful National Geographic photography, this expert guide showcases the best experiences in the top national, state, and city parks throughout North America.In the sequel to the best-selling 50 States, 5,000 ideas, National Geographic turns... |
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