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The Forbidden Daughter: The True Story of a Holocaust Survivor
Zipora Klein Jakob - Harper Paperbacks
Format: Paperback
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The unforgettable true story of a girl born in the Kovno Ghetto, and the dangerous risk her parents faced in defying the barbarous Nazi law prohibiting childbirth.Elida Friedman was not supposed to have been born. In the Kovno Ghetto in Lithuania, Nazi law forbade Jewish women from giving... |
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The Serial Killer's Apprentice
Katherine Ramsland - Crime Ink
Format: Hardcover
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A psychological examination of the blurred line between victim and accomplice -- and how a killer can be createdElmer Wayne Henley, Jr. was only fourteen when he first became entangled with serial rapist and murderer Dean Corll in 1971. Fellow Houston, Texas, teenager David Brooks had already... |
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Alien Earths: The New Science of Planet Hunting in the Cosmos
Dr. Lisa Kaltenegger - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover
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Riveting and timely, a look at the research that is transforming our understanding of the cosmos in the quest to discover whether we are alone.. For thousands of years, humans have wondered whether we're alone in the cosmos. Now, for the first time, we have the technology to investigate.... |
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The Last Cold Place: A Field Season Studying Penguins in Antarctica
Naira de Gracia - Scribner
Format: Hardcover
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Lab Girl meets Why Fish Don't Exist in this "compelling blend of memoir, environmental writing, and scientific exploration" (Kirkus Reviews) from a young scientist studying penguins in Antarctica - a firsthand account of the beauty and brutality of this remote climate, the direct... |
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A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks
David Gibbins - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover
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From renowned underwater archaeologist David Gibbins comes an exciting and rich narrative of human history told through the archaeological discoveries of twelve shipwrecks across time.. The Viking warship of King Cnut the Great. Henry VIII's the Mary Rose. Captain John Franklin's... |
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Before It's Gone: Stories from the Front Lines of Climate Change in Small-Town America
Jonathan Vigliotti - Atria/One Signal Publishers
Format: Hardcover
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In the vein of This Changes Everything and Saving Us, a character-driven and shocking up-close look at the way climate change is affecting America, right now, and a call to action to protect the people and places we stand to lose if nothing is done to preserve our planet.. Discussion of the climate... |
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Gorilla Tactics: How to Save a Species
Greg Cummings - Chicago Review Press
Format: Hardcover
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Gorillas are among the most recognizable of the large charismatic mammals, but climate change and poaching has brought them to the brink of extinction. Greg Cummings was the executive director of the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund for seventeen years. He shares his fascinating experiences as a "wildlife... |
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Finding the Fox: Encounters With an Enigmatic Animal
Andreas Tjernshaugen - Greystone Books
Format: Hardcover
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An intimate portrait of a mysterious and misunderstood animal.. "Tjernshaugen writes in an easy-to-read style that is full of insight and understanding. I felt like I was sitting beside him as he described fox behavior." - Rick McIntyre, Yellowstone wolf researcher and author... |
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H Is for Hope: Climate Change from A to Z
Elizabeth Kolbert - Ten Speed Press
Format: Hardcover
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In twenty-six essays - one for each letter of the alphabet - the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Sixth Extinction takes us on a hauntingly illustrated journey through the history of climate change and the uncertainties of our future.. Climate change resists narrative - and yet some... |
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