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Gator Country: Deception, Danger, and Alligators in the Everglades

Rebecca Renner - Flatiron Books
Format: Hardcover

A New York Times Editors' Choice"Delivers everything its title promises and much more." - NPR"Remarkable... Every species, and every person who fights for its continued existence, deserves a book like this." -- The New York Times"This nail-biter account has the intensity...
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Some People Need Killing: A Memoir of Murder in My Country

Patricia Evangelista - Random House
Format: Hardcover

A fearless, powerfully written on-the-ground account of a nation careening into violent autocracy - told through harrowing stories of the Philippines' state-sanctioned killings of its citizens - from a journalist of international renown. "Tragic, elegant, vital . . . Evangelista...
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Blood Memory: The Tragic Decline and Improbable Resurrection of the American Buffalo

Dayton Duncan - Knopf
Format: Hardcover

The epic story of the buffalo in America, from prehistoric times to today - a moving and beautifully illustrated work of natural history. The American buffalo - our nation's official mammal - is an improbable, shaggy beast that has found itself at the center of many of our most mythic...
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We Need to Talk About Antisemitism

Rabbi Diana Fersko - Seal Press
Format: Hardcover

A millennial rabbi explores why we're reluctant to discuss antisemitism - and empowers us to fight against it Antisemitism is on the rise in America, in cities and rural areas, in red states and blue states, and in guises both subtle and terrifyingly overt. Rabbi Diana Fersko is used...
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How to Forage for Wild Foods without Dying: An Absolute Beginner's Guide to Identifying 40 Edible Wild Plants

Ellen Zachos - Storey Publishing, LLC
Format: Paperback

This on-the-go guide is perfect for new foragers eager to learn about the edible plants they're most likely to find, no matter what region they're in, and provides photos and easy-to-follow identification and use guidelines for the 40 most common - and most delicious - wild plants.How...
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Countdown: The Blinding Future of Nuclear Weapons

Sarah Scoles - Bold Type Books
Format: Hardcover

For fans of Oppenheimer, a riveting investigation into the modern nuclear weapons landscape. Nuclear weapons are, today, as important as they were during the Cold War, and some experts say we could be as close to a nuclear catastrophe now as we were at the height of that conflict. Despite...
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Space Oddities: The Mysterious Anomalies Challenging Our Understanding of the Universe

Harry Cliff - Doubleday
Format: Hardcover

Experimental physicist at CERN and acclaimed science presenter Harry Cliff offers an eye-opening account of the inexplicable phenomena that science has only recently glimpsed, and that could transform our understanding of the fundamental nature of reality.. Something strange is going on in the cosmos....
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Wild Life: Finding My Purpose in an Untamed World

Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant - Get Lifted Books
Format: Hardcover

In this vulnerable and urgent memoir, Rae Wynn-Grant explores the ever-shifting relationship between humans, animals, and the earth through her personal journey to becoming a wildlife ecologist. . Growing up in the diverse and bustling California Bay Area, renowned wildlife ecologist Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant...
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Cool Food: Erasing Your Carbon Footprint One Bite at a Time

Robert Downey Jr - Blackstone Publishing Inc
Format: Hardcover

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES and USA TODAY BESTSELLERA Publishers Weekly Pick #1 New Release Barnes & Noble PickIn Cool Food, celebrated actor and philanthropist Robert Downey Jr. and New York Times bestselling author Thomas Kostigen team up to discover how we can erase our carbon footprints--one...
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Work, Retire, Repeat: The Uncertainty of Retirement in the New Economy

Teresa Ghilarducci - University of Chicago Press
Format: Hardcover

A damning portrait of the dire realities of retirement in the United States - and how we can fix it. While the French went on strike in 2023 to protest the increase in the national retirement age, workers in the United States have all but given up on the notion of dignified retirement for all....
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