Penguin Press, May 2021. Hardcover. An instant New York Times Bestseller! "Unreasonably entertaining . . . reveals how geometric thinking can allow for everything from fairer American elections to better pandemic planning." --The New York Times From the New York Times-bestselling author of How Not to Be Wrong--himself a world-class..... More
Vintage, March 2017. Trade Paperback. NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER - NATIONAL BESTSELLER - Geobiologist Hope Jahren has spent her life studying trees, flowers, seeds, and soil. Lab Girl is her revelatory treatise on plant life--but it is also a celebration of the lifelong curiosity, humility, and passion that..... More
DK, May 2022. Hardcover. The secret world of trees is revealed in this beautiful and absorbing guide to the giants of the plant world. Trees occur naturally throughout the world and have been a part of human history almost as long as humans have existed. Used for shelter, tools, fuel..... More
Mariner Books, May 2022. Paper Back. The Appalachian Trail is America's most beloved trek, with millions of hikers setting foot on it every year. Yet few are aware of the fascinating backstory of the dreamers and builders who helped bring it to life over the past century. The conception and..... More
Viking, October 2021. Hardcover. A leading medical ethnobotanist tells us the story of her quest to develop new ways to fight illness and disease through the healing powers of plants in this uplifting and adventure-filled memoir. Plants are the basis for an array of lifesaving and health-improving medicines we all..... More
Bantam, October 1998. Trade Paperback. In the ten years since its publication in 1988, Stephen Hawking's classic work has become a landmark volume in scientific writing, with more than nine million copies in forty languages sold worldwide. That edition was on the cutting edge of what was then known about..... More
W. W. Norton & Company, April 2022. Hardcover. In Different, world-renowned primatologist Frans de Waal draws on decades of observation and studies of both human and animal behavior to argue that despite the linkage between gender and biological sex, biology does not automatically support the traditional gender roles in human..... More
Ecco, April 2021. Paper Back. Los Angeles Times Bestseller IndieBound Bestseller One of USA Today's "5 Books Not to Miss" One of Forbes' "Best Summer Reads One of the LA Times' "21 New and Classic Books to Keep You in Touch with the Natural World" Part H Is for Hawk..... More
Twelve, February 2022. Hardcover. AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! From celebrated anthropologist Jennifer Raff comes the untold story--and fascinating mystery--of how humans migrated to the Americas. ORIGIN is the story of who the first peoples in the Americas were, how and why they made the crossing, how they dispersed..... More
Alfred A. Knopf, June 1979. Flexible Boards. Nothing is as colorful as a field of wildflowers in full-bloom so what could be more appropriate than a magnificent field guide with beautiful full-color photographs? More than 1,000 species are covered in full detail, with notes on more than 400 others. The..... More
Other Press, May 2022. Paper Back. Named a Best Book of the Year for the Know-It-All by The Globe and Mail In this richly illustrated volume, a leading neurobiologist presents fascinating stories of plant migration that reveal unexpected connections between nature and culture. When we talk about migrations, we should..... More
Atria Books, May 2022. Hardcover. A splendid and luminous celebration of one of nature's most perfect and mysterious creatures--the hawk--from the New York Times bestselling author of the "astoundingly beautiful" (NPR) The Soul of an Octopus. When Sy Montgomery went to spend a day at falconer Nancy Cowan's farm, home..... More
Twelve, February 2022. Hardcover. AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! From celebrated anthropologist Jennifer Raff comes the untold story--and fascinating mystery--of how humans migrated to the Americas. ORIGIN is the story of who the first peoples in the Americas were, how and why they made the crossing, how they dispersed..... More
Morgan James Publishing, April 2018. Trade Paperback. With climate change in the news, an urban core that has reached boiling point, and many children growing up without role models and with limited dreams, where is hope? There is a quiet experiment in Milwaukee that is turning heads. It starts with..... More
Island Press, May 2016. Trade Paperback. Cities are the world's future. Today, more than half of the global population--3.7 billion people--are urban dwellers, and that number is expected to double by 2050. There is no question that cities are growing; the only debate is over how they will grow. Will..... More
Floris Books, November 2009. Paper Back. Verena Stael von Holstein has learned to communicate with elemental beings in nature, and to translate their language into human terms. In Nature Spirits and What They Say, we heard from fire spirits, air spirits, water spirits and stone spirits, as well as others..... More
Beacon Press, March 2007. Trade Paperback. In this groundbreaking book, veteran science correspondent Fred Pearce travels to more than thirty countries to examine the current state of crucial water sources. Deftly weaving together the complicated scientific, economic, and historic dimensions of the world water crisis, he provides our most complete..... More
Publications International Ltd., February 2019. First Edition. Hardcover. Enjoy the beauty of America's great treasures, its national parks. From Acadia to Zion, this book explores 59 national parks.Covers scenery, animals, and history.Stunning full color photography, as well as black-and-white historic photographs.Hardcover, 320 pages. Pictoral Boards. Packed full of colorful photographs..... More
Park Row, April 2022. Hardcover. From the author of The Honey Bus comes a wild and emotional memoir of family and self-discovery, featuring a lovable golden retriever named Edie Meredith May had a difficult childhood, with a mother who was physically present but emotionally absent. She learned early on to..... More
Picador, January 2011. Trade Paperback. A New York Times Bestseller In this bestseller, Atul Gawande shows what the simple idea of the checklist reveals about the complexity of our lives and how we can deal with it. The modern world has given us stupendous know-how. Yet avoidable failures continue to..... More
Thames & Hudson, April 2022. Hardcover. Everyone knows astronomers use telescopes to peer into distant space. But did you know that they also use them as time machines to look back into the past? In this fascinating and original book, world-renowned astronomer Paul Murdin lays out the entire history of..... More
Knopf, April 2020. Oversized Hardcover. The bird book for birders and nonbirders alike that will excite and inspire by providing a new and deeper understanding of what common, mostly backyard, birds are doing--and why: Can birds smell?; Is this the same cardinal that was at my feeder last year?; Do..... More
One World, July 2021. Paper Back. NATIONAL BESTSELLER - Provocative and illuminating essays from women at the forefront of the climate movement who are harnessing truth, courage, and solutions to lead humanity forward. "A powerful read that fills one with, dare I say . . . hope?"--The New York Times..... More
Dutton, November 2018. First Edition. Hardcover. "Delightfully horrifying."--Popular Science One of Mental Floss's Best Books of 2018 One of Science Friday's Best Science Books of 2018 This wryly humorous collection of stories about bizarre medical treatments and cases offers a unique portrait of a bygone era in all its jaw-dropping..... More
University Press of Mississippi, July 2008. Trade Paperback. In 1982, sisters Ruth Finley and Margaret Finley Shackelford made wills bequeathing 2,500 acres and two antebellum houses in Marshall County, Mississippi, to the National Audubon Society. Early in 1998, the surviving sister Margaret Shackelford invited the society to open its state..... More
