MIT Press, January 1991. Cloth. Although the scientific study of the mind has developed rapidly, it has devoted little attention to human cognition understood as everyday lived experience. The Embodied Mind discusses the spontaneous and reflective dimensions of human experience. The authors argue that it is only by having a...... More
Vintage, September 1991. Trade Paperback. Diane Ackerman's lusciously written grand tour of the realm of the senses includes conversations with an iceberg in Antarctica and a professional nose in New York, along with dissertations on kisses and tattoos, sadistic cuisine and the music played by the planet Earth. "Delightful... More
Princeton University Press, August 2022. Hardcover. From award-winning author and ornithologist Tim Birkhead, a sweeping history of the long and close relationship between birds and humans Since the dawn of human history, birds have stirred our imagination, inspiring and challenging our ideas about science, faith, art, and philosophy. We have..... More
Mariner Books, October 2018. Trade Paperback. Few people realize how sophisticated and intelligent bats are. Merlin Tuttle knows, and he has stopped at nothing to find and protect them on every continent they inhabit. Sharing highlights from a lifetime of adventure and discovery, Tuttle takes us to the frontiers of..... More
Henry Holt & Company, September 2022. First Edition. Hardcover. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Bringing his cosmic perspective to civilization on Earth, Neil deGrasse Tyson shines new light on the crucial fault lines of our time--war, politics, religion, truth, beauty, gender, and race--in a way that stimulates a deeper sense of..... More
Dutton, June 2018. First Edition. Hardcover. The internationally bestselling author of The Hidden Life of Trees shows how we can decipher nature's secret signs by studying the weather. The internationally bestselling author of The Hidden Life of Trees shows how we can decipher nature's secret signs by studying the weather..... More
Mariner Books, November 2022. Paper Back. A collection of the best science and nature articles written in 2021, selected by guest editor renowned marine biologist Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson and series editor Jaime Green. Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, renowned marine biologist and co-founder of the All We Can Save climate..... More
Back Bay Books, September 2001. Trade Paperback. By enquiring into the puzzle of sibling relations, Frank J. Sulloway pioneers a new view of how family affects individual development. He shows that birth-order is so fundamental to the family that it transcends gender, class and nationality. More
Henry Holt and Co., February 2014. Hardcover. WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW'S 10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST A major book about the future of the world, blending intellectual and..... More
Vintage, June 2022. Trade Paperback. NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER - From the world's leading forest ecologist who forever changed how people view trees and their connections to one another and to other living things in the forest--a moving, deeply personal journey of discovery "Finding the Mother Tree reminds us..... More
Storey Publishing, LLC, October 2021. Paper Back. With the surging interest in foraging for mushrooms, those new to the art need a reliable guide to distinguishing the safe fungi from the toxic. But for beginner foragers who just want to answer the question "Can I eat it?", most of the..... More
W. W. Norton & Company, November 2022. Paper Back. Nearly a hundred years after its publication, Kurt Gödel's famous proof that every mathematical system must contain propositions that are true--yet never provable--continues to unsettle mathematics, philosophy, and computer science. Yet unlike Einstein, with whom he formed a warm and abiding..... More
Storey Publishing, LLC, October 1999. Trade Paperback. Turn your farm into a cash cow! Ron Macher offers a host of simple strategies for increasing your farm earnings, from purchasing durable equipment to growing economically viable crops. A seasoned expert in farm efficiency, Macher shows you how to locate a lucrative..... More
Chelsea Green Publishing, September 2008. Trade Paperback. A best seller in France, and already translated into Spanish, Italian, Greek, and Korean, Herv Kempf's "How the Rich Are Destroying the Earth" now appears in its first English edition. Bringing to bear more than twenty years of experience as an environmental journalist..... More
National Geographic Society, September 2022. Hardcover. As the human lifespan increases, New York Times best-selling author Michael Roizen, M.D. offers an inspiring look into the future of longevity--and reveals how to prepare for a longer, healthier future. Believe it or not, living to 100, 120, or even 130 years old..... More
Riverhead Books, February 2007. Trade Paperback. A new form of strip mining has caused a state of emergency for the Appalachian wilderness and the communities that depend on it-a crisis compounded by issues of government neglect, corporate hubris, and class conflict. In this powerful call to arms, Erik Reece chronicles..... More
Grand Central Publishing, September 2022. Hardcover. What if animals and humans could speak to one another? Tom Mustill--the nature documentarian who went viral when a thirty-ton humpback whale breached onto his kayak--asks this question in his thrilling investigation into whale science and animal communication. "When a whale is in the..... More
Scribner, June 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. With uncommon humanity, candor, wit, and erudition, award-winning author Andrew Solomon takes the reader on a journey of incomparable range and resonance into the most pervasive of family secrets. His contribution to our understanding not only of mental illness but also of the human..... More
Graywolf Press, September 2014. Hardcover. A New York Times Best Seller A National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist A New York Times Book Review Top 10 Book of the Year A Facebook Year of Books Selection One of the Best Books of the Year * National Book Critics Circle Award..... More
Trinity University Press, August 2022. Paper Back. Looking for adventure and continuing a process of self-discovery, Janisse Ray has repeatedly set out to immerse herself in wildness, to be wild, and to learn what wildness can teach us. From overwintering with monarch butterflies in Mexico to counting birds in Belize..... More
Milkweed Editions, September 2014. Trade Paperback. A New York Times Bestseller A Washington Post Bestseller Named a Best Essay Collection of the Decade by Literary Hub As a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer has been trained to ask questions of nature with the tools of science. As a member of the..... More
Thames & Hudson, September 2022. Hardcover. The kingdom of fungi has survived all five major extinction events. They sustain critical ecosystems, recycling nutrients and connecting plants across vast areas, and help to produce many staples of modern life, such as wine, chocolate, bread, detergent, and penicillin. Today, in the face..... More
W. W. Norton & Company, January 2022. Paper Back. Elizabeth Blackwell believed from an early age that she was destined for a mission beyond the scope of ordinary womanhood. Though the world at first recoiled at the notion of a woman studying medicine, her intelligence and intensity ultimately won her..... More
University of North Carolina Press, April 1986. Flexible Boards. Identifies individual species and examines the habitat, annual cycle, and migration patterns of coastal and inland birds. More
Island Press, May 2022. Hardcover. "Engaging hybrid - part lyrical travelogue, part investigative journalism and part jeremiad, all shot through with droll humor." --The Atlanta Journal Constitution In 1867, John Muir set out on foot to explore the botanical wonders of the South, keeping a detailed journal of his adventures..... More
