Jeff Jackson: 6 books

"A wild roar of a novel . . . Writing about music is tricky. Ninety-nine percent of the time hearing the actual song or going to the actual concert is far more revealing than any paragraph describing it. But Jackson pulls off this near-impossible feat, pulling the reader past the velvet ropes...

*Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist *One of the Best Books of 2013 ** —Slate, Salon, Flavorwire, Largehearted Boy, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, LitReactor Mira Corpora is the debut novel from acclaimed playwright Jeff Jackson, an inspired, dreamlike adventure by a distinctive new talent.  Literary...

It all started in 1973. A pair of eyes, as green as emeralds, drove a mentally challenged boy to murder. Then again it happened in 1995, when the emerald green eyes caused a young wife to jump to her doom. They say life goes in circles.Now people are dying in Long Beach, California. People seemed...

Thousands of years ago people living on the steppes of central Asia realized that horses could transport them long distances, help them fight their wars, pull their plows, and provide them with sport and companionship. Ever since, horses and human history have been intertwined. The author-illustrator...

Shifting Baselines explores the real-world implications of a groundbreaking idea: we must understand the oceans of the past to protect the oceans of the future. In 1995, acclaimed marine biologist Daniel Pauly coined the term "shifting baselines" to describe a phenomenon of lowered expectations, in...

Since prehistoric times, humans and dogs have shared a unique bond and both have served each other well. Early people discarded food and as a result, wild wolves cast fear and caution aside, following and approaching their two-legged neighbors until they became less wary of each other. As humans hunted,...