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How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed: Revised Edition
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2011
In Jared Diamond’s follow-up to the Pulitzer-Prize winning Guns, Germs and Steel, the author explores how climate change, the population explosion and political discord create the conditions for the collapse of civilization. Diamond is also the author of Upheaval: Turning Points for Nations in Crisis
Environmental...
Mayflower
A Story of Courage, Community, and War
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2006
**"Vivid and remarkably fresh...Philbrick has recast the Pilgrims for the ages."--**The New York Times Book Review
Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in History
New York Times Book Review Top Ten books of the Year
How did America begin? That simple question launches the acclaimed...
The Glass Universe
How the Ladies of the Harvard Observatory Took the Measure of the Stars
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2016
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Dava Sobel, the "inspiring" (People), little-known true story of women's landmark contributions to astronomy
A New York Times Book Review Notable Book of 2017
Named one of the best books of the year by NPR, The Economist, Smithsonian,...
Of Parrots and People
The Sometimes Funny, Always Fascinating, and Often Catastrophic Collision of Two Intelligent Species
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2008
There are an estimated 50 million parrots in the United States today. Their intelligence and extraordinary personalities make them beloved members of the families that bring them into their homes.
In Of Parrots and People, award-winning journalist and long-time parrot owner Mira Tweti reveals...
Enlightenment Now
The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2018
**INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2018
ONE OF THE ECONOMIST'S BOOKS OF THE YEAR
"My new favorite book of all time." --Bill Gates
If you think the world is coming to an end, think again: people are living longer, healthier, freer, and happier...
Seaworthy
A Swordboat Captain Returns to the Sea
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2010
The bestselling author's sequel to The Hungry Ocean--a fast-paced account of her return to swordfishing
Linda Greenlaw hadn't been bluewater fishing for ten years- not since the events chronicled in the books The Perfect Storm and The Hungry Ocean-but when her lobster traps aren't paying off,...
In Paris
20 Women on Life in the City of Light
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2018
**"If the Internet could create its version of the perfect girl, Jeanne Damas would probably be her. . . . She's nailed that French girl je ne sais quoi." --Vogue
A window on the world's most stylish city, with more than 100 full-color photos and profiles of 20 diverse and inspiring...
The Feather Thief
Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2018
**As heard on NPR's This American Life
“Absorbing . . . Though it's non-fiction, The Feather Thief contains many of the elements of a classic thriller.” —Maureen Corrigan, NPR’s Fresh Air
“One of the most peculiar and memorable true-crime books ever.” —Christian Science...
by Emma Larkin
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2006
A fascinating political travelogue that traces the life and work of George Orwell, author of 1984 and ANIMAL FARM, in Southeast Asia
Over the years the American writer Emma Larkin has spent traveling in Burma, also known as Myanmar, she's come to know all too well the many ways this brutal...
The Magician's Land
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2014
**The stunning conclusion to the #1 New York Times bestselling Magicians trilogy, now an original series on SYFY
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
**A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR
ONE OF THE YEAR’S BEST BOOKS
The San Francisco Chronicle • Salon • The Christian Science...
Reading for My Life
Writings, 1958-2008
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2012
Right up until his death in 2008, John Leonard was a lion in American letters. A passionate, erudite, and wide-ranging critic, he helped shape the landscape of modern literature. He reviewed the most celebrated writers of his age—from Kurt Vonnegut and Joan Didion to Toni Morrison and Thomas Pynchon....
World Without Mind
The Existential Threat of Big Tech
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2017
**A New York Times Book Review Notable Book of 2017
Franklin Foer reveals the existential threat posed by big tech, and in his brilliant polemic gives us the toolkit to fight their pervasive influence.**
Over the past few decades there has been a revolution in terms of who controls knowledge...
The Potlikker Papers
A Food History of the Modern South
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2017
**“The one food book you must read this year."
*—Southern Living
One of Christopher Kimball’s Six Favorite Books About Food*
A people’s history that reveals how Southerners shaped American culinary identity and how race relations impacted Southern food culture over six revolutionary...
Blessing the Hands That Feed Us
Lessons from a 10-Mile Diet
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2014
An exploration of our relationship with food and eating locally—from the bestselling author of Your Money or Your Life
Taking the local food movement to heart, Vicki Robin pledged for one month to eat only food sourced within a ten-mile radius of her home on Whidbey Island in Puget Sound,...