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Our Last, Best Hope for a Future on Earth?
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2013
A powerful investigation into the chances for humanity's future from the author of the bestseller The World Without Us.
In his bestselling book The World Without Us, Alan Weisman considered how the Earth could heal and even refill empty niches if relieved of humanity's constant pressures. Behind...
by Pamela D. Toler, PhD
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2016
The true stories of the real nurses on the PBS show Mercy Street
The nurses of the Civil War ushered in a new era for medicine in the midst of tremendous hardship. While the country was at war, these women not only learned to advocate and care for patients in hostile settings, saved countless...
Ask an Astronaut
My Guide to Life in Space
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2017
Was it fun to do a space walk? How squashed were you in the capsule on the way back? What were your feelings as you looked down on Earth for the first time? Were you ever scared? Where to next--the Moon, Mars, or beyond?
Based on his historic mission to the International Space Station, Ask...
Path of Destruction
The Devastation of New Orleans and the Coming Age of Superstorms
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2009
At 5:02 A.M. on August 29, 2005, Power Went Out in the Superdome. Not long after, wind ripped giant white rubber sheets off the roof and sent huge shards of debris flying toward Uptown. Rivulets of rainwater began finding their way down through the ceiling, dripping and pouring into the stands, the...
Zoom
From Atoms and Galaxies to Blizzards and Bees: How Everything Moves
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2014
From the speed of light to moving mountains--and everything in between--ZOOM explores how the universe and its objects move.
If you sit as still as you can in a quiet room, you might be able to convince yourself that nothing is moving. But air currents are still wafting around you. Blood rushes...
Five Chiefs
A Supreme Court Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2011
When he resigned last June, Justice Stevens was the third longest serving Justice in American history (1975-2010)--only Justice William O. Douglas, whom Stevens succeeded, and Stephen Field have served on the Court for a longer time.
In Five Chiefs, Justice Stevens captures the inner workings...
Just Food
Where Locavores Get It Wrong and How We Can Truly Eat Responsibly
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2009
We suffer today from food anxiety, bombarded as we are with confusing messages about how to eat an ethical diet. Should we eat locally? Is organic really better for the environment? Can genetically modified foods be good for you?
JUST FOOD does for fresh food what Fast Food Nation (Houghton...
The Hummingbird Book
The Complete Guide to Attracting, Identifying,and Enjoying Hummingbirds
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2008
Attract amazing hummingbirds to your backyard! With this comprehensive, beautifully illustrated guide, you'll find it easy to attract these tiny jewel-like birds to your own yard. The Stokes Hummingbird Book provides all the information you need to bring hummingbirds up close, identify them, and understand...
Deadliest Enemy
Our War Against Killer Germs
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2017
We are facing an overwhelming army of deadly, invisible enemies. We need a plan -- before it's too late.
Unlike natural disasters, whose destruction is concentrated in a limited area over a period of days, and illnesses, which have devastating effects but are limited to individuals and their...
In Pursuit of Memory
The Fight Against Alzheimer's
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2017
**For readers of Atul Gawande, Siddhartha Mukherjee, and Henry Marsh, a riveting, gorgeously written biography of one of history's most fascinating and confounding diseases--Alzheimer's--from its discovery more than 100 years ago to today's race towards a cure.
SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL SOCIETY...
Juniper
The Girl Who Was Born Too Soon
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2016
A micro-preemie fights for survival in this extraordinary and gorgeously told memoir by her parents, both award-winning journalists.
Juniper French was born four months early, at 23 weeks' gestation. She weighed 1 pound, 4 ounces, and her twiggy body was the length of a Barbie doll. Her head...
Mystery Writers of America Presents The Prosecution Rests
New Stories about Courtrooms, Criminals, and the Law
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2009
After the crime is over, the real drama begins. That's what this riveting collection proves as it carries us from the Salem witch trials to Depression-era Chicago to today's highest-stakes legal dramas. These are thrilling stories of lawyers under pressure, of criminals facing the needle, and of the...
The Danger Within Us
America's Untested, Unregulated Medical Device Industry and One Man's Battle to Survive It
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2017
"Before you get anything implanted in your body, read this book." - Shannon Brownlee, author of Overtreated
**Did you know...
- Medical interventions have become the third leading cause of death in America.
- An estimated 10 percent of Americans are implanted with medical...
by Brett Fletcher Lauer
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2007
BARTLETT'S WORDS FOR THE WEDDING is an essential resource for anyone planning a wedding ceremony or renewing vows. Comprising passages from Plato, Sappho, Shakespeare, Shelley, Auden, Rilke, and many others, this gorgeous edition is a source for inspiration and an invaluable core text from which to...