Life Sciences
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From Chaos to Stability: How the Brain Invents Our Conscious Worlds
$19.00 Read moreAt the heart of Israel Rosenfield and Edward Ziff ‘s inquiry is the nature of brain function. The sensory world is disordered and chaotic. There are no labels for tables, chairs, or airplanes, and ind… [more below]
- Series: The New Neuroscience
- Author: Rosenfield, Israel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 142
- Publish Date: September 17 2024
- ISBN10: 1609389891
- Language: English
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National Geographic Photo Ark Babies: Growing Up in the Animal World
$30.00 Add to cartFrom a turtle poking out of its egg to sloth sibs cuddling, this adorable collection highlights more than 150 youngsters across the animal kingdom.
It’s the latest in renowned photographer Joel Sartor- Series: The Photo Ark
- Author: Sartore, Joel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: March 04 2025
- ISBN10: 1426224060
- Language: English
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Muscle: The Gripping Story of Strength and Movement
$17.99 Add to cartMuscle tissue powers every heartbeat, blink, jog, jump, and goosebump. It is the force behind the most critical bodily functions, including digestion and childbirth, as well as extreme feats of athlet
- Author: Meals, Roy A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: July 16 2024
- ISBN10: 1324076224
- Language: English
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Skeleton Keys: The Secret Life of Bone
$27.00 Add to cart“A provocative and entertaining magical mineral tour through the life and afterlife of bone.” —Wall Street Journal
Bone is a marvel, an
Our bones have many stories to tell, if you know how to listen.- Author: Black (Brian Switek), Riley
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: March 03 2020
- ISBN10: 0525539123
- Language: English
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The Good Virus: The Amazing Story and Forgotten Promise of the Phage
$19.99 Add to cartAt every moment, within our bodies and all around us, trillions of microscopic combatants are waging a war that shapes our health and life on Earth. Countless times per second, viruses known as phages
- Author: Ireland, Tom
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: October 01 2024
- ISBN10: 1324086432
- Language: English
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The Explorer’s Gene: Why We Seek Big Challenges, New Flavors, and the Blank Spots on the Map
$32.50 Add to cartNew York Times-bestselling author of Endure Alex Hutchinson returns with a fresh, provocative investigation into how exploration, uncertainty, and risk shape our behavior and help us find meaning.
Off
- Author: Hutchinson, Alex
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: March 25 2025
- ISBN10: 0063269767
- Language: English
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Why We Remember: Unlocking Memory’s Power to Hold on to What Matters
$19.00 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER – Memory is far more than a record of the past. In this groundbreaking tour of the mind and brain, one of the world’s top memory researchers re… [more below]
- Author: Ranganath, Charan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: February 11 2025
- ISBN10: 0593467833
- Language: English
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Platypus Matters: The Extraordinary Story of Australian Mammals
$17.00 Read moreScientifically informed and funny, a firsthand account of Australia’s wonderfully unique mammals–and how our perceptions impact their future.
Think of a platypus: They lay eggs (that hatch into so-c- Author: Ashby, Jack
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: July 31 2024
- ISBN10: 0226833216
- Language: English
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Go Forth and Forage: A Guide to Foraging Over 50 of the Most Common Edible & Medicinal North American Mushrooms
$24.99 Add to cartLet expert forager and Appalachian native Whitney Johnson (@appalachian_forager) be your friendly guide to foraging over 50 North American species of edible and medicinal fungi.
Go Forth and Forage i- Author: Johnson, Whitney
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: March 25 2025
- ISBN10: 0760392757
- Language: English
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Stronger: The Untold Story of Muscle in Our Lives
$35.00 Add to cartA groundbreaking, richly informative exploration of the central role of muscle in human life and health, Stronger sounds an urgent call for each of us to recognize muscle as “the vital, inextricable a… [more below]
- Author: Gross, Michael Joseph
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: March 11 2025
- ISBN10: 0525955232
- Language: English
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Bird Finder: Identifying Common Birds of Eastern North America
$7.95 Add to cartIdentify birds of the eastern United States with this pocket-size guide.
Whether you’re hiking with your family, on a camping trip, or gardening in your backyard, you’re sure to notice a variety of bir
- Series: Nature Study Guides
- Author: Lederer, Roger J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: October 08 2024
- ISBN10: 0912550368
- Language: English
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Pacific Coast Bird Finder: Identifying Common Birds Along the Pacific Coast
$7.95 Add to cartIdentify birds of the Pacific Coast with this pocket-size guide.
Whether you’re at the beach with your family, on a hiking trip, or gardening in your backyard, you’re sure to notice a variety of birds.
- Series: Nature Study Guides
- Author: Lederer, Roger J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: October 08 2024
- ISBN10: 091255035X
- Language: English
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Edible Wild Plants of the Prairie: An Ethnobotanical Guide
$27.99 Add to cartThe wild plants in this book tell stories of land, people, and food. As renowned botanist Kelly Kindscher guides us through over one hundred edible plants in this beautiful field guide, we find that f
- Author: Kindscher, Kelly
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 444
- Publish Date: November 04 2024
- ISBN10: 0700637028
- Language: English
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The Book of Flaco: The World’s Most Famous Bird
$24.95 Add to cartThe story of Flaco, the Eurasian eagle-owl who escaped from Central Park Zoo and captured the hearts and imaginations of millions of followers around the world, with 32 pages of stunning color photogr
- Author: Gessner, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 228
- Publish Date: February 11 2025
- ISBN10: 1958888478
- Language: English
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The Weird and Wonderful World of Bats: Demystifying These Often-Misunderstood Creatures
$27.99 Add to cartIn this fascinating science book, a behavioral and bat ecologist reintroduces readers to bats, redeeming their historically bad reputation.
These woefully misunderstood creatures dwell in darkness, i- Author: Brokaw, Alyson
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: February 11 2025
- ISBN10: 1643261908
- Language: English
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Skincare Decoded: Revised and Expanded: The Practical Guide to Beautiful Skin
$30.00 Add to cartThis revised and expanded edition has been updated with the latest information, and has all-new sections on suncreen, eye treatments, and more. Do you really need a ten-step skincare regimen? Is that … [more below]
- Author: Fu, Victoria
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: December 10 2024
- ISBN10: 9798886742411
- Language: English
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Putting Ourselves Back in the Equation: Why Physicists Are Studying Human Consciousness and AI to Unravel the Mysteries of the Universe
$20.00 Read more“This is a delightful account of one of the deepest and most fascinating explorations going on today at the frontier of our knowledge.” –Carlo Rovelli, bestselling author of The Order of Time and Sev
- Author: Musser, George
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: November 05 2024
- ISBN10: 1250338220
- Language: English
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The Hour Between Dog and Wolf: How Risk Taking Transforms Us, Body and Mind
$19.00 Add to cart“Brilliant.” —David Brooks, The New York Times
“A profoundly unconventional book . . . So absorbing that I wound up reading it twice.” —Bloomberg Finalist for the Financial Times and Goldman Sachs B- Author: Coates, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: September 24 2013
- ISBN10: 0143123408
- Language: English
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The Sexual Evolution: How 500 Million Years of Sex, Gender, and Mating Shape Modern Relationships
$32.00 Add to cartAn Immense World meets Sex at Dawn in this fascinating exploration of sexual behavior throughout the animal kingdom, as evolutionary biologist Nathan H. Lents argues persuasively that many of our supp
- Author: Lents, Nathan H.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: February 04 2025
- ISBN10: 0063375443
- Language: English
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The World Behind the World: Consciousness, Free Will, and the Limits of Science
$18.99 Add to cartFrom a Forbes 30 Under 30 scientist comes a fascinating exploration into how the brain creates our conscious experiences–potentially revolutionizing neuroscience and the future of technology–transfo… [more below]
- Author: Hoel, Erik
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: August 13 2024
- ISBN10: 1982159391
- Language: English
