Life Sciences
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Is Earth Exceptional?: The Quest for Cosmic Life
$32.00 Add to cartA New York Times-bestselling astrophysicist and a Nobel laureate take us on “a mesmerizing exploration” (Jennifer Doudna) to discover how and where the universe breathed itself into life
For a long- Author: Livio, Mario
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: September 10 2024
- ISBN10: 154160296X
- Language: English
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Field Notes from a Fungi Forager: An Illustrated Journey Through the World of Pacific Northwest Mushrooms
$22.95 Read moreThis gorgeously illustrated compendium is a love letter to mushrooms–and to the Pacific Northwest.
From evergreen forests shrouded in mist to the urban backyards of Seattle, mushrooms are everywhere- Author: Rodriguez, Ashley
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: October 15 2024
- ISBN10: 1632175363
- Language: English
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We Are Electric: Inside the 200-Year Hunt for Our Body’s Bioelectric Code, and What the Future Holds
$19.99 Add to cartNow with an afterword exclusive to the paperback edition: science journalist Sally Adee breaks open the field of bioelectricity–the electric currents that run through our bodies and every living thin… [more below]
- Author: Adee, Sally
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: June 11 2024
- ISBN10: 0306826631
- Language: English
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Eavesdropping on Animals: What We Can Learn from Wildlife Conversations
$27.95 Read more“This book is fabulous and takes you close inside the wild world, where you feel the creatures whispering your old name.”–Craig Foster, My Octopus Teacher
Learn how to decode the secret conversations- Author: Bumann, George
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: October 15 2024
- ISBN10: 1778400205
- Language: English
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Grizzly Confidential: An Astounding Journey Into the Secret Life of North America’s Most Fearsome Predator
$29.99 Add to cartIn Grizzly Confidential, author Kevin Grange–former paramedic and park ranger at Yellowstone and Grand Teton–comes face-to-face with North America’s most fearsome predator, Ursus Arctos.
His quest ta
- Author: Grange, Kevin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 17 2024
- ISBN10: 1400338255
- Language: English
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The Little Book of Spiders
$14.95 Add to cartA charming, richly illustrated, pocket-size exploration of the world’s spiders
Packed with surprising facts, this delightful and gorgeously designed book will beguile any nature lover. Expertly writte- Series: Little Book of Nature
- Author: Pollard, Simon
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: April 02 2024
- ISBN10: 0691251827
- Language: English
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Boletes of Eastern North America, Second Edition
$79.95 Add to cartOf all the groups of wild mushrooms, none have engendered more enthusiasm and affection than the boletes. Their inherent beauty, abundance, and, for many, culinary appeal have firmly established them
- Author: Bessette, Alan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 640
- Publish Date: May 15 2024
- ISBN10: 081561165X
- Language: English
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Hope for Cynics: The Surprising Science of Human Goodness
$30.00 Add to cartCynicism is making us sick; Stanford Psychologist Dr. Jamil Zaki has the cure–a “ray of light for dark days” (Adam Grant, #1 New York Times bestselling author).
For thousands of years, people have ar… [more below]
- Author: Zaki, Jamil
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 03 2024
- ISBN10: 153874306X
- Language: English
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Our Green Heart: The Soul and Science of Forests
$25.00 Add to cartIn this inspiring culmination of Diana Beresford-Kroeger’s life’s work as a botanist, biochemist, biologist and poet of the global forest, she delivers a challenge to us all to dig deeper into the sci… [more below]
- Author: Beresford-Kroeger, Diana
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: September 03 2024
- ISBN10: 1039009794
- Language: English
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Lost Frogs and Hot Snakes: Herpetologists’ Tales from the Field
$26.95 Add to cartLost Frogs and Hot Snakes reveals the thrills and travails that herpetologists experience when working with amphibians and reptiles in the wild. With essays from fifty field biologists, this volume, e
- Author: Crump, Martha L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: April 15 2024
- ISBN10: 1501774484
- Language: English
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The Darwinian Trap: The Hidden Evolutionary Forces That Explain Our World (and Threaten Our Future)
$31.00 Add to cartA provocative exploration of how humans are wired to seek short-term success at the expense of long-term survival–an evolutionary “glitch” that explains everything from toxic workplaces to climate ch… [more below]
- Author: Rönn, Kristian
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: September 24 2024
- ISBN10: 0593594053
- Language: English
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Infinite Life: The Revolutionary Story of Eggs, Evolution, and Life on Earth
$29.95 Add to cartAn expansive investigation into the most unifying and enduring structure in the history of life–and a story of biological richness at a moment when so much of our precious biodiversity hangs in the b… [more below]
- Author: Howard, Jules
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: September 03 2024
- ISBN10: 1639367748
- Language: English
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C?mo Funciona El Cerebro (How the Brain Works)
$27.99 Add to cartDescubre el funcionamiento de la estructura m?s compleja y enigm?tica que se conoce: el cerebro humano.
Existen diferencias entre el cerebro de un hombre y de una mujer? Por qu? los adolescentes son- Series: DK How Stuff Works
- Author: DK
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: July 23 2024
- ISBN10: 0593847938
- Language: Spanish
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The Little Book of Beetles
$14.95 Add to cartA charming, richly illustrated, pocket-size exploration of the world’s beetles
Packed with surprising facts, this delightful and gorgeously designed book will beguile any nature lover. Expertly writte- Series: Little Book of Nature
- Author: Evans, Arthur V.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: April 02 2024
- ISBN10: 0691251770
- Language: English
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Patterns of Connection: Essential Essays from Five Decades
$24.95 Add to cartWinner of the Silver Medal for Environment/Ecology in the 2022 Independent Publisher (IPPY) Book Awards
Fritjof Capra, scientist, educator, activist, and accomplished author, presents the evolution of- Author: Capra, Fritjof
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 344
- Publish Date: October 01 2024
- ISBN10: 0826367240
- Language: English
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The Underworld: Journeys to the Depths of the Ocean
$19.00 Read moreNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – From bestselling author Susan Casey, an awe-inspiring portrait of the mysterious world beneath the waves, and the men and women who seek to uncover its secrets
“An irresist- Author: Casey, Susan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: August 06 2024
- ISBN10: 1984898868
- Language: English
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Return to the Sky: The Surprising Story of How One Woman and Seven Eaglets Helped Restore the Bald Eagle
$28.00 Add to cart“Three cheers for this splendid, surprising, inspiring book!”–Sy Montgomery, author of The Soul of an Octopus
Alone in a vast wildlife refuge with little direction and no experience, a Cornell Labora
- Author: Morris, Tina
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: October 03 2024
- ISBN10: 1645022633
- Language: English
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The Genetic Book of the Dead: A Darwinian Reverie
$35.00 Add to cartFrom a renowned biologist and best-selling author, a whole new way of looking at living organisms: reading them as documents describing ancient worlds
An exquisitely camouflaged lizard has a desiccat- Author: Dawkins, Richard
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: September 17 2024
- ISBN10: 0300278098
- Language: English
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The Great White Shark Handbook: The Definitive Guide to the Most Extraordinary Shark in the Sea
$19.99 Add to cartShark Week expert, Dr. Greg Skomal, returns with a new shark handbook offering you a thorough exploration of the most fearsome and misunderstood shark on Earth.
Discover the great white’s astonishing e
- Author: Skomal, Greg
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: May 14 2024
- ISBN10: 1604337710
- Language: English
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Puppy Kindergarten: The New Science of Raising a Great Dog
$30.00 Add to cartThe New York Times bestselling authors of The Genius of Dogs take us into their “Puppy Kindergarten,” a center to study how puppies develop, to show us what goes in to raising a great dog.
What does i- Author: Hare, Brian
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: August 27 2024
- ISBN10: 0593231325
- Language: English
