Science
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Elusive Cures: Why Neuroscience Hasn’t Solved Brain Disorders–And How We Can Change That
$29.95 Add to cartA neuroscientist’s bold proposal for tackling one of the greatest challenges of our time–brain and mental illnesses
Brain research has been accelerating rapidly in recent decades, but the translation- Author: Rust, Nicole C.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: June 10 2025
- ISBN10: 0691243050
- Language: English
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Saving Orchids: Stories of Species Survival in a Changing World
$35.00 Add to cartA gorgeously illustrated ode to the beauty and significance of orchids–and to those fighting to save these unique plants across the globe.
Until recently, a myriad of lifeforms enriched our lives. In
- Author: Seaton, Philip
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: February 13 2025
- ISBN10: 0226839419
- Language: English
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The Last Fire Season: A Personal and Pyronatural History
$19.00 Add to cartH Is for Hawk meets Joan Didion in the Pyrocene in this arresting combination of memoir, natural history, and literary inquiry that chronicles one woman’s experience of life in Northern California dur… [more below]
- Author: Martin, Manjula
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: May 13 2025
- ISBN10: 0593468899
- Language: English
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Texas Rocks!: A Guide to Geologic Sites in the Lone Star State
$26.00 Add to cartUnearth the secrets of Texas’s billion-year history with this captivating guide to 80 easily accessible geologic sites. With geology as diverse as the state, the sites include dinosaur tracks embedded… [more below]
- Author: Brandes, Nathalie N.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: May 15 2025
- ISBN10: 0813741254
- Language: English
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Latitudes: Encounters with a Changing Planet
$18.99 Add to cart“McNeil’s deeply felt observations offer a transporting, thought-provoking lens on nature. It’s captivating stuff.” Publishers Weekly
“Meditative and sumptuous… Latitudes is a rich, textured portrait
- Author: McNeil, Jean
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: March 25 2025
- ISBN10: 190995411X
- Language: English
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The Invention of Prehistory: Empire, Violence, and Our Obsession with Human Origins
$19.99 Add to cartBooks about the origins of humanity dominate bestseller lists, while national newspapers present breathless accounts of new archaeological findings and speculate about what those findings tell us abou… [more below]
- Author: Geroulanos, Stefanos
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: March 04 2025
- ISBN10: 1324096128
- Language: English
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More Than Words: How Talking Sharpens the Mind and Shapes Our World
$32.00 Add to cartThe groundbreaking science of how and why we talk, and how this ability impacts every area of our lives
Humans are the only species that can transform internal ideas into talk, whether through speech,- Author: MacDonald, Maryellen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: June 03 2025
- ISBN10: 593545273
- Language: English
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My First Book of Evolution
$19.99 Add to cartMy First Book of Evolution uses fascinating bite-size facts, clear and simple explanations and attractive and absorbing illustrations to illuminate the mysteries of evolution.
When did life first appe
- Series: My First Book of Science
- Author: Altarriba, Eduard
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: May 06 2025
- ISBN10: 1787081303
- Language: English
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Aliens Like Us?: An Anthropologist’s Field Guide to Intelligent Extraterrestrial Life
$27.95 Add to cartIn this authoritative, accessible, and at times funny and irreverent work, distinguished anthropologist Anthony Aveni speaks to the trained astrophysicist and the curious layperson alike about a simpl
- Author: Aveni, Anthony
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: March 18 2025
- ISBN10: 0826367429
- Language: English
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Living Night: On the Secret Wonders of Wildlife After Dark
$19.95 Add to cartWhen the sun has set, things get interesting with wild animals. Where people wait for buses during the day, a family of raccoons rummages through the trash can. Foxes and skunks search for food; firef
- Author: Kimmig, Sophia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: June 17 2025
- ISBN10: 1891011936
- Language: English
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On the Move: How Climate Disasters Are Changing Where We Live
$20.00 Add to cartA New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice
“On the Move explains how we got here and where we’re headed. It’s crucial guide to the world we are creating.
A Finalist for the Helen Bernstein Book Award- Author: Lustgarten, Abrahm
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: March 25 2025
- ISBN10: 125037183X
- Language: English
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The Shortest History of the Dinosaurs: The 230-Million-Year Story of Their Time on Earth
$16.95 Add to cartDespite their cultural influence, the grand narrative of the dinosaur story is rarely told. Most of us have heard of Stegosaurus and Tyrannosaurus, for example, but these two dinosaurs lived more tha
- Series: Shortest History
- Author: Black, Riley
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: June 17 2025
- ISBN10: 9798893030563
- Language: English
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Sound Affects: How Sound Shapes Our Lives, Our Wellbeing and Our Planet
$30.00 Add to cartA lively, engaging narrative that takes readers on an epic journey spanning disciplines, continents, and centuries that spotlights sound’s incredible impact on our bodies, feelings, thinking, and beha… [more below]
- Author: Treasure, Julian
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: June 03 2025
- ISBN10: 1538741873
- Language: English
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Cloud Warriors: Deadly Storms, Climate Chaos–And the Pioneers Creating a Revolution in Weather Forecasting
$27.00 Add to cartThe unprecedented inside story of the people pushing boundaries of science and technology to build better weather forecasts–providing life-saving warnings and crucial intelligence about nature’s dead
- Author: Weber, Thomas E.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: June 03 2025
- ISBN10: 1250280540
- Language: English
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Is Math Real?: How Simple Questions Lead Us to Mathematics’ Deepest Truths
$18.99 Add to cartOne of the world’s most creative mathematicians offers a “brilliant” and “mesmerizing” (Popular Science) new way to look at math–focusing on questions, not answers
Winner of the Los Angeles Times B- Author: Cheng, Eugenia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: January 07 2025
- ISBN10: 154160671X
- Language: English
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Tamed: From Wild to Domesticated, the Ten Animals and Plants That Changed Human History
$18.95 Add to cartDogs became companions.
Wheat fed booming populations.
Cattle gave us meat and milk.
Corn fueled the growth of empires.
Potatoes brought feast and famine.
Chickens inspired new branches of science.
Rice pr- Author: Roberts, Alice
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: February 26 2025
- ISBN10: 9.79889E+12
- Language: English
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How the World Really Works: The Science Behind How We Got Here and Where We’re Going
$19.00 Add to cartINSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
“A new masterpiece from one of my favorite authors… [How The World Really Works] is a compelling and highly readable book that leaves readers with the fundamental g- Author: Smil, Vaclav
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: February 04 2025
- ISBN10: 0593297083
- Language: English
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Shift: Managing Your Emotions–So They Don’t Manage You
$31.00 Add to cart“A revolutionary guide to mastering your emotional life.”–Charles Duhigg
“Brilliant, engaging, and deeply insightful.”–Lisa Damour
“Breaks new ground.”–Adam Grant
“Illuminating.”–Publishers Weekly (s… [more below]- Author: Kross, Ethan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: February 11 2025
- ISBN10: 9.79822E+12
- Language: English
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What We Value: The Neuroscience of Choice and Change
$29.99 Add to cartWith so many competing priorities pulling us in different directions every day–family, friends, work, our health–it can feel difficult to make decisions that are aligned with what we care about most
- Author: Falk, Emily
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: April 08 2025
- ISBN10: 1324037091
- Language: English
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Defy: The Power of No in a World That Demands Yes
$32.00 Add to cartWhy is it so hard to speak up, even when we know something’s wrong?
This is the definitive book on defiance, a clear-eyed dissection of the forces that silence us, featuring groundbreaking research an- Author: Sah, Sunita
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: February 04 2025
- ISBN10: 0593793714
- Language: English
