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Human Nature: Nine Ways to Feel about Our Changing Planet

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Report copyright infringementby Kate Marvel (Author)A captivating exploration of climate change that uses nine different emotions to better understand the science, history, and future of our evolving planetScientist Kate Marvel has seen the world end before, sometimes several times a day. In the computer models she uses to study climate change, it's easy to simulate rising temperatures, catastrophic outcomes, and bleak futures. But climate change isn't just happening in those models. It's hap...

The Hour Between Dog and Wolf: How Risk Taking Transforms Us, Body and Mind - Paperback

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by John Coates (Author)A successful Wall Street trader turned neuroscientist reveals how risk taking and stress transform our body chemistry Before he became a world-class scientist, John Coates ran a derivatives trading desk in New York City. He used the expression "the hour between dog and wolf" to refer to the moment of Jekyll-and-Hyde transformation traders passed through when under pressure. They became cocky and irrationally risk-seeking when on a winning streak, tentative and risk-aver...

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Report copyright infringementby Paul Hawken (Author)A journey into the world of carbon, the most versatile element on the planet, by the New York Times bestselling author Paul Hawken Carbon is the only element that animates the entirety of the living world. Though comprising a tiny fraction of Earth's composition, our planet is lifeless without it. Yet it is maligned as the driver of climate change, scorned as an errant element blamed for the possible demise of civilization. Here, Paul Hawken...

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Report copyright infringementby Shannon Jade (Author)Soon, I swear it, my simple words will spella song for the earth.The wide, wild world is made of wonder, but as climate change reinvents the landscape, rich ecosystems are under threat. On a journey through Earth's major biomes, January learns the plight of the planet. Armed with the power of a voice made for poetry, she turns her lyrics into a call for action. Is it enough to write a song for the earth and ask the world to sing along? ...

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Report copyright infringementby Sy Montgomery (Author), Warren K. Carlyle (Author)Take an illuminating journey into the life of the octopus, one of nature's most intelligent and complex animals. Come closer than ever to these elusive creatures, thanks to insights from an international bestselling author--working with the founder of OctoNation and the world's top octopus researchers--all enhanced with vivid National Geographic photography. The companion to the popular National Geographic Disne...

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Report copyright infringementby Dan Kainen (Author), Mara Grunbaum (Contribution by)This book brings you up close and personal with eight different bug species in astounding motion. Another addition to the bestselling Photicular series with over 1.3 million books in print, Bugs zooms into the tiny world of insects. Watch a grasshopper diving for its pray, a house fly rubbing its fore legs, a tarantula skittering across the floor, a leaf-cutter ant hauling a giant leaf up a branch, a dung bee...

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Report copyright infringementby Andy Saunders (Author)From the bestselling author of Apollo Remastered, a collection of hundreds of newly-restored images and untold stories from the NASA archives that provide a never-before-seen perspective on the critical missions that paved the way for the Moon landing and today's NASA, Boeing, and Space X endeavors. Astronauts working on the earliest space missions, from Project Mercury to the Gemini missions of the mid-1960s, answered fundamental questi...

The Tao of Physics: An Exploration of the Parallels Between Modern Physics and Eastern Mysticism

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Report copyright infringementby Fritjof Capra (Author)An updated 50th anniversary edition of the bestselling classic on the extraordinary relationship between modern physics and Eastern philosophy. Fritjof Capra brought the mystical implications of subatomic physics to popular consciousness for the very first time back in 1975. Many books have been written in the ensuing years about the connections between quantum theory and the ideas of Buddhism, Hinduism, and Taoism, but The Tao of Physics ...

The Call of the Honeyguide: What Science Tells Us about How to Live Well with the Rest of Life

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Report copyright infringementby Rob Dunn (Author)"A must read" (David George Haskell) that shows how rethinking our relationships with other species can help us reimagine the future of humankind In the woodlands of sub-Saharan Africa, sometime deep in our species' past, something strange happened: a bird called out, not to warn others of human presence, but to call attention to herself. Having found a beehive, that bird--a honeyguide--sought human aid to break in. The behavior can seem almo...

The Story of CO2 Is the Story of Everything: How Carbon Dioxide Made Our World

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Report copyright infringementby Peter Brannen (Author)How carbon dioxide made planet Earth, shaped human history, and now holds our future in the balanceEvery year, we are dangerously warping the climate by putting gigantic amounts of carbon dioxide into the air. But CO2 isn't merely the by-product of burning fossil fuels--it is also fundamental to how our planet works. All life is ultimately made from CO2, and it has kept Earth bizarrely habitable for hundreds of millions of years. In short,...

The Genius Bat: The Secret Life of the Only Flying Mammal

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Report copyright infringementby Yossi Yovel (Author)An awe-inspiring tour of bat world by the world's leading expert With nearly 1500 species, bats account for more than twenty percent of mammalian species. The most successful and most diverse group of mammals, bats come in different sizes, shapes, and colors, from the tiny bumblebee bat to the giant golden-crowned flying fox. Some bats eat fruit and nectar; others eat frogs, scorpions, or fish. Vampire bats feed on blood. Bats are the only m...

The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth

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Report copyright infringementby Zo? Schlanger (Author)NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The New Yorker's Best Books of 2024 - TIME's 10 Best Nonfiction Books of 2024 - New York Magazine's 10 Best Books of the Year - Washington Post's 50 Notable Works of Nonfiction of 2024 - Smithsonian's 10 Best Science Books of the Year - A Best Book of the Year: Boston Globe, Scientific American, New York Public Library, Christian Science Monitor, Library Journal, and Publishers Weekly - An Amazon Best Nonfiction...

National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of the United States and Canada, 8th Edition

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Report copyright infringementby Ted Floyd (Author)America's beloved bird field guide just got even better with this completely revised 8th edition, created for a new generation of birders. Updated ID guidance, descriptive details, and annotated art on more than 1,000 species, including new range maps powered by eBird technology. This new edition of the trusted National Geographic field guide combines fresh new text, updated taxonomy, expanded art including 240 new illustrations, and authorita...

The Genius of Trees: How They Mastered the Elements and Shaped the World

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Report copyright infringementby Harriet Rix (Author)A mind-expanding exploration of how trees learned to shape our world by manipulating the elements, plants, animals, and even humankind, possessing agency beyond anything we might have imagined "Astounding . . . a true masterpiece . . . Rix refuses to put herself much in the picture, but through the scenes we glimpse an Indiana Jones figure who is both an eminent, travelling scientist and a born writer."--The Telegraph For a supposedly statio...

Cloud Warriors: Deadly Storms, Climate Chaos--And the Pioneers Creating a Revolution in Weather Forecasting

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Report copyright infringementby Thomas E. Weber (Author)The 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 deadliest threats Killer tornadoes. Catastrophic hurricanes. Lethal heat waves. Across the United States and around the world, extreme weather events bring an unending torrent of death and destruction. One indispensable tool consistently offers ...

A Year with the Seals: Unlocking the Secrets of the Sea's Most Charismatic and Controversial Creatures

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Report copyright infringementby Alix Morris (Author), Sy Montgomery (Foreword by)Environmental journalist Alix Morris spends an eye-opening year getting to know these elusive, intelligent creatures, investigating the effects of their extraordinary return from the brink of extinction and how we can try to bring nature back into balance. It might be their large, strangely human eyes or their dog-like playfulness, but seals have long captured people's interest and affection, making them the per...

The Social Lives of Birds: Flocks, Communes, and Families

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Report copyright infringementby Joan E. Strassmann (Author)An exploration of all the ways in which birds are social creatures--from breeding to nesting to babysitting In The Social Lives of Birds, evolutionary biologist and author of Slow Birding Joan Strassmann examines what it means for birds of a feather to flock together. Some birds sleep together. Some join the foraging groups of other species. Some are only social during breeding season, forming nesting colonies in trees, cliffs, and sa...

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Report copyright infringementby Laura Poppick (Author)The epic stories of our planet's 4.54-billion-year history are written in strata--ages-old remnants of ancient seafloors, desert dunes, and riverbeds striping landscapes around the world. In this brilliantly original debut work, science writer Laura Poppick decodes strata to lead us on a journey through four global transformations that made our lives on Earth possible: the first accumulations of oxygen in the atmosphere; the deep freezes o...

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Report copyright infringementby David Attenborough (Author), Colin Butfield (Author)Award-winning broadcaster and natural historian David Attenborough and longtime collaborator Colin Butfield present a powerful call to action focused on our planet's oceans, exploring how critical this habitat is for the survival of humanity and the earth's future. Through personal stories, history and cutting-edge science, Ocean uncovers the mystery, the wonder, and the frailty of the most unexplored habitat...

Hope Dies Last: Visionary People Across the World, Fighting to Find Us a Future

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Report copyright infringementby Alan Weisman (Author)One of Heatmap's 18 Climate Books to Read in 2025 The award-winning environmental journalist's extraordinary, long-awaited portrait of hope and resilience as we face a fractured and uncertain future In this profoundly human and moving narrative, the bestselling author of The World Without Us returns with a book ten years in the making: a study of what it means to be a human on the front lines of our planet's existential crisis. His new book...

The Arrogant Ape: The Myth of Human Exceptionalism and Why It Matters

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Report copyright infringementby Christine Webb (Author)An impassioned celebration of humility before the living world that leads us to a new understanding of other species--and ourselves Darwin considered humans one part of the web of life, not the apex of a natural hierarchy. Yet today many maintain that we are the most intelligent, virtuous, successful species that ever lived. This flawed thinking enables us to exploit the earth towards our own exclusive ends, throwing us into a perilous pl...

Newlywed Couple's Devotional: 52 Weeks of Everyday Scripture, Reflections, and Prayers for a God-Centered Marriage - Hardcover

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by Chris Bailey (Author), Jamie Bailey (Author)52 Weeks of Newlywed Devotions for Navigating a God-Centered Marriage Gift Edition Marriage is a journey of both hills and valleys, and newlyweds are just beginning this great adventure. By following God and making him the center of their marriage from the start, couples can avoid rockier paths and create stronger foundations. In this spiritual and practical devotional, marriage coaches Chris and Jamie Bailey speak to the challenges that every ne...

Replaceable You: Adventures in Human Anatomy

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Report copyright infringementby Mary Roach (Author)The body is the most complex machine in the world, and the only one for which you cannot get a replacement part from the manufacturer. For centuries, medicine has reached for what's available--sculpting noses from brass, borrowing skin from frogs and hearts from pigs, crafting eye parts from jet canopies and breasts from petroleum by-products. Today we're attempting to grow body parts from scratch using stem cells and 3D printers. How are we ...

The Color of North: The Molecular Language of Proteins and the Future of Life

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Report copyright infringementby Shahir S. Rizk (Author), Maggie M. Fink (Author)An awe-inspiring journey into the world of proteins--how they shape life, and their remarkable potential to heal our bodies and our planet. Each fall, a robin begins the long trek north from Gibraltar to her summer home in Central Europe. Nestled deep in her optic nerve, a tiny protein turns a lone electron into a compass, allowing her to see north in colors we can only dream of perceiving. Taking us beyond the co...

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Report copyright infringementby Elizabeth R. Ricker (Author)Become body literate with Brain: An Owner's Guide, the next book in The Body Literacy Library, an enlightening series that democratizes health for a new generation of readers. Brain: An Owner's Guide is an informative and practical guide to all aspects of brain health, from maximizing your mental well-being today to protecting your brain against future serious health issues. Leading neuroscientist Eli Ricker explains how the brain wo...

Slither: How Nature's Most Maligned Creatures Illuminate Our World

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Report copyright infringementby Stephen S. Hall (Author)In this "important and pioneering" (The New York Times Book Review) book, a science writer reintroduces readers to The Snake, encouraging our initial reaction to the slithery creature to be one of awe rather than disgust. For millennia, depictions of snakes as alternatively beautiful and menacing creatures have appeared in religious texts, mythology, poetry, and beyond. From the foundational deities of ancient Egypt to the reactions of ...

Science Under Siege: How to Fight the Five Most Powerful Forces That Threaten Our World

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Report copyright infringementby Michael E. Mann (Author), Peter J. Hotez (Author)In this "well-researched guide," two of the world's most respected scientists reveal the forces behind the dangerous anti-science movement--and offer "powerful ideas about how to fight back" (Bill McKibben, author of Here Comes the Sun) "Science is indeed under siege, and that's not good for any of us. Here, Peter Hotez and Michael Mann name names...It's not too late to do something; it's time to get things done...

A Trick of the Mind: How the Brain Invents Your Reality

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Report copyright infringementby Daniel Yon (Author)From a groundbreaking neuroscientist, a book that will reshape the way we understand how our brain perceives the world around us--for readers of Adam Grant's Think Again and Lisa Genova's Remember. How does your brain decide what it's seeing, from the physical world to other people? For decades, scientists have tried to understand how our brains work, not realizing that the answer lies much closer to home. New research in neuroscience and ps...

Constellation Finder: Identifying Patterns in the Night Sky

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Report copyright infringementby Dorcas S. Miller (Author)Identify constellations in the night sky with this pocket-size guide.You can appreciate stars and enjoy stargazing! If you're curious about the night sky, then Constellation Finder by Dorcas S. Miller is just what you need. With the handy, easy-to-use booklet, you can identify constellations of the Northern Hemisphere.Perfect for camping trips, the cabin, and the backyard, this booklet introduces 30 of the most important constellations ...

Planning Miracles: How to Prevent Future Pandemics

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Report copyright infringementby Jon Cohen (Author)A groundbreaking book about the past, present, and future of pandemics, and a behind-the-scenes portrait of the intrepid and innovative community of scientists working tirelessly to stop the next one before it starts In 1955, the vaccine that eliminated polio was celebrated as a "planned miracle." Today, despite the astonishing global effort that came together to develop a vaccine for COVID-19 at unprecedented speed, we struggle against the ri...

Becoming Earth: A Journey Through the Hidden Wonders That Bring Our Planet to Life

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Report copyright infringementby Ferris Jabr (Author)A vivid account of a major shift in how we understand Earth, from an exceptionally talented new voice. Earth is not simply an inanimate planet on which life evolved, but rather a planet that came to life. "Glorious . . . full of achingly beautiful passages, mind-bending conceptual twists, and wonderful characters. Jabr reveals how Earth has been profoundly, miraculously shaped by life."--Ed Yong, Pulitzer Prize winner and bestselling author ...

Close to Home: The Wonders of Nature Just Outside Your Door

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Report copyright infringementby Thor Hanson (Author)An award-winning natural-history writer presents "the perfect mix of science and story" (Sy Montgomery), opening the door to the nature that thrives in our yards, gardens, and parks: "I couldn't put it down" (Doug Tallamy). We all live on nature's doorstep, but we often overlook it. From backyards to local parks, the natural places we see the most may well be the ones we know the least. In Close to Home, biologist Thor Hanson shows how re...