American Eclipse - A Nation's Epic Race to Catch the Shadow of the Moon and Win the Glory of the World by David Baron
$45.99 NZD
Category: Literary Science Writing
On a scorching July afternoon in 1878, at the dawn of the Gilded Age, the moon's shadow descended on the American West, darkening skies from Montana Territory to Texas. This rare celestial event--a total solar eclipse--offered a priceless opportunity to solve some of the solar system's most enduring rid ...Show more
Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst by Robert M. Sapolsky
$52.95 NZD
Category: Literary Science Writing
The New York Times bestseller "It's no exaggeration to say that Behave is one of the best nonfiction books I've ever read." --David P. Barash, The Wall Street Journal "It has my vote for science book of the year." --Parul Sehgal, The New York Times "Hands-down one of the best books I've read in years ...Show more
Growing a Revolution: Bringing Our Soil Back to Life by David R. Montgomery
$43.99 NZD
Category: Literary Science Writing
The problem of agriculture is as old as civilization. Throughout history, great societies that abused their land withered into poverty or disappeared entirely. Now we risk repeating this ancient story on a global scale due to ongoing soil degradation, a changing climate, and a rising population.But ther ...Show more
How Emotions Are Made - The New Science of the Mind and Brain by Lisa Feldman Barrett
$20.72 NZD
Category: Literary Science Writing
"Fascinating . . . A thought-provoking journey into emotion science." -- Wall Street Journal "A singular book, remarkable for the freshness of its ideas and the boldness and clarity with which they are presented." -- Scientific American "A brilliant and original book on the science of emotion, by the ...Show more
No One Cares about Crazy People - The Chaos and Heartbreak of Mental Health in America by Ron Powers
$59.99 NZD
Category: Literary Science Writing
* Finalist for the PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award * Washington Post Notable Book of the Year * People Magazine Best Book of the Year * Shelf Awareness Best Book of the Year * "Extraordinary and courageous . . . No doubt if everyone were to read this book, the world would change."---New ...Show more
The Butchering Art - Joseph Lister's Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine by Lindsey Fitzharris
$51.02 NZD
Category: Literary Science Writing
Winner, 2018 PEN/E.O. Wilson Prize for Literary Science WritingShort-listed for the 2018 Wellcome Book PrizeA Top 10 Science Book of Fall 2017, Publishers WeeklyA Best History Book of 2017, The Guardian "Warning: She spares no detail " --Erik Larson, bestselling author of Dead Wake In The Butchering Art ...Show more
The Climate Swerve: Reflections on Mind, Hope, and Survival by Robert Jay Lifton
$42.99 NZD
Category: Literary Science Writing
Over his long career as witness to an extreme twentieth century, National Book Award-winning psychiatrist, historian, and public intellectual Robert Jay Lifton has grappled with the profound effects of nuclear war, terrorism, and genocide. Now he shifts to climate change, which, Lifton writes, "presents ...Show more
The Greatest Story Ever Told ... So Far - Why Are We Here? by Lawrence M. Krauss
$19.29 NZD
Category: Literary Science Writing
A New York Times Bestselling AuthorInternationally renowned award-winning theoretical physicist, New York Times bestselling author of A Universe from Nothing, and passionate advocate for reason, Lawrence Krauss tells the dramatic story of the discovery of the hidden world of reality -- a grand poetic vi ...Show more
Where the Water Goes: Life and Death Along the Colorado River by David Owen
$55.00 NZD
Category: Literary Science Writing | Reading Level: General Adult
The Colorado River is a crucial resource for a surprisingly large part of the United States, and every gallon that flows down it is owned or claimed by someone. David Owen traces all that water from the Colorado's headwaters to its parched terminus, once a verdant wetland but now a million-acre desert. ...Show more
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