**“A work of real passion.”—The New York Times"A seamless melding of poetry and science.”—Wall Street JournalAn exquisite exploration of the power of flowers, placing them at the center of the story of how evolution created the world we know today**We live on a floral planet, yet flowers don’t get the credit they deserve. We admire them for their aesthetics, not their power. In this examination of the role flowers played in creating the world we kn...

A biologist reveals the secret world hidden in a single square meter of old-growth forest—a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the Pen/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing AwardCombining elegant writing with scientific expertise, The Forest Unseen "injects much-needed vibrancy into the stuffy world of nature writing" (Outside, "The Outdoor Books That Shaped the Last Decade")In this wholly original book, biologist David Ha...

Eddie Griffin, a 23-year-old ex-con, is working to put his life back together. Late one evening he witnesses a local businessman committing a murder. His life is spared, but he will be killed if he talks to the police. Everything he has worked for falls apart as he becomes caught between rival criminal and legal organizations.

WINNER OF THE 2018 JOHN BURROUGHS MEDAL FOR OUTSTANDING NATURAL HISTORY WRITING“Both a love song to trees, an exploration of their biology, and a wonderfully philosophical analysis of their role they play in human history and in modern culture.” —Science FridayThe author of Sounds Wild and Broken and the Pulitzer Prize finalist The Forest Unseen visits with nature’s most magnificent networkers — trees...

**Finalist for the 2023 Pulitzer Prize in General Nonfiction and the 2023 PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing AwardWinner of the Acoustical Society of America's 2023 Science Communication Award“[A] glorious guide to the miracle of life’s sound.” —The New York Times Book ReviewA lyrical exploration of the diverse sounds of our planet, the creative processes that produced these marvels, and the perils that sonic diversity now faces**We live on a ...

I will not take the name of Antiquary without apology, and hereby, liberandi animam meam causa, make it in an Introductory, to be passed over if the reader pleases. Your true Antiquary is born, not made. Sometimes an infirmity or awkwardness of body, which has disposed a boy to shun the pursuits of his fellows, may help to detach the man for the study of forgotten far off things; but it is essential that there be inborn in him the type of mind which is more curious of the past than the pre...

The Bad Man of the West by George David Hendricks is a vivid and unsentimental portrait of frontier justice, outlaw lore, and the turbulent moral landscape of the American West. Blending history, folklore, and social observation, Hendricks examines the archetype of the "bad man" — the gunfighter, rustler, and renegade whose legend looms large in the nation's imagination — and reveals the real people and circumstances behind the myth.Drawing from firsthand ...

**“Luminous.”—Bill McKibben, author of Here Comes the SunIn Feathered Forest, an award-winning nature writer entwines the lives of birds with a hidden vertical world of wild trees.**Beginning with an ascent of a 200-foot-tall Douglas-fir with a bird biologist, author Marina Richie leads us from her home in Central Oregon into the ancient forests of Cascadia, a bioregion which rivals the Amazonian rainforest in significance for climate and biodiversity. Bir...

A song illustrating the major characteristics of the planets in our solar system. Includes hardcover book, online music access, and music CD.

Dan Jackson's humdrum life is thrown into turmoil when a young scientist develops a revolutionary mind-control compound, designed to counter soaring crime levels on Britain's streets. It is stolen by thieves who immediately commit suicide and the scientist quickly disappears, leaving Dan, ex-girlfriend Sandra and conspiracy-nut Conor pursued for his formula across the country by a quasi-government agency, corrupt police and a psychotic gangland enforcer.As they are slowly exposed t...

Identity is a science fiction psychological thriller, set in a future where years of progress have come at a cost. Decades of wars and struggle forced the need for a unique solution. Desperate, a system of governance was formed based on genetic predisposition. Leaders centered their rule of law and obedience on a strict quasi-religious interpretation of scientific principles. The strife ends, technology advances at a staggering rate and the human race flourishes. Or does it? After years of...

Kalamazoo experienced a dramatic transformation during the first decades of the 20th century. Its factories churned out a wide variety of products, and the downtown area was being rapidly transformed by the addition of new skyscraper office buildings, hotels, department stores, theaters, parks, and government buildings. These turn-of-the-century developments coincided with the popularity of picture postcards. Not only did postcards offer a convenient way to send brief messages across the c...