"The art of the classic field guide is not lost but alive and well . . . for raptor enthusiasts who take their birds of prey seriously." —Phil Slade, Another Bird BlogBirds of Prey of the West and its companion volume, Birds of Prey of the East, are the most comprehensive and authoritative field guides to North American birds of prey ever published. Written and lavishly illustrated with stunning, lifelike paintings by le...

'Contingency Plans' maps the body, the land, and the hollows therein, eager to determine their dimensions, carried along by possibility, to find that what once made us anxious is out of the question, and what has kept us awake now sings us back to sleep. Note to teachers: excellent for classroom use if you are teaching villanelles and sestinas.***"These are poems of great spiritual crisis and consequence, where the dark night of the soul is a rugged rucksack shouldered by t...

Detective Jack Barnhill is going home. After more than thirty years in the Secret Service and in local law enforcement, he and his wife, Heather, are returning to their childhood roots for a nice, quiet retirement. Only their hometown is not what it used to be. A serial killer is on the loose, and Jacks old friends in the local police department need his help. The clock is ticking. A murderer is lurking. Will Jacks past finally catch up with him, or will he stand up and fight for the one t...

As sales of fair-trade goods explode across the globe, Fair Trade and the Citizen-Consumer provides a timely analysis of the organizations, institutions and grassroots networks behind this growing movement. Drawing on examples from the UK, Sweden and USA, this book moves away from models of individualized consumer choice and instead explores the collective cultures and practices that motivate and sustain fair-trade consumer behaviour. Although the fair-trade citizen-consumer has been calle...

Birds of Prey of the East and its companion volume, Birds of Prey of the West, are the most comprehensive and authoritative field guides to North American birds of prey ever published. Written and lavishly illustrated with stunning, lifelike paintings by leading field-guide illustrator, photographer, and author Brian Wheeler, the guides depict an enormous range of variations of age, sex, color, and plumage, and feature a significant amount of plumage data that has never b...

Discover hundreds of intriguing, entertaining & often hilarious origins to the English language's most curious phrases in this trivia book from a bestselling author.English is filled with interesting phrases. This book reveals the surprising, captivating and even hilarious origins behind 400 of them, including:• Read between the Lines• Cat Got Your Tongue?• Put a Sock in It• Close, but No Cigar• Bring Home the Bacon• Caught Red-Handed• Under the Wea...

"A captivating page-turner of a book that blends history, science, and chemistry together into an evocative story." —Stephen Buchmann, author of What a Bee KnowsA fascinating exploration of the natural history of scent and human perceptions of fragrance from the viewpoint of plant and pollinator.Plants have long harnessed the chemical characteristics of aromatic compounds to shape the world around them. Frankincense resin from the...

Explore the surprising—and sometimes dark—origins of beloved holiday bakes."A whirlwind tour of the . . . always colorful backstories of ingredients, recipes, methods, and madnesses that flavor our most beloved holiday treats."―Caren Gussoff Sumption, contributing writer for Krampusnacht: Twelve Nights of KrampusSpice up your season by rolling, molding, and kneading your way through the world's oldest and most ico...

A "charming, informative" firsthand account of Australia's wonderfully unique mammals—and how our perceptions impact their future (Tim Flannery, New York Review of Books ).Think of a platypus: They lay eggs (that hatch into so-called platypups), produce milk without nipples and venom without fangs, and can detect electricity. Or a wombat: Their teeth never stop growing, they poop cubes, and they defend themselves with rei...

In the tradition of Stacy Schiff's Cleopatra, Brown lays to rest the hoary myth that Viking society was ruled by men and celebrates the dramatic lives of female Viking warriors"Once again, Brown brings Viking history to vivid, unexpected life— and in the process, turns what we thought we knew about Norse culture on its head. Superb." — Scott Weidensaul, author of New York Times bestselling A World on the Wing

"Honest, transparent, and realistic . . . His approach offers insights, advice, and sensible strategies to stop procrastinating and start writing." —Neil Foote, Principal Lecturer, Mayborn School of JournalismIn his debut title, Write Like You Mean It, award-winning journalist and content writer Steve Gamel dives into his best advice for writers that he has gathered over the years. With stories from his early years and frequent foibles as a journalist, Game...

"More fun than you've ever had with taxonomy in your whole entire life" this history of the stories behind scientific names is "delightfully written" (Diana Gabaldon, author of the Outlander series, and PhD in Quantitative Behavioral Ecology).Ever since Carl Linnaeus's binomial system of scientific names was adopted in the eighteenth century, scientists have been eponymously naming organisms in ways that both honor and vilify their namesakes. This charming, informa...