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Nomad Century

How Climate Migration Will Reshape Our World

by Gaia Vince ...

**“The MOST IMPORTANT BOOK I imagine I'll ever read.”—Mary RoachFROM AN AWARD-WINNING SCIENCE JOURNALIST comes an urgent investigation of environmental migration—the most underreported, seismic consequence of our climate crisis that will force us to change where—and how—we live.“An IMPORTANT and PROVOCATIVE start to a crucial conversation.” —Bill McKibben**“We are facing a species emergency. We ... Read more

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**“The MOST IMPORTANT BOOK I imagine I'll ever read.”—Mary RoachFROM AN AWARD-WINNING SCIENCE JOURNALIST comes an urgent investigation of environmental migration—the most underreported, seismic consequence of our climate crisis that will force us to change where—and how—we live.“An IMPORTANT and PROVOCATIVE start to a crucial conversation.” —Bill McKibben**“We are facing a species emergency. We
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Hot Talk, Cold Science

Global Warming's Unfinished Debate

by S. Fred Singer, David R. Legates, Anthony R. Lupo ...

The revised and expanded third edition of Hot Talk, Cold Science forms the capstone of the distinguished astrophysicist Dr. S. Fred Singer’s lucid, yet hard scientific look at climate change. And the book is no less explosive than its predecessors—and certainly never more timely.Singer explores the inaccuracies in historical climate data and the failures of climate models, as well as the impact of ... Read more

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The revised and expanded third edition of Hot Talk, Cold Science forms the capstone of the distinguished astrophysicist Dr. S. Fred Singer’s lucid, yet hard scientific look at climate change. And the book is no less explosive than its predecessors—and certainly never more timely.Singer explores the inaccuracies in historical climate data and the failures of climate models, as well as the impact of
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When the Earth Was Green

Plants, Animals, and Evolution's Greatest Romance

by Riley Black ...

NOW A USA TODAY BESTSELLER!Winner, A Friend of Darwin Award, 2024A gorgeously composed look at the longstanding relationship between prehistoric plants and life on EarthFossils plants allow us to touch the lost worlds from billions of years of evolutionary backstory. Each petrified leaf and root show us that dinosaurs, saber-toothed cats, and even humans would not exist without the evolutionary ... Read more

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NOW A USA TODAY BESTSELLER!Winner, A Friend of Darwin Award, 2024A gorgeously composed look at the longstanding relationship between prehistoric plants and life on EarthFossils plants allow us to touch the lost worlds from billions of years of evolutionary backstory. Each petrified leaf and root show us that dinosaurs, saber-toothed cats, and even humans would not exist without the evolutionary
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Here Comes the Sun

A Last Chance for the Climate and a Fresh Chance for Civilization

by Bill McKibben ...

From the acclaimed environmentalist, a call to harness the power of the sun and rewrite our scientific, economic, and political future.Our climate, and our democracy, are melting down. But Bill McKibben, one of the first to sound the alarm about the climate crisis, insists the moment is also full of possibility. Energy from the sun and wind is suddenly the cheapest power on the planet and growing ... Read more

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From the acclaimed environmentalist, a call to harness the power of the sun and rewrite our scientific, economic, and political future.Our climate, and our democracy, are melting down. But Bill McKibben, one of the first to sound the alarm about the climate crisis, insists the moment is also full of possibility. Energy from the sun and wind is suddenly the cheapest power on the planet and growing
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Life on a Little-Known Planet

Dispatches from a Changing World

by Elizabeth Kolbert ...

A landmark collection of Pulitzer Prize winner Elizabeth Kolbert's most important pieces about climate change and the natural worldA NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR"To be a well-informed citizen of Planet Earth," Rolling Stone has advised, "you need to read Elizabeth Kolbert." From her National Magazine Award-winning series The Climate of Man to her Pulitzer Prize-winning book The Sixth ... Read more

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A landmark collection of Pulitzer Prize winner Elizabeth Kolbert's most important pieces about climate change and the natural worldA NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR"To be a well-informed citizen of Planet Earth," Rolling Stone has advised, "you need to read Elizabeth Kolbert." From her National Magazine Award-winning series The Climate of Man to her Pulitzer Prize-winning book The Sixth
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At the Top of the Grand Staircase

The Late Cretaceous of Southern Utah

Edited by Alan L. Titus, Mark A. Loewen ...

Series series Life of the Past
The Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument is the location of one of the best-known terrestrial records for the late Cretaceous. Prior fieldwork confirmed the richness of the area, but a major effort begun in the new century has documented over 2,000 new vertebrate fossil sites, provided new radiometric dates, and identified five new genera of ceratopsids, two new species of hadrosaur, a ... Read more

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The Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument is the location of one of the best-known terrestrial records for the late Cretaceous. Prior fieldwork confirmed the richness of the area, but a major effort begun in the new century has documented over 2,000 new vertebrate fossil sites, provided new radiometric dates, and identified five new genera of ceratopsids, two new species of hadrosaur, a
... Read more
The Wild Trees

A Story of Passion and Daring

by Richard Preston ...

Hidden away in foggy, uncharted rain forest valleys in Northern California are the largest and tallest organisms the world has ever sustained–the coast redwood trees,Sequoia sempervirens. Ninety-six percent of the ancient redwood forests have been destroyed by logging, but the untouched fragments that remain are among the great wonders of nature. The biggest redwoods have trunks up to thirty feet ... Read more

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Hidden away in foggy, uncharted rain forest valleys in Northern California are the largest and tallest organisms the world has ever sustained–the coast redwood trees,Sequoia sempervirens. Ninety-six percent of the ancient redwood forests have been destroyed by logging, but the untouched fragments that remain are among the great wonders of nature. The biggest redwoods have trunks up to thirty feet
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Under a White Sky

The Nature of the Future

by Elizabeth Kolbert ...

**NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Sixth Extinction returns to humanity’s transformative impact on the environment, now asking: After doing so much damage, can we change nature, this time to save it?RECOMMENDED BY PRESIDENT OBAMA AND BILL GATES • SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR WRITING • ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Washington Post • ONE OF THE ... Read more

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**NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Sixth Extinction returns to humanity’s transformative impact on the environment, now asking: After doing so much damage, can we change nature, this time to save it?RECOMMENDED BY PRESIDENT OBAMA AND BILL GATES • SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR WRITING • ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Washington Post • ONE OF THE
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Agave Spirits

The Past, Present, and Future of Mezcals

by Gary Paul Nabhan, Ph.D., David Suro Piñera ...

**Winner of the 2024 James Beard Foundation's Award for Beverage Writing without Recipes“A manifesto…[and] a positive spin on the future of mezcal.” —Florence Fabricant, New York TimesThe agave plant was never destined to become tasteless, cheap tequila.**All tequilas are mezcals; all mezcals are made from agaves; and every bottle of mezcal is the remarkable result of collaborations among agave ... Read more

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**Winner of the 2024 James Beard Foundation's Award for Beverage Writing without Recipes“A manifesto…[and] a positive spin on the future of mezcal.” —Florence Fabricant, New York TimesThe agave plant was never destined to become tasteless, cheap tequila.**All tequilas are mezcals; all mezcals are made from agaves; and every bottle of mezcal is the remarkable result of collaborations among agave
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Overshoot

How the World Surrendered to Climate Breakdown

by Andreas Malm, Wim Carton ...

A scathing critique of proposals to geoengineer our way out of climate disaster by the bestselling author of How to Blow Up a PipelineIt might soon be far too hot on this planet. What do we do then? In the era of "overshoot," schemes abound for turning down the heat–not now, but a few decades down the road. We’re being told that we can return to liveable temperatures by means of technologies for ... Read more

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A scathing critique of proposals to geoengineer our way out of climate disaster by the bestselling author of How to Blow Up a PipelineIt might soon be far too hot on this planet. What do we do then? In the era of "overshoot," schemes abound for turning down the heat–not now, but a few decades down the road. We’re being told that we can return to liveable temperatures by means of technologies for
... Read more
Mammoths and Empires

A History of Indigenous Discovery, Civilization, and Adaptation in the Americas

by Todd J. Braje ...

An absorbing, eye-opening narrative that looks through the lens of deep time and invites us rethink human history—and our shared future.Long before the arrival of Columbus and other Europeans, Indigenous peoples were exploring continents, engineering ecosystems, and building powerful empires across the Americas. In Mammoths and Empire, archaeologist Todd Braje reveals the sweeping, often ... Read more

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An absorbing, eye-opening narrative that looks through the lens of deep time and invites us rethink human history—and our shared future.Long before the arrival of Columbus and other Europeans, Indigenous peoples were exploring continents, engineering ecosystems, and building powerful empires across the Americas. In Mammoths and Empire, archaeologist Todd Braje reveals the sweeping, often
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Salt

A World History

by Mark Kurlansky ...

**“Kurlansky finds the world in a grain of salt.” - New York Times Book ReviewAn unlikely world history from the bestselling author of Cod and The Basque History of the World**Best-selling author Mark Kurlansky turns his attention to a common household item with a long and intriguing history: salt. The only rock we eat, salt has shaped civilization from the very beginning, and its story is a ... Read more

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**“Kurlansky finds the world in a grain of salt.” - New York Times Book ReviewAn unlikely world history from the bestselling author of Cod and The Basque History of the World**Best-selling author Mark Kurlansky turns his attention to a common household item with a long and intriguing history: salt. The only rock we eat, salt has shaped civilization from the very beginning, and its story is a
... Read more
When It All Burns

Fighting Fire in a Transformed World

by Jordan Thomas ...

**2025 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALISTCALIFORNIA BOOK AWARD GOLD MEDAL WINNERFINALIST FOR THE LA TIMES BOOK PRIZENAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY PUBLISHERS WEEKLY AND KIRKUS“Exceptional. . . . When It All Burns is one of those books that immerses the reader in the nuances of a world most of us know only through the lens of tragedy and destruction. Thomas’ visceral, crystalline prose only adds fuel ... Read more

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**2025 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALISTCALIFORNIA BOOK AWARD GOLD MEDAL WINNERFINALIST FOR THE LA TIMES BOOK PRIZENAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY PUBLISHERS WEEKLY AND KIRKUS“Exceptional. . . . When It All Burns is one of those books that immerses the reader in the nuances of a world most of us know only through the lens of tragedy and destruction. Thomas’ visceral, crystalline prose only adds fuel
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Growing Papaya Trees

Nurturing Indigenous Roots During Climate Displacement

by Jessica Hernandez Ph.D. ...

**Leading Binnizá and Maya Ch'orti' scientist Jessica Hernandez, PhD, weaves together Indigenous knowledge, environmental science, and personal family stories in her highly anticipated follow-up to the LA Times best-seller Fresh Banana Leaves.Not every environmental problem is a result of climate change, but every environmental and climate change problem is a result of colonialism.**Dr. Jessica ... Read more

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**Leading Binnizá and Maya Ch'orti' scientist Jessica Hernandez, PhD, weaves together Indigenous knowledge, environmental science, and personal family stories in her highly anticipated follow-up to the LA Times best-seller Fresh Banana Leaves.Not every environmental problem is a result of climate change, but every environmental and climate change problem is a result of colonialism.**Dr. Jessica
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In Search of the Canary Tree

The Story of a Scientist, a Cypress, and a Changing World

by Lauren E. Oakes ...

The award-winning and surprisingly hopeful story of one woman's search for resiliency in a warming worldSeveral years ago, ecologist Lauren E. Oakes set out from California for Alaska's old-growth forests to hunt for a dying tree: the yellow-cedar. With climate change as the culprit, the death of this species meant loss for many Alaskans. Oakes and her research team wanted to chronicle how plants ... Read more

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The award-winning and surprisingly hopeful story of one woman's search for resiliency in a warming worldSeveral years ago, ecologist Lauren E. Oakes set out from California for Alaska's old-growth forests to hunt for a dying tree: the yellow-cedar. With climate change as the culprit, the death of this species meant loss for many Alaskans. Oakes and her research team wanted to chronicle how plants
... Read more
Quakeland

On the Road to America's Next Devastating Earthquake

by Kathryn Miles ...

A journey around the United States in search of the truth about the threat of earthquakes leads to spine-tingling discoveries, unnerving experts, and ultimately the kind of preparations that will actually help guide us through disasters. It’s a road trip full of surprises.Earthquakes. You need to worry about them only if you’re in San Francisco, right? Wrong. We have been making enormous changes ... Read more

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A journey around the United States in search of the truth about the threat of earthquakes leads to spine-tingling discoveries, unnerving experts, and ultimately the kind of preparations that will actually help guide us through disasters. It’s a road trip full of surprises.Earthquakes. You need to worry about them only if you’re in San Francisco, right? Wrong. We have been making enormous changes
... Read more
Superstorm

Nine Days Inside Hurricane Sandy

by Kathryn Miles ...

The first complete moment-by-moment account of the largest Atlantic storm system ever recorded—a hurricane like no otherThe sky was lit by a full moon on October 29, 2012, but nobody on the eastern seaboard of the United States could see it. Everything had been consumed by cloud. The storm’s immensity caught the attention of scientists on the International Space Station. Even from there, it seemed ... Read more

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The first complete moment-by-moment account of the largest Atlantic storm system ever recorded—a hurricane like no otherThe sky was lit by a full moon on October 29, 2012, but nobody on the eastern seaboard of the United States could see it. Everything had been consumed by cloud. The storm’s immensity caught the attention of scientists on the International Space Station. Even from there, it seemed
... Read more
The Heat Will Kill You First

Life and Death on a Scorched Planet

by Jeff Goodell ...

An Instant New York Times Bestseller!New York Times best-selling journalist Jeff Goodell presents an important examination of the impact that temperature rise will have on our lives and on our planet, offering a vital new perspective on where we are headed, how we can prepare, and what is at stake if we fail to act.“Masterful, bracing” (David Wallace-Wells)</strong... ... Read more

$14.99 USD

An Instant New York Times Bestseller!New York Times best-selling journalist Jeff Goodell presents an important examination of the impact that temperature rise will have on our lives and on our planet, offering a vital new perspective on where we are headed, how we can prepare, and what is at stake if we fail to act.“Masterful, bracing” (David Wallace-Wells)</strong...
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This Way Up

When Maps Go Wrong (And Why It Matters)

by Map Men ...

***AN INSTANT INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER!**AUDIO BOOK NARRATED BY MARK COOPER-JONES AND JAY FOREMAN**An Audible Most Anticipated Listen!*The debut book from the YouTube sensation and all-round cartographical nerds, The Map Men!**Hello, we’re the Map Men and in the following pages, we’ve selected what we believe to be some of the very best wrong maps. Some of them are decades old, some are centuries ... Read more

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***AN INSTANT INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER!**AUDIO BOOK NARRATED BY MARK COOPER-JONES AND JAY FOREMAN**An Audible Most Anticipated Listen!*The debut book from the YouTube sensation and all-round cartographical nerds, The Map Men!**Hello, we’re the Map Men and in the following pages, we’ve selected what we believe to be some of the very best wrong maps. Some of them are decades old, some are centuries
... Read more
The Nutmeg's Curse

Parables for a Planet in Crisis

by Amitav Ghosh ...

The author of The Great Derangement finds the origins of our climate crisis in Western colonialism's violent exploitation of human life and the environment.A powerful work of history, essay, testimony, and polemic, Amitav Ghosh's new book traces our contemporary planetary crisis back to the discovery of the New World and the sea route to the Indian Ocean. The Nutmeg's Curse argues that the ... Read more

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The author of The Great Derangement finds the origins of our climate crisis in Western colonialism's violent exploitation of human life and the environment.A powerful work of history, essay, testimony, and polemic, Amitav Ghosh's new book traces our contemporary planetary crisis back to the discovery of the New World and the sea route to the Indian Ocean. The Nutmeg's Curse argues that the
... Read more
Co-habiting with Ghosts

Knowledge, Experience, Belief and the Domestic Uncanny

by Caron Lipman ...

How does it feel to live in a ’haunted home’? How do people negotiate their everyday lives with the experience of uncanny, anomalous or strange events within the domestic interior? What do such experiences reveal of the intersection between the material, immaterial and temporal within the home? How do people interpret, share and narrate experiences which are uncertain and unpredictable? What does ... Read more

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How does it feel to live in a ’haunted home’? How do people negotiate their everyday lives with the experience of uncanny, anomalous or strange events within the domestic interior? What do such experiences reveal of the intersection between the material, immaterial and temporal within the home? How do people interpret, share and narrate experiences which are uncertain and unpredictable? What does
... Read more
Climate Wayfinding

Healing Ourselves and the Planet We Call Home

by Katharine K. Wilkinson ...

When maps come up short and the path ahead is uncertain, how do we find our way? Visionary climate leader Katharine K. Wilkinson offers a compassionate and empowering guide to navigating from ache to action, doubt to possibility.“There’s an enormous amount of learning from many years of climate work condensed into this invaluable book—wisdom about what to do, how to do it, and in what spirit. It ... Read more

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When maps come up short and the path ahead is uncertain, how do we find our way? Visionary climate leader Katharine K. Wilkinson offers a compassionate and empowering guide to navigating from ache to action, doubt to possibility.“There’s an enormous amount of learning from many years of climate work condensed into this invaluable book—wisdom about what to do, how to do it, and in what spirit. It
... Read more
Fire Weather

On the Front Lines of a Burning World

by John Vaillant ...

**PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST • A NEW YORK TIMES TOP TEN BOOK OF THE YEAR • FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD IN NONFICTION • FINALIST FOR THE PEN/GALBRAITH AWARD FOR NONFICTION • A stunning account of a colossal wildfire and a panoramic exploration of the rapidly changing relationship between fire and humankind from the award-winning, best-selling author of The Tiger and The Golden Spruce • Winner ... Read more

$14.99 USD

**PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST • A NEW YORK TIMES TOP TEN BOOK OF THE YEAR • FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD IN NONFICTION • FINALIST FOR THE PEN/GALBRAITH AWARD FOR NONFICTION • A stunning account of a colossal wildfire and a panoramic exploration of the rapidly changing relationship between fire and humankind from the award-winning, best-selling author of The Tiger and The Golden Spruce • Winner
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Leave the Lights On

How Joyful Decisions Can Save Our Species

by Elizabeth Dunn, Jiaying Zhao ...

**"Who knew that saving the world could be so much fun?"—Daniel Gilbert, author of Stumbling on HappinessHow to make an impact on climate change by taking actions that bring you joy**What if the most effective ways to fight climate change made you happy?Psychologist Elizabeth Dunn and climate behavior scientist Jiaying Zhao challenge everything we think we know about sustainable living. While most ... Read more

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**"Who knew that saving the world could be so much fun?"—Daniel Gilbert, author of Stumbling on HappinessHow to make an impact on climate change by taking actions that bring you joy**What if the most effective ways to fight climate change made you happy?Psychologist Elizabeth Dunn and climate behavior scientist Jiaying Zhao challenge everything we think we know about sustainable living. While most
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