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Released: April 16, 2013
"Readers will forgive Switek's detours into cuteness and bad jokes in exchange for a genuinely informative introduction to his favorite subject."
A dinosaur lover since childhood, science journalist Switek (
Written in Stone: Evolution, the Fossil Record, and Our Place in Nature, 2010) chronicles his travels through North America visiting scientists, museums and fossil beds while delivering an enthusiastic account of the history, description, discoveries, ongoing controversies and inaccurate media obsession with these popular but extinct creatures.
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NONFICTION
Released: April 16, 2013
"A beguiling journey of self-discovery."
NONFICTION
Released: April 16, 2013
"A fascinating treatment of both environmentalism and the structure of activism at the time."
The story of how April 22, 1970, began the tradition of Earth Day and helped to create the modern environmental movement.
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NONFICTION
Released: April 16, 2013
"A rich, vibrant collection that pries wide the door to the East, welcoming Western readers inside."
NONFICTION
Released: April 16, 2013
"Mostly stimulating and inventive."
Architect McDonough and chemist Braungart (co-authors:
Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things, 2002) tender both an attitude and a strategy for a better-designed world.
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NONFICTION
Released: April 16, 2013
"Generally well-researched and -written, but somewhat unfocused and repetitive."
A science journalist's on-the-ground observations about the threatened wildlife of Vietnam and efforts to discover hitherto-unknown species and to protect rapidly disappearing ones.
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NONFICTION
Released: April 9, 2013
"An intriguing study encompassing "a convergence of disciplines ranging from population ecology and animal behavior to genetics, molecular biology and biophysics.""
How differences in coloration within a species reveal new dimensions in the operation of natural selection.
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NONFICTION
Released: April 9, 2013
"Sincere and at times even lyrical, but not especially compelling."
Novelist and memoirist Vandenburgh (
Architecture of the Novel, 2010, etc.) tells the story of her relationships with two family dogs while exploring her own inner emotional landscapes.
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NONFICTION
Released: April 2, 2013
"A new love adds depth to this engaging story of personal growth."
The abrupt end to her marriage left climber and skydiver Davis (
High Infatuation: A Climber's Guide to Love and Gravity, 2007) depressed and without a sense of purpose--but not for long.
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NONFICTION
Released: April 2, 2013
"Personal warmth and enthusiasm increase the charm of this celebration of the "beauty, mystery, and complexity" of the plant world."
A wonderful introductory guide to the plant kingdom from one of the world's leading naturalists.
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NONFICTION
Released: April 2, 2013
"A well-wrought portrait of a visionary side of Ted Turner that may be unfamiliar to many readers."
Journalist Wilkinson (
Science Under Siege: The Politicians' War on Nature and Truth, 1998) explores the back story of Ted Turner's evolution from media mogul and devotee of Ayn Rand to the most successful and influential green capitalist in the world.
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NONFICTION
Released: April 1, 2013
"An intriguing adventure story that often doesn't ring true. Caveat emptor."
The improbable story of how Chapman was kidnapped from her rural Colombian village at the age of 5 and abandoned in the jungle.
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