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Released: March 1, 2013
"A wealth of research for the armchair traveler and historian."
An academic correction of the "triumphalist" notion of British exploration of Africa and Australia.
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Released: March 1, 2013
"A stimulating search for self and place set against the vast backdrop of the American West."
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Released: March 1, 2013
"A fun, multifaceted travelogue."
British journalist Boggan delivers a "Where's George?"–inspired debut examining the varied paths paper money can take and the hands it passes through.
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Released: March 1, 2013
"Fair, thoughtful and balanced."
A Wyoming-based journalist and essayist chronicles her visits to nine electrical power stations across the country, examining the pros and cons of the fuel sources used at each site.
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Released: March 1, 2013
"William James, suffice it to say, would probably be appalled at first, and then fascinated."
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Released: Feb. 26, 2013
"An ingenious overview of anything that might be alive. The author remains true to science while coming to delightfully bizarre conclusions."
Living organisms don't tolerate boiling or subzero temperatures, massive pressure or an environment too rich in salt, acid or toxic chemicals--or so we thought for centuries.
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Released: Feb. 26, 2013
"Although human cognition remains uniquely profound, evolution guarantees that it has a long history, and Morell makes a fascinating, convincing case that even primitive animals give some thought to their actions."
Animals not only have minds, but personalities and emotions. They make plans, calculate, cheat and even teach, writes veteran science writer Morell (
Ancestral Passions: The Leakey Family and the Quest for Humankind's Beginnings, 1997) in this delightful exploration of how animals think.
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Released: Feb. 25, 2013
"An enormously elucidating and relevant study."
An intimate, canny comparative study of four of the great world cities--St. Petersburg, Shanghai, Mumbai and Dubai--in terms of the imposition of Western influence and onslaught of modern currents.
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Released: Feb. 20, 2013
"A well-honed chronicle of a significant national disaster, especially timely following the destruction of Sandy."
Deeply researched, personal accounts of the Midwestern natural disaster whose ramifications can be felt today.
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Released: Feb. 19, 2013
"A lush, labor-of-love appreciation of maritime California."
A broad, insightful exploration of the Golden State's pristine coastline and its social and ecological impact on the nation.
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Released: Feb. 12, 2013
"An eloquent attempt to grasp the Japanese experience of the "The Wave," which was "center and fringe at once, a totality, both destructive and beautiful.""
Lyrical, meandering dispatches and eyewitness accounts from the devastation of the 2011 tsunami in Japan.
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Released: Feb. 5, 2013
"A well-presented investigation into how dogs came to be."
Hare (Evolutionary Anthropology/Duke Univ.) and Woods (
Bonobo Handshake: A Memoir of Love and Adventure in the Congo, 2010) delve into the rich cognitive world of dogs and how they domesticated themselves through natural selection.
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