Browsing: Biology

Bestsellers

She Has Her Mother’s Laugh

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Hailed upon publication as the “science book of the year” (The Guardian), this “extraordinary” must-read (The New York Times Book Review) demystifies — and redefines — heredity. “A magnificent work… As engrossing as it is enlightening” (Publishers Weekly starred review).

Animals

Fathoms

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Winner of the 2021 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction * Finalist for the 2020 Kirkus Prize for Nonfiction…

Bestsellers

Hidden Valley Road

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This #1 New York Times bestseller and Oprah’s Book Club selection tells the remarkable true story of the Galvins, a mid-century American family with 10 sons — six of whom were diagnosed with schizophrenia. “A stunning, riveting chronicle” (Booklist) with nearly 30,000 five-star ratings on Goodreads.

Biology

The Mosquito

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The instant New York Times bestseller.An international bestseller.“Hugely impressive, a major work.”—NPRA pioneering and groundbreaking work of narrative nonfiction that…

Animals

Father of Lions

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A moving true story: In war-torn Mosul, zookeeper Abu Laith found himself evacuating a string of animals from the city’s zoo — including a lion cub and a bear. “An engaging yet heartbreaking narrative that reads like fiction” (Kirkus Reviews).

Biology

Crisis in the Red Zone

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From a #1 New York Times bestselling author: This urgent account of the 2013–2014 Ebola outbreak and the scientists who worked tirelessly to curb it “reads like a thriller. That the story it tells is all true makes it all more terrifying” (Elizabeth Kolbert, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Sixth Extinction).

Action and Adventure

The Twenty-Ninth Day

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During a canoe trip, a brutal grizzly bear attack turned 17-year-old Alex Messenger’s Canadian wilderness adventure into a harrowing nightmare. This pulse-pounding memoir recounts his fight for survival. “Riveting… Kept me turning pages well into the night” (New York Times bestselling author Dean King).