Browsing: Science

A #1 New York Times bestseller and Newbery Honor winner: When Roy moves to Coconut Grove, he strikes up an unusual friendship — and finds himself on a crusade to save a colony of endangered owls. “A wonderful tour de force” (The Boston Globe) with over 24,000 five-star Goodreads ratings.

From a #1 New York Times bestselling author: This turn-of-the-century history tells the story of how one meteorologist’s hubris contributed to the nation’s deadliest natural disaster — the Great Galveston Hurricane. An “absorbing narrative” that’s “torqued by drama and taut with suspense” (Publishers Weekly).

Stiff is an oddly compelling, often hilarious exploration of the strange lives of our bodies postmortem. For two thousand years,…

Raised in a completely isolated Old Order Amish community, Ruth faced persecution when she fell in love with an outsider and chose to leave. Her powerful memoir “lifts the veil from one of the most private, most fascinating Christian sects… A wonderful tale of self-discovery” (Booklist).

“Vivid, revelatory, exhaustively researched” (Publishers Weekly starred review): Uncover the life of Nikola Tesla, the scientist and inventor who shaped modern electricity. “A wonderfully readable and illuminating biography” (#1 New York Times bestselling author Nelson DeMille).

Emma Gatewood was the first woman to hike the entire Appalachian Trail alone, as well as the first personman or…

Follow the true story of Pat and Mandy Retzlaff, who risked their lives to shelter the horses left behind by those fleeing Mugabe in early 2000s Zimbabwe. An inspiring story that “showcases the seemingly small but deeply significant heroism of doing the right thing” (Booklist).

If someone took everything you live for, how far would you go to get it back?When offered a one-way trip…

Abducted and abandoned at the age of four, Marina grew up living among monkeys deep in a Colombian jungle. This provocative memoir of her unusual childhood is “thrilling, upsetting, and powerful… A coming-of-age tale like no other” (Publishers Weekly) with over 1,600 five-star ratings on Goodreads.

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Devil in the White City, a true story of love,…