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Grinnell: America's Environmental Pioneer and His Restless Drive to Save the West
Grinnell: America's Environmental Pioneer and His Restless Drive to Save the West

Winner • National Outdoor Book Award (History/Biography)
Longlisted • PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography

Before Rachel Carson, there was George Bird Grinnell?the man whose prophetic vision did nothing less than launch American conservation.

George
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Geomorphology of Proglacial Systems: Landform and Sediment Dynamics in Recently Deglaciated Alpine Landscapes (Geography of the Physical Environment)
Geomorphology of Proglacial Systems: Landform and Sediment Dynamics in Recently Deglaciated Alpine Landscapes (Geography of the Physical Environment)
This book discusses the recession of alpine glaciers since the end of the Little Ice Age (LIA), which has been accelerating in the past decades. It provides an overview of the research in the field, presenting definitions and information about the different proglacial areas and systems. A number of case studies are from the PROSA project group...
Never Too Old to Get Rich: The Entrepreneur's Guide to Starting a Business Mid-Life
Never Too Old to Get Rich: The Entrepreneur's Guide to Starting a Business Mid-Life

Start a successful business mid-life

When you think of someone launching a start-up, the image of a twenty-something techie probably springs to mind. However, Gen Xers and Baby Boomers are just as likely to start businesses and reinvent themselves later in life. Never Too Old to Get Rich is an exciting...

The Fairy Tale World (Routledge Worlds)
The Fairy Tale World (Routledge Worlds)

The Fairy Tale World is a definitive volume on this ever-evolving field. The book draws on recent critical attention, contesting romantic ideas about timeless tales of good and evil, and arguing that fairy tales are culturally astute narratives that reflect the historical and material circumstances of the societies in which...

The Age of Dinosaurs: The Rise and Fall of the World’s Most Remarkable Animals
The Age of Dinosaurs: The Rise and Fall of the World’s Most Remarkable Animals

Think you know about dinosaurs? Think again! New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Steve Brusatte brings young scientists and readers everywhere into his world of massive herbivores and fearsome predators, daily unexpected discoveries, and all the new science used to learn about some of the...

Neurofitness: A Brain Surgeon’s Secrets to Boost Performance and Unleash Creativity
Neurofitness: A Brain Surgeon’s Secrets to Boost Performance and Unleash Creativity
From the operating room, where he performs some of the riskiest surgeries around, to the lab, where he works on leading clinical trials, Dr. Rahul Jandial is on the cutting edge of the latest advancements in neuroscience. This fascinating book draws on Dr. Jandial’s broad-spectrum expertise and brings together the best of various...
Pelvic Ring Fractures
Pelvic Ring Fractures

This book provides in-depth coverage of all aspects of pelvic ring fractures and their management. The opening chapters supply essential information on surgical anatomy, biomechanics, classification, clinical evaluation, radiological diagnostics, and emergency and acute management. The various operative techniques, including...

How Open Source Ate Software: Understand the Open Source Movement and So Much More
How Open Source Ate Software: Understand the Open Source Movement and So Much More

Learn how free software became open source and how you can sell open source software. This book provides a historical context of how open source has thoroughly transformed how we write software, how we cooperate, how we communicate, how we organize, and, ultimately, how we think about business values.

This fully updated...

The Soul of a Woman
The Soul of a Woman
From the New York Times bestselling author of A Long Petal of the Sea comes “a bold exploration of womanhood, feminism, parenting, aging, love and more” (Associated Press).

The Soul of a Woman is Isabel Allende’s most liberating book yet.”—Elle
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My Time Will Come: A Memoir of Crime, Punishment, Hope, and Redemption
My Time Will Come: A Memoir of Crime, Punishment, Hope, and Redemption
The inspiring story of activist and poet Ian Manuel, who at the age of fourteen was sentenced to life in prison. He survived eighteen years in solitary confinement—through his own determination and dedication to art—until he was freed as part of an incredible crusade by the Equal Justice Initiative.
 
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The Social Photo: On Photography and Social Media
The Social Photo: On Photography and Social Media
"Mr. Jurgenson makes a first sortie toward a new understanding of the photograph, wherein artistry or documentary intent have given way to communication and circulation. Like Susan Sontag’s On Photography, to which it self-consciously responds, The Social Photo is slim, hard-bitten and picture-free." –...
Drug Use for Grown-Ups: Chasing Liberty in the Land of Fear
Drug Use for Grown-Ups: Chasing Liberty in the Land of Fear
“Hart’s argument that we need to drastically revise our current view of illegal drugs is both powerful and timely . . . when it comes to the legacy of this country’s war on drugs, we should all share his outrage.” —The New York Times Book Review

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