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From the author of Apocalyptic Planet, an unsparing, vivid, revelatory travelogue through prehistory that traces the arrival of the First People in North America 20,000 years ago and the artifacts that enable us to imagine their lives and fates. This book upends our notions of where these people came from and who they were.

In Tides: The Science and Spirit of the Ocean, writer, sailor, and surfer Jonathan White takes listeners across the globe to discover the science and spirit of ocean tides. In the Arctic, White shimmies under the ice with an Inuit elder to hunt for mussels in the dark cavities left behind at low tide; in China, he races the Silver Dragon, a 25-foot tidal bore that crashes 80 miles up the Qiantang River; in France, he interviews the monks that live in the tide-wrapped monastery of Mont Saint-Michel; in Chile and Scotland, he investigates the growth of tidal power generation.

More than a hundred salt lakes dot Earth's surface, most of them hidden away in remote desert valleys. But today nearly all of them are at risk of drying up. Their death is a harbinger of rising sea levels, life-threatening dust storms, and environmental collapse. Writer and geographer Caroline Tracey didn't know this when she began crossing paths with salt lakes during her early twenties. From the Great Salt Lake to the Aral Sea, across the American West and around the world, the unusual beauty of these shimmering, uncanny bodies of water captured her imagination.

In 1967, 12 young men attempted to climb Alaska's Mount McKinley—known to the locals as Denali—one of the most popular and deadly mountaineering destinations in the world. Only five survived. Journalist Andy Hall, son of the park superintendent at the time, investigates the tragedy. He spent years tracking down survivors, lost documents, and recordings of radio communications. In Denali's Howl, Hall reveals the full story.

Living at the limits of our ordinary perception, mosses are a common but largely unnoticed element of the natural world. Gathering Moss is a beautifully written mix of science and personal reflection that invites listeners to explore and learn from the elegantly simple lives of mosses.

Who can forget the sense of wonder with which they discovered the creatures of the deep? In this vibrant hymn to the sea, Callum Roberts - one of the world’s foremost conservation biologists - leads listeners on a fascinating tour of mankind’s relationship to the sea, from the earliest traces of water on Earth to the oceans as we know them today. In the process, Roberts looks at how the taming of the oceans has shaped human civilization and affected marine life. Like Four Fish and The Omnivore’s Dilemma, The Ocean of Life takes a long view to tell a story in which each one of us has a role to play.

The Big Bass Zone: The Updated & Expanded Edition The Definitive Guide to Seeking Out Giants. Not Just Catching Fish. The original Big Bass Zone was a revolution. It taught a generation to stop chasing limits and start hunting legends. Now, the architect of that revolution has returned with a complete evolution of the system, forged from twenty more years of obsession and armed with the technology that finally proves his theories. This is not just an update. This is the full synthesis. Bill Siemantel, Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame Legendary Angler, integrates his foundational mindset—...

Man’s struggle against the sea is a theme that has created some of the world’s most exciting stories. Now, in the tradition of Moby Dick comes a New York Times best seller destined to become a modern classic. Written by journalist Sebastian Junger, The Perfect Storm combines an intimate portrait of a small fishing crew with fascinating scientific data about boats and weather systems.

In Losing Eden award-winning historian Sara Dant debunks the myth of the American West as “Eden” and instead embraces a more realistic and complex understanding of a region that has been inhabited and altered by people for tens of thousands of years. In this lively narrative Dant discusses the key events and topics in the environmental history of the American West, from the Beringia migration, Columbian Exchange, and federal territorial acquisition to post–World War II expansion, resource exploitation, and current climate change issues.

By 1930, no place in the world was less well explored than Greenland. The native Inuit had occupied the relatively accessible west coast for centuries. The east coast, however, was another story. In August 1930, Henry George Watkins (nicknamed “Gino”), a twenty-three-year-old British explorer, led thirteen scientists and explorers on an ambitious expedition to the east coast of Greenland and into its vast and forbidding interior to set up a permanent meteorological base on the icecap, 8,200 feet above sea level.

The secret world of fungi is another kingdom. They do not seem of this world, yet fungi underpin all the life around us: the "wood wide web" links the trees by a subterranean telegraph; fungi eat the fallen trunks and leaves to recycle the nutrients that keep the wood alive; they feed a host of beetles and flies, which in turn feed birds and bats.

What good is a fully stocked bug-out bag if your house burns down with it inside? A cache solves that problem. Supplies pre-positioned where you can reach them when your primary stores are gone, destroyed, or inaccessible — that's the insurance policy most preppers never build. This guide is adapted from TC 31-29, the U.S. Army Special Forces manual that has been the gold standard for military caching operations for decades. Bob Mayer didn't just study it — he trained on it and taught it in the Special Forces Qualification Course. That institutional knowledge is translated into plain ...

In Wilderlands, archaeologist Eloise Kane unearths 12,000 years of our changing relationship with and influence on the landscape. Through prehistory, Roman occupation, the Middle Ages and beyond, we see the unfamiliar beasts of our old wild make way for species such as brown hare and fallow deer, now romanticised as eternal symbols of the British countryside, but introduced much later than we might think. Places free from our influence haven't existed for a very long time. But Eloise Kane invites us to rethink our definition of the wild - not as separate from us.

अनेक स्त्री शास्त्रज्ञानी आपल्या वेगवेगळ्या संशोधनाने जगाला ललायभूत केले आहे आणि त्यांच्या संशोधनांचा...

Welcome to the 2nd Edition of "Coyotes by the Calendar!" The text has been updated and enhanced to include expanded life cycle information and includes several new sound sequences. Some of the industry's most successful hunters, including Chad Burke, Jon Collins, Torry Cook, Heath Johnson, Richard Gonzales, Corey Groff, Marc Larese, Cliff Martin, Al Morris, Kerry Thomas, and Joseph Wirth, provide their proven sequences throughout the chapters.The new information reflects the latest trends in calling and will help all hunters afield. This may be the single most important book in your ...

There’s something about a bass hitting a lure that never leaves you. The explosion on topwater at first light. The quiet tap of a jig along a rocky point. The sudden, unmistakable pull from beneath the surface that changes everything in an instant. If you’ve spent any time chasing bass, you know it’s more than just fishing. It’s a way of life. In God Must Be a Bass Fisherman, Daniel Bryant takes you on a deeply personal journey through a lifetime on the water—from boyhood days on a pier along the Fox River, to hidden lakes in Minnesota and Wisconsin, to the vast, unforgettable ...

A fire that burns for hours is a disaster. A fire that burns for decades becomes something else entirely. In 1962, workers in the coal town of Centralia, Pennsylvania attempted to clean up a landfill by setting the garbage on fire. The plan was simple: burn the trash and extinguish the flames once the job was done. But the fire slipped into an abandoned coal mine beneath the town. What began as a small controlled burn turned into one of the most famous underground fires in history. Today, most of Centralia is gone. Streets lead to empty fields. Homes have been demolished. Warning signs ...

As heard on NPR's This American Life “Absorbing . . . Though it's non-fiction, The Feather Thief contains many of the elements of a classic thriller.” —Maureen Corrigan, NPR’s Fresh Air “One of the most peculiar and memorable true-crime books ever.” —Christian Science Monitor A...

We can't afford to delay climate action, but with all the shouting and disagreement, it's hard to know where to turn. In Clearing the Air, data scientist and bestselling author Hannah Ritchie answers fifty key climate questions once and for all, clearing the air so we can take action and fix things. The first piece of good news is that Ritchie is here with answers and the steps we need to take right now. Using simple, clear data, she tackles questions such as: Is it too late? Won't we run out of minerals? Aren't we too polarized?

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “The visionary author of How to Do Nothing returns to challenge the notion that ‘time is money.’ . . . Expect to feel changed by this radical way of seeing.”—Esquire “One of the most important books I’ve read in my life.”—Ed Yong, author of An...