Into Thin Air

Written by Jon Krakauer

Format: eBook
On Sale: November 12, 1998
Price: $11.99

When Jon Krakauer reached the summit of Mt. Everest in the early afternoon of May 10,1996, he hadn't slept in fifty-seven hours and was reeling from the brain-altering effects of oxygen depletion. As he turned to begin the perilous descent from 29,028 feet (roughly the cruising altitude of an Airbus jetliner)... Read more >

Wave

Written by Sonali Deraniyagala

Format: eBook, 240 pages
On Sale: March 5, 2013
Price: $11.99

On the morning of December 26, 2004, on the southern coast of Sri Lanka, Sonali Deraniyagala lost her parents, her husband, and her two young sons in the tsunami she miraculously survived. In this brave and searingly frank memoir, she describes those first horrifying moments and her long journey since. She...

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1491 (Second Edition)
New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
Written by Charles C. Mann

Format: eBook
On Sale: October 10, 2006
Price: $12.99

In this groundbreaking work of science, history, and archaeology, Charles C. Mann radically alters our understanding of the Americas before the arrival of Columbus in 1492.
 
Contrary to what so many Americans learn in school, the pre-Columbian Indians were not sparsely settled in a pristine wilderness; rather, there were huge numbers of...

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The Eighty-Dollar Champion
Snowman, The Horse That Inspired a Nation
Written by Elizabeth Letts

Format: eBook, 352 pages
On Sale: August 23, 2011
Price: $1.99

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
 
Harry de Leyer first saw the horse he would name Snowman on a truck bound for the slaughterhouse. The recent Dutch immigrant recognized the spark in the eye of the beaten-up nag and bought him for eighty dollars. On Harry’s modest farm on Long Island, he...

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The Botany of Desire
A Plant's-Eye View of the World
Written by Michael Pollan

Format: eBook
On Sale: June 12, 2001
Price: $11.99

The book that helped make Michael Pollan, the New York Times bestselling author of Cooked and The Omnivore’s Dilemma, one of the most trusted food experts in America

In 1637, one Dutchman paid as much for a single tulip bulb as the going price of a town house in Amsterdam. Three and a half centuries later, Amsterdam is once... Read more >

Animal Wise
The Thoughts and Emotions of Our Fellow Creatures
Written by Virginia Morell

Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: February 26, 2013
Price: $12.99

Noted science writer Virginia Morell explores the frontiers of research on animal cognition and emotion, offering a surprising and moving exploration into the hearts and minds of wild and domesticated animals.
 
   Did you know that ants teach, earthworms make decisions, rats love to be tickled, and chimps grieve?  Did you know that... Read more >

Dragons of Eden
Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence
Written by Carl Sagan

Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: September 26, 2012
Price: $7.99

Dr. Carl Sagan takes us on a great reading adventure, offering his vivid and startling insight into the brain of man and beast, the origin of human intelligence, the function of our most haunting legends--and their amazing links to recent discoveries.
"A history of the human brain from the big bang, fifteen... Read more >

A Natural History of Love
Author of the National Bestseller A Natural History of the Senses
Written by Diane Ackerman

Format: eBook, 384 pages
On Sale: June 1, 2011
Price: $11.99

The bestselling author of A Natural History of the Senses now explores the allure of adultery, the appeal of aphrodisiacs, and the cult of the kiss. Enchantingly written and stunningly informed, this "audaciously brilliant romp through the world of romantic love" (Washington Post Book World) is the next best thing to... Read more >

Dirt Work
An Education in the Woods
Written by Christine Byl

Format: eBook
On Sale: April 16, 2013
Price: $24.95

A lively and lyrical account of one woman’s unlikely apprenticeship on a national-park trail crew and what she discovers about nature, gender, and the value of hard work
 
Christine Byl first encountered the national parks the way most of us do: on vacation. But after she graduated from college, broke and ready...

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Inside Animal Minds
The New Science of Animal Intelligence
Written by Virgina Morell, Mary Roach and Peter Miller

Format: eBook, 62 pages
On Sale: October 9, 2012
Price: $3.99

The Animal Intelligence Bundle:
 
“Minds of Their Own” by Virginia Morell (March 2008)
“Almost Human” by Mary Roach (April 2008)
“The Genius of Swarms” by Peter Miller (July 2007)
 
In “Minds of Their Own,” Virginia Morell provides an overview of the science of animal intelligence. She introduces you to... Read more >