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The Songs of Trees: Stories from Nature's Great Connectors

by David George Haskell

Published: 2017-04-04

Hardcover: 304 pages

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The author of the Pulitzer Prize finalist The Forest Unseen visits with nature’s most magnificent networkers — trees “Fluent, compelling, and intoxicatingly rich.” – Times Literary SupplementSELECTED by NPR's "Science Friday" and "Brainpickings" as one of the best science book...

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Holmes Affair

by Graham Moore

Published: 2011-12-01

Paperback: 368 pages

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From the Academy Award winning screenwriter of The Imitation Game comes this thrilling Sherlockian adventure... 'The Holmes Affair is a brilliantly executed must-read for all admirers of historical fiction, Sherlock Holmes and intellectual mysteries. Engrossing, suspenseful and fast-paced, this debut...

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Autumn: A Novel (Seasonal Quartet)

by Ali Smith

Published: 2017-10-17

Paperback: 288 pages

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MAN BOOKER PRIZE FINALISTLong-listed for the Gordon Burn PrizeOne of the New York Times 10 Best Books of the Year A Washington Post Notable Book One of the Best Books of the Year: NPR, Dwight Garner/The New York Times, Martha Kearney/The Guardian, Slate, Chicago Tribune, Southern Livi...

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Snowblind: A Brief Career in the Cocaine Trade

by Robert Sabbag

Published: 2010-06-08

Paperback: 368 pages

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Robbert Sabbag’s Snowblind, the true story of an American smuggler whose intricate, ingenious scams made him a legendary figure in the cocaine world of the late sixties and early seventies, is a modern classic. In this ?witty, intelligent, fiercely stylish, drug-induced exemplary tale”...

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Snowblind: A Thriller (The Dark Iceland Series)

by Ragnar Jonasson

Published: 2017-11-07

Paperback: 336 pages

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Where: A quiet fishing village in northern Iceland, where no one locks their doors. It is accessible only via a small mountain tunnel.Who: Ari Thor is a rookie policeman on his first posting, far from his girlfriend in Reykjavik. He has a past that he's unable to leave behind.What: A young...

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Van Goghs House : a Pop-Up Experience - [Case Contains: Booklet with Title Van Gogh (32 P. : Col. Ill. ; 13 Cm. ) ; Pop-Up Book with Title: Van Goghs House (11 X 13 Cm. ) ; 6 Cards (Various Sizes) ; and 3 Push-Out Cards]

by Bob (re: Vincent Van Gogh) Hersey

Published: 1998

Hardcover: 0 pages

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POP-UP BOOK WITH 6 CARDS AND 3 PUSH-OUT CARDS.

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Balthasar's Odyssey: A Novel

by Amin Maalouf

Published: 2003-11-14

Paperback: 400 pages

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In 1665, with prophecies and portents fortelling the forthcoming Apocalypse, Balthasar, an antiquarian merchant and sage, embarks on a perilous quest through the countries of the Mediterranean and beyond to find a rare book, entitled The Hundredth Name, that could hold the key to the world...

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Alien Intrusion (Updated & Expanded)

by Gary Bates

Published: 2010-05-31

Paperback: 380 pages

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When actor Richard Dreyfus gazed up into the heavens during the hit film, Close Encounters of the Third Kind audiences looked with him, in rapt attention. Alien encounters cropped up like, well, crop circles. More films were released. Books detailed alleged abductions. NASA funded SETI, an effort to...

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Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race

by Margot Lee Shetterly

Published: 2018-01-16

Hardcover: 40 pages

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Based on the New York Times bestselling book and the Academy Award–nominated movie, author Margot Lee Shetterly and illustrator Laura Freeman bring the incredibly inspiring true story of four black women who helped NASA launch men into space to picture book readers!Dorothy Vaughan, Mary...

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A Queen of Unrest: The Story of Juana of Castile, Mother of Charles V., Born 1479, Died 1555

by Harry Tighe

Published: 1905-05-27

Kindle Edition: 250 pages

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Joanna (6 November 1479 – 12 April 1555), known as Joanna the Mad (Spanish: Juana la Loca), was queen in her own right of Castile from 1504 and of Aragon from 1516. From the union of these two crowns modern Spain evolved. Joanna married Philip the Handsome, who was crowned King of Castil...