Books – Detail

In The Breath of the Gods, Simon Winchester, author of The Professor and the Madman, explains how wind plays a part in our everyday lives, from airplane or car travel to the "natural disasters" that are becoming more frequent and regular.

A stunning celebration of contemporary gardens across the globe, created by the world's leading designers. This inspirational book features 300 extraordinary gardens created from the late 1990's to the present day.

An in-depth investigation into the growing industry of green technologies and the environmental, social, and political consequences of the mining it requires.

Neil Shea blends natural history, anthropology, and travel writing to explore how the beauty, chaos, and power of change in the far north are reflected in the lives of people and animals.

A landmark collection of Pulitzer Prize winner Elizabeth Kolbert's most important pieces about climate change and the natural world.

A stargazer's guide.

The body is the most complex machine in the world, and the only one for which you cannot get a replacement part from the manufacturer. For centuries, medicine has reached for what's available--sculpting noses from brass, borrowing skin from frogs and hearts from pigs, crafting eye parts from jet canopies and breasts from petroleum by-products. Today we're attempting to grow body parts from scratch using stem cells and 3D printers. How are we doing?