There aren't many books out there that mix science and history so well. And as far as I can tell, there's only one that can make a story about fertilizer sound interesting. The Alchemy of Air was published in 2008 but tells a story that started soon after the invention of agriculture. The story of... Continue Reading →
A lost button. A forgotten hair clip. An umbrella in a park. Are these things hopelessly lost forever? Will their owners want them back? Who will keep them until they can be reunited? Anthony Peardew, author of short stories, will become the Keeper of Lost Things. He will collect the forgotten and give them a... Continue Reading →
Scott Jurek is one of the most decorated ultrarunners in the world. He is the 7-time consecutive winner of The Western States 100 Mile Endurance Run, holder of the 2015 speed record for the Appalachian Trail, 2-time consecutive winner of the 135-mile Badwater Ultramarathon, 3-time consecutive winner of the 152-mile Spartathon, and winner of the... Continue Reading →
I really enjoyed John Green's other books like The Fault in Our Stars, Paper Towns, and Looking for Alaska. But The Anthropocene Reviewed is nothing like those. But that's a great thing! Green has really branched out and gone away from the young adult genre to bring us an adult essay-style feature. Green originally began... Continue Reading →
Molecule (mol·e·cule) noun: a group of atoms bonded together, representing the smallest fundamental unit of a chemical compound that can take part in a chemical reaction Did you know the molecules that allow us to live and thrive also have the destructive power to take away what it fundamentally means to be ourselves? When molecules... Continue Reading →
Eleanor "Nora" Beady was orphaned after her whole family was struck with a deadly pox. Her doctor, Horace Croft, took her in to continue to study her under the pretense of saving the girl from a fate of life in an orphanage. So Nora grows up under the care of the housekeeper Mrs. Phipps while... Continue Reading →
In the not-so-far future, animals are going extinct on an epic scale. Companies can buy and sell extinction credits that allow them to wipe out an animal species in their business pursuits. Activists and scientists are taking steps to preserve the DNA of as many species as they can before they are gone forever with... Continue Reading →
Twin sisters go separate ways when they are 16 years old. When their teenage daughters bring them together again will they be happy with the lives they chose? Desiree and Stella are from Mallard, a small town in the rural south that isn't on any map. It's a town of predominately black citizens who are... Continue Reading →
Nora wants to die. She tries to die. But she ends up in a library at midnight. It's not a typical library though. Sure there are shelves. They're lined with books. There's even a librarian. But all of the books are about her. Every book is a life she could have lived. Every version of... Continue Reading →
You read that title right; the gut is an organ. Gut by Guilia Enders is an inside look at the human digestive system. Learn what makes us go #2 and how bacteria can either help or hurt us. Figure out how and why certain foods make some of us sick and the role a vaginal... Continue Reading →
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