Big Oil and Gas Versus Democracy - Winner Take All Rachel Maddow's Blowout offers a dark, serpentine, riveting tour of the unimaginably lucrative and corrupt oil-and-gas industry. With her trademark black humor, Maddow takes us on a switchback journey around the globe - from Oklahoma City to Siberia to Equatorial Guinea - exposing the greed and incompetence […]
"The fullest, finest, and most powerful novel that has been written about pioneer life in America." — The Nation Ole Edvart Rølvaag's classic Norweigian-American immigration novel. Giants in the Earth follows a Norwegian pioneer family's struggles with the land and the elements of the Dakota Territory as they try to make a new life in America. The […]
Hamrah is committed to his ambivalence, conveying it with a mixture of precision and conviction that will remind you how much more there is to be gleaned from a review than whether a movie is 'good' or 'bad' (even if it's a movie you happen to deem very good or very bad indeed) . . […]
A full-length collection of poetry from Wisconsin writer's group the PaperBirch Poets on the broad themes of life, history, and the natural world. The PaperBirch Poets are Nancy Austin, Jan Bosman, Andrée Graveley, Elaine Hohensee, Elaine Strite, Janet Taliaferro, Shannon Theilman, Mary Louise Peters, and Michelle Zanoni.
The world is full of good things. Ice-cold lemonade. The laughter of children. College football. Scrambled eggs and crispy bacon. But what happens to these earthly pleasures when Jesus shows up? Do the things of earth grow strangely dim? Or does he shine in all that’s fair? In this book, Joe Rigney offers a breath […]
Brilliant, heartbreaking, tender, and highly original – poet Ocean Vuong's debut novel is a sweeping and shattering portrait of a family, and a testament to the redemptive power of storytelling On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous is a letter from a son to a mother who cannot read. Written when the speaker, Little Dog, is in […]
When the Yellowstone supervolcano erupts, it's up to six college students and their experimental physics project to prevent the end of civilization. When an experiment to study quantum uncertainty goes spectacularly wrong, physics student Bill Rustad and his friends find that they have accidentally created an inter-dimensional portal. They connect to Outland - an alternate […]
"Splendidly imagined.... Thrilling" (Simon Winchester) "A genuine masterpiece." (Gary Shteyngart) Spellbinding, moving - evoking a fascinating region on the other side of the world - this suspenseful and haunting story announces the debut of a profoundly gifted writer. One August afternoon, on the shoreline of the Kamchatka peninsula at the northeastern edge of Russia, two […]
Evolutionary Tactics, A Blueprint for Action, The Real Light at the end of the tunnel from the Vietnam era. Sometimes it takes the perspective of history to unmask the true genius of a person, a book or a point of view. Perhaps even more telling, the first attempt to deal with the subject of Jim […]
This useful supplement to high school Earth Science textbooks features: A comprehensive, newly streamlined topic review covering fundamentals of astronomy, geology, and meteorologyThe 2011 Edition Reference Tables for Physical Setting/Earth ScienceMore than 1,100 practice questions with answers covering all exam topics drawn from recent Regents examsOne recent full-length Regents exam with answers
Take a journey to help the Earth in the second book of the New York Times bestselling trilogy by Julian Lennon!Jump aboard the White Feather Flier, a magical plane that can go wherever you want. This time, Lennon’s interactive book immerses children in a fun and unique journey where they can: Bring medicine to people […]
PROMETHEUS AWARD WINNER "BEST NOVEL" 2018 Earth in 2064 is politically corrupt and in economic decline. The Long Depression has dragged on for 56 years, and the Bureau of Sustainable Research is hard at work making sure that no new technologies disrupt the planned economy. Ten years ago a band of malcontents, dreamers, and libertarian […]
Barron’s Regents Exams and Answers: Earth Science provides essential review for students taking the Earth Science Regents, including actual exams administered for the course, thorough answer explanations, and comprehensive review of all topics. This edition features:Five actual, administered Regents exams so students can get familiar with the testComprehensive review questions grouped by topic, to help […]
A New York Times bestseller that TODAY calls “beautiful” and “stunning!”This interactive book immerses children in a fun and unique journey. Jump aboard the White Feather Flier, a magical plane that can go wherever you want! Just press a button printed on the page, and point the plane up in the air to fly, or […]
Named one of the most anticipated books of 2019 by Vulture, Entertainment Weekly, Buzzfeed, Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, Oprah.com, Huffington Post, The A.V. Club, Nylon, The Week, The Rumpus, The Millions, The Guardian, Publishers Weekly, and more Poet Ocean Vuong’s debut novel is a shattering portrait of a family, a first love, and the […]
Earth-based spirituality and magical activism for teens - and everyone! - in the tradition of Starhawk and Reclaiming. This is a workbook like no other, based on twelve years of rituals, classes, and grassroots activism at Reclaiming's Teen Earth Magic camp. Filled with dozens of photos from the California-based youth retreat and its sibling camps […]
See if you have what it takes to survive the monster-zombie apocalypse in this interactive guided journal from the New York Times bestselling Last Kids on Earth series, soon to be a Netflix original animated series! You've read all about the Last Kids on Earth's adventures in the post-zombie-monster-apocalypse, and now it's time to get […]