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The Treeline

The Last Forest and the Future of Life on Earth

by Ben Rawlence ...

Winner of the 2023 Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in Journalism**"Original and readable." ―Financial Times' Best Environmental Books of 2022"Superb, inspiring." ―Winner, National Academies of Science Schmidt Awards for Excellence in Science Communications**“Illuminating.” —Silver Medalist, National Outdoor Book AwardsLonglisted for the American Library Association's 2023 Carnegie Medal ... Read more

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Winner of the 2023 Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in Journalism**"Original and readable." ―Financial Times' Best Environmental Books of 2022"Superb, inspiring." ―Winner, National Academies of Science Schmidt Awards for Excellence in Science Communications**“Illuminating.” —Silver Medalist, National Outdoor Book AwardsLonglisted for the American Library Association's 2023 Carnegie Medal
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The River in the Sea

How the Gulf Stream System Made (and Is Unmaking) Our World

by Ben Rawlence ...

**A wondrous journey along the greatest ocean current—**classic travel writing and celebrations of natural wonders under threatOur world is a freak of nature. The finely balanced arrangement of ice at the poles and heat in the tropics is a once in a billion-year miracle of physics - made and sustained by the cooling system of the planet: ocean currents. The Gulf Stream system moves more water than ... Read more

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**A wondrous journey along the greatest ocean current—**classic travel writing and celebrations of natural wonders under threatOur world is a freak of nature. The finely balanced arrangement of ice at the poles and heat in the tropics is a once in a billion-year miracle of physics - made and sustained by the cooling system of the planet: ocean currents. The Gulf Stream system moves more water than
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Radio Congo

Signals of Hope from Africa's Deadliest War

by Ben Rawlence ...

Brash hustlers, sinister colonels, resilient refugees, and intrepid radio hosts: meet the future of CongoIn this extraordinary debut – called ‘gripping’ by The Times of London – Ben Rawlence sets out to gather the news from a forgotten town deep in Congo’s ‘silent quarter’ where peace is finally being built after two decades of civil war and devastation. Ignoring the advice of locals, reporters, ... Read more

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Brash hustlers, sinister colonels, resilient refugees, and intrepid radio hosts: meet the future of CongoIn this extraordinary debut – called ‘gripping’ by The Times of London – Ben Rawlence sets out to gather the news from a forgotten town deep in Congo’s ‘silent quarter’ where peace is finally being built after two decades of civil war and devastation. Ignoring the advice of locals, reporters,
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City of Thorns

Nine Lives in the World's Largest Refugee Camp

by Ben Rawlence ...

Finalist for the Dayton Literary Peace PrizeNamed a Best of Book of the Year by The Economist and Foreign AffairsLos Angeles Times Book Prize FinalistThe Dadaab refugee camp is many things: to the charity workers, it's a humanitarian crisis; to the Kenyan government, a "nursery for terrorists"; to the Western media, a dangerous no-go area. But to its half a million residents, it's their last ... Read more

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Finalist for the Dayton Literary Peace PrizeNamed a Best of Book of the Year by The Economist and Foreign AffairsLos Angeles Times Book Prize FinalistThe Dadaab refugee camp is many things: to the charity workers, it's a humanitarian crisis; to the Kenyan government, a "nursery for terrorists"; to the Western media, a dangerous no-go area. But to its half a million residents, it's their last
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The Treeline

The Last Forest and the Future of Life on Earth

by Ben Rawlence ...

Narrated by Jamie Parker ...

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11 hours 59 min

In the tradition of Elizabeth Kolbert and Barry Lopez, a powerful, poetic and deeply absorbing account of the “lung” at the top of the world.For the last fifty years, the trees of the boreal forest have been moving north. The Treeline takes us along this critical frontier of our warming planet from Norway to Siberia, Alaska to Greenland, to meet the scientists, residents and trees confronting huge ... Read more

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In the tradition of Elizabeth Kolbert and Barry Lopez, a powerful, poetic and deeply absorbing account of the “lung” at the top of the world.For the last fifty years, the trees of the boreal forest have been moving north. The Treeline takes us along this critical frontier of our warming planet from Norway to Siberia, Alaska to Greenland, to meet the scientists, residents and trees confronting huge
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The River in the Sea

How the Gulf Stream System Made (and Is Unmaking) Our World

by Ben Rawlence ...

Unabridged

10 hours 18 min

**A wondrous journey along the greatest ocean current—**classic travel writing and celebrations of natural wonders under threatOur world is a freak of nature. The finely balanced arrangement of ice at the poles and heat in the tropics is a once in a billion-year miracle of physics - made and sustained by the cooling system of the planet: ocean currents. The Gulf Stream system moves more water than ... Read more

$26.99 USD

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**A wondrous journey along the greatest ocean current—**classic travel writing and celebrations of natural wonders under threatOur world is a freak of nature. The finely balanced arrangement of ice at the poles and heat in the tropics is a once in a billion-year miracle of physics - made and sustained by the cooling system of the planet: ocean currents. The Gulf Stream system moves more water than
... Read more

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City of Thorns

Nine Lives in the World’s Largest Refugee Camp

by Ben Rawlence ...

Narrated by Derek Perkins ...

Unabridged

11 hours 49 min

Situated hundreds of miles from any other settlement, deep within the inhospitable desert of northern Kenya, Dadaab is a city like no other. Its buildings are made from mud, sticks, or plastic, its entire economy is grey, and its citizens survive on rations and luck. Over the course of four years, Ben Rawlence became a first-hand witness to a strange and desperate limbo-land, getting to know many ... Read more

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Situated hundreds of miles from any other settlement, deep within the inhospitable desert of northern Kenya, Dadaab is a city like no other. Its buildings are made from mud, sticks, or plastic, its entire economy is grey, and its citizens survive on rations and luck. Over the course of four years, Ben Rawlence became a first-hand witness to a strange and desperate limbo-land, getting to know many
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The Lightless Sky

A Twelve-Year-Old Refugee's Harrowing Escape from Afghanistan and His Extraordinary Journey Across Half the World

by Gulwali Passarlay ...

Narrated by Assaf Cohen, Susan Duerden ...

Unabridged

11 hours 43 min

A gripping, inspiring, and eye-opening memoir of fortitude and survival—of a twelve-year-old boy’s traumatic flight from Afghanistan to the West—that puts a face to one of the most shocking and devastating humanitarian crises of our time.“To risk my life had to mean something. Otherwise what was it all for?”In 2006, after his father was killed, Gulwali Passarlay was caught between the Taliban who ... Read more

$28.99 USD

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A gripping, inspiring, and eye-opening memoir of fortitude and survival—of a twelve-year-old boy’s traumatic flight from Afghanistan to the West—that puts a face to one of the most shocking and devastating humanitarian crises of our time.“To risk my life had to mean something. Otherwise what was it all for?”In 2006, after his father was killed, Gulwali Passarlay was caught between the Taliban who
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Song for a Whale

by Lynne Kelly ...

Narrated by Lynne Kelly, Abigail Revasch ...

Unabridged

6 hours 34 min

In the spirit of modern-day classics like Fish in a Tree and Counting by 7s comes the story of a deaf girl's connection to a whale whose song can't be heard by his species, and the journey she takes to help him.From fixing the class computer to repairing old radios, twelve-year-old Iris is a tech genius. But she's the only deaf person in her school, so people often treat her like she's not very ... Read more

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In the spirit of modern-day classics like Fish in a Tree and Counting by 7s comes the story of a deaf girl's connection to a whale whose song can't be heard by his species, and the journey she takes to help him.From fixing the class computer to repairing old radios, twelve-year-old Iris is a tech genius. But she's the only deaf person in her school, so people often treat her like she's not very
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Inciting Joy

Essays

by Ross Gay ...

Narrated by Ross Gay ...

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8 hours 21 min

**From New York Times bestselling author Ross Gay comes an intimate and electrifying collection of essays about the joy that comes from connection.“Brilliant. Inciting Joy is a book that will break your heart.” —Ada Limón, US poet laureate“A gift that’s meant to be shared.” —The Washington Post“It’s impossible to read [these essays] without feeling a shift in your awareness of joy and its ... Read more

$24.99 USD

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**From New York Times bestselling author Ross Gay comes an intimate and electrifying collection of essays about the joy that comes from connection.“Brilliant. Inciting Joy is a book that will break your heart.” —Ada Limón, US poet laureate“A gift that’s meant to be shared.” —The Washington Post“It’s impossible to read [these essays] without feeling a shift in your awareness of joy and its
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Inciting Joy

Essays

by Ross Gay ...

**From New York Times bestselling author Ross Gay comes an intimate and electrifying collection of essays about the joy that comes from connection.“Brilliant. Inciting Joy is a book that will break your heart.” —Ada Limón, US poet laureate“A gift that’s meant to be shared.” —The Washington Post“It’s impossible to read [these essays] without feeling a shift in your awareness of joy and its ... Read more

$13.99 USD

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**From New York Times bestselling author Ross Gay comes an intimate and electrifying collection of essays about the joy that comes from connection.“Brilliant. Inciting Joy is a book that will break your heart.” —Ada Limón, US poet laureate“A gift that’s meant to be shared.” —The Washington Post“It’s impossible to read [these essays] without feeling a shift in your awareness of joy and its
... Read more

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One Way Back

A Memoir

by Christine Blasey Ford ...

Now a New York Times bestseller"A blisteringly personal memoir...a thoughtful exploration of what it feels like to become a main character in a major American reckoning." —The Washington Post"An insightful tour de force." —PeopleOn September 27, 2018, Christine Blasey Ford testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee which was considering the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the U... ... Read more

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Now a New York Times bestseller"A blisteringly personal memoir...a thoughtful exploration of what it feels like to become a main character in a major American reckoning." —The Washington Post"An insightful tour de force." —PeopleOn September 27, 2018, Christine Blasey Ford testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee which was considering the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the U...
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