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On the Burning Edge

A Fateful Fire and the Men Who Fought It

by Kyle Dickman ...

The definitive account of one of the deadliest wildfires in U.S. history, which killed nineteen elite firefighters of the Granite Mountain Hotshots and also inspired the major motion picture Only the Brave.“A tear-jerking classic.”—Outside • Named One of the Best Books of the Year by Men’s JournalOn June 28, 2013, a single bolt of lightning sparked an inferno that devoured more than eight thousand ... Read more

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The definitive account of one of the deadliest wildfires in U.S. history, which killed nineteen elite firefighters of the Granite Mountain Hotshots and also inspired the major motion picture Only the Brave.“A tear-jerking classic.”—Outside • Named One of the Best Books of the Year by Men’s JournalOn June 28, 2013, a single bolt of lightning sparked an inferno that devoured more than eight thousand
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Becoming a Climate Scientist

by Kyle Dickman ...

Series series Masters at Work
A hands-on, revealing guide to a career as a climate scientist written by acclaimed Outside magazine writer Kyle Dickman and based on the experiences of a preeminent researcher studying permafrost in the Arctic—essential reading for anyone considering a path to this timely profession.Go behind the scenes and be mentored by the best in the business to find out what it’s really like, and what it ... Read more

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A hands-on, revealing guide to a career as a climate scientist written by acclaimed Outside magazine writer Kyle Dickman and based on the experiences of a preeminent researcher studying permafrost in the Arctic—essential reading for anyone considering a path to this timely profession.Go behind the scenes and be mentored by the best in the business to find out what it’s really like, and what it
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On the Burning Edge

A Fateful Fire and the Men Who Fought It

by Kyle Dickman ...

Narrated by Will Damron ...

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9 hours 33 min

The definitive account of one of the deadliest wildfires in U.S. history, which killed nineteen elite firefighters of the Granite Mountain Hotshots and also inspired the major motion picture Only the Brave.“A tear-jerking classic.”—Outside • Named One of the Best Books of the Year by Men’s JournalOn June 28, 2013, a single bolt of lightning sparked an inferno that devoured more than eight thousand ... Read more

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The definitive account of one of the deadliest wildfires in U.S. history, which killed nineteen elite firefighters of the Granite Mountain Hotshots and also inspired the major motion picture Only the Brave.“A tear-jerking classic.”—Outside • Named One of the Best Books of the Year by Men’s JournalOn June 28, 2013, a single bolt of lightning sparked an inferno that devoured more than eight thousand
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The Devil's Element

Phosphorus and a World Out of Balance

by Dan Egan ...

Narrated by Jason Culp ...

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6 hours 50 min

The New York Times best-selling author on the source of great bounty—and now great peril—all over the world.Phosphorus has played a critical role in some of the most lethal substances on earth: firebombs, rat poison, nerve gas. But it’s also the key component of one of the most vital: fertilizer, which has sustained life for billions of people. In this major work of explanatory science and ... Read more

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The New York Times best-selling author on the source of great bounty—and now great peril—all over the world.Phosphorus has played a critical role in some of the most lethal substances on earth: firebombs, rat poison, nerve gas. But it’s also the key component of one of the most vital: fertilizer, which has sustained life for billions of people. In this major work of explanatory science and
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Brave the Wild River

The Untold Story of Two Women Who Mapped the Botany of the Grand Canyon

by Melissa L. Sevigny ...

Narrated by Elizabeth Wiley ...

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10 hours 53 min

In the summer of 1938, botanists Elzada Clover and Lois Jotter set off to run the Colorado River, accompanied by an ambitious and entrepreneurial expedition leader, a zoologist, and two amateur boatmen. With its churning waters and treacherous boulders, the Colorado was famed as the most dangerous river in the world. Journalists and veteran river runners boldly proclaimed that the motley crew ... Read more

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In the summer of 1938, botanists Elzada Clover and Lois Jotter set off to run the Colorado River, accompanied by an ambitious and entrepreneurial expedition leader, a zoologist, and two amateur boatmen. With its churning waters and treacherous boulders, the Colorado was famed as the most dangerous river in the world. Journalists and veteran river runners boldly proclaimed that the motley crew
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Unbroken

A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption

by Laura Hillenbrand ...

**#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the acclaimed author of Seabiscuit comes the incredible true story of survival and salvation that is the basis for two major motion pictures: Unbroken and Unbroken: Path to Redemption.“Extraordinarily moving . . . a powerfully drawn survival epic.”—The Wall Street Journal**“Hillenbrand’s writing is so ferociously cinematic, the events she describes so ... Read more

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**#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the acclaimed author of Seabiscuit comes the incredible true story of survival and salvation that is the basis for two major motion pictures: Unbroken and Unbroken: Path to Redemption.“Extraordinarily moving . . . a powerfully drawn survival epic.”—The Wall Street Journal**“Hillenbrand’s writing is so ferociously cinematic, the events she describes so
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Life on a Little-Known Planet

Dispatches from a Changing World

by Elizabeth Kolbert ...

A landmark collection of Pulitzer Prize winner Elizabeth Kolbert's most important pieces about climate change and the natural worldA NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR"To be a well-informed citizen of Planet Earth," Rolling Stone has advised, "you need to read Elizabeth Kolbert." From her National Magazine Award-winning series The Climate of Man to her Pulitzer Prize-winning book The Sixth ... Read more

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A landmark collection of Pulitzer Prize winner Elizabeth Kolbert's most important pieces about climate change and the natural worldA NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR"To be a well-informed citizen of Planet Earth," Rolling Stone has advised, "you need to read Elizabeth Kolbert." From her National Magazine Award-winning series The Climate of Man to her Pulitzer Prize-winning book The Sixth
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The Fragile Earth

Writing from The New Yorker on Climate Change

by Elizabeth Kolbert ...

A New York Times New & Noteworthy BookOne of the Daily Beast's 5 Essential Books to Read Before the ElectionA collection of the New Yorker's groundbreaking reporting from the front lines of climate change—including writing from Bill McKibben, Elizabeth Kolbert, Ian Frazier, Kathryn Schulz, and moreJust one year after climatologist James Hansen first came before a Senate committee and testified ... Read more

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A New York Times New & Noteworthy BookOne of the Daily Beast's 5 Essential Books to Read Before the ElectionA collection of the New Yorker's groundbreaking reporting from the front lines of climate change—including writing from Bill McKibben, Elizabeth Kolbert, Ian Frazier, Kathryn Schulz, and moreJust one year after climatologist James Hansen first came before a Senate committee and testified
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The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2023

by Carl Zimmer, Jaime Green ...

Series series Best American
Award-winning writer, columnist, and journalists Carl Zimmer selects twenty science and nature essays that represent the best examples of the form published in 2022.“What's most compelling about a scientific story is the way it challenges us to think about the concepts we take for granted,” writes guest editor Carl Zimmer in his introduction. The essays in this year’s Best American Science and ... Read more

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Award-winning writer, columnist, and journalists Carl Zimmer selects twenty science and nature essays that represent the best examples of the form published in 2022.“What's most compelling about a scientific story is the way it challenges us to think about the concepts we take for granted,” writes guest editor Carl Zimmer in his introduction. The essays in this year’s Best American Science and
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Flights of Fancy

Defying Gravity by Design and Evolution

by Richard Dawkins ...

Richard Dawkins on how nature and humans have learned to overcome the pull of gravity and take to the skies.'A masterly investigation of all aspects of flight, human and animal... A beautifully produced book that will appeal across age groups' Alexander McCall Smith'Dawkins has always been an extraordinarily muscular, persuasive thinker. What feels new here is that he writes with such charm and ... Read more

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Richard Dawkins on how nature and humans have learned to overcome the pull of gravity and take to the skies.'A masterly investigation of all aspects of flight, human and animal... A beautifully produced book that will appeal across age groups' Alexander McCall Smith'Dawkins has always been an extraordinarily muscular, persuasive thinker. What feels new here is that he writes with such charm and
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Turning to Stone

Discovering the Subtle Wisdom of Rocks

by Marcia Bjornerud ...

Winner of the 2025 John Burroughs Medal for Natural History Writing“A beautiful book—at once intimate and sweeping, informative and moving.” —Elizabeth Kolbert, author of Under a White SkyEarth is vibrantly alive and full of wisdom for those who learn to listen.Earth has been reinventing itself for more than four billion years, keeping a record of its experiments in the form of rocks. Yet most of ... Read more

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Winner of the 2025 John Burroughs Medal for Natural History Writing“A beautiful book—at once intimate and sweeping, informative and moving.” —Elizabeth Kolbert, author of Under a White SkyEarth is vibrantly alive and full of wisdom for those who learn to listen.Earth has been reinventing itself for more than four billion years, keeping a record of its experiments in the form of rocks. Yet most of
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Cold

Adventures in the World's Frozen Places

by Bill Streever ...

From avalanches to glaciers, from seals to snowflakes, and from Shackleton's expedition to The Year Without Summer, Bill Streever journeys through history, myth, geography, and ecology in a year-long search for cold -- real, icy, 40-below cold. In July he finds it while taking a dip in a 35-degree Arctic swimming hole; in September while excavating our planet's ancient and not so ancient ice ages; ... Read more

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From avalanches to glaciers, from seals to snowflakes, and from Shackleton's expedition to The Year Without Summer, Bill Streever journeys through history, myth, geography, and ecology in a year-long search for cold -- real, icy, 40-below cold. In July he finds it while taking a dip in a 35-degree Arctic swimming hole; in September while excavating our planet's ancient and not so ancient ice ages;
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