The Lady and the Octopus: How Jeanne Villepreux-Power Invented Aquariums and Revolutionized Marine Biology
By: Danna Staaf
3.80
Format: 136 pages, Hardcover
Jeanne Villepreux-Power was never expected to be a scientist. Born in 1794 in a French village more…
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1. The High King (The Chronicles of Prydain #5)
By: Lloyd Alexander
4.25
Format: 351 pages, Paperback
When the sword of Dyrnwyn, the most powerful weapon inthe kingdom of Prydain, falls into the hands … read more
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- middle grade
2. Brave the Wild River: The Untold Story of Two Women Who Mapped the Botany of the Grand Canyon
By: Melissa L. Sevigny
4.20
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
In the summer of 1938, botanists Elzada Clover and Lois Jotter set off down the Colorado River, acc… read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
- nature
- science
3. A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through?
By: Kelly Weinersmith
4.06
Format: 448 pages, ebook
Earth is not well. The promise of starting life anew somewhere far, far away—no climate change, no … read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- science
"For now, if leaving Earth is humanity leaving the cradle, well, humanity is going straight to its neighbor's basement."-Kelly Weinersmith, A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through?
"The Moon isn't just sort of a gray Sahara without air. Its surface is made of jagged, electrically charged microscopic glass and stone, which clings to pressure suits and landing vehicles. Nor is Mar…"-Kelly Weinersmith, A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through?
4. The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity
By: Nicholas Day
4.15
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A propulsive work of narrative nonfiction about how the Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre, how t… read more
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- middle grade
- history
- nonfiction
"Leonard da Vinci had painted the Mona Lisa. But Vincenzo Perugia had turned it into The Mona Lisa."-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity
"The Lourve, he concluded, with an insult designed to puncture French pride, "is less well protected than a Spanish museum."-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity
"If the Mona Lisa is the most famous face in art history, Les Demoiselles is a hatchet thrown at it. It's not a pretty painting. Its brutal and uncomfortable."-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity
"Word of his midnight activities gets out. 'The pope has found out that I have skinned three corpses,' Leonardo writes in his notebook. He gets off easy. He's simply told: please stop skinning corpses."-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity
5. The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth
By: Zoë Schlanger
4.37
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Award-winning environment and science reporter Zoë Schlanger delivers a groundbreaking work of popu… read more
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- nonfiction
- nature
- science
6. Huda F Cares?
By: Huda Fahmy
4.21
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
In this laugh-out-loud funny sequel to the graphic novel Huda F Are You?, the Fahmys are off to Dis… read more
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- middle grade
"Y'know, you catch more flies with honey..." "I don't know why people say that. You can catch flies with garbage too."-Huda Fahmy, Huda F Cares?
"We don't know they're friends. They could be brother and sister." "Impossible. They're smiling." "You're right. They're definitely not related."-Huda Fahmy, Huda F Cares?
7. Big Tree
By: Brian Selznick
4.04
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
The fate of all life on Earth may depend on the bravery of two little seeds in this epic adventure … read more
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- middle grade
- nature
8. Belle Greene
By: Alexandra Lapierre
4.19
Format: 481 pages, Kindle Edition
New York, dans les années 1900. Une jeune fille, que passionnent les livres rares, se joue du desti… read more
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- france
9. Tumble
By: Celia C. Pérez
4.16
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
From the award-winning author of The First Rule of Punk, a dazzling novel about a young girl who co… read more
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- middle grade
10. Atlas of AI: Power, Politics, and the Planetary Costs of Artificial Intelligence
By: Kate Crawford
3.99
Format: 288 pages, ebook
The hidden costs of artificial intelligence, from natural resources and labor to privacy, equality,… read more
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- nonfiction
- science
11. Pests: How Humans Create Animal Villains
By: Bethany Brookshire
4.03
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
An engrossing and revealing study of why we deem certain animals “pests” and others not—from cats t… read more
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- history
- animals
- nonfiction
- nature
- science
12. Murder at the Book Festival (Violet Brewster Mystery #2)
By: Jane Bettany
3.94
Format: 298 pages, Kindle Edition
When a body is found at the Merrywell Book Festival, amateur sleuth Violet Brewster must leave no p… read more
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13. Monstrous: A Transracial Adoption Story
By: Sarah Myer
4.40
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Eisner Award Nomination: Best Publication for Teens "A beautiful, courageous book.” Gene Luen Y… read more
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- biography memoir
- nonfiction
14. A Wing and a Prayer: The Race to Save Our Vanishing Birds
By: Anders Gyllenhaal
4.20
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A captivating drama from the frontlines of the race to save birds set against the devastating loss … read more
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- nonfiction
- animals
- nature
- science
15. The Hummingbirds' Gift: Wonder, Beauty, and Renewal on Wings
By: Sy Montgomery
4.14
Format: 96 pages, Hardcover
Hummingbirds fascinate people around the world. The lightest birds in the sky, hummingbirds are cap… read more
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- nonfiction
- animals
- nature
- science
16. The Beach House
By: Nina Manning
3.79
Format: 298 pages, Kindle Edition
It should have been the perfect weekend… Work colleagues Nicole, Margo, Paisley and Audrey all appe… read more
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17. Many Things Under a Rock: The Mysteries of Octopuses
By: David Scheel
3.73
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A behavioral ecologist's riveting account of his decades-long obsession with octopuses: his discove… read more
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- history
- animals
- nonfiction
- nature
- science
18. That Can Be Arranged: A Muslim Love Story
By: Huda Fahmy
4.21
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
Chaperones, suitors, and arranged marriages aren't only reserved for the heroines of a Jane Austen … read more
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"Her cat hotel did very well. LOL"-Huda Fahmy, That Can Be Arranged: A Muslim Love Story
"Her daughter got married in pants. Lol"-Huda Fahmy, That Can Be Arranged: A Muslim Love Story
"I find you. . . r citizenship very attractive. Lol"-Huda Fahmy, That Can Be Arranged: A Muslim Love Story
"Yeah, I've been there. It had a funky smell and reminded me of a graveyard."-Huda Fahmy, That Can Be Arranged: A Muslim Love Story
19. The Secret World of Weather
By: Tristan Gooley
3.94
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
In The Tristan Gooley Weather Book, bestselling author Tristan Gooley turns his gaze up to the sky,… read more
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- nature
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"Weather, whether it is kind or causing trouble, shapes who we are and has done so from the beginning."-Tristan Gooley, The Secret World of Weather
"Weather and climates build empires over aeons, but microclimates create the wondrous moment. Why are there so many vineyards in this cool valley? Ah, the sun is bouncing off the river and giving the …"-Tristan Gooley, The Secret World of Weather
20. The Lady and the Octopus: How Jeanne Villepreux-Power Invented Aquariums and Revolutionized Marine Biology
By: Danna Staaf
3.80
Format: 136 pages, Hardcover
Jeanne Villepreux-Power was never expected to be a scientist. Born in 1794 in a French village more… read more
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- history
- biography
- teen
- middle grade
- animals
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- france
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21. The Adventure Zone, Vol. 6: The Suffering Game
By: Clint McElroy
4.58
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Taako, Magnus, and Merle are near the end of their quest to collect the seven Grand Relics, dangero… read more
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