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Title1 Dead in Attic
AuthorRose, Chris
Sub-ImprintSimon & Schuster
FormatPaperback
Category 1History
ISBN-139781501125379
US Price$18.99
CDN Price$25.99
Pages384
Title StatusAS
With a new foreword by the author—Chris Rose’s New York Times bestselling collection: “A gripping book about life’s challenges in post-Katrina New Orleans…packed with heart, honesty, and wit” (New Republic).
TitleThe Story of Stuff
AuthorLeonard, Annie
Sub-ImprintFree Press
FormatPaperback
Category 1Nature
ISBN-139781451610291
US Price$18
CDN Price$25
Pages368
Title StatusAS
A classic exposé in company with An Inconvenient Truth and Silent Spring, The Story of Stuff expands on the celebrated documentary exploring the threat of overconsumption on the environment, economy, and our health. Leonard examines the “stuff” we use everyday, offering a galvanizing critique and steps for a changed planet.
TitleBadluck Way
AuthorAndrews, Bryce
Sub-ImprintWashington Square Press
FormatPaperback
Category 1Biography & Autobiography
ISBN-139781476710846
US Price$17.99
CDN Price$24.99
Pages272
Title StatusBO
“Much more than a coming-of-age story, Badluck Way is an important meditation on what it means to share space and breathe the same air as truly wild animals, and the necessary damage that can occur when boundaries are crossed” (Tom Groneberg, author of The Secret Life of Cowboys).
TitleThe Big Thirst
AuthorFishman, Charles
Sub-ImprintFree Press
FormatPaperback
Category 1Nature
ISBN-139781439102084
US Price$18.99
CDN Price$25.99
Pages416
Title StatusAS
Praised as “an entertaining and torrential flow of a book” by Nature magazine, The Big Thirst is a startling examination of the passing of the golden age of water and the shocking facts about how water scarcity will soon be a major factor in our lives.
TitleThe Big Year
AuthorObmascik, Mark
Sub-ImprintAtria Books
FormatPaperback
Category 1Biography & Autobiography
ISBN-139781451648607
US Price$17.99
CDN Price$24.99
Pages288
Title StatusAS
TitleThe Soul of an Octopus
AuthorMontgomery, Sy
Sub-ImprintWashington Square Press
FormatPaperback
Category 1Nature
ISBN-139781451697728
US Price$18.99
CDN Price$25.99
Pages272
Title StatusAS
Finalist for the National Book Award for Nonfiction * New York Times Bestseller * A Huffington Post Notable Nonfiction Book of the Year * One of the Best Books of the Month on Goodreads * Library Journal Best Sci-Tech Book of the Year * An American Library Association Notable Book of the Year

“Sy Montgomery’s The Soul of an Octopus does for the creature what Helen Macdonald’s H Is for Hawk did for raptors.” —New Statesman, UK

“One of the best science books of the year.” —Science Friday, NPR

Another New York Times bestseller from the author of The Good Good Pig, this “fascinating…touching…informative…entertaining” (The Daily Beast) book explores the emotional and physical world of the octopus—a surprisingly complex, intelligent, and spirited creature—and the remarkable connections it makes with humans.
TitleThe Meat Racket
AuthorLeonard, Christopher
Sub-ImprintSimon & Schuster
FormatPaperback
Category 1Social Science
ISBN-139781451645835
US Price$19
CDN Price$26
Pages384
Title StatusAS
An investigative journalist takes you inside the corporate meat industry—a shocking, in-depth report every American should read.
TitleWhat Stands in a Storm
AuthorCross, Kim
Sub-ImprintAtria Books
FormatPaperback
Category 1Nature
ISBN-139781476763071
US Price$17.99
CDN Price$24.99
Pages320
Title StatusBO
Enter the eye of the storm in this gripping real-life thriller—A Perfect Storm on land—that chronicles America’s biggest tornado outbreak since the beginning of recorded weather: a horrific three-day superstorm with 358 separate tornadoes touching down in twenty-one states and destroying entire towns.
TitleThe Soul of an Octopus
AuthorMontgomery, Sy
Sub-ImprintAtria Books
FormatHardcover
Category 1Nature
ISBN-139781451697711
US Price$27.99
CDN Price$36.99
Pages272
Title StatusAS
Finalist for the 2015 National Book Award for Nonfiction

New York Times Bestseller

“Sy Montgomery’s The Soul of an Octopus does for the creature what Helen Macdonald’s H Is for Hawk did for raptors.” —New Statesman, UK

Starred Booklist and Library Journal Editors’ Spring Pick

“One of the best science books of the year” —Science Friday, NPR

A Huffington Post Notable Nonfiction Book of the Year

One of the Best Books of the Month on Goodreads

Library Journal Best Sci-Tech Book of 2015

An American Library Association Notable Book of the Year

In this astonishing book from the author of the bestselling memoir The Good Good Pig, Sy Montgomery explores the emotional and physical world of the octopus—a surprisingly complex, intelligent, and spirited creature—and the remarkable connections it makes with humans.