National Geographic Society: 329 books
Alive in the Killing Fields
Surviving the Khmer Rouge Genocide
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
Alive in the Killing Fields is the real-life memoir of Nawuth Keat, a man who survived the horrors of war-torn Cambodia. He has now broken a longtime silence in the hope that telling the truth about what happened to his people and his country will spare future generations from similar tragedy.
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This Is Rocket Science
True Stories of the Risk-taking Scientists who Figure Out Ways to Explore Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2010
..three, two, one... we have liftoff! From the award-winning author of Are We Alone? comes a title to propel young imaginations far into space. This Is Rocket Science explores the past, present, and future of space travel.
The compelling text—vetted by NASA scientists—is a combination of...
My Father, the Captain
My Life With Jacques Cousteau
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2010
In every legend, there is a legacy. In the life and career of undersea
explorer Jacques Cousteau, that legacy beats in the heart of the sea and in
the heart of his son, Jean-Michel, the noted French environmentalist,
educator and documentary film producer who has spent most of his adult life
nurturing...
Lost Gold of the Dark Ages
War, Treasure, and the Mystery of the Saxons
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2011
In July 2009 an amateur metal-detecting enthusiast made an astonishing find: 1500 pieces of bejeweled gold and silver almost 1500 years old, buried, lost, then forgotten. The treasure trove promises to shed unprecedented light on the most mysterious period of British history—the so-called "Dark...
by Jan Morris
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2011
Through an exploration of her country home in Wales, acclaimed travel writer Jan Morris discovers the heart of her fascinating country and what it means to be Welsh. Trefan Morys, Morris's home between the sea and mountains of the remote northwest corner of Wales, is the 18th-century stable block...
Cesar Millan's Lessons From the Pack
Stories of the Dogs Who Changed My Life
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2017
In this inspiring book, best-selling author and "Dog Whisperer" Cesar Millan uses decades of experience to reveal the many ways that dogs and people can enrich each other's lives, sharing eight essential life lessons imparted by a group of very special dogs he's trained over the years.
From...
God Grew Tired of Us
The Heartbreaking, Inspiring Story of a Lost Boy of Sudan
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2008
"Lost Boy" John Bul Dau’s harrowing experience surviving the brutal horrors of Sudanese civil war and his adjustment to life in modern America is chronicled in this inspiring memoir and featured in an award-winning documentary film of the same name. Movingly written, the book traces Dau’s...
Written in Water
Messages of Hope for Earth's Most Precious Resource
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2010
*Written in Water: Messages of Hope for Earth's Most Precious Resource *comprises a collection of essays authored by heroes and leaders in the field of water solutions and innovations—a broad range of people from varied disciplines who have contributed their hearts and minds to bringing awareness...
Running Dry
A Journey From Source to Sea Down the Dying Colorado River
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2010
In 1869, John Wesley Powell led a small party down the Green and Colorado Rivers in a bold attempt to explore the Grand Canyon for the first time. After their monumental expedition, they told of raging rapids, constant danger, and breathtaking natural beauty of the American landscape at its most pristine.
Jon...
The Last Speakers
The Quest to Save the World's Most Endangered Languages
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2010
Part travelogue and part scientist's notebook, The Last Speakers is the poignant chronicle of author K. David Harrison's expeditions around the world to meet with last speakers of vanishing languages. The speakers' eloquent reflections and candid photographs reveal little-known lifeways as well as...
After the Civil War
The Heroes, Villains, Soldiers, and Civilians Who Changed America
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2015
Returning to the turbulent days of a nation divided, best-selling author and acclaimed historian James Robertson explores 70 fascinating figures who shaped America during Reconstruction and beyond. Relentless politicians, intrepid fighters, cunning innovators—the times called for bold moves, and...
The March Against Fear
The Last Great Walk of the Civil Rights Movement and the Emergence of Black Power
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2017
James Meredith's 1966 march in Mississippi began as one man's peaceful protest for voter registration and became one of the South's most important demonstrations of the civil rights movement. It brought together leaders like Martin Luther King Jr. and Stokely Carmichael, who formed an unlikely alliance...
A Series of Catastrophes and Miracles
A True Story of Love, Science, and Cancer
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2016
A wry, witty account of what it is like to face death—and be restored to life.
After being diagnosed in her early 40s with metastatic melanoma—a "rapidly fatal" form of cancer—journalist and mother of two Mary Elizabeth Williams finds herself in a race against the clock. She...
The World Is Blue
How Our Fate and the Ocean's Are One
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2009
A Silent Spring for our era, this eloquent, urgent, fascinating book reveals how just 50 years of swift and dangerous oceanic change threatens the very existence of life on Earth. Legendary marine scientist Sylvia Earle portrays a planet teetering on the brink of irreversible environmental crisis.
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