National Geographic Society: 329 books
by Marfe Ferguson Delano
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2016
In this charming picture book, curious little kids will learn all about how an acorn grows up to be an oak tree. The story includes the stages of growth of a tree throughout the seasons and year. It also introduces the happenings around the tree, from children playing in its shade to squirrels climbing...
by Becky Baines
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2016
Curious kids will learn about the different planets in our solar system, including our own precious planet, Earth! Interactive spreads help young readers learn basic concepts while sweet, poetic text helps them understand how special our solar system is in the grand context of outer space. These engaging...
Organize Your Digital Life
How to Store Your Photographs, Music, Videos, and Personal Documents in a Digital World
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2009
Now that digital cameras and music players have become so incredibly widespread, a forest of sound and imagery is blossoming in our homes. We’ve got digital pictures in the camera, scans on the computer, JPEGS attached to e-mails, and tunes on tiny players. But there’s also the old-fashioned stuff:...
Life From Scratch
A Memoir of Food, Family, and Forgiveness
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2015
Witty, warm, and poignant, food blogger Sasha Martin's memoir about cooking her way to happiness and self-acceptance is a culinary journey like no other.
Over the course of 195 weeks, food writer and blogger Sasha Martin set out to cook—and eat—a meal from every country in the world. As cooking...
Life Is Your Best Medicine
A Woman's Guide to Health, Healing, and Wholeness at Every Age
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2012
"The division between conventional and traditional medicine is as artificial as the division between science and nature. They can be woven together in a fashion that meets our physical, emotional, and spiritual needs. This is the foundation upon which integrative medicine is built." -- Tieraona...
by Pam Grout
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2009
Travel statistics say that baby boomers travel more than any other age group in America—and that an ever increasing number of them are looking for ways to spend their leisure time in substantial, meaningful ways. One especially fast-growing area of interest is the "experience-driven" or...
Fortify Your Life
Your Guide to Vitamins, Minerals, and More
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2016
Health-conscious consumers read nutritional labels, but it's nearly impossible to get the nutrients we need with diet alone. To get the USDA-recommended daily quota of vitamin D, for example, you need to eat 15 eggs or 26 sardines; of iron, 414 almonds or 15 cups of broccoli. So we rely on nutritional...
The Blue Zones Kitchen
100 Recipes to Live to 100
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2019
Best-selling author Dan Buettner debuts his first cookbook, filled with 100 longevity recipes inspired by the Blue Zones locations around the world, where people live the longest.
Building on decades of research, longevity expert Dan Buettner has gathered 100 recipes inspired by the Blue Zones,...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2008
For 1,600 years its message lay hidden. When the bound papyrus pages of this lost gospel finally reached scholars who could unlock its meaning, they were astounded. Here was a gospel that had not been seen since the early days of Christianity, and which few experts had even thought existed–a gospel...
The Ultimate Hiker's Gear Guide, Second Edition
Tools and Techniques to Hit the Trail
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2017
Whether you're a first-time backpacker, an occasional weekend warrior, or a seasoned long-distance trekker, this guide is a must for any backpacking, hiking, or camping trip. Supreme long-distance hiker Andrew Skurka—accomplished adventure athlete, speaker, guide, and writer—shares his knowledge...
by Jag Bhalla
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2009
"I’m not hanging noodles on your ears." In Moscow, this curious, engagingly colorful assertion is common parlance, but unless you’re Russian your reaction is probably "Say what?" The same idea in English is equally odd: "I’m not pulling your leg." Both mean: Believe...
50 Best Girlfriends Getaways in North America, 2nd Edition
Big City Getaways, Spirit Boosters, Birthday Blowouts, Family Bonding, Adventure Escapes, Friends Reunions, Best Places to Heal, Golf Outings, Retail Therapy
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2009
Ten information-packed chapters make up this engaging guide to women’s travel for the growing number of women—young, old, single, married, divorced, and widowed—who are hitting the road. The guide covers everything from fabulous birthday getaways to the best places to heal, shop, and bond with...
by John Edgar Wideman
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2011
In this compelling travel memoir, two-time PEN/Faulkner Award winner John Edgar Wideman explores Martinique's seductive natural beauty and culture, as well as its vexed history of colonial violence and racism. Attempting to decipher the strange, alluring mixture of African and European that is Creole,...
The Professor of Secrets
Mystery, Medicine, and Alchemy in Renaissance Italy
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2010
In the tradition of Galileo's Daughter and Brunelleschi's Dome, this exciting story illuminates the captivating world of the late Renaissance—in this case its plagues, remedies, and alchemy—through the life of Leonardo Fioravanti, a brilliant, remarkably forward-thinking, and utterly unconventional...