by Robin Wall Kimmerer (2024)
A luminous, timely meditation on how the natural economy of the serviceberry offers an antidote to modern scarcity culture, exploring gift economies, gratitude, and ecological reciprocity.
Carlo Rovelli, Simon Carnell, Erica Segre
Theoretical physicist Carlo Rovelli delivers an enchanting, poetic introduction to modern physics, explaining Einstein’s general relativity, quantum mechanics, black holes, and the architecture of the cosmos in seven concise lessons.
Robin Wall Kimmerer
Dr. Kimmerer weaves indigenous Potawatomi wisdom with scientific botanic observation to illuminate the tiny, resilient world of mosses, showing how small organisms sustain entire ecosystems and teach patience.
Ed Yong
A groundbreaking, witty exploration of microbiomes. Ed Yong illuminates the trillions of microscopic organisms living inside our bodies and animals across the planet, showing how bacteria sculpt our organs, protect against disease, and guide animal evolution.
John H. Bodley. --
"Can the earth satisfy, on a sustained basis, the basic needs of more than 6 billion people? How do the problems of exploitation, injustice, and environmental degradation relate to increases in the scale and complexity of societies, economies, and the concentration of wealth? What are the costs and benefits of a global commercial culture? The fourth edition of John H. Bodley's Anthropology and Contemporary Human Problems examines the fundamental problem of modern civilization--hunger, poverty, overconsumption, and conflict--from a holistic, anthropological viewpoint. The author makes clear and stimulating use of prehistoric and ethnographic research to explain the context of contemporary human concerns, and uses culture scale as a means for comparing solutions to these problems. Ultimately, the text challenges our assumptions about modern civilization and the superiority of complex societies, as it looks toward future possibilities for adaptation."--Back cover.