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Title: Fire Weather: On the Front Lines of a Burning World, Author: John Vaillant

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Title: Soil: The Story of a Black Mother's Garden, Author: Camille T. Dungy

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Title: Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution, Author: Cat Bohannon

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Title: Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us, Author: Susan Magsamen

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Title: Entangled Life: The Illustrated Edition: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Author: Merlin Sheldrake

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Title: The Underworld: Journeys to the Depths of the Ocean, Author: Susan Casey

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Title: The Six: The Untold Story of America's First Women Astronauts, Author: Loren Grush

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Title: A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through?, Author: Kelly Weinersmith

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Title: The Language of Trees: A Rewilding of Literature and Landscape, Author: Katie Holten

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The Barnes & Noble Best Science & Nature Books of 2023 are here! Nature lovers will delight in The Language of Trees, the exploration of all things trees, and Entangled Life, a deep dive into the mystifying world of fungi. Women take the forefront in Eve, a fascinating and illuminating history of evolution focused on the development of the female sex, and The Six, the remarkable story of America’s first six women astronauts. Reach the highest heights of outer space and examine the deepest depths of the sea and everything in between with our Best Science & Nature Books of the Year!

Finalist for the National Book Award in Non-Fiction, Fire Weather is the riveting account of the 2016 wildfires that overtook Fort McMurry, Canada’s major oil hub and America’s biggest foreign oil supplier. Rich and illuminating, it explores the relationships between humans and fire – its value for warmth, cooking, defense, and machine power – and what we must prepare for in a forthcoming hotter, more flammable world.

The Comfort of Crows is a memoir from author Margaret Renkl’s Nashville garden as she follows the creatures and plants in her backyard over the course of a year. A quiet and contemplative love letter to nature, it pairs 52 essays with 52 original artworks created by the author’s brother, moving through the seasons and glimpsing, in tandem, the rhythms and changes of human life.

A City on Mars is a brilliant and hilarious exploration about what the potential for space development would mean for human civilization. With deep expertise and a winning sense of humor, it answers all the questions you could ever have about space. Buckle up, we are headed for Mars.

Take a deep dive into The Underworld, an astonishing portrait of the world beneath the waves. With cutting edge technology, we can get a more accurate picture than ever before of the deep and vibrant realm below the surface of the sea, answering the question: what is truly down there?

Your Brain on Art is the insightful guide to how our brains and bodies transform when we participate in the arts. This breakthrough research is a comprehensive and essential look into the science of neurasthenics and how art can deliver solutions for the wellbeing of everyone.

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