| On the Duty of Civil Disobedience
| Civil Disobedience argues that citizens should not permit their governments to overrule their consciences, and that they have a duty to avoid allowing their acquiescence to enable the government to make them the agents of injustice. Thoreau was motivated in part by his disgust with slavery and the Mexican-American War, but the sentiments he expresses here are just as pertinent today as when they were first written. A true American classic.
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| Walden
| Arguably America's most famous nonconformist, Thoreau lived at Walden Pond from July 1845 to September 1847, chronicling his experiences there. It was an experiment in living a life unhindered by social trappings and tradition. His work was not widely renowned for years after his death, but later became a staple in modern culture, defining not only what it means to be an American, but what it means to be human. Come see where the idea of marching to the beat of a different drummer originated. Wa...More
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| Life on the Mississippi (Bantam Classics)
| Mark Twain's own story of his youthful years as a cub-pilot on a steamboat plowing up and down the Mississippi River.
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| The Tourist Trail: A Novel
| Some people stop at the water's edge.Some keep going...Biologist Angela Haynes is accustomed to dark, lonely nights as one of the few humans at a penguin research station in Patagonia. She has grown used to the cries of penguins before dawn, to meager supplies and housing, to spending most of her days in one of the most remote regions on earth. What she isn’t used to is strange men washing ashore, which happens one day on her watch.The man won’t tell her his name or where he came from, but A...More
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| Our Mutual Friend (New Oxford Illustrated Dickens)
| Charles Dickens's last completed novel tells the story of a young man who must marry a stranger in order to win his inheritance. Wanting to learn the lady's nature, John Harmon fakes his own death and takes on a new identity. As the complexities of the deceit are revealed, Dickens gives us his most profoundly cynical, yet brilliantly funny, insight into the corruption of wealth on human nature. 40 illustrations.
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| The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
| "What should we have for dinner?" To one degree or another this simple question assails any creature faced with a wide choice of things to eat. Anthropologists call it the omnivore's dilemma. Choosing from among the countless potential foods nature offers, humans have had to learn what is safe, and what isn't-which mushrooms should be avoided, for example, and which berries we can enjoy. Today, as America confronts what can only be described as a national eating disorder, the omnivore's dilemma ...More
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| 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
| In this groundbreaking work of science, history, and archaeology, Charles C. Mann radically alters our understanding of the Americas before the arrival of Columbus in 1492. Contrary to what so many Americans learn in school, the pre-Columbian Indians were not sparsely settled in a pristine wilderness; rather, there were huge numbers of Indians who actively molded and influenced the land around them. The astonishing Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan had running water and immaculately clean streets, ...More
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| Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions
| Why do our headaches persist after taking a one-cent aspirin but disappear when we take a 50-cent aspirin? Why does recalling the Ten Commandments reduce our tendency to lie, even when we couldn't possibly be caught? Why do we splurge on a lavish meal but cut coupons to save twenty-five cents on a can of soup? Why do we go back for second helpings at the unlimited buffet, even when our stomachs are already full? And how did we ever start spending $4.15 on a cup of coffee when, just a few years a...More
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| ¤ ¤ ¤ ILLUSTRATED ¤ ¤ ¤ On The Origin Of Species, by Charles Darwin - NEW Illustrated Classics 2011 Edition (FULLY OPTIMIZED FOR KINDLE)
| This is the Novellum Ebook Works Illustrated Classics 2011 Edition of On The Origin Of Species, by Charles Darwin.Peppered throughout the full, beautifully presented text are over 240 finely-detailed illustrations that flesh out the places and species referenced in the book, along with biographical photographs of the major players in this, the greatest intellectual adventure of human history.Illustrations are presented with informative captions, and in high definition, allowing the Kindle's full...More
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| We Bought a Zoo: The Amazing True Story of a Young Family, a Broken Down Zoo, and the 200 Wild Animals that Changed T
| The remarkable true story of a family who move into a rundown zoo–already a BBC documentary miniseries and excerpted in The Guardian.In the market for a house and an adventure, Benjamin Mee moved his family to an unlikely new home: a dilapidated zoo in the English countryside. Mee had a dream to refurbish the zoo and run it as a family business. His friends and colleagues thought he was crazy.But in 2006, Mee and his wife with their two children, his brother, and his 76-year-old mother ...More
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| Down from the Mountain
| Down from the Mountain is being hailed as one of the best Dog Stories of our time. Set in the mountains of Montana this is the story of the bravery and loyalty of Bandit, an Australian Shepherd who is raised by the wolf Sheena. A gripping adventure that will keep the pages turning. Through tears and sorrow this great dog returns to his home to be the protector of everything the Shepherd has. Bandit is an Adventure, Love Story and Action novel all wrapped up into one.
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| Walking
| Originally given as part of a lecture in 1851, "Walking" was later published posthumously as an essay in the Atlantic Monthly in 1862. Now being a chief text in the environmental movement, Thoreau's "Walking" places man not separate from Nature and Wildness but within it and lyrically describes the ever beckoning call that draws us to explore and find ourselves lost in the beauty of the forests, rivers, and fields.
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| Zeitoun (Vintage)
| The true story of one family, caught between America’s two biggest policy disasters: the war on terror and the response to Hurricane Katrina. Abdulrahman and Kathy Zeitoun run a house-painting business in New Orleans. In August of 2005, as Hurricane Katrina approaches, Kathy evacuates with their four young children, leaving Zeitoun to watch over the business. In the days following the storm he travels the city by canoe, feeding abandoned animals and helping elderly neighbors. Then, on Septemb...More
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| Culinary Herbs: Their Cultivation, Harvesting, Curing and Uses
| Use culinary herbs, described in this 1912 book. Then, leverage AmAre as an approach to cultivate acceptance and joyful living for the benefit of all beings. In Italian, AmAre means “to love”; in English, interconnectedness: (I)Am (we) are. AmAre stands for being: A – Aware and Accepting M – Meaningful and Motivated A – Active and Attentive R – Resilient and Respectful E – Eating properly and Exercising For more information about AmAre, please visit http://www.amarewa...More
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| Magic of Reality
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| A Walk in the Woods
| The Appalachian Trail stretches along the East Coast of the United States through some of the most beautiful landscapes in the world. Bill Bryson sets off to hike 2,200 miles of remote mountain wilderness filled with bears, moose, bobcats and rattlesnakes. Facing savage weather and unreliable maps, Bryson makes his way through the captivating landscape of the Appalachians...
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| Going Green & Saving Green: Money-Saving Tips For Green Living
| "Going Green & Saving Green" is an in-depth guide with more than 119 tips, techniques and money-saving green solutions. Now you can easily become an eco-friendly member of the earth and help teach others with your new found information. Decide today that you're going to make a commitment to go green - and if you're already a "greenie" then learn how you can get even better results. "Going Green & Saving Green" is all about putting you in a position of savings. Saving the planet, saving your neig...More
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| Unlikely Friendships: 47 Remarkable Stories from the Animal Kingdom
| Written by National Geographic magazine writer Jennifer Holland, Unlikely Friendships documents one heartwarming tale after another of animals who, with nothing else in common, bond in the most unexpected ways. A cat and a bird. A mare and a fawn. An elephant and a sheep. A snake and a hamster. The well-documented stories of Koko the gorilla and All Ball the kitten; and the hippo Owen and the tortoise Mzee. And almost inexplicable stories of predators befriending prey—an Indian leopard slips i...More
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| The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey
| At once an incredible adventure narrative and a penetrating biographical portrait, The River of Doubt is the true story of Theodore Roosevelt’s harrowing exploration of one of the most dangerous rivers on earth.The River of Doubt—it is a black, uncharted tributary of the Amazon that snakes through one of the most treacherous jungles in the world. Indians armed with poison-tipped arrows haunt its shadows; piranhas glide through its waters; boulder-strewn rapids turn the river in...More
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