Natural Science

The Wild East explores the social, political, and environmental changes in the Great Smoky Mountains during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Although this national park is most often portrayed as a triumph of wilderness preservation, Margaret Lynn Brown concludes that the largest forested region in the eastern United States is actually a recreated wilderness—a product of restoration and even manipulation of the land.

Even among special agents, Andromeda Stone is special. Her unique ability to walk in the dreams of others has placed her in the services of a secret government research and defense facility known only as The Agency. She always assumed it was because of her gift that she felt out of place, even among her family; but as she faces an entirely new and dangerous mission, perhaps it's something deeper that sets her apart.

A dozen years into his dream job keeping watch over the Gila National Forest of New Mexico, Philip Connors bore witness to the blaze he had always feared: a megafire that forced him off his mountain by helicopter and forever changed the forest and watershed he loved. It was one of many transformations that arrived in quick succession, not just fire and flood, but the death of a fellow lookout in a freak accident and a tragic plane crash that rocked the community he called home.

The darkness holds more than dreams in Louisiana... Every night across the bayous and cities of Louisiana, people awaken gasping, paralyzed, crushed by an invisible weight that science cannot fully explain. They speak of shadowy figures, suffocating pressure, and the unmistakable presence of something ancient and malevolent. Meet the Cauchemar—Louisiana's most terrifying sleep spirit.

As a twenty-three-year-old college dropout, Clark Crane has nothing to show for himself but three dead-end jobs. So when he becomes the unlikely intern for enigmatic celebrity Charisma Saintly and her "coven" of personal assistants, he's prepared to do whatever it takes to succeed. Only, he has no idea who—or what—Charisma really is....

What if horror didn’t crawl, speak, or breathe—but fell from the sky? The Colour Out of Space is not just a story; it’s a chilling descent into a nightmare beyond human understanding. When a strange meteorite crashes onto a quiet New England farm, it leaves behind something impossible to describe—an unnatural presence that seeps into the land, the animals, and the people who live there. Crops rot, livestock change, and the air itself feels wrong as an invisible force spreads with silent, relentless intent.

As in all his books, Heckler draws from personal experience: training his horse, cultivating presence in aikido dojos, consulting with business executives, raising children. A masterful and encompassing book, Holding the Center develops from the fulcrum of the self in the natural world. Many of...

The truth is, a lot of the body’s functions are dependent on this gland and if one wrong thing happens, it could wreak havoc in the entire body system. That means that understanding this essential body part is important to ensure you protect yourself and your loved ones from a potentially severe, irreversible health dangers, or to heal existing ones naturally - to improve or save your life or that of those around you.

The shift from the Paleolithic to Neolithic periods represents a watershed moment in human history. While many may consider the humans of both stone ages to be unintelligent barbarians, this brief history proves that the humans of yesteryear were just as smart as we are today. Between 10,000 BC and 2,000 BC, they instituted revolutionary changes in human life. All over the globe, formerly nomadic people began settling into villages, farming, and creating high-tech stone inventions.

Charlie Rhodes is psychic, telekinetic, and hiding in the one place where they’re looking for her. Enthusiastic to the point of being absurd, Charlie is gung-ho about her position with the Legacy Foundation, a group that travels the world looking to solve the unexplained and prove the existence of the paranormal. From one coast to the next, she (along with her merry band of misfits) investigates strange and odd phenomena...all the while pretending she’s a normal human being without magical to call on.

Den 26. december 2004 sidder de på en lille café og har netop bestilt morgenmad, da en mand kommer farende ind i caféen, mens han råber og vifter febrilsk med armene. I de efterfølgende minutter oplever Rikke sit livs mareridt – en kamp om liv og død. Tsunamien er fortællingen om den naturkatastrofe, som ramte store dele af Asien, fortalt af Rikke Wang, der oplevede katastrofen helt tæt på.

This collection contains seventeen documented cases of reality breakdown.

Can ancient wisdom solve today’s chronic ailments? Discover a groundbreaking guide to revitalizing your health and well-being with Breaking Your Bubble by Dr. Razvan Balotescu, a seasoned medical professional with over twenty-five years of experience in internal medicine. Dr. Balotescu reveals the hidden dangers of modern living and its disconnection from our natural design, which he argues is the root cause of many chronic diseases and discomforts that plague us today.

Somewhere between myths and hard facts you find Nome, poised also between yesterday and tomorrow. Drawing on his background in anthropology and an equal passion for history, Michael Engelhard surveys the seam that links two neighboring continents through the lens of one pivotal city. The region's legacy of millennia shines on pages enriched by this writer's recollections—from mammoths to Cold War monuments, from a spa turned orphanage, to cyclist miners and shaman hoards.

A dazzling journey into the hidden lives of synanthropes, the wild animals who've found ingenious ways to survive and thrive in human communities—from award-winning writer and epidemiologist Dan Werb Synanthropes have always been an immutable part of the tapestry of our lives. They are the...

Despite health care professionals' constant efforts to educate, entice, advise, convince, indoctrinate, and persuade patients with smooth talk, bribes, guilt, and manipulation to make people understand and follow medical advice, the results are often minimal. People continue to suffer from various diseases and chronic conditions. This powerful, encouraging book reveals how the divine design of the human body functions most perfectly when a person's thought life aligns with God's instructions (prescriptions beyond science).

Organizers, activists, artists and community members share their struggles in New Orleans before and after Hurricane Katrina. Floodlines is a firsthand account of community, culture, and resistance in New Orleans. The book weaves the stories of gay rappers, Mardi Gras Indians, Arab and Latino immigrants, public housing residents, and grassroots activists. From post-Katrina evacuee camps to torture testimony at Angola Prison to organizing with the family members of the Jena Six, Floodlines tells the stories behind the headlines from an unforgettable time and place in history.

In a state where tornadoes, hurricanes, flash floods, and heatwaves are part of life, preparation is not optional—it’s survival. Survive the Season: Texas provides Texans with a powerful guide to managing the worst nature has to offer.

An excellent bottle of wine can be the spark that inspires a brainstorming session. Such was the case for Ian Tattersall and Rob DeSalle, scientists who frequently collaborate on book and museum exhibition projects. When the conversation turned to wine one evening, it almost inevitably led the two - one a palaeoanthropologist, the other a molecular biologist - to begin exploring the many intersections between science and wine. This audiobook presents their fascinating, freewheeling answers to the question.

« L'oiseau le plus romantique du monde est l'albatros hurleur. Chez lui, tout est vastitude : ses ailes - 3,50 mètres d'envergure -, ses voyages - il passe son temps à sillonner la mer -, sa longévité exceptionnelle - jusqu'à quatre-vingts ans -, ses sentiments amoureux. Les albatros nous donnent une leçon de couple pour éviter l'échec amoureux : il faut choyer la liberté de l'autre. S'éloigner temporairement, éprouver le manque, afin de mieux se retrouver dans une attirance toujours renouvelée...