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SHORTLISTED FOR BLACKWELL'S BOOK OF THE YEAR 2025 SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR CONSERVATION WRITING 2025 SHORTLISTED FOR THE EDWARD STANFORD TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR 2026 SHORTLISTED FOR THE SHERBORNE PRIZE FOR TRAVEL WRITING 2026

Sunday Times bestselling author Simon Winchester returns with a thought-provoking history of the wind, written in his edifying and entertaining style. What is going on with our atmosphere? The headlines are filled with news of devastating hurricanes, murderous tornadoes, and...

'To be a well-informed citizen of Planet Earth, you need to read Elizabeth Kolbert' ROLLING STONE 'An essential voice' HELEN MACDONALD Urgent and inspiring lessons from the frontlines of the climate catastrophe - by one of our most important and...

A New York Times's Notable Book of 2025 An impassioned celebration of humility before the living world that leads us to a new understanding of other species--and ourselves Darwin considered humans one part of the web of life, not the apex of a natural...

The body is the most complex machine in the world, but what happens when the parts start to fail? Meet the scientists facing the challenge... AN AMAZON AND TIME BOOK OF THE YEAR  Our bodies regenerate at a remarkable rate - our skin replaces itself every month, our...

The epic stories of our planet's 4.54-billion-year history are written in strata--ages-old remnants of ancient seafloors, desert dunes, and riverbeds striping landscapes around the world. In this brilliantly original debut work, science writer Laura Poppick decodes strata to lead us on a journey...

When the forest breathes out, we breathe in. When the forest thrives, we thrive. The world-renowned forest ecologist Suzanne Simard has transformed our understanding of the profound intelligence and interconnectedness of trees. In When the Forest Breathes, she uncovers how...

An energetic and impassioned work of popular science about scientists who have had to fight for their revolutionary ideas to be accepted--from Darwin to Pasteur to modern day Nobel Prize winners. For two decades, Matt Kaplan has covered science for the Economist. He's...

The unprecedented inside story of the people pushing boundaries of science and technology to build better weather forecasts--providing life-saving warnings and crucial intelligence about nature's deadliest threats Killer tornadoes. Catastrophic hurricanes. Lethal heat waves....

"Excellent."--Steven Poole, The Wall Street Journal * "Terrific."--Liz Else, New Scientist (Best Popular Science Books of 2025 So Far) * "A brilliant overview of the state of modern cosmology."--Alex O'Connor, alexoconnor.com * "This will expand...

"A biography that reads like a novel." --The Wall Street Journal * "Laybourne was a badass." --Los Angeles Times * "Sweeney's biography must be read to be believed." --The Millions * "Engrossing...Riveting...This entrances." --Publishers Weekly * NPR Books We...

'Why do I like bogs so much? I think it is because I feel very at home with them, I think this has something to do with my queerness and their queer nature as a space.' The value of peat bogs as a natural resource and haven of biodiversity is undisputed, yet few of us have...

More than a hundred salt lakes dot Earth's surface, most of them hidden away in remote desert valleys. But today nearly all of them are at risk of drying up. Their death is a harbinger of rising sea levels, life-threatening dust storms, and environmental collapse. Writer and geographer...

Water covers more than 70 percent of the Earth but three quarters of our oceans' depths have never been explored by humans. This stunning book takes readers on a deep dive through the different depth zones--from the shoreline and surface, via the sunlight zone, the twilight and midnight zones,...

Amidst the tragedy of wild species extinction lies a hidden world of survival and wonder. Conservationists are locked in a high-stakes battle with the ghost of a drug lord and his herd of hippos. Scientists are fighting to save a flightless bird that romances rocks. Unconventional animals...

A search for the meaning of one of nature's greatest riddles: why do so many creatures transform? "Beautiful... Entertaining... Inspiring."--Nature "A meditation on transformation . . . Warm [and] empathetic . . . wonderful."<...

A Scientific American, Nautilus, and New Scientist Best Book of the Year The untold story of how environmental change throughout the cosmos shaped five hundred years of human civilization. Our solar system is a dynamic arena where...

Neuroscientist Nikolay Kukushkin reveals how consciousness evolved out of the natural world, from the birth of the cell to the majesty of our modern minds. Science says that you are nothing but a chemical reaction--a collection of atoms and molecules, like rocks, paperclips, and...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Most people assume that the world has been explored and true adventure is dead: This book is one man's rebuttal. Explorer and conservationist Paul Rosolie shares his incredible life in the Amazon rainforest--and what we can learn from the people fighting to...

Two of the world's most respected scientists reveal the forces behind the dangerous anti-science movement -- and show us how to fight back. From pandemics to the climate crisis, humanity faces tougher challenges than ever. Whether it's the health of our people or the health of our planet,...