Nonfiction

Great’s book is an entertaining and essential read for fans of the Black Pack comedians.

Although this updated edition of a 44-year-old photobook would have been enhanced by the addition of maps and an index, it’s thorough and detailed enough for professional architects and engaging for general readers.

This well-researched look at athletic performance in the human body deflates many common misperceptions about the role of gender in sports. Highly recommended for teens and adults.

Jeffers has formed her garden, with the fertile roots laid down in her homage to Alice Walker’s In Search of Our Mother’s Gardens, and planted seeds that will inspire readers to seek out old stories with an understanding of feminism and intersectionality. These concepts are, in Jeffers’s hands, so beautifully rendered that her audience will be willing to accept the difficulty of the work she asks of them.

By giving voices and representation to 31 extinct species, Allen shows how these creatures lived and how to listen wholeheartedly to them and the other species (estimates range from 20,000 to two million) that went extinct during the last century.

An engaging read that provides a well-rounded portrait of agriculture on the American prairie.

Fans of Christie’s novels, especially readers interested in the use of chemistry and poisons in crime fiction, will find this book worthwhile.

An entertaining and heartfelt romp through some of the odder fields of scientific inquiry, and a counter to the sciences’ sometimes stodgy reputation. Ideal for high school and college students curious about pursuing scientific study and for general audiences.

Kris provides a useful guide to incorporating awe and wonder into one’s parenting to help raise kinder and happier children.