Non-fiction
The Sixth Extinction: Young Readers Edition
Elizabeth Kolbert
In this adaptation of the adult bestseller, Elizabeth Kolbert revisits her moving and comprehensive account of the mass extinction unfolding before our eyes. Over the last half billion years, there ha…
Believers
Lisa Wells
Like many of us, Lisa Wells has spent years overwhelmed by news of apocalyptic-scale climate change and a coming sixth extinction. She did not need to be convinced of the stakes. But what can be done?…
Making History
Richard Cohen
There are many stories we can spin about the past, but which accounts get told? And by whom? In this book, Cohen reveals how historians – and other critical witnesses such as the writers of the Bible,…
Fox and I
Catherine Raven
Catherine Raven left home at fifteen, fleeing an abusive father and an indifferent mother. Drawn to the natural world, for years she worked as a ranger in National Parks, at times living in her run-do…
Little Matches
Maryanne O'Hara
When their only child was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis (CF) at the age of two, Maryanne O’Hara and her husband were told that Caitlin could live a long life or be dead in a matter of months. Thirty-…
Under a White Sky
Elizabeth Kolbert
From her coverage in The New Yorker, Elizabeth Kolbert has become one of our most important writers on the environment. Now she investigates the immense challenges humanity faces as we scramble to rev…
The Frontlines of Peace
Séverine Autesserre
It’s always the same story told in a different setting. Violence breaks out, foreign nations are scandalized, interveners and million-dollar donors come rushing in, peace is declared, and within a mon…
The Guilt Detox
David Khayat
Who hasn’t uttered those empty words after an evening of heavy drinking or a particularly indulgent week? Just to forget all about our promises to abstain next week and begin the cycle all over again?…
The Power of Ethics
Susan Liautaud
It’s not your imagination: we’re living in a time of moral decline. Publicly, we’re bombarded with reports of government leaders acting against the welfare of their constituents; companies prioritizin…
ME
Philippe Presles
Every day, we live with ourselves, our Me. It is our inner monologue, our view of the world, an inner record of our fears, our pain, our joys and our hopes. Nonetheless, we know precious little about…