Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia by Christina Thompson Nonfiction/History 384 pages Published March 2019 by Harper From Goodreads: A blend of Jared Diamond’s Guns, Germs, and Steel and Simon Winchester’s Pacific, a thrilling intellectual detective story that looks deep into the past to uncover who first settled the islands of the remote Pacific, where … Continue reading Goodreads Monday: Sea People
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Bookshelf Tour, pt. 2: Nonfiction
We're continuing with the bookshelf tour! This bookcase is the second one in my little studio- the one where my nonfiction lives. I don't have as much nonfiction as I do fiction, and I'm less likely to keep nonfiction once I've read it. My nonfiction titles are loosely arranged by the Dewey Decimal system, though … Continue reading Bookshelf Tour, pt. 2: Nonfiction
Goodreads Monday: Cosmos: Possible Worlds
Goodreads Monday is a weekly meme where we randomly select a book from our Goodreads To Be Read list and share it with the world. It’s hosted by Lauren’s Page Turners, so be sure to link back to her site so that we can all see what everyone plans to read! Cosmos: Possible Worlds by … Continue reading Goodreads Monday: Cosmos: Possible Worlds
Book Review: Snow
Snow: A Scientific and Cultural Exploration by Giles Whittell Science 256 pages Expected publication date November 19, 2019, by Atria Books Though much of the world's population lives in areas that do not receive much, if any, natural snow, the human race has an obsession with the white stuff. We like to slide down … Continue reading Book Review: Snow
Book Review: Wayfinding
Wayfinding: The Science and Mystery of How Humans Navigate the World by M.R. O'Connor Nonfiction 368 pages Expected Publication April30, 2019 by St. Martin's Press At one point or another, each of us has likely gotten lost. And as twenty-first-century technophiles, we have likely used a global positioning system to get ourselves un-lost. But before … Continue reading Book Review: Wayfinding
Goodreads Monday: 1491 New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
Goodreads Monday is a weekly meme where we randomly select a book from our Goodreads To Be Read list and share it with the world. It’s hosted by Lauren’s Page Turners, so be sure to link back to her site so that we can all see what everyone plans to read! 1491: New Revelations … Continue reading Goodreads Monday: 1491 New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
Goodreads Monday: Laughing Shall I Die
Goodreads Monday is a weekly meme where we randomly select a book from our Goodreads To Be Read list and share it with the world. Laughing Shall I die: Lives and Deaths of the Great Vikings by Tom Shippey 368 pages Nonfiction Published in July, 2018 by Reaktion Books From Goodreads: Laughing Shall I … Continue reading Goodreads Monday: Laughing Shall I Die
Book Review- Storm in a Teacup: The Physics of Everyday Life
Storm in a Teacup: The Physics of Everyday Life by Helen Czerski Non-Fiction/Science 288 pages Published in January, 2018 From Goodreads: Storm in a Teacup is Helen Czerski’s lively, entertaining, and richly informed introduction to the world of physics. Czerski provides the tools to alter the way we see everything around us by linking ordinary … Continue reading Book Review- Storm in a Teacup: The Physics of Everyday Life
Review: The River of Consciousness
The River of Cosnciousness by Oliver Sacks Non-Fiction/Science 256 pages Publishes October 24, 2017 From Goodreads: From the best-selling author of Gratitude, On the Move, and Musicophilia, a collection of essays that displays Oliver Sacks's passionate engagement with the most compelling and seminal ideas of human endeavor: evolution, creativity, memory, time, consciousness, and experience. Oliver Sacks, a scientist and a … Continue reading Review: The River of Consciousness
Goodreads Monday: The Invention of Murder
Goodreads Monday is a weekly meme where we randomly select a title from our Goodreads To Be Read lists and share it with the world. It's hosted by Lauren over at Lauren's Page Turners, so be sure to link back there so that we can all see what everyone's planning to read. The Invention of … Continue reading Goodreads Monday: The Invention of Murder
