Science, Technology & Environment

Super Suckers: The Giant Pacific Octopus and Other Cephalopods of the Pacific Coast

Don’t be fooled by this book’s offbeat title or its relatively slight size: James A. Cosgrove and Neil McDaniel’s style is rarely humorous and definitely not lightweight. Cosgrove, a world expert on the Giant Pacific ... Read More »

August 11, 2009 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

Second Person Queer: Who You Are (So Far)

By Richard LaBonté and Lawrence Schimel, eds.

The introduction of Second Person Queer, the companion to the Lambda Award-winning First Person Queer, informs readers that the new volume is meant to be “a mirror of who you are, or perhaps the person ... Read More »

July 3, 2009 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Science, Technology & Environment

Who’s Your Daddy? And Other Writings on Queer Parenting

By Rachel Epstein, ed.

If you believe the queer baby boom is proof that LGBT folks really are just like everyone else, think again. Who’s Your Daddy?, a provocative set of essays, argues that queer parenting is about exploding ... Read More »

June 22, 2009 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

Wild Blue: A Natural History of the World’s Largest Animal

By Dan Bortolotti

Before human greed and exploitation took its toll, the ocean was home to more than 300,000 blue whales. After half a century of horrific slaughter, and in the face of an indifferent public that doesn’t ... Read More »

April 29, 2009 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

Where Am I? Why We Can Find Our Way to the Moon but Get Lost in the Mall

By Colin Ellard

A homing pigeon released hundreds of miles away from its roost can somehow find its way home. Take the average Canadian city dweller and put him or her in the middle of a dense forest, ... Read More »

April 29, 2009 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Science, Technology & Environment

Smiling Bears: A Zookeeper Explores the Behavior and Emotional Life of Bears

By Else Poulsen

Bears both frighten and intrigue us. Our complicated relationship with these wild beasts is reflected in the extensive selection of books about them, which variously consider bears as wildlife, spiritual creatures, trophies, tourist attractions, and ... Read More »

March 20, 2009 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

Grizzlyville: Adventures in Bear Country

By Jake MacDonald

March 20, 2009 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

Mom, Will This Chicken Give Me Man Boobs? My Confused, Guilt-Ridden, and Stressful Struggle to Raise a Green Family

By Robyn Harding

There are no solar panels on Robyn Harding’s roof. Her family is not bathing in collected rainwater. And yes, she enjoys the occasional distinctly un-green trip to Las Vegas. But underpinning her life is a ... Read More »

March 20, 2009 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

The Big Picture: Reflections on Science, Humanity, and a Quickly Changing Planet

By David Suzuki and David Robert Taylor

Science writers who focus on the environment have faced a new challenge since the appearance in 2006 of Al Gore’s über-popular book and film An Inconvenient Truth. Although it is no longer necessary to impress ... Read More »

March 20, 2009 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment