Mariner Books
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Home Waters: A Chronicle of Family and a River
$25.99 Read more“Beautiful. … A lyrical companion to his father’s classic, A River Runs through It, chronicling their family’s history and bond with Montana’s Blackfoot River.” —Washington Post
A “poetic” and “capt
- Author: MacLean, John N.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: June 01 2021
- ISBN10: 0062944592
- Language: English
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The Mantle of Command: FDR at War, 1941-1942
$17.99 Add to cartA dramatic, eye-opening account of how FDR took personal charge of the military direction of World War II.
Based on years of archival research and interviews with the last surviving Roosevelt aides and… [more below]
- Series: FDR at War
- Author: Hamilton, Nigel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: May 19 2015
- ISBN10: 0544227840
- Language: English
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Technics and Human Development: The Myth of the Machine, Vol. I
$24.99 Add to cartMumford explains the forces that have shaped technology since prehistoric times and shaped the modern world. He shows how tools developed because of significant parallel inventions in ritual, language… [more below]
- Series: Technics & Human Development #1
- Author: Mumford, Lewis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: September 01 1971
- ISBN10: 0156623412
- Language: English
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Elephants on Acid
$18.99 Add to cartAlex Boese reveals to readers the results of scores of outrageous, amusing, and provocative experiments found in the files of modern science.
When Tusko the Elephant woke in his pen at the Lincoln Park… [more below]
- Series: Harvest Original
- Author: Boese, Alex
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: August 21 2023
- ISBN10: 0156031353
- Language: English
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We Crossed a Bridge and It Trembled: Voices from Syria
$17.99 Add to cartLONG-LISTED FOR THE CARNEGIE MEDAL
Reminiscent of the work of Nobel Prize winner Svetlana Alexievich, an astonishing collection of intimate wartime testimonies and poetic fragments from a cross-section
- Author: Pearlman, Wendy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: August 07 2018
- ISBN10: 0062654446
- Language: English
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The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2020
$21.99 Add to cartA collection of the best science and nature writing published in North America in 2019, guest edited by New York Times best-selling author and ground-breaking physicist Dr. Michio Kaku.
“Scientists and
- Series: Best American Series (R)
- Author: Kaku, Michio
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: November 03 2020
- ISBN10: 0358074290
- Language: English
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The New Birder’s Guide to Birds of North America
$17.99 Add to cart“I love this book. It is fun to read, beautifully laid out, and accompanied by exquisite illustrations. The sections called ‘Wow’ and ‘Remember’ on each page will elicit ‘I never knew that!’ from many… [more below]
- Series: Peterson Field Guides
- Author: Thompson III, Bill
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: May 06 2014
- ISBN10: 054407047X
- Language: English
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After the Eclipse
$21.99 Add to cartA New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice. A fierce memoir of a mother’s murder, a daughter’s coming-of-age in the wake of immense loss, and her mission to know the woman who gave her life.
When Sar
- Author: Perry, Sarah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: September 04 2018
- ISBN10: 132851191X
- Language: English
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Strokes of Genius: Federer, Nadal, and the Greatest Match Ever Played
$17.99 Add to cartIn the 2008 Wimbledon men’s final, Centre Court was a stage set worthy of Shakespearean drama. Five-time champion Roger Federer was on track to take his rightful place as the most dominant player in t
- Author: Wertheim, L. Jon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: June 01 2010
- ISBN10: 0547336942
- Language: English
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Pfg to Wildflowers of Northeastern and North-Central North America
$10.99 Read morePeterson First Guides are the first books the beginning naturalist needs. Condensed versions of the famous Peterson Field Guides, the First Guides focus on the animals, plants, and other natural thing
- Series: Peterson First Guide
- Author: Peterson, Roger Tory
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: February 01 1998
- ISBN10: 0395906679
- Language: English
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Peterson First Guide to Insects
$10.99 Add to cartA simplified version of the full-sized field guides makes it easy and fun to get started in the field. Peterson First Guides are the first books the beginning naturalist needs. Condensed versions of t… [more below]
- Series: Peterson First Guide
- Author: White, Richard E.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: February 20 1998
- ISBN10: 0395906644
- Language: English
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The Pirates Laffite: The Treacherous World of the Corsairs of the Gulf
$25.99 Add to cartAn “engrossing and exciting” account of legendary New Orleans privateers Pierre and Jean Laffite and their adventures along the Gulf Coast (Booklist, starred review).
At large during the most colorful … [more below]
- Author: Davis, William C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 756
- Publish Date: May 01 2006
- ISBN10: 0156032597
- Language: English
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Strange Angel: The Otherworldly Life of Rocket Scientist John Whiteside Parsons
$21.99 Add to cartNow a CBS All Access series created by Mark Heyman with executive producer Ridley Scott.
ROCKET SCIENTIST KILLED IN PASADENA EXPLOSIONscreamed the headline of the Los Angeles Times. John Parsons, a m- Author: Pendle, George
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: August 09 2011
- ISBN10: 0156031795
- Language: English
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An Elegant Defense: The Extraordinary New Science of the Immune System: A Tale in Four Lives
$19.99 Add to cartNational Bestseller
“Gives you all the context you need to understand the science of immunity. … An Elegant Defense left me with [a] sense of awe.” –Bill Gates, Gates Notes Summer Reading List
The Pu
- Author: Richtel, Matt
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: March 24 2020
- ISBN10: 0062698494
- Language: English
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X Troop: The Secret Jewish Commandos Who Helped Defeat the Nazis
$17.99 Add to cart“Brilliantly researched, utterly gripping history: the first full account of a remarkable group of Jewish refugees–a top-secret band of brothers–who waged war on Hitler.” –Alex Kershaw, New York Ti… [more below]
- Author: Garrett, Leah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: May 24 2022
- ISBN10: 0358699312
- Language: English
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The Neuroscientist Who Lost Her Mind: My Tale of Madness and Recovery
$18.99 Add to cartIn the tradition of My Stroke of Insight and Brain on Fire, this powerful memoir recounts Barbara Lipska’s deadly brain cancer and explains its unforgettable lessons about the brain and mind.
Neurosci… [more below]
- Author: Lipska, Barbara K.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: April 02 2019
- ISBN10: 1328589277
- Language: English
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The Best American Sports Writing of the Century
$25.99 Add to cartThe Best American Sports Writing of the Century showcases the best sports journalists of the twentieth century, from Jimmy Cannon, Red Smith, William Mack, Gary Smith, and Frank Deford to A. J. Liebli
- Series: Best American Series (R)
- Author: Halberstam, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 816
- Publish Date: June 16 1999
- ISBN10: 0395945143
- Language: English
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Johnny Carson
$19.99 Add to cart“A close look at how show business power corrupts . . . The dishiest read of the year.” – Janet Maslin, “Ten Favorite Books of the Year,” New York Times
“Here’s Johnny!” Probably everyone in America … [more below]- Author: Bushkin, Henry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: October 07 2014
- ISBN10: 0544334485
- Language: English
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A Peterson Field Guide to Stars and Planets
$25.99 Read moreThe fourth edition of this best-selling field guide was revised and updated, and each printing brings further updates with the latest information. As of the 16th printing (December 2018), most of the … [more below]
- Series: Peterson Field Guides
- Author: Pasachoff, Jay M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 592
- Publish Date: November 23 1999
- ISBN10: 0395934311
- Language: English
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War as I Knew It
$19.99 Add to cartA classic of American military history first published in 1947, War as I Knew It is the captivating memoir of George S. Patton, Jr., the legendary general, incendiary warrior, and unparalled tactician
- Author: Patton, George S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: May 08 1995
- ISBN10: 0395735297
- Language: English
