"Earth is not well. The promise of starting life anew somewhere far, far away--no climate change, no war, no Twitter--beckons, and settling the stars finally seems within our grasp. Or is it? Critically acclaimed, bestselling authors Kelly and Zach Weinersmith set out to write the essential guide to a glorious future of space settlements, but after years of research, they aren't so sure it's a good idea. Space technologies and space business are progressing...

"Navigate the treasures of the night sky with Professor Raman Prinja's inspiring invitation to get to know the universe...because astronomy starts with just looking up. Wherever you are in the world, you can look up and see the marvels of the cosmos--red giant starts, spiral galaxies, dynamic nebulae, planets, and so much more. And now you can understand the science behind them too. With this book in hand and eye to the sky, the wonders belong to...

A little girl in her bedroom, hears a ROAR! She follows the roar to Alena Island, where excitement awaits!

"An exciting introduction to the awesome adventures of the eager explorers, dynamic daredevils, imaginative inventors, and other pioneers who shaped the world. Take a dive into the great unknown and go on a daring journey across land, sea and sky - exploring everywhere from the highest mountains to the deepest ocean. In addition, visit the workshops, labs, and studios of history's most important minds and meet inventors, explorers, pirates, daredevils,...

"Olive is an adventurous young girl who wants to row a boat at sea-all on her own. As she seeks new land, determined to be independent, Olive also learns a valuable lesson about friendship. An empowering book for 4- to 8-year-olds, Olive Takes to the Sea encourages young girls to believe in themselves and reinforces the importance of friendship. " --Amazon.

A new abridgement by Anthony Brandt puts together the journals of Lewis and Clark on their expedition across rugged terrain to the West. Concise and to the point even including a list of their supplies.

"A gorgeous account of William Beebe's 1934 Bathysphere expedition, the first-ever deep-sea voyage to the otherworldly environment 3,024 feet below sea level"--

"William Day should be an acclaimed Arctic explorer. But after a failed expedition, in which his remaining men only survived by eating their dead comrades, he returned in disgrace. Thirteen years later, his second-in-command, Jesse Stevens, has gone missing in the same frozen waters. Perhaps this is Day's chance to restore his tarnished reputation by bringing Stevens -- the man who's haunted his whole life -- back home. But when the rescue mission...

"The year is 2112, and it's the apocalypse exactly as expected: rivers receding, oceans rising, civilization crumbling. Humanity has given up hope, except for a group of Indigenous outcasts who have discovered a time travel portal in a cave in the desert and figured out where everything took a turn for the worst: America. Convinced that the only way to save the world is to rewrite its past, they send one of their own--a reluctant linguist named Tad--on...

"The riveting tale of two pioneering botanists and their historic boat trip down the Colorado River and through the Grand Canyon. In the summer of 1938, botanists Elzada Clover and Lois Jotter set off to run the Colorado River, accompanied by an ambitious and entrepreneurial expedition leader, a zoologist, and two amateur boatmen. With its churning waters and treacherous boulders, the Colorado was famed as the most dangerous river in the world. Journalists...